With the Lower East Side club Annex soon to close, Friday, September 11 was the last Ruff Club ever. And it was most definitely epic: A.R.E. Weapons played, M.E.N. DJ’d, and the party didn’t end until seven in the morning. The end of an era, indeed.
"The relationship of gay white men and Latinos, whether mutual attraction or mutual exploitation, has its lore, its literature, and plenty of anecdotal evidence."
"Dylan’s survived, grown up. He’s a giant, like Chaplin or Picasso. Like Brando or Muhammed Ali . . . Nobody else even comes close — Jagger, Springsteen, Paul Simon."
At the very moment when our pride is at its peak, our political agenda is in jeopardy. Even as we celebrate our visibility, we need to hear the slamming of the closet door, if only to wedge it open.
