“With the gentrification of Chelsea came trouble. Gay witchhunts abound. There have been unprovoked attacks on gay males by bands of white teenagers, with robbery almost an afterthought”
Originally published November 26, 1980
“Evidence in Knight’s apartment indicated that he moved in three worlds: the world of wealth and comfort to which he was born, the creative world of artists and writers, and the underworld of teenage hustlers. He kept the worlds separate”
Originally published January 26, 1976
Three killings have been linked to showings of 'The Warriors' during the first week of its release.
“They don't come here looking for trouble, but they see this movie and it ends up trouble”
Originally published March 5, 1979
“Once gay power was a joyous cry in this town. Then the thrust toward radicalism died. The stuffed-shirt gay politico appeared. Lethargy set in”
Originally published December 11, 1978
"Mike's three big Christopher Street operations are Christopher's End, when it's open, the Studio Book Store, and Gay Dogs. Mike calls himself a gay catalyst and flesh peddler. He deals in boy-boy sex"
Originally published July 22, 1971
"Televisions blare from every room in the Chateau Marmont. Reagan's in surgery... Jim Brady's near death... Dan Rather's in tears. The country's gone crazy. The world's about to collapse... And the Oscars have been postponed until tomorrow."
February 8, 2020
On the scene of a dog day afternoon in Queens
Originally published August 31, 1972
After Harvey Milk was assassinated in San Francisco, the Voice’s Arthur Bell looked at homophobia in New York City: ‘The gay-rights bill should be a matter of common decency, not one of political maneuverings — from either side’
November 27, 2018
With William Friedkin’s long-controversial thriller screening this week at the Quad, we look back at its turbulent legacy
March 21, 2018
Here‘s Arthur Bell‘s classic account of the making of a masterpiece
July 18, 2017