“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”

“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”

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”

“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”

"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"

"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."

On the scene of a dog day afternoon in Queens

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’

With William Friedkin’s long-controversial thriller screening this week at the Quad, we look back at its turbulent legacy

Here‘s Arthur Bell‘s classic account of the making of a masterpiece