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May 21, 2007
Quickie Link: New Gay Culture Clashes with Old in West Village
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By vanrozenheim
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(New York, USA) - The young gay men and lesbians stream from subway stops dressed in their flashiest gear: rainbow sunglasses, 6-inch-high gold wedge sandals, a fatigue-printed hoodie, a rhinestone-studded pink Playboy bunny bag. Hundreds of them make their way through the West Village - home of the gay liberation movement of the 1960s and '70s - toward the pier overlooking the Hudson River, where a drag queen in a platinum-blond wig and gold bamboo-style earrings swishes past a group of boys in baggy jeans. Rickke Mananzala, co-director of FIERCE, said young people tell him that they come here for the same reason, and that they have a right to hang out in the West Village, even if they can't afford to live here.
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