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This thing about fancying straight people. You can also find me on Facebook (Instagram (and Twitter (Find out more about Glenn by following him on IG (), or on Twitter () like, hard to believe how much sex was happening.īut, don't take my word for it! Let's hear from Glenn.ĭo you have any memories of Drake's, or clubbing from your own queer scene that you want to share? Well, if you have please get in touch - I want to create the biggest online record of people's memories and stories - go to and find the section 'Share a Lost Space' and tell me what you got up to! Bonus points for embarrassing photos! There was tonnes of cruising that happened inside Drake's, but there was also a LOT that happened on the streets surrounding the business.
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At this point he was too young to go to the clubs, but too horny to stay home, and so he found himself gravitating towards the gay bookshop Drake's. It was post-Stonewall, so there was a new kind of hope and enthusiasm, and it was pre-AIDs and HIV, which meant there was less shame attached to sex.Īnd, it was at the tail end of the 70s that this week's guest, the award winning filmmaker Glenn Gaylord first moved to LA from Ohio. No one has quite pinpointed the exact years of this magical era, but the 70s were definitely a part of it.