Circus Disco (Hollywood/Los Angeles Latinx Owned Queer Disco/1974-2016/70's Promo Shirt and Button Image) homoerotica and iconography were part of

and iconography were part of a broader leather press movement that gave people language

it captured the chaos of late-’70s New York

and their memory—golden blond hair

Under dim lights and throbbing speakers

Circus Disco (Hollywood/Los Angeles Latinx Owned Queer Disco/1974-2016/70's Promo Shirt and Button Image) homoerotica and iconography were part ofCircus Disco Hollywoods Big Top of Queer Dance (1974 2016) For over four decades, Circus Disco stood as one of Los Angeless largest and longest running queer nightclubs, a place where everyone could dance under the big top without judgement. Opened in 1974 by Gene La Pietra (with partner Ermilio Ed Lemos), Circus began as a vibrant response to the racism and exclusion queer people of color often faced at other West Hollywood clubs welcoming a largely