1979 New York Gay Erotic Film Festival Poster (Reprint of 1979 Promo Poster) Size:16″ x 24″ and queer community woven together

and queer community woven together — a moment when San Francisco’s gay bar culture broadened well beyond disco and leather

it was heavily damaged during the White Night Riots in 1979 after the verdict in Harvey Milk’s murder trial

and MARS lived up to its name by offering something entirely out of this world

“Filthy but beautiful

It’s corporate anxiety recast as gallery cool

1979 New York Gay Erotic Film Festival Poster (Reprint of 1979 Promo Poster) Size:16″ x 24″ and queer community woven togetherFirst New York Gay Erotic Film Festival 1979 Big Top Erotic Cinema Times Square, NYC In 1979, in the neon glow of pre cleanup Times Square, the Big Top Erotic Cinema hosted what is believed to be New Yorks first dedicated gay erotic film festival not an arthouse showcase, not a nonprofit cultural event, but a full throttle, unapologetically adult cinematic gathering. Held inside Big Top a male erotic theater operating just off Broadway the festival