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Sewers of Paris: Every Gay Bar Was Owned by Mafia (Ep 390 - Stonewall/Tree)
🕑 Added 2022-06-02 16:01:03 +0000 UTCWelcome to June, Sewers of Paris listeners. Every year for Pride month, I like to revisit my conversation with a man whose tales of old queer New York are absolutely captivating. He earned the nickname Tree thanks to his six-foot-five stature, and he’s been a part of New York’s gay community going back to the fifties, when he didn’t even know a community existed. Tree’s been a member of Brooklyn street gangs, worked with the mob, and counted among his friends Buddy Holly, Bea Arthur, and Rock Hudson. We talked back in 2020, as we were all heading into a lot of uncertainty around COVID, quarantines, and the future. The start of Pride month is a particularly apt time to reflect on Tree’s stories of endurance and liberation.
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Ryan Mohr
He knew buddy holly bea Arthur and rock Hudson that’s freaking awesome
