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Gay and lesbian life in 19th century America meant reading between the lines, latching on to known code words to locate a community buried deep under the mainstream. We know of its existence primarily due to the pearl-clutching reaction of moral-minded New Yorkers. Homosexual behavior of any stripe would have been condemned in this era.

Such flagrant and open displays would have been unthinkable then. Such abandon could not be allowed to exist for very long. They imitate the dress and manner of women — paint their faces and eyebrows, bleach their hair, wear bracelets and address each other with female names. The building which housed The Slide still stands today at Bleeckernow home to a far more respectable establishment.

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