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Have You Been Inside a Gay Bar Recently?

With diverse approaches to design, politics, and history, the gay bar is undergoing an exciting creative evolution we should all be paying attention to.

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Songs of Activism and Solidarity Adorn New York City’s AIDS Memorial

Artist Steven Evans’s LED installation sings out titles of anthems that defined queer liberation before and following the AIDS epidemic.

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What is Queer Space?

Metropolis selects over a dozen stories from its archive that celebrate the past, present, and future of queer space and LGBTQ+ designers.

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Queer Spaces Will Always be Necessary

Two new books show that the relationship between queerness and the built environment can yield innovative physical spaces that are at once adaptable, accessible, and inclusive.