Over the summer (during Gay Awareness Month) I saw a movie about how NYC's gay bar thrived because of the mafia. The article below talks about how the mafia once had a near monopoly on the gay bar scene but also brought the early LGBT community together. It was an unlikely but mutually beneficial association that lasted well into the 1960s.
"There was a whole new audience who wanted to go to a bar or nightclub to experience the then luxury of being among other gay people. In the aftermath of Prohibition, a new underground scene developed, and naturally the Mafia wanted in on the action. "
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