Most of us don’t grow up with queer parents who pass on their stories, experiences and wisdom. (PinkNews)Īs a community we can have a short memory – we live in a world structured through cisheteropatriarchy which makes forging links and sharing knowledge with queers across generational lines complicated. The most apparent being a huge disconnect with our own queer, kinky histories.
While The Backstreet has not yet clarified the reason for closure, I can’t help but feel the looming termination of this nearly 40-year-old cruising ground is symbolic of larger forces at play in the LGBTQ+ community.
