In between the politics of the Stonewall Riots and the AIDS pandemic, disco emerged as a haven for gay men to escape the confines of heterosexuality.

In this episode, we’re taking a look at the history of disco, its queer roots, and how its legacy continues through today’s pop music – despite bigoted anti-disco movements in the late seventies.

Additional Resources:

• Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco
• Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
• Arts in America: Here's to Disco, It Never Could Say Goodbye
• Why Disco Should Be Taken Seriously
• Disco and the Queering of the Dancefloor
• Affect Intensity
• History is Made at Night
• Disco and Gay Culture in the 1970s
• Studio 54 (originally Gallo Opera House)
• The Discriminating Club
• Disco is Dealt Death Blow by Fans of the Chicago White Sox
• July 12, 1979: 'The Night Disco Died' — Or Didn't
• The Queer History of Disco Playlist

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