In Los Angeles, a new wave of warehouse parties is reshaping the city’s queer underground nightlife 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Presenting a deliberate alternative to the mainstream gay bars and circuit parties where white, cisgender men and commercial interests have historically dominated, a network of grassroots events are overcoming prohibitive costs and a lack of club infrastructure to cultivate a scene that’s rooted in a DIY ethos and cutting-edge dance music.
Here, Michael Pincus ventures into this burgeoning ecosystem to find out more. Read the full feature now on djmag.com 🔗
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I always manage to leave this city bumped and bruised and sick, yet I always come back. Of course, we carried too close to the sun. What a gift to be surrounded by queer friends I’ve met in different cities across continents these past few years. I hope I can show you all the love, empathy and encouragement you’ve shown me. I hope 2026 is even more queer and full of music and community and growth, and maybe a bit easier 🖤 P.S. your eyes would have bags, too, if you were inside the concrete church for 4 parties in 8 days, among other outings 🫨
