They’ve failed because people of color still come to Boystown. JJ and his friends come to Boystown several times a week after a long day of work, dancing their asses off into the night. I met Jon and Darren at Roscoe’s, one of the most diverse places in Boystown. Circuit, although it opens and closes frequently, is a club almost exclusively for Black and Latino queer people. They haven’t taken Boystown back from anyone. It wasn’t theirs to take. However, they’ve succeeded in changing the image of Boystown. Rather than a place where people of many different racial backgrounds come to drink and
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