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Changes aside, Camp adopts an unassuming demeanor. In a youtube video on the Camp website, owner Bill Collins says “Promise you you’re gonna have a really good time. And don’t you really need a drink or something to eat anyway?” | Changes aside, Camp adopts an unassuming demeanor. In a youtube video on the Camp website, owner Bill Collins says “Promise you you’re gonna have a really good time. And don’t you really need a drink or something to eat anyway?” | ||
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Revision as of 19:16, 21 March 2010
490 N Robert St, St Paul, MN
Trixx Bar Advertisement. From Lavender Magazine, 2002 |
Gay bars use the Rossmor Building in downtown St. Paul like a revolving door—The Grand Finale, Rumours and Innuendo, Club Vogue, Rocky’s on 10th, and Trixx compose an almost-continuous list of queer use in the building since 1977. A former shoe factory, the structure’s attraction may be the result of queer migration.
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In part, these changes accompany an evolving self-perception of gay and bisexual men.
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Camp advertisement in Lavender Magazine, shortly after opening in 2007. |
(1) "Take Back the Nightlife: The GLBT Bar scene is Experiencing a Renaissance -Just in Time for Pride." The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, special "PRIDE 2007" Issue. 6/21/2007
This page is still under construction. -SVC
Part of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 100 Queer Places in Minnesota History, (1860-1969), (1969-2010)