“Faggots Ball,” debuts at the Hamilton Lodge No. 155th St.) host elaborate drag balls, igniting a brief “pansy craze.” The annual Masquerade and Civic Ball, a.k.a. 11th St.) and the long-gone Rockland Palace (280 W.
It’s dubbed the “wickedest place in New York” by local press.ġ890s–1930s: Webster Hall (125 E. McDarrah/Getty Imagesġ890: So-called fairies turn tricks at the Slide (157 Bleecker St.), one of the city’s earliest gathering spots for gay men.
