James Finn
Jan 20, 2025

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Absolutely! In fact, I once wrote a story about the history of the song. I was interested in it, because when I first moved to New York City in 1990, I lived at the McBurney YMCA for a while. They had great weekly rates! And the daily rates were already inexpensive. I also worked out there for years after I settled myself into more ordinary housing.

Members of the Village People have told stories explicitly about how the McBurney YMCA inspired them to write a song about the gay men who loved the place.

To see one of them at least denying that now while making money off performing for Trump and his deplorable supporters ...

It's pretty hard to take!

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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