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Back in the mids, I used to go with friends to a happening gay disco spot in LA, a place called Catch One. I would go with my then-girlfriend and some of her friends. Handsome young men of all races and colors dancing to the throbbing beat of house music. The women in my group would swoon and fret over the men, complaining that there were so many good-looking but unavailable men.

It was exhilarating, to say the least, and the vibe was infectious. We loved it. House music started in Chicago in the late s, offering gay, black, hispanic men, women, and other minorities a place where they could feel free and safe and hang loose on the dance floors.

I wrote a piece last year on Frankie Knucklesthe godfather of house music. Catch One first opened its doors in as an early mecca for gay blacks and latinos in LA. Now, sadly, after 42 years of being on the scene, Catch One is closing its doors. I will always have fond memories of the place. Did you enjoy this piece?

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