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Starter archiveClosedApproximateClublate 1970s–early 1980s
GG's Barnum Room
152 West 42nd Street · Times Square, Manhattan40.7560° N / 73.9870° W
Overview
Times Square club with trapeze performers, often cited within trans and drag nightlife history.
GG's Barnum Room was a Times Square club remembered for trapeze acts above the dancefloor and often cited within the history of trans and drag nightlife in New York. Its run was brief and documentation is thin.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
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Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here
Sonic profile
discoballroom
Cultural role
trans nightlifedrag performanceballroom-adjacent
Tags
#transhistory#drag#trapeze#West42nd#ballroom