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While Stonewall has (rightfully) been ironed into gay history, lesser-known Julius’ bar deserves to be right there with it. Just around the corner from its more famous cousin, Julius’ is the oldest continuously operating gay bar in New York City and the site of the 1966 “Sip-In,” when the Mattachine Society protested a law banning alcohol sales to homosexuals. The group won a pivotal court battle granting gays the right to peaceful assembly, and thus paved the way for the modern “gay bar” to exist. Without the Sip-In, Stonewall would never have opened its doors.
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