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How the gay party scene short-circuited and became a moneymaking bonanza

  • Written by Christopher T. Conner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
imageRevelers party during the Circuit Festival's Water Park Day in Vilassar de Mar, Spain, in August 2016.Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images

When coronavirus restrictions threatened the White Party, an annual circuit party held in Palm Springs, California, the organizer, Jeffrey Sanger, decided to move the festivities to Jalisco, Mexico.

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