The Dog Page #3

that's where I would wind up.

EDWIN NEWMAN:
Homosexuals who

acknowledge their homosexuality

and pattern their lives

accordingly are known as gay,

and the gay liberation movement

is challenging

a society that abhors

homosexuality.

The Gay Activist Alliance

is the largest

and most vocal

of several homosexual groups.

WOJTOWICZ:
I got interested

in the gay movement

after the Stonewall riots.

So what happened is, I joined

the Gay Activist Alliance.

We used to meet

in different locations.

Then finally, they got

their own headquarters,

which was called the Firehouse,

and it was on Wooster Street

over in the Village.

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MALE REPORTER:

The Gay Activist Alliance

holds dances

every Saturday night

at its headquarters,

an old firehouse

in Greenwich Village.

Upwards of 1,000 attend.

Many would not appear

in this film.

Freedom of sexual expression

is as much an issue

of the gay movement

as civil and legal rights are.

Gay people

want to be themselves,

flirt, hold hands, kiss,

and talk openly about sex

just as heterosexuals do.

WOJTOWICZ:
I was a member

of the entertainment committee.

So I would meet and greet

new gay people

coming into the scene.

I could have sex with them

quicker than anybody else

because they were just

coming out,

and in those days,

we did a lot of getting down.

You got to understand that

the thing about the gay movement

is that it was more

sexually driven than anything

because anybody can be straight,

but it takes somebody special

to be gay.

OK. Now, you're now entering

Christopher Street Park,

where gays from

all over the world come

to see the famous statues

that are supposed to represent

the gay movement.

OK. These two statues right here

represent gay males, OK?

The only problem is that

a lot of black gays

and a lot of Spanish gays

hate these two statues

because, as you notice,

they're all white, OK?

What this statue should be,

there should be a black face

on this statue

and find some kind

of colored clothes,

and this statue, the face

should be more olive

so he can be like

an Italian gay, right,

or a gay with a suntan

or a Latino gay,

not to mention Chinese

and all the rest.

I come here all the time.

I would say once or twice

a month.

Usually, I come into the city

for two things... money or body.

Usually, it's body, OK,

and usually, you would come

to the park and sit down

and a lot of the people

I know in the park

I have sexual

relations with, OK,

and they enjoy it,

and they have a good time, OK?

Also, if they need a meal

or if they need a place to sleep

or they're just horny like I am,

this is where you come.

I hope you enjoyed your tour.

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