Finding Community Through Music and Movement: Brooklyn’s Queer Salsa Scene
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Finding Community Through Music and Movement: Brooklyn’s Queer Salsa Scene

Together, we stand in a circle under the soft pink lights of C’mon Everybody, a gay bar in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. The group inhales and then collectively exhales, guided through a breathing exercise by Luca, a short individual in a flannel shirt. Holding a mic in their hands, Luca introduces themself before breaking up the circle to facilitate the first event of the night: salsa dancing.

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