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noizemagazine - noiZe Magazine Issue 58 October 2008 - Index

by Jason Salzenstein
The Hub is full of history, cool clubs and hot college boys
Home of America’s first bad boys’ costume tea party, once you get past
the stiff collars, this historical New England hub is a great place to play.
Boston may be best known for its many universities and its key role in the
American Revolution, but gay visitors shouldn’t be fooled by the city’s stodgy
(and outmoded) reputation. Underneath the three-button suits, stiff-collared shirts
and Puritan origins lies a hotbed of homos ready to tear off the uniforms from
their day jobs and get sweaty. Contemporary Boston has become a major center
of education, finance, high-tech and biotech during the day. But at night the story
is much different—and the guys are hardly Puritans!
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the birthplace of America. The history of
the U.S. began on the ancient streets of central Boston, where you are surrounded
by four centuries of history: from Boston Commons to the Public Gardens; the
Old North Tower to Boston Latin School. The nation’s most prestigious university,
Harvard, and the world’s premier science college, the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, are just across the Charles River in Cambridge, along with more than
50 other higher education institutions in the area. There are world-class museums,
the Freedom Trail, and Boston Harbor, home to that famous Tea Party, where
patriots dressed in Native American drag and had a grand time.
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