I, a queer woman of color, moved into my apartment building without knowing that it once housed one of the oldest gay clubs in Massachusetts.
On its last night open in September 2016, the liquor ran out at Fran’s Place. Darlene Casey said one beer sat in the cooler, but it was too old to drink. A longtime regular, Casey watched patrons dance and sway, savoring one of the oldest gay bars in the commonwealth for the last time. She wanted to leave something behind, a way for people to know that she and her friends were there. So she grabbed black and silver markers.
Darlene Casey looks behind the plastic sheeting used to cover the names on the wall of the former Fran's Place. Lisa Ryan. Jimmy Doyle. Bambi. Maryann. Sandra. Jeffrey. This was her Cheers, where her friends threw her 50th surprise birthday party. “As a child I could hear my mother saying to my dad, ‘God, Bobby you know these girls seem very friendly with each other and one thing led to another and then I think they sort of realized what was going on,” Collins said. “My mother and father really loved it because they were just friendly people. They didn't want any problems. They were very nice. They were respectful.”
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