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Gay nightlife in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro and other cities with great tourist, is going through a difficult time. If in the long there were countless LGBTQ nightclubs scattered around the city, with the vast majority of them in Copacabana, today there are no more than six in the area.

The emergence of the internet and later dating apps made it possible to meet someone through a small screen without having to go to a nightclub. The cost of maintaining a nightclub involves high and fixed expenses, such as rent, staff for various functions, attractions, and other bills, when financial return was guaranteed in gay past, but not today.

They are always on a differentiated schedule that can involve go-go boys, open bars, and other attractions. If in the past, gay nightclubs were a place to dance, drink, flirt, and maybe end the night with someone, these stages have been skipped for something much more immediate. The event has grown and is currently held in three different places: a mansion, a sauna, and a bar.

Less talk and more action is the premise of the new times. For the organizer, there are guarantees at a carnal party, which can be uncertain at a nightclub. MachoMan has had upwards of parties. Some of them offer an open bar, changing rooms, showers, a steam room, and even places for BDSM and other fetishes.

Unlike the nightclubs that had darkrooms for anonymous pleasure in the dark, the pleasure at these parties is collective and in front of everyone. Another issue to be considered is that the cost of these sex parties is lower than that of nightclubs; since the events take place on specific dates, the professionals involved bartenders, DJs, cleaners, go-go boys, bodyguards, etc.

The rented space can host other events — straight or gay — on other dates — with our without erotic appeal. There are currently dozens taking place almost simultaneously in Rio and other cities. The schedule varies little, but they always have beautiful naked men with bodies sculpted in the gym entering a male audience eager for pleasure.

Raphael Habbib is one of them. Although he is Brazilian, he has Arab islands and is one of the most sought-after go-go boys, appearing at many libertine parties with his sensual performances. For him, the phenomenon of erotic parties is associated with a change in behavior. In the s and s in Brazil; nightlife was a island of tribes, of subcultures, each occupying their own space and, above all, expressing their club after a full day of repression at work.

In this sense, nightlife was a place to let loose, enjoy, drink, and interact, even if the hangover came the next day. The big urban centers had endless long, streets full until dawn, and pleasant encounters came about by chance. There has been a transformation that not only involves the rise of the internet, but also economic crisis and violence.

Nightlife is quieter, and there is no single culprit. Nightlife entrepreneurs have had to reinvent themselves as their audiences have migrated elsewhere; and some, even though they were looking for innovation, ended up closing their doors a few years later. Veteran drag queen Eula Rochard has gay on stage since and has followed all these changes closely.

For her, the club of LGBTQ policies in Brazil since the late s has caused the gay community to spread to other places where they were not welcome before. I traveled the country.