COVID-19 Has Devastated Boston’s LGBTQ Nightlife and Restaurant Workers | Eater Boston

"On the last Friday night before the statewide shutdown, the DJ booth was occupied by Stevie Psyclone spinning dance-pop to an unusually sparse dance floor while bouncers wore makeshift PPE and patrons felt more fearful than euphoric; the venue — which a year earlier had seemed secure enough for Stevie to quit his office job and take on the full-time role of entertainment manager and lead DJ with weekend lines down Columbus Avenue — shut down with the pandemic, costing him not only income but his primary artistic outlet and social community, which he describes as therapeutic." - Alex Reimer