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For 40 years, Circus Disco was the beating heart of LA’s queer Latino community
Circus Disco’s ringmaster Gene La Pietra opened the doors in 1974 after his boyfriend at the time and their gay friends were refused entrance to nightclubs in West Hollywood because they were Latino.
Lorenzo Pisoni grew up under unusual circumstances. His father Larry Pisoni and mother Peggy Snider founded the Pickle Family Circus in 1974, and Lorenzo grew up in the center ring as a sidekick in ...
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