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Period gay guides described it as a packed, friendly, all-gay club with a young crowd, dancing, DJs, and drag shows. A 1971 guide was particularly enthusiastic, labeling it simply \u003cstrong data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"466\"\u003e“A Must!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"901\"\u003eThe Hinge was also part of something bigger happening in Detroit nightlife. An advertisement in the \u003cem data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"629\"\u003eDetroit Gay Liberator\u003c\/em\u003e from \u003cstrong data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"647\"\u003eMay 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e promoted a DJ seven nights a week, making the club one of the early documented examples of DJ-driven gay nightlife in Michigan—right as the modern dance-club culture was beginning to emerge in cities across America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1238\"\u003eBy 1973, gay travel guides described \u003cstrong data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"959\"\u003e“Ye Iron Hinge”\u003c\/strong\u003e as a popular destination with DJs and regular drag shows. Performers who passed through the club became part of Detroit's vibrant female-impersonation and drag scene; Elaine St. Jacques, for example, was crowned \u003cstrong data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1199\"\u003eMiss Iron Hinge in 1974\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1560\"\u003eThe location also reflects the changing geography of queer Detroit. Gay nightlife gradually migrated from downtown northward along \u003cstrong data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1390\"\u003eWoodward Avenue\u003c\/strong\u003e, eventually establishing another major center around Palmer Park. 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