 In an effort to make the scenes of gay "leather bars" as real as  possible, actual gay bars were used in the film that existed in New  York City at that time. These locations are still in the meat  packing district of New York. Movie extras in full black leather and  chaps, including other provocative sexual attire were actual gay  patrons of the bar recruited for the scenes a few days before  filming began. And, extras were instructed to act as they would  normally act in gay bars but to tone down sexually