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- THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
- CHASG ‘PHANTOMS OF THE PAST’: 8 GAY AND LBIAN BAR ARCHIVISTS ON PRERVG LGBTQ+ NIGHTLIFE HISTORY
THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
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CHASG ‘PHANTOMS OF THE PAST’: 8 GAY AND LBIAN BAR ARCHIVISTS ON PRERVG LGBTQ+ NIGHTLIFE HISTORY
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’ If you nform to the whole Wtern culture ia of what a gay man is supposed to act like, then people want you around. ” The term for Two-Spir people is different each tribal language, but the practic and tradnal social posn of Two-Spirs is fairly nsistent, said Brian Joseph Gilley, an assistant profsor of anthropology at the Universy of Vermont and thor of “Beg Two-Spir: Gay Inty and Social Acceptance Indian Country. He was havg high-risk anonymo sex wh men parks and other public plac and also drkg heavily at gay bars to pensate for feelg unsirable.
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