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Gay Slang Terms From The Mid-century To The 70s. Homosexualy remaed illegal across the Uned Stat the mid-twentieth century – that is, until Illois beme the first state to crimalize same-sex relatns 1962. In an act of ristance, unrground gay and lbian bars thrived the 50s and 60s.
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