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THE TERACTN OF DRAG QUEENS AND GAY MEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPAC
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Ironilly, they were also fightg for the rights of the closeted and uptight homos who shunned them— those days a lot of gay bars banned drag queens. Those brave queers had led the charge and paved the way for the whole Gay Liberatn movement.
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