PRIDE MONTH + Gay History – June 5: Torch Song Trilogy, Feri Garcia Lor, The Commtee for Homosexual Freedom and MORE!
Contents:
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- ON THIS GAY DAY: ‘TORCH SONG TRILOGY’ HAD S PREMIERE
- PRIDE MONTH GAY HISTORY – JUNE 5: TORCH SONG TRILOGY, FERI GARCIA LOR, THE COMMTEE FOR HOMOSEXUAL FREEDOM, AND MORE.
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
Pri serv more than a month. The gay songs – om dis hs to club classics – are perfect for Pri year-round. * gay torch songs *
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ON THIS GAY DAY: ‘TORCH SONG TRILOGY’ HAD S PREMIERE
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PRIDE MONTH GAY HISTORY – JUNE 5: TORCH SONG TRILOGY, FERI GARCIA LOR, THE COMMTEE FOR HOMOSEXUAL FREEDOM, AND MORE.
1898 – Birth date of gay Spanish poet Feri Garcia Lor. Weisel owned a popular gay dance club Washgton, DC. 1969 – The “Commtee for Homosexual Freedom” newsletter announced that after two weeks of picketg, Frank Dennaro, who was fired om his job at Tower Rerds bee he was gay, was re-hired.
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