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Contents:
- EVOLUTN OF GAY FASHN: STEREOTYP TO SELF-EXPRSN
- REVIEW: 1970S GAY STREET FASHNS AND OTHER VTAGE DISVERI ‘PHOTOGRAPHY AND LANGUAGE’
EVOLUTN OF GAY FASHN: STEREOTYP TO SELF-EXPRSN
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REVIEW: 1970S GAY STREET FASHNS AND OTHER VTAGE DISVERI ‘PHOTOGRAPHY AND LANGUAGE’
Even though gay fashn is stereotyped pop culture, s history is anythg but basic. Let's disver s evolutn. * gay fashion 1980s *
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By the 1980s, beme more acceptable to show off gay fashn. In Pri paras around the world, leather fashn beme synonymo wh gay men. Over the last 20-30 years, well-loved celebri have paved the way for the Average Gay Joe to wear what he or she fds fashnable whout as much fear of retributn.