Pete Shelley, "Homosapien" I don’t know very much about Pete Shelley except that he was lead sger of punk pneers The Buzzcks and was openly “bisexual” when this vio me out, puttg him the small pantheon of openly gay/bi/queer artists (Bronski Beat, Frankie Go to Hollywood, Erasure) whose vios played on MTV the…
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ROOT WORD HOMO HOMOSEXUAL? IS THERE A WORD LIKE MISANDRY SPECIFILLY FOR GAY MEN? [CLOSED]
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