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Contents:

• WHY SO MANY DISNEY VILLAS SOUND 'GAY'
• WHAT MAK DISNEY VILLAS SO GAY?
• EVIL TWKS AND GAY GANGSTERS: WHY WE NEED TO REMEMBER HISTORY’S HORRID HOMOSEXUALS

WHY SO MANY DISNEY VILLAS SOUND 'GAY'

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WHAT MAK DISNEY VILLAS SO GAY?

The origal Green Lantern troduced 1940, Alan Stt, was reimaged 2012 as an out gay hero who ris an alternate universe known as Earth 2, where he riv his powers om a mystil elemental force named “the Green. The first superhero to utter the words “I am gay” the pag of a mastream ic (1992’s Alpha Flight #106) ma history once more 20 years later when he married his partner, Kyle, Astonishg X-Men #51 — the first same-sex weddg the Marvel Universe.

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EVIL TWKS AND GAY GANGSTERS: WHY WE NEED TO REMEMBER HISTORY’S HORRID HOMOSEXUALS

A young Bobby Drake om the past, displaced time and fightg crime the prent day, was revealed to be gay after his psychic teammate Jean Grey read his md and nonted him about his sexualy All-New X-Men #40.