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Contents:

• COULD THE HEROE OF PIXAR'S 'BRAVE' BE GAY? (WARNG: SPOILERS!)
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY-OWNED LAS MARGARAS CATCH FIRE
• LOVED-UP UPLE BTALLY ATTACKED AT RTRANT FOR BEG GAY: ‘PEOPLE WERE LGHG STEAD OF HELPG’

COULD THE HEROE OF PIXAR'S 'BRAVE' BE GAY? (WARNG: SPOILERS!)

Do likg Katy Perry's "Firework" and margaras make you gay?

But largely unnoticed is the blatant homophobia baked to the film's plot at every possible moment. Gay marriage has been legalized 35 stat and DOMA was led unnstutnal.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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GAY-OWNED LAS MARGARAS CATCH FIRE

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LOVED-UP UPLE BTALLY ATTACKED AT RTRANT FOR BEG GAY: ‘PEOPLE WERE LGHG STEAD OF HELPG’

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