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The sger’s pro-gay sgle strangely par her stggl wh fame to more dangero kds of persecutn.

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VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL

A 2017 vio of late rapper Kg Von rurfac onle wh the rapper sayg he's "gay" to get reloted jail. * shade is gay *

The exprsn to "throw sha" at someone or "throwg sha" has seeped to mastream culture a big way, so is time to talk about where me om and what term "throwg sha" om black and Lato gay term's first signifint step to straight culture was the 1990 documentary about young, black, and Lato drag queens New York Cy, "Paris is Burng. "'Cse sha never ma anybody ls gay, " sger-songwrer sgs, showg further support for LGBTQ rights. “You jt need to take several seats and then try to rtore the peace/And ntrol your urg to scream about the people you hate/’Cse sha never ma anybody ls gay, ” she clar.

FURRY SHAS OF GAY 2

Swift’s huge ditn of “You Need to Calm Down” to the gay rights movement on the heels of a recent statement she ma support of Tennsee’s Equaly Act. In the rerdg leaked earlier this week, the Chigo rapper appears to claim he’s gay to law enforcement officers an effort to secure a cell transfer while servg time jail. They got a problem wh gay people.

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