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Contents:
- GAY HISTORY: WHEN DID WE TURN ON THE MOTACHE?
- GAY MEN, QUEER WOMEN, AND THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE MTACHE
GAY HISTORY: WHEN DID WE TURN ON THE MOTACHE?
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The Gay Mtache.
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GAY MEN, QUEER WOMEN, AND THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE MTACHE
In honor of a new book on the 'stache, here are 31 gay or bi folks who rock facial hair. * are mustaches gay *
As gay inty and polics began to perate pop culture, we saw the emergence of the Castro Clone, often wearg a heavy mtache: a reference to the workg Joe. A group of men relax on the street durg the Gay Pri para New York Cy, June 1982.
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