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Contents:
- BAD GAYS: A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY
- EVIL TWKS AND GAY GANGSTERS: WHY WE NEED TO REMEMBER HISTORY’S HORRID HOMOSEXUALS
BAD GAYS: A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY
An unnventnal history of homosexualy for rears of The Deviant's War by Eric Cervi. What about those 'bad gays' whose un-exemplary liv reveal more than we might expect?
EVIL TWKS AND GAY GANGSTERS: WHY WE NEED TO REMEMBER HISTORY’S HORRID HOMOSEXUALS
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