Janis Ian's character Mean Girls is the ultimate example of gay-bag and 's time we claimed her for good.
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Bill Cosby had tried to out her as gay the late 1960s and get her banned om TV, sayg Ian “wasn’t suable fay entertament”.
JANIS IAN OM “MEAN GIRLS” SHOULD HAVE BEEN GAY
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I uldn’t have worked any clubs, really, except gay clubs. Then 1993, she me out as gay, and returned as an pennt artist wh Breakg Silence, slowly rebuildg her reer.
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