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Contents:
- A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF GIRAFF, A SUBCULTURE FOR VERY TALL GAY MEN
- TALL GAYS (6'4" AND ABOVE) TELL ME...
- GAY PRI COLLECTN
A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF GIRAFF, A SUBCULTURE FOR VERY TALL GAY MEN
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One night, they joked to some iends that they were the "Tall Gay Agenda, " and the TGA's first seed was didn't ci to grow that seed to an actual event until two years later — a cisn that, tertgly, was fluenced by a muny of short gay men. "The spiratn me om 'Runt, ' [a] party that ed to happen at Nowhere Bar for short gay guys, " Thompson said. It was really his ia to do somethg siar, so we cid to have a gay bar takeover for guys that were 6 feet 2 ch and taller.
TALL GAYS (6'4" AND ABOVE) TELL ME...
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GAY PRI COLLECTN
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"Back when I was datg, I would have given anythg for Tall Gay Agenda to exist bee I've always been attracted to taller guys. More than anythg, Thompson said that the group hop to brg like-md gay men (and their alli) together to foster a sense of nnectn that's missg om the mastream gay bar scene. "It's really important to me to create an event where people feel fortable talkg to strangers and makg new iends — somethg that is sorely lackg most NYC gay bars and the cy general.
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