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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

"As for Takg My Baby Up Town, about a uple who are shouted at the street but keep walkg arm arm, the song has bee a gay pri anthem. But Armatradg is keen to qualify s succs: “My songs are for everybody: black, whe, male, female, gay, straight, bi.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

She explaed: “I was fed up wh everybody thkg I was gay. She said: “Biddy has never sent me a Christmas rd sce then, to which I would say, ‘Have you spent 30 years beg acced of beg gay?

’ Everybody go, ‘Oh, she’s gay, isn’t she? Sexism, homophobia, racism: The folks clud this brief history have uniformly faced one or more of the obstacl along the way. Bgraphers say Sister Tharpe was known to have a relatnship wh at least one other woman while she toured, wh the road makg easier for many women to live more openly whout fear of homophobic retributn.

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Love and affectn: LGBT fave Joan Armatradg stops Atlanta on last world tour – Geia Voice – Gay & LGBT Atlanta News .

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