Queer culture isn't a small, isolated subset of society, nor is a new movement. The acknowledged father of bodybuildg, Eugen Sandow, was gay and lived the late 1800s. Burlque troup the early 1900s often featured female impersonators performg risqué danc—unbeknownst to their dienc. And the bate over gay marriage actually origated the 1950s.
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GAY BASHERS: EVEN GAYER THAN BODYBUILDG?
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