Disver Sissy Man Blu: Straight & Gay Blu by Var Artists released 1989. Fd album reviews, track lists, creds, awards and more at AllMic.
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SISSY MAN BLU: STRAIGHT & GAY BLU
The history of pop mic, and of black pop mic particular, has always been gay history. * blues gay term *
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Hugh' private life was also much ls public than Raey's—but most scholars believe he was gay, and he did wre sympathetilly about gay characters a number of his works.