Why Halloween is 'gay Christmas' to many LGBTQ Amerins

Contents:

• WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
• SF GAY HISTORY
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS
• THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC

WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS

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SF GAY HISTORY

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GAY PARTI & EVENTS

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THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC

"Merrie cherryAn extravaganza of the supernatural, all thgs sweet and larger-than-life stum, many LGBTQ Amerins like Roberts hail Halloween as "gay Christmas. " But the ntemporary excement around the supernatural holiday has a long history wh the LGBTQ morn phrase "gay Christmas" actually stems om an earlier queer nickname for the holiday, "bch Christmas, " acrdg to Marc Ste, a profsor of history at San Francis State Universy, and thor of "Cy of Sisterly and Brotherly Lov.