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Contents:
- SUNDAY TEA DANC, A PROUD GAY TRADN WORTH REVIVG
- CCNATI IS REVIVG THE LOST TRADN OF GAY TEA DANC FOR A NEW GENERATN
- THE HISTORY OF GAY TEA DANC
- GAY HISTORY: THE VERY GAY AND INTERTG HISTORY OF THE ALMOST LOST TRADN OF THE SUNDAY TEA DANCE
SUNDAY TEA DANC, A PROUD GAY TRADN WORTH REVIVG
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CCNATI IS REVIVG THE LOST TRADN OF GAY TEA DANC FOR A NEW GENERATN
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THE HISTORY OF GAY TEA DANC
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GAY HISTORY: THE VERY GAY AND INTERTG HISTORY OF THE ALMOST LOST TRADN OF THE SUNDAY TEA DANCE
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But to generatns of gay men ’s what we did, what we looked forward to, where we created Communy. Sadly tea danc, once an tegral part of the Gay Communy, have all but died out.