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Contents:
- SCISSOR SISTERS’ JAKE SHEARS TALKS COMG OUT, BEG GAY TMP’S AMERI: ‘IT’S POSSIBLE TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S MDS’
- SCISSOR SISTERS: 'WE ARE A BAND FIRST, A GAY BAND SEND'
- FIVE REASONS TO LOVE SCISSOR SISTERS, EVEN IF YOU AREN'T A GAY MAN
- WHICH OF THE SCISSOR SISTERS ARE GAY?
SCISSOR SISTERS’ JAKE SHEARS TALKS COMG OUT, BEG GAY TMP’S AMERI: ‘IT’S POSSIBLE TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S MDS’
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SCISSOR SISTERS: 'WE ARE A BAND FIRST, A GAY BAND SEND'
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FIVE REASONS TO LOVE SCISSOR SISTERS, EVEN IF YOU AREN'T A GAY MAN
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WHICH OF THE SCISSOR SISTERS ARE GAY?
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However, the band accepts that the homosexual experience is bound to be reflected their songs. From Liberace and his floor-length furs to Gee Michael's dangly earrgs, gay men were marketed as female nquts.
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