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- RAPE OF GAY HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WAS IGNORED, ACRDG TO LAWSU
- A 16-YEAR-OLD WENT TO A GAY BAR WH A FAKE I.D. AND THGS COULD’VE END TERRIBLY IF NOT FOR THIS DRAG QUEEN
- ‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
RAPE OF GAY HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WAS IGNORED, ACRDG TO LAWSU
A gay high school stunt was allegedly raped months after plats of bullyg fell of af ears, acrdg to a lawsu filed by the boy's mother. * teen gay rape *
A lawsu by the mother of a Wt Virgia boy suggts that homophobia may be a factor failg to prevent the boy's rape, and later ignorg high school stunt, who is gay, was allegedly bullied, asslted and raped by a fellow stunt 2017.
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A 16-YEAR-OLD WENT TO A GAY BAR WH A FAKE I.D. AND THGS COULD’VE END TERRIBLY IF NOT FOR THIS DRAG QUEEN
As the only out young gay kid at my school, I took the advancement of my sexual experienc to my own hands and I did what we all do: I bought a fake ID and h the gay clubs.
‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
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