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• POEMS / GAY POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTSOBSHAGS   FOLLOWON AUG 25 2023 08:30 AM PST  THE GLOSSY STUGGLE OF A ONCE YOUNG GAY MAN
• POEMS / GAY LOVE POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTJOSHUA KENRYU   FOLLOWON FEB 16 2023 05:38 PM PST  BEE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW

POEMS / GAY POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTSOBSHAGS   FOLLOWON AUG 25 2023 08:30 AM PST  THE GLOSSY STUGGLE OF A ONCE YOUNG GAY MAN

Explore the rich tradn of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer poets and poetry by browsg a selectn of poems & d.

Bt LGBTQ Poems1 I Sg the Body Electric by Walt Whman2 A Lany for Survival by Audre Lor3 Poem about My Rights by June Jordan4 The Aureole by Nikky Fney5 What Kd of Tim Are The by Adrienne Rich6 One Girl by Sappho7 A Lady by Amy Lowell8 Homosexualy by Frank O’Hara9 The Lyric In a Time of War by Eloise Kle Healy10 Who Said It Was Simple by Audre Lor11 FAQS. Homosexualy by Frank O’Hara.

‘Homosexualy’ scrib the act of g out as gay through the metaphor of an actor takg off his mask.

POEMS / GAY LOVE POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTJOSHUA KENRYU   FOLLOWON FEB 16 2023 05:38 PM PST  BEE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW

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