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Contents:
- BT GAY ANTHEMS OF 2017: CRIC’S PICKS
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- PANSY CRAZE: THE WILD 1930S DRAG PARTI THAT KICKSTARTED GAY NIGHTLIFE
- THE MIL LEGACY OF GAY BATHHO
- FLASH THE FLH: MANCHTER'S GAY CLUB HERO – PICTUR
BT GAY ANTHEMS OF 2017: CRIC’S PICKS
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THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
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PANSY CRAZE: THE WILD 1930S DRAG PARTI THAT KICKSTARTED GAY NIGHTLIFE
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THE MIL LEGACY OF GAY BATHHO
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At Club Abbey, Mal dched the drs and revented himself as a high-mp, waspish, obvly gay man – and was this that sgled him out. “What was novel is that he did not brg a drag act to the club, but stead performed elegant men’s clothg, and brought wh him the mp w of the gay subculture, ” explas LGBT historian JD Doyle. Photograph: Brigte DummerBut Paris had a reputatn for s laissez-faire attu, and queer performers were enuraged by the succs enjoyed the cy by Amerin performers cludg bisexual dancer Josephe Baker and gay trapeze artist Barbette.
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FLASH THE FLH: MANCHTER'S GAY CLUB HERO – PICTUR
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