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Contents:
- FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
- GALLERY: IO TILLETT WRIGHT EXAM THE 50+ SHAS OF GAY
- TED TALK TUDAY #229: FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
* fifty shades of gay ted talk *
3, 184, 499 views | iO Tillett Wright | TEDxWomen 2012 • December 2012iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, turns out, nsir themselv to exist the gray areas of sexualy, not 100% gay or straight. IO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are?
Gallery: iO Tillett Wright exam the 50+ shas of gay. IO Tillett Wright: Fifty shas of gay.
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GALLERY: IO TILLETT WRIGHT EXAM THE 50+ SHAS OF GAY
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TED TALK TUDAY #229: FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? iO Tillett Wright (TED Talk: Fifty shas of gay) is on a missn to pot out that we're all, at heart, the same. Sure, we might intify as male, female, straight, gay, trans-sexual...