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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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”Gay men, she said, spoke of beg forced to s, stone-faced and anx, as homophobic slurs were ed the Middleton’s experience that environment prompted him to make the subject of a documentary, “Shape Up: Gay the Black Barbershop. ”The half-hour film, which premiered at the Whe Hoe 2016 and won a Film Award of Excellence om the LOGO TV Herage Awards, told the stori of several black men experiencg homophobia black, Mr. “He knew that I was gay but every time I went he would nstantly h on me and try to take me out, ” said Ayanna, a 22-year-old stunt at a New York Cy llege who cled to give her full name to protect her privacy.