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Contents:
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- THE SPRGTIME OF GAY POP CULTURE
- JT WHAT IS 'GAY CULTURE' IN 2013?
20 GAY GREEK GODS
This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years. * gay culture heroes *
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * gay culture heroes *
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THE SPRGTIME OF GAY POP CULTURE
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JT WHAT IS 'GAY CULTURE' IN 2013?
Thanks to the X-Men ics’ love of time travel hijks, there are actually two versns of this character at the moment: A teenage Iceman who realized he was gay after Jean Grey read his md, and an adult versn who stayed the closet and dated women for years, but me out after beg nonted by his younger self.
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