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Contents:
- THE GAY LETTERS : A CIVIL WAR RRPONNCE
- GAYBCS: A QUEER ALPHABET HARDVER – SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
- LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
- TOP 10 FASCATG GAY TEXTS FROM HISTORY
- GAY LERATURE: POETRY AND PROSEGAY LERATURE: POETRY AND PROSE
THE GAY LETTERS : A CIVIL WAR RRPONNCE
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GAYBCS: A QUEER ALPHABET HARDVER – SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
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LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
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TOP 10 FASCATG GAY TEXTS FROM HISTORY
Before the latter half of the 19th century, the word "gay" simply referred to someone who was "reee, " "cheerful, " or "bright and showy, " acrdg to The Oxford Dictnary of Difficult Words.
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GAY LERATURE: POETRY AND PROSEGAY LERATURE: POETRY AND PROSE
From the wonrful 1998 anthology My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuri (public library) — a diverse llectn of missiv verg the universali of romantic love, om longg and fatuatn to jealoy and rejectn to tenrns and loyalty — the rrponnce of Beat Generatn godfather Allen Gsberg and the poet Peter Orlovsky.