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Contents:
- WOULDN'T THAT MAKE YOU GAY?
- THE EDIAN BEHD THAT VIRAL ‘HI GAY!’ MEME IS BACK WH ANOTHER VID, JT TIME FOR PRI MONTH
WOULDN'T THAT MAKE YOU GAY?
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[youtube expand=1 se_id=25879312]Baltimora, "Tarzan Boy" (1985)Baltimora was a short-lived Italian dance-pop group onted by a young gay Irishman named Jimmy McShane. [youtube expand=1 se_id=25879312]Pl Lekakis, "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" (1987)Take one look at pretty boy Pl Lekakis and you'll unrstand why this goofy o to one-night stands was a h back the day, settlg at number 43 -- not que Top 40, but of urse was a staple the gay clubs. [youtube expand=1 se_id=25879312]Kon Kan, "I Beg Your Pardon" (1989)Another dance club staple, "I Beg Your Pardon" was the only h (number 15) for Canadian synth-pop group Kon Kan, which featured gay mician Barry Harris, who told thor Randolph Michaels the song was about an ex-boyiend.
THE EDIAN BEHD THAT VIRAL ‘HI GAY!’ MEME IS BACK WH ANOTHER VID, JT TIME FOR PRI MONTH
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