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Contents:
- DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INFLUENCE OF GAY DANCE
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- THE RISE OF ELECTRONIC GAY DANCE MIC
DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC
LGBTQ mic history is so much more than a timele of who me out when and which songs beme gay anthems -- ’s also about the artists who weren’t aaid to be themselv eras when dog so often had real risks attached. * the history of gay music *
LGBTQ mic history is so much more than a timele of who me out when and which songs beme gay anthems -- 's also about the artists who weren't aaid to be themselv eras when dog so….
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INFLUENCE OF GAY DANCE
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But 1973, a sger and actor named Bce Wayne Campbell beme what is believed to be the first openly gay rock mician signed to a major label when he buted as the outrageoly flashy Jobriath. Remarkably, another out gay man, Gary Floyd, also onted another of At’s first-rank punk bands, the Dicks, who would go on to be vered by the lik of The Butthole Surfers, J Lizard and Mudhoney.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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THE RISE OF ELECTRONIC GAY DANCE MIC
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