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- TEGAN AND SARA RELL 'PROS AND CONS' OF GROWG UP GAY THE '90S: 'IT WAS EASIER SOME WAYS'
- TEGAN GAY
- OP-ED: THE GAY TTH ABOUT RONALD REAGAN
- TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY
TEGAN AND SARA RELL 'PROS AND CONS' OF GROWG UP GAY THE '90S: 'IT WAS EASIER SOME WAYS'
Pop duo Tegan and Sara talk about the queer '90s movi and micians that spired their journey, and the gay TV shows they currently love. * tegan gay *
The Canadian pop duo share the pop culture that helped them e out and why the new crop of gay TV is so by Mallory Rosten for ThrillistDign by Mallory Rosten for ThrillistThe Qu tws, Tegan and Sara, have spent a lot of time over the past few years reexamg their youth. 'All Over Me' | Full Le FeaturQueer '90s cemaTegan: For Sara and I obvly growg up the '90s, there wasn't a ton of gay reprentatn out there, so I thk what gay reprentatn llid wh , sparked joy and excement and nervons. What's the word, Sara, that you always e about what's your first gay, when you meet somebody—Sara: Your root?
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TEGAN GAY
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OP-ED: THE GAY TTH ABOUT RONALD REAGAN
Ronald Reagan failed to succsfully bat the AIDS crisis, but do that make him antigay? * tegan gay *
A lot of '90s gay people have the same experience.
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TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY
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