Gay Bla, The

Contents:

• A GAY BLA
• THE GAY BLA SWEATSHIRTS & HOODI

A GAY BLA

The Gay Bla Cloth For Men store Corvallis, Oregon cir 1975. The store soon changed s name to The Bla after "gay" beme associated wh beg homosexual.

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THE GAY BLA SWEATSHIRTS & HOODI

In the 1980s, when "gay" started to mean somethg other than "happy and reee, " the stor beme known as jt "The Bla. They ranged om the venerable partment store Meier & Frank cha and s legendary downtown flagship store, to smaller cloth sellers like The Gay Bla and Charl F.