Oted by a gay sheikh | Brian Whaker | The Guardian

Contents:

• OTED BY A GAY SHEIKH
• SHEIK : GAY & BLACK GLOSSARY
• BT GAY SHEIKHS
• WHO IS DUNN SHEIK GAY?
• OLYMPIAN SAYS GAY MEN ARE WARDS, SO THERE AREN’T GAY MALE PRO SKIERS

OTED BY A GAY SHEIKH

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SHEIK : GAY & BLACK GLOSSARY

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BT GAY SHEIKHS

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WHO IS DUNN SHEIK GAY?

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OLYMPIAN SAYS GAY MEN ARE WARDS, SO THERE AREN’T GAY MALE PRO SKIERS

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Sger-songwrer Dunn Sheik is to gay men, polics and electronic, so he's still crazy about vo and the ladi, but thgs have started to change, at least melodilly, for this once puppy-faced but creasgly bear-lookg, straight sger-songwrer.