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"Gay youth seek the ball scene as a safe haven. When they are fdg out they are gay, they'll go to someone their muny, someone at school or their fay, who they may have heard is gay. "The Black Power Movement was divid on whether to be forc or sever ti wh gays the stggle for civil rights, " he explas.

"It was feared that the associatn wh gays would hr advancement. Black gays were also beg prsured to choose their allegiance-- lor vs. But general, the black muny is not as homophobic as is historilly portrayed the media.

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