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2ND OPENLY GAY BLACK SGER ON MOTOWN RERDS CARL BEAN HAS DIED, WHO WAS THE FIRST?
Gay history is Black history. * gay black facts *
He explored issu of sexualy and black inty his work, and his avant-gar story “Smoke, Lili, and Ja” is thought to be the first explicly gay story published by a black RUSTIN (1912-1987)Bayard Rt his Park Avenue South office New York Cy, April 1969.