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October 11, 2011

Diary Of A Gay Black Man: “Big Boys Don’t Cry” by Tarringo T. Vaughan

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Was I supposed to just run away? Or maybe being just another faggot I was supposed to shiver and be afraid of the big bad drunken straight man in the sailor suit running at me. I stood

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