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1983. Music: Holly Near. Singing for Our Lives

Gay in the 80s Posted on November 7, 2013 by Colin ClewsNovember 7, 2013

Not the usual hi-energy music that generally appears on this blog, Holly Near’s Singing for Our Lives is very much an old fashioned folk song. Why, then, is it appearing on an LGBT blog? Because it was written in response … Continue reading →

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