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“Gay Africans must speak up and let everyone know they are there, they have always been there, and that they are not going away.” quote by Roger Ross Williams — Download Open image

“Gay Africans must speak up and let everyone know they are there, they have always been there, and that they are not going away.”

Roger Ross Williams

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