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Why Chick-fil-A Still Hurts: Queer Trauma in the Age of Trump

BAD TASTE

The famous fried-chicken company may have cleaned up its act, but old homophobic demons don’t die so easily. It still smarts to see friends patronizing my former oppressor.

Jay Michaelson
Jay Michaelson
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Jay Michaelson

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