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Eat, Bey, Love

I think of myself as sane, but the look on faces when I mention that I flew to Europe to see Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour (twice) says otherwise. Let me explain.

I am what you’d call a stan. I’ve been listening to Beyoncé since I was 6. Destiny’s Child’s The Writing’s on the Wall is one of the first albums I owned – back in 1998. Long before I realized I was gay, I’d make sure no one was home and strut down my small apartment’s hallway to “Crazy in Love.”

You could say I’m a

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