The 15 Most Followed Gays on Twitter

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The Most Popular Gays on Twitter
 Advocate.com Editors
          
          Sep 03, 2010
          
        
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The Web was aflutter when news broke that Lady Gaga became 
the most popular person on Twitter at almost six million followers. This piqued our curiosity, so we set out to find the most followed gays and 
lesbians in the Twitterverse. Click through to the following pages to see the results. All rankings as of September 2. 



        
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