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PHOTOS: Taking It Off for a Good Cause
As the weather warms up, the clothes will come off 12 of the hottest men strip down to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at Broadway Bares: Solo Strips.
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          Apr 04, 2013
          
        
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Billy Steeves
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Daniel Robinson

Dennis Stowe

James Brown III

John Paul LaPorte

Matt Anctil

Matt Rossoff. Photo by Rob Sutton Photography

Patrick Boyd. Photo by Rob Sutton Photography

Patrick McCollum

Peter Nelson

Sheldon Tucker

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PHOTOS: Taking It Off for a Good Cause

As the weather warms up, the clothes will come off 12 of the hottest men strip down to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at Broadway Bares: Solo Strips.

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