Musician and minister Carl Bean sang the disco hit "I Was Born This Way." It's considered the first gay anthem. Bean went on to fight the AIDS epidemic, particularly in Los Angeles' Black community. He's the subject of a new film from Oscar-winning Colorado documentarian Daniel Junge. "I Was Born This Way" is screening at this year's Denver International Film Festival.
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