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Dutton runs BC's Gay and Lesbian Archives out of his West End condo.
- ↑ Griffin, Kevin (30 May 2018). "Gay and Lesbian Archives donated to City of Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000.
- ↑ "Angles and VGCC News: A subject index to two Canadian periodical publications of the Vancouver gay community, covering the period of 1980 to May 1998".
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