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- ↑ "Lavender Short, Reuniting Torch Song's Michael Urie and Michael Hsu Rosen, is Available on Vimeo". 15 May 2019.
- ↑ "Cinequest 2017: Don't miss these films at San Jose's huge fest". The Mercury News. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
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