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- Footnotes
- ↑ Morris, Bonnie J. (2016-07-29). The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture. SUNY Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-4384-6177-9.
- ↑ "Deidre McCalla interview", Queer Music Heritage, January 2004, archived from the original on 7 January 2007, retrieved 2008-09-06
- Further reading
- Laura Post, Deidre McCalla at Allmusic
