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- ↑ "L'Androgyne settles in: Bookstore moves to Gay Village after 16 years on the Main". Montreal Gazette , 3 August 2001.
- ↑ "L'Androgyne closing: Move to Gay Village wasn't enough to save bookstore specializing in materials now sold online or at Indigo". Montreal Gazette , 20 July 2002.
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