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- 1 2 Fiction and poetry. Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
- 1 2 3 "A timeline of events: 40 years of Pink Triangle Press". Xtra! , October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Directory of Journals at queertheory.com.
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