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Folk music and the roots of activism

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Secrets in the family Fun Home

Alison Bechdel outs her dad

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Cattiness for a cause

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Logging on for love

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All you need is Breedlove

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The palette of porn

A new anthology challenges the preconception of lesbian pornography

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The gospel according to Ruthie Foster
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The gospel according to Ruthie Foster

‘I just try to show up and be myself’

July 6, 2005
Talent first at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival
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Talent first at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Getting festival airtime for queers

July 6, 2005
Riding the periphery
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Riding the periphery

Cris Derksen and the 100-year-old love of her life

July 6, 2005
Literary passion
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Literary passion

Festival offers queer & political line-up

July 7, 2004
Southern comfort
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Southern comfort

Seattle artists come to shine at festival

July 7, 2004
More than skin deep
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More than skin deep

Skinjobs talk tunes, touring and burning the rainbow at both ends

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She who lashes last
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She who lashes last

Dissin’ sisters versus Lilith lovers

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