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“A whole stadium full”: Lesbian community at women's national basketball association games

Susannah Dolance Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, Century College, 3300 Century Avenue North, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110 E-mail: [email protected].
Pages 74-83 | Published online: 11 Jan 2010

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