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‘Like a Bomb in the Gasoline Station’: East–West Migration and Transnational Activism around Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Politics in Poland

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Pages 1107-1124 | Received 30 Mar 2011, Accepted 18 Jan 2012, Published online: 11 Jun 2013

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