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TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
We meet a gay chemist and a transgenr sports scientist who are changg the world of science their own unique Welton: 00:43So hello, I'm Tom Welton, and I'm profsor of staable chemistry at Imperial College London.
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