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- LBIANS ON TV OUTNUMBER GAY MEN FOR FIRST TIME EVER, SAYS GLAAD
- GLAAD: GAY TV CHARACTERS AT RERD HIGH; CBS CRICIZED
- LBGTQ TV: A HISTORY OF GAY CHARACTERS, OM STONEWALL TO ‘BATWOMAN’
- GAY TV CHARACTERS AT RERD HIGH
LBIANS ON TV OUTNUMBER GAY MEN FOR FIRST TIME EVER, SAYS GLAAD
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