Howard Pollack, The Dean of Gay Amerin Composers, Amerin Mic, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Sprg, 2000), pp. 39-49
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CLASSIL MIC AND HOMOSEXUALY: FOUR GAY POSERS TO BE "PROUD" OF
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