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Featurg Esther Newton, Holly Hugh, Louise Fishman, Amber Holibgh, Shaka McGlotten, Tom “Panzi” Hansen, Jack Halberstam, Mart Manalansan, Gayle Rub. Esther Newton Ma Me GayABOUT THE PROJECTLOGLINEAgily, persistence and passnate quiry have driven Esther Newton’s survival as a butch lbian, octogenarian athlete, and groundbreakg scholar whose life’s work has fluenced generatns of LGBTQ activists and scholars. SYNOPSISESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY explor the life and tim of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton.

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