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"ref": "2010 September 17, S. E. Smith, “Separate but equal is still unequal”, in This Ain’t Livin’, archived from the original on 2010-09-23",
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"ref": "2011 February 15, Wendy Gay Pearson with Hollinger, Veronica and Gordon, Joan, Queer Universes: Sexualities in Science Fiction, Liverpool University Press, →OL, page 47",
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"ref": "2011 March 28, Ouyang Dan, “The Games We Play: The Straight Male Gamer's Privilege”, in Bitch Magazine, retrieved 2012-05-22",
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