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Volume 21 No. 04 July 1,2006
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issue: 12 August deadline: 08-02
issue: 29 July deadline: 07-19
issue: 26 August deadline: 08-16
Front and center:
A soldier’s story
Celebrating 70 years
Comer: out, young, proud
Interview: Alison Bechdel
Sports and summer fun
Articles:
Baptist’s lash out at gays
FOF blames advocates for teen suicides
Lambda Legal announces winners
More GLAAD Awards presented
Sex and cancer
Features:
Antiquing: modern treasure hunt
Columns:
Audiophile: Ross
Classifieds
Community Cards
Curbside
Dykes to Watch Out For
Editor’s Note
General Gayety
News Notes: International
News Notes: National
News Notes: NC
News Notes: SC
Opinion: Memory Loss
Out and About
Out in the Stars
Out on Print:Anderson Cooper
Para Todos
Q-Poll
Tell Trinity
The Big Screen: Say Uncle
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Editorial Contributors:
Nick Adams, Jim Baxter, Alison Bechdel,
Kara Gotsch, J.S. Hall, Robert Kirby,
Charlene Lichtenstein, Lainey Millen,
David Moore, Leslie Robinson, Bob Roehr,
Gregg Shapiro, Roberta Sklar, Charlie Smith,
Mark Smith, David Stout, Trinity, Steve
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