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    Joy Ladin
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    The City Beautiful
    Aden Poly­doros
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    Poet­ry
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    Rachel Mennies
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    Half In: A Com­ing-of-Age Mem­oir of For­bid­den Love
    Felice Cohen
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    Spe­cial Top­ics In Being A Human: A Queer and Ten­der Guide to Things I’ve Learned the Hard Way about Car­ing For Peo­ple, Includ­ing Myself.
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    Saul Freed­man-Law­son
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    Oh, I Just Did­n’t Know: 11 Thought­ful Con­ver­sa­tions for Grand­par­ents and Grandchildren
    Jeff Ben­der
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    The First Bright Thing
    J.R. Daw­son
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    Appar­el Has No Gen­der: Thought­ful Com­men­tary From A Dad Rais­ing A Trans­gen­der Child
    Jeff Ben­der
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    Acts of Atonement
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    Camp Quilt­bag
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    Jonathan Ned Katz
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    The Rab­bi Who Prayed with Fire
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