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457:"Honoring contributions of Audre Lorde, Melvin Boozer"
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994:. Rutgers University Press.
988:Sears, Thomas James (2001).
398:National LGBTQ Wall of Honor
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402:Stonewall National Monument
370:In 1982, he co-founded the
355:as district director and a
278:Arlington National Cemetery
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1039:. Quarterly Press of BWMT.
1033:Smith, Michael J. (1983).
611:"Ubuntu Biography Project"
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249:, which decriminalized
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553:on February 2, 2009
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391:AIDS Memorial Quilt
344:was renominated by
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