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kissing Hope Weir, which became the cover photo for her book. As there were few images, letters, or diaries about prairie lesbians prior to the 1950s, Korinek stated that the photo "claims important space for historians to do more than merely suggest that lesbians existed in the prairies prior to the
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in 1996. Korinek has stated that she expected to work there for two years and then to move back to
Ontario, but she ultimately decided to stay at what she considered "a marvelous History Department." When Korinek first arrived at Saskatchewan, she received a post-it-note from her colleague Gary
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of Canada to study the history of same-sex marriage in Canada. Korinek stated that inclusion and diversity in the
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