Queer Advantage Hardback Book

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Jul 11, 2024

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Andrew Gelwicks collection of deeply personal interviews with LGBTQ+ trailblazers is about how this group of people leveraged the challenges and insights they had as relative outsiders to succeed in the worlds of business tech politics Hollywood
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