THE GRAND REOPENING and THE BLESSED AFFLICTION (Toby Davidson and Mark Reid)

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Wax and Wane: three poems (Peter Mitchell)

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Pacing the Stage (Deborah Conway)

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‘We’ll Always Have Paris’ (Devika Brendon)

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I’M GAY BUT I KNOW JESUS: an interview with performer Melody Rachel

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