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During the years before greater openness and understanding, members of the LGBTQ community sometimes resorted to coded speech or behavior as a safeguard. Other community members could understand these codes, but not outsiders.
James Deutsch
June 29, 2021
May 25, 2021
Hearing the Voices of Deaf Culture at the 1981 Folklife Festival
Reviving Tradition With the My Handmade Armenia Festival
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