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    An Unorthodox Thanksgiving: Lesbians, Drag Queens & Bears, Oh My!

    On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, I set aside old family traditions, those vestiges of the past, and traded them for new ones. Surrounded by lesbians, drag queens and male strippers, I celebrated my first gay Thanksgiving. CLICK THE LINK TO READ MORE.