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I've been meaning to get a copy of that book, How To Lie With Statistics, but am so backed up, it would take me ages to read it even if I had it to hand.
In the North Country I have been called a nuisance for requesting my select board adopt an inclusivity resolution after a series of anti-LGBTQ incidents dominated the news and terrorized my community.
Having famously fought for queer voices to be heard in the 1983 March on Washington, Phillip Pannell has remained a steadfast advocate against injustices in D.C. and beyond.