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Slow Burn: A Hotbed of Homosexuality

Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast

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Tie-Breaking Vote Drama and LGBTQ Rights Struggle

The chapter delves into a dramatic historical account where a lieutenant governor had to rush to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate for an important bill. It also explores the impact of the decriminalization of sodomy in 1975 on gay educators like Tom Amiano, sparking a political battle between supporters of LGBTQ rights and opponents like John Briggs.

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