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Brigidy Bram: The Life and Mind of Kendal Hanna

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Spirited

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Greener Pastures

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Year of the Cat

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The Big Payback

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Nine

Rev. Robert Clement, a resident at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Triangle Square, is crowned prom queen at the annual Senior Prom.

Senior Prom

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Children of Las Brisas

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