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Author Archives: Selena Simmons-Duffin

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Riding in Streetcars With Boys

by Selena Simmons-Duffin June 5th, 2015August 29th, 2020

When I think of the history of gay D.C.,I think of Walt Whitman. Walt loved Washington. Imagine him at 43, a towering 6 feet tall, heavyset and bearded, prematurely gray. He left his Brooklyn home in search of his brother, George Washington Whitman. George was fighting for the Union in the Civil War, and Walt […]

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by Selena Simmons-Duffin June 6th, 2014August 29th, 2020

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