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Laurie Essig

Laurie Essig is a professor of sociology at Yale University and the author of "Queer in Russia" (Duke University Press, 1999).

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In the U.S., fairy-tale royal weddings clash with reality

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Fine diving

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Heteroflexibility

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Lesbian fingers

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Hillary’s a dyke!

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Same-sex marriage

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The detachable phallus

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I miss lesbian reproductive sex

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Melissa, David and me

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