GSFS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Queer Migration, Angela Davis, Leper Colony

• School: McGill University
• Department: Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies
• Course: GSFS 200
• Professor: Mary Bunch

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