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Welcome to the Double X Gap Fest for Thursday, October 15th, the Fart of the I edition.

I'm Hannah Rosen, a writer for Slate in the Atlantic.

I'm joined to the New York studios by June Thomas, editor of Outward Slate's LGBT

blog.

Hi, June.

Hey, Hannah.

And Noreen Malone of New York Magazine.

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