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A project of the survivor advocacy group Time to Tell, Beneath the Soil: Queer Survivors' e-Zine is an online anthology of writing and art by LGBTQ survivors of sexual abuse and assault. It was edited by Beth Siegling, Maggie Donovan, and Karo Ska.
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