Shelby Tauber
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for KUT News
Only San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have more gay people per capita than Austin. So why doesn't the city have any lesbian bars?
Gabriel C. Pérez
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KUT News
Ronaldo Bolaños
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The Texas Tribune
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