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in the gay mainstream establishment; one detractor in the media called REB a "kiddie pornographer-turned-moral watchdog". During this period, REB was instrumental in leading protests against a local gay bar over a management-led racist incident - a battle which would take center stage in the gay
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was featured in a comprehensive retrospective of queer zines at The NY Art Book Fair held at
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was essentially as a prisoners' rights magazine influenced initially by the stories prisoners sent to its letters to the editor section. It still retains pornography and spiritual angles. The relationships REB developed with prisoners over time were also the impetus for
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politics of Rhode Island for the better part of a year. Despite what he began to call his "infamy," REB's popularity as a personality grew, and he was invited to emcee a mid-1990s Rhode Island
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films at the show's closing night. He recently released the 25th. anniversary issue of
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