A Queer Montreal woman’s life told through poetry

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A Queer Montreal woman’s life told through poetry

“There's so much more behind the rainbow,” says Julia Gerbasi, a Queer Montreal author who self-published “Unsent Letters,” the story of her life told through her heartfelt poems. Pamela Pagano reports.

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