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A fact from Anne Balay appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that historian Anne Balay wrote two books on oral histories from LGBT steelworkers and truck drivers?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:04, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that historian Anne Balay wrote two books on oral histories from LGBT steelworkers and truck drivers? Source: "In Steel Closets, Anne Balay draws on oral history interviews with forty gay, lesbian, and transgender steelworkers, mostly living in northwestern Indiana, to give voice to this previously silent and invisible population." / "Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel."
- ALT1: ... that historian Anne Balay, who wrote a book on oral histories of LGBT and Black truck drivers, had also spent some time working as one? Source: "Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel." / "Balay herself worked as a trucker after being denied tenure, a decision she believes was motivated by homophobic discrimination."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Milton Grant

Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Self-nominated at 03:34, 13 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Anne Balay; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]