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Description	First page of a letter from American singer Donna Summer to the AIDS activist organisation ACT UP apologising for misconstrued homophobic statements.
Author or copyright owner	Donna Summer
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://www.poz.com/blog/donna-summers-letter-to-act-up
Date of publication	26 July 1989
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Donna Summer
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Showing the full apology from Summer to explain her view in a condensed format.
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