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Mark Williams
Mark Jason Williams is the co-author of Out in the World: An LGBTQIA+ (and Friends!) Travel Guide to More Than 100 Destinations Around the World, published by National Geographic. He’s also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Business Insider and The Toronto Star. For more about him, please visit markjasonwilliams.com
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