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FOUND: Queer astronaut documentary takes on new meaning in trump s us - You Need To See This

Sally Ride became the first US women in space on June 24, 1983 (Credit: AFP)

When director Cristina Costantini started making a documentary about the first US woman in space, she thought it would be looking back on the "sexism and homophobia of yesteryear".

But the story of astronaut Sally Ride, whose queer identity was a secret when she blasted off more than four decades ago, took on a "completely different meaning" after the re-election of President Donald Trump, Costantini told AFP.

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