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        Student Activist Nikki Peet Receives GLAAD Award from Kirsten Dunst: Video
    Watch student activist Nikki Peet receive GLAAD’s Special Recognition Award from Kirsten Dunst for fighting a Texas school board to get a gay-straight alliance on her school’s campus.
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Watch student activist Nikki Peet receive GLAAD’s Special Recognition Award from Kirsten Dunst for fighting a Texas school board to get a gay-straight alliance on her school’s campus.
Nikki is currently featured in The Advocate's annual Forty Under 40 list ths year. Click here to read about Nikki and the other Forty Under 40 honorees.
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Student Activist Nikki Peet Receives GLAAD Award from Kirsten Dunst: Video

Watch student activist Nikki Peet receive GLAAD’s Special Recognition Award from Kirsten Dunst for fighting a Texas school board to get a gay-straight alliance on her school’s campus.

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