Here’s KT Tunstall on why people think she’s a lesbian. “I was on stage in Dublin when I heard a girl in the crowd shout: ‘KT, you’re a lesbian!’ What the hell do you say to that? I didn’t want to upset the lesbians but I didn’t want to make out I was one. I said: ‘You can’t say that!’ Then I realised that none of the other 1,500 people there had heard her. So I said: ‘That girl just called me a lesbian.’ At the end of the gig, a roadie handed me a note from the woman....

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Live on the West Coast? Got something to say about it? You might try the new incarnation of the LA Times Magazine, West. Guidelines for Nonfiction Submissions: West publishes all kinds of nonfiction stories: narratives, profiles, investigative pieces, memoir, essays and more. Generally, the best approach for having a story accepted is to write a short query letter outlining the proposed piece. You may e-mail that to West Editor Rick Wartzman (Rick.Wartzman@latimes.com) or Executive Editor Anne Reifenberg (Anne.Reifenberg@latimes.com). You may also send query letters to West/Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, 90012. In all cases, we...

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