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once upon a time: multi-hyphenate, ; EIC ; CCO Los Angeles, CAJoined March 2008
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Never forget that a black journalist was arrested before the police officer who killed George Floyd.
Every Pride parade this weekend should transform itself back to its roots and be a protest. Period.
Never forget that the Blue Lives Matter crowd has yet to recognize the bravery of Officer Eugene Goodman and the reasons are obvious.
“This doesn’t happen to people like me very often” says the white man who uses queer aesthetics to sell records and won album of the year over a Black woman.
NEWS: Sarah McBride has become 1st trans State Senator in US History after winning State Senate seat in Delaware.
“Amy...I looked at your plan online. It’s two paragraphs!” — Sen. Warren
THE SCREAM I JUST LET OUT.
Let me say this as a black, gay ex-Chicago resident (not reporter):
A few years ago my neighbors spewed racist and homophobic epithets at me and friends, lit a grill under my porch and tried to smoke us off.
Chicago police wouldn’t let me even file a report.
dropping this during black history month is just *chef’s kiss*
"I have been a person in the locker room who has been part of the conversation that has said the wrong phrases and wrong words...As I got older and watched my daughter grow, I had to go look at myself in the mirror and say: Who are you?"
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BREAKING: New York officially bans conversion therapy
Dolly Parton carrying her own tribute is the 2019 energy I want
President-elect Joe Biden just acknowledged gay and transgender people by name in his victory speech.
It’s the first time a president-elect has acknowledged the trans community in a victory speech.
Obama was the first to say ‘gay’ during his in 2008.
So the owner of my building isn’t paying his mortgage, but I’m paying rent?
Fascinating. t.co/rSHy39cQZD
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UPDATE: Hearing from sources working at LA Equinox locations that the front desks are getting hit with numerous calls from people canceling memberships.
DEVELOPING: A high-ranking California National Guard official says they WON'T be discharging trans troops and will be ignoring the president.
"“As long as you fight, we don’t care what gender you identify as."
Breaking: Georgia father and son arrested and charged with murder of black man who was killed on residential street. (AP)
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The Smollett case is in motion. He maintains innocence until proven guilty due to our laws.
However, the Chicago police cannot use this moment to say they treat every report of hate equally.
That is a blatant lie. Full stop.
BREAKING: Chicago has elected a lesbian mayor in a landslide vote.
SCOOP: Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are behind the sexual assault allegations against Pete Buttigieg.
And we got screenshots of Wohl buying the real Hunter Kelly's plane tickets - who now denies the story.
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Listen. I like Harry. But him saying that after all the build up around Beyonce was just wild.
Anyway.
hire a black trans woman to take her spot thx
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EXCLUSIVE: Meghan McCain, who sources say feels like an “exhausted, defeated… caged animal,” may exit “The View.” trib.al/V9gMf9A
I will say this: I have never seen a presidential candidate center LGBTQ folks and their experiences so much in their campaign like Sen. Elizabeth Warren did.
The impact that will have on generations to come is immeasurable.
Meghan Markle clocking the tabloid holiday parties at the palace is just *chef's kiss*
Serena Williams hitting straight white men with tennis balls is my kink
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To all the non-tennis-playing men who think they can win a point against Serena, watch this... 
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“So many people just don’t understand bisexuality. Bisexuality is just something different. I just believe that love and sexuality exist on a spectrum. All I care about is what’s between us and what agreement we make.”
— R. Jai Gillum, Andrew Gillum’s wife, told .
🌈BREAKING: Christine Hallquist has become the first trans person to become a nominee for governor.
Currently, 13 openly trans people are serving in elected office in the United States
🌈NEWS🌈
I have been named the new Editor-in-Chief of The Advocate.
I am beyond thrilled to join a magazine that has been so vital to our community for over 50 years. Tomorrow I will be sharing a final editor's note on INTO with more details.
Liz Warren defending Klobuchar is a wonderful triangulation tactic to knock Pete down. Miss Thang is out here playing chess tonight.
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Let me say this as someone who reads off a prompter EVERY DAY: that Toledo mistake not only tells you everything we know about Trump's lack of empathy, BUT ALSO everyone else's on his team.
Stunning.
Never forget that the police gave Kyle and the armed civilians some water and thanked them for being there after the shooting.
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BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, has been charged with first-degree murder in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to Lake County, Illinois Clerk of Courts records
Y’all LITERALLY withhold HIV meds from detainees and don’t honor people’s gender identities thus forcing them to face even more violence.
Minneapolis Council VP Andrea Jenkins sings “Amazing Grace” at press conference for George Floyd.
She is the first black trans woman to be elected to public office — and represents a community that is too familiar with police brutality.
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. is on IG live discussing the Capitol insurrection and being a survivor of sexual violence and how trauma compounds is incredible.
I don’t care what party you’re apart of: this is powerful and brave. (H/t )
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The new film 'Bohemian Rhapsody' hasn't even been released and there's been controversy around the de-queering of Freddie Mercury.
We sat down with Rami Malek before the film's release to ask about this.
And his answer, um, didn't help intomore.com/culture/freddi
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NY Friends: Governor Cuomo has announced a free hotline for those dealing with mental health issues.
Don't be afraid to call. Your mental health is incredibly important.
(844) 863-9314
let’s get one thing clear: you’re not “given” a computer or a monitor by your job. those are never yours.
and no one should take less pay bc they get to write an essay on the latest mac pro lol goodbye. twitter.com/Harry1T6/statu
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Eminem calls Tyler the Creator a ‘faggot’ on new album and here’s why he’s about to defend this usage AGAIN even after being dragged in 2013
Meghan said y’all can keep “your highness” because I get to keep this man and make these coins, sweetie.
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Some quick history on how the Stonewall Riots led to the actual Pride parades we now hold annually.
And why they had to be political before they ever dreamed of being corporate.
As a black person, I can't even walk into a store without security trying to figure out what I am doing.
But these Trump supporters just got to waltz into the Capitol?
Wow.
✨ Florida has elected its first out LGBTQ+ state senator and the first Black queer woman.
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Looks like this backlash is only growing.
Here's the latest on the sports side of the controversy surrounding Stephen Ross
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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills criticized his boss, Stephen Ross, who owns the team, for hosting a re-election fund-raiser for President Trump nyti.ms/2yMfT4Q
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Everyone should watch this clip of Dwayne Wade talking about his daughter's coming out and how they as a family let her teach them.
If *all* parents showed this much love and compassion...we'd live in a radically different world.
Whew.
I used to check the Forbes 30 Under 30 list every year to see if I could find a husband on it.
I never fully expected to wake up one morning with texts from my family telling me *I’m* on it.
Thank you, Forbes! Such an honor. ✨
Today we decided that we would not honor ICE's request to stay off-the-record about their efforts to discredit the Roxsana Hernandez reports.
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Interesting: ICE apparently sent reporters an old news report about the doctor who conducted the autopsy of Roxsana Hernandez in a bid to discredit the report. They requested their dissemination of the old news remain off the record intomore.com/impact/ice-is-
BREAKING: Jane Castor has won.
She is now the THIRD queer woman elected mayor this year.
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NEWS: Ritchie Torres has won his election in NY and will be the first Afro-Latinx LGBTQ person elected to Congress.
Brandi Carlile is openly queer and already won 3 #Grammys tonight and is honestly slaying this performance wow icon
“Everywhere I fucking go, I am profiled — whether I like it or not.”
A powerful video of #ToyinSalau before she was found dead.
Rest in power, queen.
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Ella about to act up in the White House and I’m so ready.
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Never forget that Rush Limbaugh used to have a segment on his radio show called "AIDS Update" to mock men who had died from HIV/AIDS and that is pure evil.
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MORE BLACK NEWS: Mondaire Jones of NY has also been elected to Congress and will join Ritchie as the first black queer men elected.
BREAKING: Transgender protections were secured in the first-ever statewide vote as Massachusetts confirms a big #YesOn3
Read our prior coverage these with our reporters on the ground
Dear White Folks,
If you find yourself infuriated over the #AhmaudArberry video and want to do something, here you go:
Call that racist family member. Have that conversation you’ve been avoiding because it’s ‘hard.’ And deal with your own racism you actively ignore.
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BIG NOTE HERE: They have said this before and we should not be 100% they will stop.
But, hey. Here you go.
And the president has finally admitted in this tweet that he is indeed holding children in cages.
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The Obama Administration built the Cages, not the Trump Administration! DEMOCRATS MUST GIVE US THE VOTES TO CHANGE BAD IMMIGRATION LAWS.
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Thank you @MSNBC for putting a Black Queer person (@ZachStafford) on-air to discuss this Jussie Smollett situation.
put this in the Webster dictionary next to ‘stunt queen’
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Jaime Harrison brought his own plexiglas divider to his Senate debate with Lindsay Graham.
#SCSen
Andre Leon Talley, thank you for being that light of hope for us gay, Black boys in the south who read Vogue and swished too much and talked too much and loved fashion too much and wanted too much from a world that didn’t know what to do with us. Rest in power 👑
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Never forget that Pride began as a protest to stop police violence.
It wasn’t a parade.
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It should be noted that these arrests come only after a two-month old video was released, went viral and public outcry.
That's what it took for an arrest to happen. #AhmaudAubrey
BREAKING: Betsy Driver has become the first openly intersex elected official ever.
Read our interview with the new mayor here: intomore.com/impact/betsy-d
leslie jordan must be protected at all costs
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Trump just said “Thighland” when referring to Thailand and I’m logging off.
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I see that #BidenErasedWomen is trending and just a quick fact check on his latest executive order: Protecting trans folks against discrimination in no way discriminates against cis folks.
This logic used by the far-right is failed and based on nothing real.
gayest moment of the night
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.@amyklobuchar and @PeteButtigieg laughing at Bloomberg’s nonsense is a MOOD.
#DemDebate #2020
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I’m at the Phoenix airport right now and the intercom keeps alerting us of the following and I’m not even lying:
“Michael Jackson will you return to airport security. You forgot your emotional support hamsters and they are not happy.”
It's official: We have experienced a Rainbow TSUNAMI.
More than 150 LGBTQ people were voted into office on Tuesday -- a number none of us probably ever imagined.
As a huge Whitney Houston fan, I’ve thought about her and Robyn a lot.
So it was an honor to be one of the people Robyn wanted to sit with for the first time ever and tell her story.
Here’s our conversation on life and loving Whitney Houston.
Which…one
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I LOVE my son no matter what
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🚨Kelly Rowland has a message for the gays 🚨
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Here’s your reminder to go watch DISCLOSURE on Netflix
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This isn’t funny and so many people had to let this joke get to air y’all are dumb
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Breaking: Conversion therapy is now BANNED in Puerto Rico.
*throws glitter*
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Wow. Y’all stay safe ✊🏾
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Okay, so, today I found out that President Donald Trump did an interview with in 2000 and ARE Y'ALL READY FOR THIS TEA? advocate.com/election/2015/
A white man from a powerful white family just lost to TWO black women (one queer) in the Chicago mayoral race and if that isn’t something then I don’t know what is.
“All these white people are going around talking to the press and speaking publicly on Twitter and the only person who gets fired is the Black person who was quiet the entire time.”
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Will be updating piece as we get more information BUT here we go for now...
Nancy Reagan watched countless people die from AIDS while First Lady and remained silent (including her friends) so to release this during Pride Month is pretty gross.
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First Lady Jill Biden participates in the unveiling of a new postage stamp honoring former First Lady Nancy Reagan.
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Jacob Wohl has created a fake sex scandal about a Dem candidate? Stop. No way.
Who could have ever seen this co— wait. Never mind.
BREAKING: pulls ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ film from contention at Media Awards in wake of Atlantic story.
Georgia is probably going to be called at midnight and everyone on here is about to start making “Midnight Train to Georgia” jokes and I’m not even mad.
For #NationalComingOutDay, the incredible came to @INTO and surprised your favorite old lesbians.
Get ready for the ~feelings~ while watching these queer women talk about their journeys 🌈 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Byz6sf
Update: Yesterday we as an editorial team at @INTO messed up. The Ariana Grande piece should have never been published.
Here's more on that and what we are doing next:
✨Attn: Queers✨
There’s a lot going on in the world — and our stories matter more now than ever. So let’s amplify some.
I’m going to be commissioning LGBTQ work all summer long at BuzzFeed & now looking for pitches.
Email me at zach.stafford@buzzfeed.com for the deets