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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

2 years

I won a Tony last night and like WHAT

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Zach Stafford

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4 years

Never forget that a black journalist was arrested before the police officer who killed George Floyd.

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Every Pride parade this weekend should transform itself back to its roots and be a protest. Period.

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Never forget that the Blue Lives Matter crowd has yet to recognize the bravery of Officer Eugene Goodman and the reasons are obvious.

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“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.

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NEWS: Sarah McBride has become 1st trans State Senator in US History after winning State Senate seat in Delaware.

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“Amy...I looked at your plan online. It’s two paragraphs!” — Sen. Warren THE SCREAM I JUST LET OUT.

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Zach Stafford

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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.

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dropping this during black history month is just *chef’s kiss*

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5 years

THE GAYS HAVE WON.

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"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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Zach Stafford

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BREAKING: New York officially bans conversion therapy

New York's Gov. Cuomo Signs Trans Rights Bill, Conversion Therapy Ban

New Yorkers had fought for years to enact such legislation.

www.advocate.com

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

6 years

Dolly Parton carrying her own tribute is the 2019 energy I want

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Zach Stafford

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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.

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Zach Stafford

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4 years

So the owner of my building isn’t paying his mortgage, but I’m paying rent? Fascinating.

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

5 years

UPDATE: Hearing from sources working at LA Equinox locations that the front desks are getting hit with numerous calls from people canceling memberships.

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Breaking: Georgia father and son arrested and charged with murder of black man who was killed on residential street. (AP)

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

6 years

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.

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

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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."

Defying Trump, Calif. National Guard Won't Discharge Trans Troops

During a meeting with state lawmakers on Tuesday, one of the highest-ranking National Guard officers said they won't abide by Trump's ban.

www.advocate.com

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

5 years

BREAKING: Chicago has elected a lesbian mayor in a landslide vote.

Lori Lightfoot Has Become Chicago's First Lesbian Mayor

The Chicago lawyer has won the vote and will be the city's first queer leader and the first black female one.

www.advocate.com

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

5 years

This is an epidemic.

LGBTQ Community Member Ja’leyah-Jamar Murdered in Kansas

Some activists identified Ja'leyah-Jamar as a transgender woman, but his family says he was male.

www.advocate.com

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

2 years

Listen. I like Harry. But him saying that after all the build up around Beyonce was just wild. Anyway.

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

5 years

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.

Pete Buttigieg Falsely Accused of Sexual Assault by Far-Right Catfish

Allegations that Mayor Pete Buttigieg assaulted another gay man emerged on Monday and were quickly found to be untrue.

www.advocate.com

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

5 years

hire a black trans woman to take her spot thx

The Daily Beast

@thedailybeast

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EXCLUSIVE: Meghan McCain, who sources say feels like an “exhausted, defeated… caged animal,” may exit “The View.”

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Zach Stafford

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4 years

don lemon is ovah it, honey

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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.

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

4 years

Meghan Markle clocking the tabloid holiday parties at the palace is just *chef's kiss*

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

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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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Zach Stafford

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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 @tamronhall .

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5 years

love this energy

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Zach Stafford

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🌈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

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

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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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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

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🌈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.

The Advocate names first black editor-in-chief in its 50-year history

Zach Stafford will start his new role at The Advocate, the oldest LGBTQ magazine still in circulation, in late January.

www.nbcnews.com

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Zach Stafford

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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.

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Zach Stafford

@ZachStafford

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Y’all LITERALLY withhold HIV meds from detainees and don’t honor people’s gender identities thus forcing them to face even more violence.

ICE

@ICEgov

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During #PrideMonth , we recognize our #LGBTQ + employees, reflect on the trials that their community has endured and rejoice with them in the triumphs of those who have bravely fought — and continue to fight — for full equality.

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Zach Stafford

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4 years

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

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@ZachStafford

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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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Zach Stafford

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. @AOC 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 @ryepastrami )

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Zach Stafford

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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

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Zach Stafford

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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

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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.

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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.

How Activists Organized the First Gay Pride Parades | HISTORY

When the police raided the Stonewall Inn in 1969, the riots that ensued sparked a global movement.

www.history.com

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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

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6 years

eternal mood

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✨ Florida has elected its first out LGBTQ+ state senator and the first Black queer woman.

Shevrin Jones & Michele Rayner Make LGBTQ+ Election History in Florida

The Sunshine State elected its first out LGBTQ+ state senator and the first Black queer woman to the Florida legislature.

www.advocate.com

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Zach Stafford

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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.

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Zach Stafford

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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

The New York Times

@nytimes

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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

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Zach Stafford

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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.

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Zach Stafford

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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. ✨

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HUGE.

California Makes PrEP and PEP Available Without Prescription

The state is the first in the nation to expand access this way, something advocates say is key for rural and minority populations.

www.advocate.com

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4 years

the future liberals want

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Zach Stafford

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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.

Gillian Branstetter

@GBBranstetter

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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

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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.

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BREAKING: Jane Castor has won. She is now the THIRD queer woman elected mayor this year.

Meet the Lesbian About to Become Tampa's First Out Mayor

Jane Castor, previously Tampa's first female police chief, heads into an election with a double-digit lead in the polls.

www.advocate.com

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Zach Stafford

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Brandi Carlile is openly queer and already won 3 #Grammys tonight and is honestly slaying this performance wow icon

Brandi Carlile: What the World Can Learn from Joni Mitchell

Ahead of performing at Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration, the out singer-songwriter spoke with The Advocate about the power of music.

www.advocate.com

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Zach Stafford

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“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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Zach Stafford

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now THIS is a headline

President Trump Just Used Social Media To Attempt A Coup

While violent supporters stormed the Capitol, Donald Trump cheered them on using the last tool he has: the internet.

www.buzzfeednews.com

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“Should you exist?”

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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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Elizabeth Warren won both nights

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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.

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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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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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❤️❤️❤️

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@MrGilyard

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Thank you @MSNBC for putting a Black Queer person ( @ZachStafford ) on-air to discuss this Jussie Smollett situation.

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put this in the Webster dictionary next to ‘stunt queen’

Amy S. Rosenberg

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Jaime Harrison brought his own plexiglas divider to his Senate debate with Lindsay Graham. #SCSen

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And the president has finally admitted in this tweet that he is indeed holding children in cages.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

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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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BIG NOTE HERE: They have said this before and we should not be 100% they will stop. But, hey. Here you go.

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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

With Trans Vote Approaching in Mass., Trump's Memo Helps Engage Allies For Yes on 3 Campaign - INTO

www.intomore.com

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🌈HUGE🌈

Danica Roem Is First Out Trans Person Reelected to a State Legislature

Roem made history in 2017 with her election to Virginia's House of Delegates, and she made history again Tuesday.

www.advocate.com

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GLAAD give her an award rn

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leslie jordan must be protected at all costs

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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

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Trump just said “Thighland” when referring to Thailand and I’m logging off.

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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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gayest moment of the night

Andrew Allbritton

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. @amyklobuchar ⁩ and ⁦ @PeteButtigieg ⁩ laughing at Bloomberg’s nonsense is a MOOD. #DemDebate #2020

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Which…one

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I LOVE my son no matter what

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BREAKING: Betsy Driver has become the first openly intersex elected official ever. Read our interview with the new mayor here:

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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.

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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.

Robyn Crawford on Loving Whitney Houston: "It Was Deep"

Whitney Houston, one of the greatest singers of all time, hid a secret relationship with a woman. Now, that woman, Robyn Crawford, finally speaks.

www.advocate.com

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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.”

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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.

The 2018 Midterms Were A Rainbow Tsunami With More than 157 Openly LGBTQ Candidates Elected - INTO

www.intomore.com

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4 years

Here’s your reminder to go watch DISCLOSURE on Netflix

Rose Dommu

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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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🚨Kelly Rowland has a message for the gays 🚨

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Wow. Y’all stay safe ✊🏾

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@mattebrooks

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irl tweet by @ZachStafford at the #BlacklivesMaters protest in LA

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Breaking: Conversion therapy is now BANNED in Puerto Rico. *throws glitter*

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i haven’t been so proud of someone like I have of ⁦ @LilNasX ⁩ and his birth of #MONTERO here’s why today is so revolutionary

Opinion | Lil Nas X is doing what was once inconceivable

The release of Lil Nas X's album "Montero" is a moment Black gay men have been longing for.

www.msnbc.com

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Okay, so, today I found out that President Donald Trump did an interview with @TheAdvocateMag in 2000 and ARE Y'ALL READY FOR THIS TEA?

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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.

The Recount

@therecount

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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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“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.”

Netflix just fired the organizer of the trans employee walkout

The employee was a leader of the trans employee group.

www.theverge.com

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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.

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Will be updating piece as we get more information BUT here we go for now...

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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.

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✨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

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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.

Pete Buttigieg Falsely Accused of Sexual Assault by Far-Right Catfish

Allegations that Mayor Pete Buttigieg assaulted another gay man emerged on Monday and were quickly found to be untrue.

www.advocate.com

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We would report this as an attempted coup if it was any other country.

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BREAKING: @glaad pulls ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ film from contention at Media Awards in wake of Atlantic story.

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For #NationalComingOutDay , the incredible @HayleyKiyoko came to @INTO and surprised your favorite old lesbians. Get ready for the ~feelings~ while watching these queer women talk about their journeys 🌈

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