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Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

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Twitter says it bans using  ‘groomer’ as an anti-LGTBQ slur—but its enforcement is lacking (updated)

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

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‘Copaganda at its finest’: Goodwill customers scoff police Pride T-shirt

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

woman holding rainbow pillow caption "i had to cut my dad off. see, i'm a bisexual pisces and he is a republican state senator who contributed to taking my rights as a woman away and the possibility of me being able to marry the girl of my dreams one day." (l) Adrian Dickey right arm raised in court (c) woman holding rainbow pillow caption "i had to cut my dad off. see, i'm a bisexual pisces and he is a republican state senator who contributed to taking my rights as a woman away and the possibility of me being able to marry the girl of my dreams one day." (r)

cut my dad off because i’m a bisexual pisces and he’s a republican state senator

‘He is a Republican state senator who contributed to taking my rights as a woman away’: Bisexual TikToker says she cut off abusive politician dad

From Club Penguin to Roblox, LGBTQ youth have always flocked to gaming websites

V. S. Wells is a freelance journalist based on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh land in Vancouver, B.C. Their work has previously appeared in Slate, VICE, TechRadar, Novara Media, and Autostraddle. Find them on Twitter: @vsmwells.

V.S. Wells

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How a Sims 2 fan forum became an unwitting safe space for queer creatives

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

woman talking on speaker phone caption my landlord is pulling some shady sh*t" "after days of ignored texts & emails I decided to call them *hangs up on me" (l) woman knocking on landlord office door caption "time to visit the office she won't answer" (c) woman speaking in kitchen caption "Even if they're not this is still bullblank" "I'm not in violation of my lease. I am not behind on rent. She decided to terminate our lease and the squeeze us for another $1k knowing she could keep my whole $2,700 deposit when she evicts me" (r)

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‘My landlord is pulling some shady sh*t’: TikToker says landlord suddenly terminated her lease—then ghosted her

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‘He yelled right at them, unmoved’: Republicans blamed after stranger accuses gay couple on Amtrak of molesting their own children

Viola Stefanello is a Milan-based journalist covering tech and culture for Italian newspaper Il Post. Her work has also been published in Wired and Rolling Stone among others.

Viola Stefanello

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How police persecute the LGBTQ community—and how big tech can help its most vulnerable users

Updated pride flag in sky (l) Woman in house man climbing balcony caption "Man just climbed onto my second story balcony to cut my pride flag off with a razor blade like what? When I asked what he was doing he just handed it to me." (r)

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‘I am a woman living alone’: Man allegedly climbs onto TikToker’s balcony with a razor blade to cut down her Pride flag

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‘This one is so much better’: TikToker gives new meaning to widely hated ‘raging full-on lesbo’ song with parody version

A TikToker called out another one for pretending to be trans.

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‘I physically can’t comprehend lying about that’: TikToker accuses teen of pretending to be trans, taking GoFundMe donations

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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TikToker says their mom is ‘convinced that all frogs are gay’, tries to prevent them from wearing frog shirts

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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‘We are being removed because my friend wouldn’t sleep with the bartender’: TikToker says friend got kicked out of a bar because he turned bartender down on Grindr

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‘Lesbian isn’t a bad word’: Lesbian reality show star calls herself ‘le-dollar-bean’, sparking debate on TikTok

In a video posted on a Reddit, a man calls Pride t-shirts satanic proprganda.

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‘What’s God going to think of that?’: Man asks Target customers homophobic questions in viral video

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