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Spencer Macnaughton | Uncloseted Media Weekly Newsletter
Hello friends! Last year, we polled you to get a sense of how you’re enjoying our journalism and how we can improve. It was very useful for our own intel as it relates to the types of stories we produce and how we package/ distribute them. It was also helpful as we were able to use some of your feedback in our impact report that we send to prospective donors who are interested in supporting us.
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That’s all I have for this week. Excited to read your feedback!
Our podcast, “Uncloseted, With Spencer Macnaughton,” launches on Wednesday March 25th. Our first three episodes will include
An interview Katy Faust, the leader of the Greater Than Campaign, a new coalition of over 50 organizations who are working to overturn gay marriage.
An interview with Lucas Pearson, a gay man from Kentucky who is in recovery after a yearslong ketamine addiction
An interview with our very own Hope Pisoni, who speaks about her latest Uncloseted investigation, where she interviewed eight incarcerated trans inmates who say the Bureau of Prisons is illegally denying them gender-affirming care and other accommodations.
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First Case of Severe Mpox Virus Detected in NYC (People)
City health officials are urging those at high risk of contracting the virus to get vaccinated.
State Department visa rule sets stage for ICE scrutiny of transgender immigrants (The Advocate)
New visa requirements could create document conflicts that follow gender-nonconforming travelers into immigration enforcement databases.
US ‘pro-family’ group worked with Senegal activists pushing anti-LGBT law (Reuters)
Senegalese proponents of a tougher anti-LGBT law discussed campaign strategy and mobilization tactics with a U.S.-based “pro-family” group that calls homosexuality a public health threat, activists in both countries told Reuters.
Nepal’s LGBTQ community celebrates first transgender woman lawmaker (South China Morning Post)
More than 900,000 people identify as sexual minorities in Nepal, which has some of South Asia’s most progressive laws on LGBTQ rights.
Las Vegas Casino Ejected and Injured Lesbian Couple for PDA, Lawsuit Claims (Casino.org)
The legal complaint cites discrimination, negligence, and inadequate employee training by Strat owner Golden Entertainment.
Over the next week, be on the lookout for new Uncloseted reporting:
🆕 SATURDAY: After the Supreme Court rejected Kim Davis’ case to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges late last year, over 50 conservative groups have formed a new coalition to end gay marriage: the Greater Than Campaign. We dig into the coalition’s founder, Katy Faust, and her organization Them Before Us, to uncover the arguments and the strategy behind the campaign.
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Spencer Macnaughton, Editor-In-Chief — spencer@unclosetedmedia.com
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