John Washington

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ICE Sent a Gay Brazilian Man to Equatorial Guinea. Now He’s Gone Silent.

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Hotel Bamy in Equatorial Guinea is not a prison, but Pietro Graza hasn’t been able to leave for weeks. He has been held captive in the semi-abandoned luxury hotel in Malabo, the former capital city, after being deported from Arizona despite legally seeking protections in the United States for protection against torture in his home country of Brazil.  Graza was almost killed by police partly because he is a gay man, and immigrated to the states where he sought asylum. But in 2024, he was detained by federal agents and held in a Florida detention camp before a transfer to […]

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Your License Plate Might Be Funding an Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Group

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A LOOKOUT and Uncloseted Media investigation has found that millions of dollars from various state motor vehicle departments are being funneled into far-right groups that use that money to lobby lawmakers and fund litigation that defeat equity measures for millions of people across the country, including for women, people of color and, more specifically, LGBTQ people. And it’s all being done through what’s on the back of people’s cars. In a nationwide sampling of state specialty license plate financial data since 2020, more than $7 million has gone to groups that have helped champion anti-LGBTQ legislation, funded litigation that struck […]