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Policeman killed in Paris was a gay rights activist

The policeman who was killed by a gunman on the Champs-Élysées this week was a respected gay rights activist who worked with refugees. Xavier Jugelé was killed by a gunman on Thursday in an attack which is being treated as a terrorist incident. He was shot and killed on one of Paris’ most famous avenues. Two […]

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Transgender Activist Leslie Feinberg Passes Away

Transgender activist Leslie Feinberg has passed away on November 15th. The writer succumbed to complications from multiple tick-borne co-infections, including Lyme disease, babeisiosis, and protomyxzoa rheumatica following decades of illness. Spouse Minnie Bruce Hatt was beside Feinberg in the final moments. Feinberg’s last words were “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.” Feinberg was known widely […]

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