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Michael K. Lavers (He/Him)
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Award-winning @WashBlade Int'l News Editor, son, spouse, brother, guncle, LATAM LGBTQ expert, photog, NH-born weather geek, #FreePress [email protected]
Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2008
Dozens of HIV/AIDS activists on Thursday blocked an intersection outside the State Department and demanded U.S. officials fully restore PEPFAR funding. @WashBlade
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The front page of a Salvadoran newspaper on Friday says #USAID financed 707 "independent" media outlets. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is a vocal #USAID critic. @WashBlade
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This week's @WashBlade cover highlights the impact the Trump-Vance administration's immigration policies have had on LGBTQ migrants and asylum seekers. Check out my story from the Mexico-U.S. border:
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RT @CasaFridaLGBT: 👇🏽 Desde el pasado 24 de enero hasta un 60% de nuestro presupuesto ha sido afectado, dejando en riesgo la continuidad de…
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Jamie MarĂn, director of Jardin De Las Mariposas, a shelter for LGBTQ migrants and asylum seekers in Tijuana, told me last week these directives may cost lives. @WashBlade
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It lost 60 percent of its funding on Jan. 24 after President Donald Trump issued an executive order that froze nearly all U.S. foreign aid spending for 90 days. @WashBlade
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President Donald Trump has been in office for 15 days. The U.S. under his administration no longer stands for human rights and basic decency. @WashBlade
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New story for @WashBlade out now. GLIFAA’s board resigned in response to executive order restricting LGBTQ rights
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Just visited @refugiolgbtcasafrida, a shelter for LGBTQ migrants and asylum seekers in Mexico City. Sixty percent of their total funding comes from US government grants. This funding was suspended on Jan. 24.
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