About US: LGBTQ photographers reflect on life during the pandemic

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Candid conversations about identity in 21st-century America. Presented by Morgan Stanley       By Vanessa Williams  Email We asked Washington Post photo editors Karly Domb Sadof and Olivier Laurent to tell us about the photo project leading today's edition.  "For Pride month, Washington Post designer Audrey Valbuena approached photo editors Chloe Coleman, Karly Domb Sadof and Olivier Laurent with the idea to visualize how the LGBTQ+ community saw their lives altered during the pandemic. We reached out to queer photographers around the globe. They shared their stories of identity and isolation, resistance and affirmation, hopes and fears, from the U.S. to Russia, Bangladesh, Brazil and Uganda, among many others. Their photos were paired with an original essay by Debbie Millman, who recounted the long road to marry her wife, Roxane Gay, during the pandemic. The hope was to offer readers a chance to reflect on the myriad of ways the pandemic has challenged and inspired the LGBTQ+ community." Also in this edition, a major career shift among retail workers and celebrity males show off their manicures. Thanks for reading. (Mary Gelman for The Washington Post) The Queer Quarantine Eleven photographers and one writer on how the pandemic altered lives in the LGBTQ+ community. Read more »   Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: 'My life isn't worth a dead-end job' By Abha Bhattarai ●  Read more »   Unmasking the far right: An extremist paid a price when his identity was exposed online after a violent clash in Washington By Robert Klemko ●  Read more »   Carl Nassib becomes first active NFL player to come out as gay By Nicki Jhabvala ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Navajo Nation celebrates its first official Pride parade after a devastating year By Cecilia Nowell | The Lily ●  Read more »   Marching for Pride, retirees recall an era when being gay was forbidden By Tara Bahrampour ●  Read more »   How ranked-choice voting could change the way democracy works By Harry Stevens ●  Read more »   Man-icures: How male celebrities are popularizing painted, polished nails By Maura Judkis ●  Read more »   What is White racial identity and why is it important? Mental health experts talk about why understanding your whiteness is an important part of self awareness for White people. By Nicole Ellis and Lindsey Sitz ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     What we're reading Bringing abolition to the museum By Shellyne Rodriguez and Billy Anania | Boston Review ●  Read more »   11-year-old cowgirl Kortnee Solomon competes at the first televised Black rodeo By Miss Rosen | The Undefeated ●  Read more »   Familiar strangers: A talk with the author of 'Mango and Peppercorns' about mothers, food, and growing up Vietnamese-American By Tricia Vuong | The Counter ●  Read more »   The complete list of marxist, un-American, anti-White things (according to White people) By Michael Harriot | The Root ●  Read more »     Word on the street   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Lily Lines for important and empowering stories for women in the know to start and end your week. Delivered on Mondays and Thursdays. Sign up »

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