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A BLACK MAN RAN TO GAY ENCLAV TO FEEL SAFE. BUT WAS HE WELE?

Zach Stafford, the former edor chief of The Advote, traveled to gay safe havens as he has for so many summers, but the summer of 2020 was different. * the advocate gay editor in chief *

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"Pri Media is an excg microsm of the LGBTQ muny: The team is Ain-Amerin, Native Amerin, Asian-Amerin, Latx, and whe; men, women, and nonbary folks; married parents and sgle moms; relig mori, Jews, Christians, and atheists; straight alli and PFLAG parents; bisexual, gay, lbian, queer, transgenr, and pansexual; sgle, married, divorced, swgg, and lookg for love. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTZach Stafford, the former edor chief of The Advote, traveled to gay safe havens as he has for so many summers, but the summer of 2020 was Valente for The New York TimPublished April 29, 2022Updated May 2, 2022Jt days after the panmic ma landfall New York Cy the sprg of 2020 — and right as the cy streets beme ghostly remrs of what was — I began to n every morng.

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THE EDOR--CHIEF OF THE ADVOTE HAS REST THE GAY MAGAZE AS A CLARN LL TO ACTIVISM. RICHARD ROUILARD IS PROUD, OUTRAGEO AND . . . : IN YOUR FACE

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VOX EDOR CHIEF DEFENDS HIRG OF 'HOMOPHOBIC' GAY WRER

Gifford, a gay man, was the hight-rankg out official at State as chief of protol. * the advocate gay editor in chief *

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn RE, Page 10 of the New York edn wh the headle: Feelg Unwele at a Gay Haven. The Advote, the natn’s olst gay magaze still circulatn, named Zach Stafford as s new edor--chief on Thursday.

The group was spired to publish the newsletter, ially lled The Los Angel Advote, followg a police raid on the Black Cat Tavern gay bar. ”Stafford’s appotment to The Advote’s top edorial post as he leav INTO, an onle magaze owned by Grdr, the world’s most popular gay datg app.

”Hoppg onto a stool the cktail lounge of Tmp’s, the edor--chief of The Advote, the natn’s largt gay and lbian publitn, addrs the crowd: “As a flamg homo, I’m lighted to be here!

EDOR AND AUTHOR, MARK THOMPSON, REMEMBERED FOR GRASP OF GAY SPIR

Reprentg some of the untry’s leadg gay and lbian anizatns, the dience has gathered to see Army veteran Dty Pt and Rsian gay activist Roman Kal honored as The Advote’s woman and man of the ocsn is ser, but not too ser.

At 24, the untry’s olst homosexual publitn of note was badly need of pep pills. ” His missn has been to make The Advote credible to a broad spectm of the gay muny, while appealg to the new activists. To this end, he has given the magaze a news orientatn, attracted younger rears as well as gay women and mori and n spicy personaly terviews that have garnered kudos om mastream journalists.

And slipped beneath the glass top of the room’s nference table is a snapshot of the magaze’s edorial staff posg drag at the office Halloween a time when more gays and lbians are makg their sexual orientatns known, the 40-year-old edor--chief is promotg his own as a e celebre. “I’m not jt a homosexual, I’m a publici-sexual, ” he Merton, The Advote’s publisher, who hired him, affirms, “How much more out of the closet n you be than Richard?

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