Michael K. Lāvers (He/Him)
@mklavers81
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Award-winning @WashBlade Int'l News Editor, son, husband, brother, uncle, global LGBTQ expert, NH-born, siesta aficionado, #FreePress
Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2008
José Guillén and Luis Gómez are two of the gay Venezuelans with whom I spoke while on assignment in #Colombia last month. They both welcomed Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, but remain uncertain about #Venezuela’s future after Jan. 3. https://t.co/mFdzdcqyx9
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US forces seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Jan. 3.
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The groups behind the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics' Pride House hope to use the games to highlight the lack of #LGBTQ rights in #Italy. https://t.co/ld4R4r9Hnj
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Italy lags behind other European countries in terms of LGBTQ rights.
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At Politics and Prose at the Wharf to listen to @jlfeder talk about his book, "The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from #Ukraine" #BladeInTheCommunity @washblade
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44 openly #LGBTQ athletes will compete in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that open on Friday. https://t.co/dnFstzRwVH
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Games to begin on Friday.
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A good way to end a long (and cold) week ... and also don't forget to support the First Amendment!
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Just interviewed Roger Nyhus, the former U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, at his home here in D.C. Look for our interview next week on the @WashBlade website.
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Here is the digest of my work from the previous two weeks https://t.co/ZOoLPZy3OB
#1A #FirstAmendment #USA #Iran #Russia #Denmark #Greenland #Venezuela #Colombia
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Federal authorities have arrested former CNN anchor #DonLemon. Attorney General Pam Bondi in a statement said the arrest is “in connection with” the Jan. 18 anti-ICE protest inside a Minn. church. https://t.co/pRKEWmALDC
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Former CNN anchor taken into custody two weeks after Minn. church protest.
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The White House has expanded the global gag rule to ban US foreign aid for groups that promote “gender ideology.” https://t.co/2Keq51JGlt
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Activists, officials say new regulation will limit access to gender-affirming care.
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Advocacy groups have urged the White House not to deport two gay men to #Iran, a country in which homosexuality remains punishable by death. https://t.co/xAonMjy5Tw
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Homosexuality remains punishable by death in country.
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I took the top photo of 17th and P Streets in Dupont Circle on Monday morning. I took the bottom photo of the same intersection this morning at around 8:30 a.m. This is completely unacceptable. (I grew up in #NH, so I know what proper snow removal looks like.)
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This week's @WashBlade issue is out. Stop by our #CreatingChange2026 table and grab your copy!
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