An attack, first and foremost, on LGBTQ+ people of color

I want to share this piece on the Orlando shooting, which makes the case that this is first and foremost an attack on the LGBTQ+ community, especially on LGBTQ+ of color — and that attempts to portray it as a generic terrorist attack on random Americans erases the victims. I don’t have much to add and suggest that everyone give this a read.

Thanks Charlie Bondhus for posting this to Facebook, where it first caught my attention.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet

Broken Cord: An Anthology of Writing on Alzheimer’s and Dementia

We are looking to raise seed money for an anthology of writing on Alzheimer’s and dementia. The anthology will be the first project from a new small press. All proceeds will go to research and care groups. Contributors who donate $20 or more will get copies of the anthology and a mention on the acknowledgements page. Writers, we are looking for poems, fiction, and essays on dementia and Alzheimer’s. They can be from any perspective — care-givers, family, the person with dementia.

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