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samanthAAAH! riedel @samanthawrites.net · 13/05/2026

we're almost two thirds of the way to our goal on this, thank you so much for all your support!!

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

obligatory "if everyone who reposted this gave $5 we'd have almost an additional $1k"

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

we just hit the halfway mark which is awesome! some additional context — some of my colleagues did not receive severance, and while we're still figuring out an equitable division, we're planning on most of the funds from this gfm going to them. also, truly anything helps even if it's just $5

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Lis is deep in the pitt @ghostalservice.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

james was the only journalist to actually reach out to us and get facts before writing about the craft fair!

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

hi, as some of you know Them was sold last month and i was laid off as a result. this is a gofundme for myself and my colleagues who have been impacted, pls share and donate if you feel called <3 www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...

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Donate to Support Laid-Off Them Staff, Condé Nast’s Former LGBTQ Pub, organized by Catherine Mhloyi

On April 15, Them officially was officially sold by our paren… Catherine Mhloyi needs your support for Support Laid-Off Them Staff, Condé Nast’s Former LGBTQ Pub

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

also also Them is still around and publishing stuff and i support my colleagues who are still there for TOTAL clarity

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 09/05/2026

Hey Them was great and I wouldn't have the career I have now without them. Can we share this around?

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

there are still three staffers who went over w the acquisition tbc! otherwise yes, correct

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

taking some time off work because i also have the amazing fortune of dealing with an emergent family crisis rn but you can find me at captainslog.substack.com where ill be posting a lot more regularly from here on out, and i'm also open to assignments! jrfactora@gmail.com

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captain’s log | james factora | Substack

periodic musings about whatever i feel like. Click to read captain’s log, by james factora, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

waaaaaaa i love u thank u 🖤🖤🖤

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

thank you ❤️ that really really means so much to me

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samanthAAAH! riedel @samanthawrites.net · 08/05/2026

we're passing the hat around, shares are very appreciated!

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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Donate to Support Laid-Off Them Staff, Condé Nast’s Former LGBTQ Pub, organized by Catherine Mhloyi

On April 15, Them officially was officially sold by our paren… Catherine Mhloyi needs your support for Support Laid-Off Them Staff, Condé Nast’s Former LGBTQ Pub

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Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 02/02/2026

What If Gay Guys Were Normal About P**sy? An old trend seems to have come back en vogue as more trans guys enter the gay dating scene. www.them.us/story/gay-gu... by @jamesfactora.bsky.social

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What If Gay Guys Were Normal About P**sy?

An old trend seems to have come back en vogue as more trans guys enter the gay dating scene.

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

ooooh so glad you went long on this

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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

NEW for @inkstickmedia.com: I spoke with former Human Rights Campaign employees & activists with @genderlib.com @adalahjustice.bsky.social about the 2-year campaign for America's largest LGBT advocacy group to divest from the arms manufacturer Northrop Grumman. inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...

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Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers

Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.

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Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Today at 6! ✊✊✊✊ Will you be there?

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Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

That’s a no on union busting at Condé Nast from @newyorkstateag.bsky.social

New York attorney letitia James says no to union busting at Condé Nast

Join our rally for the reinstatement of our wrongfully fired colleagues!

6 pm at 1 wtc (corner of west st and vesey st)

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Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Stand with Condé Nast Union. Sign our petition.

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Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United
on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands
Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue.
These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action.
Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company.
Condé United members illegally fired are:
Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader
Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House
Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union
Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit
“Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …

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Alma Avalle @goodbyealma.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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As Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue’s Website, NewsGuild Condemns the Plan

The union, which reps staffers, says the move was "clearly designed" to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Really proud of this profile Samantha Riedel wrote of me in THEM. We talked about BLACK FLAME, DC comics firing me, Palestine, and real-life community as it relates to the internet. www.them.us/story/gretch...

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Horror Fiction’s It Girl Gretchen Felker-Martin Doesn’t Care if You Like Her

The ‘Black Flame’ author talks to Them about queer horror, getting dropped by DC Comics, and the perils of being hyperonline.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Been thinking about what i call the "anti trans style guide" that conservatives use as a foil to the newer, more sensitive language that's taken hold. it's essentially a total remaking of language to dehumanize trans people but it's more tortured and annoying than any "woke" language ever was

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

::chanting intensifies:: I'M ON THE LIST! I'M ON THE LIST! www.them.us/story/fall-2... (thx @jamesfactora.bsky.social and @them.us)

them: Our 11 Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Albums of Fall 2025. We're living through a renaissance of trans music.

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samanthAAAH! riedel @samanthawrites.net · 06/08/2025

For context, this is a tactic fascist groups have been using for years, in particular when trying to target Pride events. Here's @jamesfactora.bsky.social on one such Patriot Front op in 2022: www.them.us/story/a-whit...

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A White Nationalist Group Was Headed to an Idaho Pride Event With Riot Gear

They were armed with shields, shin guards, riot gear, and at least one smoke grenade.

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

it may just work, every time im on here i catch up on your posts and im like “nice”

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

for @them.us’ latest pride cover, i profiled alan cumming and we discussed the traitors, bisexuality, intactivism, and so much more www.them.us/story/alan-c...

alan cumming in a protect the dolls tshirt, garters, stockings, and heels

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

for @them.us’ latest pride cover, i profiled alan cumming and we discussed the traitors, bisexuality, intactivism, and so much more www.them.us/story/alan-c...

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

what i mean is that i think its awesome to post shit like this + other inanities and like nothing else …….. posting capital P is over

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

i profiled kelly marie tran ahead of the release of THE WEDDING BANQUET, and we talked about the pressures of being a "historic first," musical theater, and her truly adorable relationship with her girlfriend (!!!) www.them.us/story/kelly-...

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Kelly Marie Tran’s Girlfriend Crashed Her ‘Wedding Banquet’ Zoom Audition

The actor is ready to talk about queerness, love, and overcoming imposter syndrome.

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sleemo @sleemo.com · 16/04/2025

Kelly and her gf 🥺 www.them.us/story/kelly-...

“Despite that ever-present fear, Tran is ready to share her queerness with
the world - and she's ready to share that she has a girlfriend, too. They've been together for two years, but from spending a brief amount of time around the couple, you'd think they were still in the honeymoon phase. Even just the question of how long they've been together makes Tran blush and giggle; during a moment of downtime on the day of our photoshoot, the actor perches in her girlfriend's lap, arms wrapped around her shoulders. Tran doesn't want to identify her girlfriend yet, since she lives a relatively normal life, and they'd like to keep it that way.”

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james factora @jamesfactora.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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Kelly Marie Tran’s Girlfriend Crashed Her ‘Wedding Banquet’ Zoom Audition

The actor is ready to talk about queerness, love, and overcoming imposter syndrome.

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ghost georgie @ghostgeorgie.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I’ll keep your spirit alive Jo #jocalderone

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Hossam Shabat, a 23 year old journalist who documented the genocide of his people left a final message. shared by his team.

screenshot of @HossamShabat on twitter: This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message :

“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.

By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.

I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”

— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.

followed by a photo of Hossam in a press vest. black and white.

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Them @them.us · 24/03/2025

Lucy Dacus is a private person, but on her new album “Forever Is a Feeling,” she just can’t help but be honest. www.them.us/story/lucy-d...

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 24/03/2025

When I was 23 years old I was just completing my first semester of journalism school. I remember how nervous I felt even calling people for interviews. Hossam was 23. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...

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Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

Hossam Shabat is one of two media workers killed in Israeli strikes on Monday.

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