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Hadley Stewart

@wordsbyhadley.bsky.social
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Journalist. Features Editor, Vada Magazine 🏳️‍🌈 Words: Attitude, Euronews, NBC News, Reuters etc. 📍London www.hadleystewart.co.uk

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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Always a pleasure to be on PR duties for @hughsheehan.bsky.social, who is interviewed for the latest issue of Flicker Magazine, about his award-winning podcast, Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7. Read here: www.flickermagazine.art/editions/iss...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Seven years after its relaunch, the cult British magazine is closing in its ‘current iteration.’ Longtime editor-in-chief Matthew Whitehouse exited the publication in January. www.businessoffashion.com/news/profess...
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The Face Magazine to Shutter
Seven years after its relaunch, the cult British magazine is closing in its ‘current iteration.’ Longtime editor-in-chief Matthew Whitehouse exited the publication in January.
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, I spoke to award-winning photographer and journalist @jlfeder.bsky.social who has been capturing the stories of LGBTQ+ people living in the war-torn country. vadamagazine.com/features/j-l...
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"This was a real opportunity to create the first visual history of a queer community in wartime": J. Lester Feder on documenting the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Ukraine
As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, Hadley Stewart speaks to the photographer and journalist who has been capturing the stories of LGBTQ+ people living in the war-torn country...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Condé Nast’s LGBTQ Media Brand Them Acquired by Equalpride, Publisher of Out and The Advocate www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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Condé Nast’s LGBTQ Media Brand Them Acquired by Equalpride, Publisher of Out and The Advocate
On the heels of layoffs, Equalpride CEO Mark Berryhill says, “Adding the ‘Them’ brand accelerates our mission and expands the ways we can champion LGBTQ+ voices year‑round.”
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Front row at London Fashion Week for Vada Magazine - this never gets old. 👠 #LondonFashionWeek #LFW #AW26
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Oli Franklin-Wallis @olifranklinwallis.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Honestly forgot how much of freelancing is asking to be paid for work you did months ago
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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Hey UK peeps! If you are planning on pre-ordering Invisible Rainbows, there's currently an offer on Waterstones to get it 25% off! It's my birthday on Thursday, so I'm gonna pretend that I'm being a hobbit and this is my gift to you! www.waterstones.com/book/invisib...
A waterstone poster that says 25% off on book comiung soon. With a picture of my book invisible rainbows. The preorder code is Feb26 and the offer is available 17-20 of February.
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
GQ Names Adam Baidawi as Its Top Editor www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/b...
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GQ Names Adam Baidawi as Its Top Editor
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I had the pleasure of interviewing astrophysicist turned activist @drcarpineti.bsky.social for the latest digital cover of Vada Magazine, to coincide with this year's @lgbthm.bsky.social theme of science and innovation. 🌈 🔭 @prideinstem.bsky.social vadamagazine.com/features/dr-...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I interviewed @theguyliner.bsky.social about his latest novel 'The Glorious Dead', abuses of power and conversations about grief. vadamagazine.com/features/jus...
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Justin Myers on his most ambitious novel yet: “We still do not know how to handle someone else's grief.”
The author and journalist sits down with Hadley Stewart to discuss his latest novel, abuses of power and conversations about grief.
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The Queer Review @thequeerreview.com · 06/01/2026
Exclusive Interview: @hughsheehan.bsky.social on his award-winning BBC Sounds podcast Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 – “we must never forget these queer histories” #LGBTQ thequeerreview.com/2026/01/04/i...
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Exclusive Interview: Hugh Sheehan on his award-winning podcast Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 – “we must never forget these queer histories”
In this politically regressive era in the United States and beyond, it is especially vital that LGBTQ+ history be recorded and shared, enabling us to find context, empowerment and guidance in the n…
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Will Welch to Leave GQ After 7 Years as Its Top Editor www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
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Will Welch to Leave GQ After 7 Years as Its Top Editor
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Unexpected message this year.
“Honestly I expected Christmas TV to be better this year. They’ve dropped the ball.” - superimposed on King Charles
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
PR duties: @hughsheehan.bsky.social on his LGBTQ+ highlight of 2025 for @thequeerreview.com 📚🏳️‍🌈 thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
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James Kleinmann @jameskleinmann.com · 25/12/2025
Assembling this annual #LGBTQ+ highlights of the year is in fact always a highlight of my year! Love all the recommendations & the thought that goes into these contributions. Hope you discover something new here too! #TheQueerReview2025 #TheQueerReview thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
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The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
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The Queer Review @thequeerreview.com · 25/12/2025
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year #TheQueerReview2025 #TheQueerReview thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
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The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
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Justin Myers @theguyliner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I loved guesting on @nadinematheson.com's The Conversation talking about all the ways my writing career has driven me round the bend, plus discovering 'the living posh' and reading reviews.
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Justin Myers: ​I ​thought, ​oh they've ​made ​a ​terrible ​mistake.
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Back on PR duties for @hughsheehan.bsky.social with interviews in the @manchestereveningnews.co.uk and @pinknews.bsky.social discussing his multi-award-winning BBC Sounds podcast 'Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7' 🏳️‍🌈🎙️
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
In the wake of president Trump’s dismantling of USAID funding, I sat down with Kaleidoscope Trust CEO @alexfarrow.bsky.social to discuss what this means for LGBTQ+ people across the world. vadamagazine.com/features/ale...
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“An enormous threat”: Kaleidoscope Trust CEO Alex Farrow on Trump’s influence on global LGBTQ+ rights.
In the wake of president Trump’s dismantling of USAID funding, Kaleidoscope CEO Alex Farrow sits down with Hadley Stewart to discuss what this means for LGBTQ+ people across the world.
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Taylor Swift has Tree Pain, @hughsheehan.bsky.social is stuck with me. Not a bad first week as Hugh's publicist ✨ Excited to see what's next for Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7... 🎙️🏳️‍🌈
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
‘The drunk girl in the loo said we should take it to the fringe’: how super-producer Francesca Moody discovered Fleabag as she returns to Edinburgh for the 20th time www.tatler.com/article/fran...
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‘The drunk girl in the loo said we should take it to the fringe’: how super-producer Francesca Moody discovered Fleabag as she returns to Edinburgh for the 20th time
Fleabag and Baby Reindeer’s Oliver award-winning super-producer has returned to the Edinburgh fringe with a bold new venture and a host of other plays. Could they be the next phenomenon?
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I interviewed Gemma Rolls-Bentley for Vada Magazine: “I didn’t really know how to navigate the art world as a northern lesbian.” vadamagazine.com/features/cur...
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Curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley: “I didn’t really know how to navigate the art world as a northern lesbian.”
As a curator who has been at the forefront of contemporary art for almost two decades, Gemma Rolls-Bentley sits down with Hadley Stewart to reflect on the impact of queer representation in art and her...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Sandra Oh Knows What’s Great About Middle Age www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/m...
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Sandra Oh Knows What’s Great About Middle Age
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Justin Myers @theguyliner.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
20 years ago today, a bomb exploded on a bus at Tavistock Square. I was there. This is what happened:
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The Seventh
I am not supposed to be here. That’s almost all I can think as I run as fast as I can away from Tavistock Square. It is 7 July 2005. I am not supposed to be here. I am supposed to be at work. I nev…
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Highlights from the Celine Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear collection ❤️
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Anna Wintour: end of an era as ‘queen of fashion’ departs as American Vogue’s editor-in-chief www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
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Anna Wintour: end of an era as ‘queen of fashion’ departs as American Vogue’s editor-in-chief
Wintour has amplified the place of fashion in culture beyond all recognition
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Some front row snaps from this year's Graduate Fashion Week #GFW25
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
It's been a busy few days! From being front row at this year's Graduate Fashion Week shows, to attending the Kaleidoscope Trust's annual Pride Parliamentary reception...
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Daniel Harding @danieljharding.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Loved sitting down with @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social for this interview, take a read now ❤️
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
“This has been a real journey for me.” - I sat down with @danieljharding.bsky.social to discuss his latest book, reconnecting with our queer selves, and dating. vadamagazine.com/features/dan...
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Daniel Harding on reconnecting with his younger queer self: “This has been a real journey for me.”
The author and journalist sits down with Hadley Stewart to discuss how his latest book provides a window into the experiences of queer people, and the importance of representation for the LGBTQ+ commu...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Vanity Fair Names Mark Guiducci as Its Top Editor www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/b...
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Vanity Fair Names Mark Guiducci as Its Top Editor
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Jacinda Ardern Thinks World Leaders Need More Kindness www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/s...
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Jacinda Ardern Thinks World Leaders Need More Kindness
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I sat down with Jack Dale-Dowd, CEO of @contactmcr.bsky.social to discuss how he's championing the diverse voices of Greater Manchester through the arts: “Contact was the first venue in Manchester where I felt that I belonged.” vadamagazine.com/features/jac...
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Contact’s Chief Executive Jack Dale-Dowd: “Contact was the first venue in Manchester where I felt that I belonged.”
Having worked with the arts charity and theatre for over a decade, the recently-appointed CEO of Contact sat down with Hadley Stewart to discuss how he is championing the diverse voices of Greater Man...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
ITV To Cut 220 Jobs In Major Daytime Overhaul deadline.com/2025/05/itv-...
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ITV To Cut 220 Jobs In Major Daytime Overhaul
ITV has announced a major overhaul of its daytime schedule, cutting back the airtime devoted to shows including 'Loose Women' and 'Lorraine.'
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
‘I read him my seven-page sex scene’: Gay Bar author Jeremy Atherton Lin’s transatlantic love story www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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‘I read him my seven-page sex scene’: Gay Bar author Jeremy Atherton Lin’s transatlantic love story
When the writer’s partner overstayed his US visa, the couple were forced to live ‘underground’. He talks about their fear of deportation – and the secret to a happy open relationship
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Antoni Porowski on His Big Green Sofa, Real Plants and Taylor Swift www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Antoni Porowski on His Big Green Sofa, Real Plants and Taylor Swift
Take a look inside the “Queer Eye” star’s Manhattan apartment.
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I'm really excited to share the project I've been working on with @naomilord.bsky.social - BELONGING IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT, an exhibition that explores how we belong through culture, resistance and representation. This summer at @creatives-now.bsky.social 🎨
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 02/05/2025
One out of 23 councils has declared its count btw. We’re essentially doing a post-mortem while the patient is still sitting up and asking for a cup of tea.
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I'm really excited to share the project I've been working on with @naomilord.bsky.social - BELONGING IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT, an exhibition that explores how we belong through culture, resistance and representation. This summer at @creatives-now.bsky.social 🎨
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Jack Hewson @jackhewson.com · 27/04/2025
Look at this house. It's a perfectly nice house but it's not a remarkable house. It's the sort of house a doctor or a lawyer should be able to buy as a family home. A nice Georgian terrace. But because it's in London, it's 2 point 3 million quid. £2.3m. 🤯..
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
‘60 Minutes’ Chief Resigns in Emotional Meeting: ‘The Company Is Done With Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
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‘60 Minutes’ Chief Resigns in Emotional Meeting: ‘The Company Is Done With Me’
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I interviewed Roxy Bourdillon for the latest Vada cover. Ahead of the publication of her memoir, What a Girl Wants, she talked to me about being a woman who loves women, her relationship with her body, and the hierarchy of grief. vadamagazine.com/features/rox...
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Hugh Sheehan @hughsheehan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Had a lovely chat with Hadley for Vada magazine. We spoke about Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7, the importance of plurality in LGBTQ+ storytelling, why I think podcasts are such a singular medium, and my preoccupation with making work that excavates the (queer) human experience.
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Mishal Husain On Privilege, Prejudice, And Life After The BBC www.vogue.co.uk/article/mish...
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Mishal Husain On Privilege, Prejudice, And Life After The BBC
“I’m the daughter of immigrants and I think somewhere in me is a real feeling that you keep striving, you keep pushing yourself,” Husain tells Nosheen Iqbal of her decision to leave. “And so it just w...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I interviewed Hugh Sheehan, the creative behind the BBC's Bolton 7 podcast: “It’s so frustrating seeing queer stories being told in a really one-dimensional way.” vadamagazine.com/features/hug...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I interviewed Hugh Sheehan, the creative behind the BBC's Bolton 7 podcast: “It’s so frustrating seeing queer stories being told in a really one-dimensional way.” vadamagazine.com/features/hug...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/04/2025
Adolescence season two: Brad Pitt’s production company begins talks
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Adolescence season two: Brad Pitt’s production company begins talks
A follow-up to the record-breaking Netflix series might be in the works with hopes that it will ‘not be repetitive’ Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B is in talks to develop another season of Adolescence, after the British show became a runaway hit on Netflix. Speaking to Deadline in their first interview since the show took off on the streaming platform last month, co-presidents Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner said they are speaking to director Philip Barantini about the “next iteration” of the show, a critical success that has ignited conversations about children’s susceptibility to toxic masculinity online. Continue reading...
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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I interviewed @djkoessler.bsky.social, political strategist and founder of @koesslerstrategies.bsky.social for Vada Magazine. We talked all things US politics, including his work with Hillary Clinton & Pete Buttigieg, and LGBTQ+ rights. vadamagazine.com/features/dj-...
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DJ Koessler on the power of politics: “It's not some abstract thing. It’s about how you can make people's lives better.”
The Democratic strategist sits down with Hadley Stewart to discuss his work with some of the most recognisable names in modern US politics, his fears under the current Trump administration, and his ho...
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I spoke with @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social of Vada about tackling HIV stigma and the importance of diversity and inclusion in decision making. Read the full interview, with some gorgeous photos, here. vadamagazine.com/features/mat...
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Matthew Hodson: shamelessly HIV-positive
The HIV activist sits down with Hadley Stewart to reflect on decades advocating for people living with HIV and the work that is still to be done.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Hotel corridor portrait by Giorgia Natella for Vada Magazine (2023).
I’m wearing a bright blue suit and a pink waistcoat (no shirt). I have one foot on the floor and the other raised on the wall but the photo is turned on its side so it looks like I’m sprinting down a very low tunnel.
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