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Joshua Mackey

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He/him. Writer | Editor | Content Strategist | Black, queer, and nerdy. Words in @into_tweets @nerdist @HuffPost @Blavity @GeeksOfColor @XtraMagazine.
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Black, queer & caught in the 1950s studio machine: The radical history behind There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood

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By Joshua Mackey
| Queerty Verified
Hollywood’s Golden Age ushered a new era for film and cemented the luxury, glamour, and magic that movie stars are known for exuding on and off-screen. That same magic enthralled author Rasheed Newson. The self-proclaimed cinephile spent his formative years devouring the works of Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Alfred Hitchcock, and more.
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These 3 lessons from the AIDS epidemic show how Black communities can combat HIV under Trump

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By Joshua Mackey
| LGBTQ Nation Verified
The first reported cases of what would be known as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) included five white men and two Black men, one from Haiti and the other from Los Angeles. Though HIV was a mystery and researchers had little information on what caused it, let alone which communities it impacted most, that lack of knowledge didn’t prevent the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) from erroneously inferring that Black Haitians were at greater risk for contracting HIV.
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These 10 essential movies about Black people living with HIV will open your heart & mind

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By Joshua Mackey
| LGBTQ Nation Verified
GLAAD’s 2025 Where We Are on TV report found that only one character — Argentine sensation Cris Miró from the self-titled series Cris Miró (She / Her / Hers) — depicted a person living with HIV across all cable, broadcast, and streaming platforms. The biographical show followed the rise of the transgender entertainer and media personality in the 1980s and 1990s before she was diagnosed with HIV.
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