J. Lester Feder
@jlfeder.bsky.social
Journalist & photographer, dog dad, coffee geek, grumpier old man. www.lesterfeder.com
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So, @politicsprose.bsky.social doesn't post on here, but I'll be joining Lester Feder — who I don't think is on here — tomorrow night at their Wharf location to talk about his new book, The Queer Face of War, out of his reporting on Ukraine.
Join us! politics-prose.com/j-lester-fed...
Join us! politics-prose.com/j-lester-fed...
February 5, 2026 at 7:10 PM
So, @politicsprose.bsky.social doesn't post on here, but I'll be joining Lester Feder — who I don't think is on here — tomorrow night at their Wharf location to talk about his new book, The Queer Face of War, out of his reporting on Ukraine.
Join us! politics-prose.com/j-lester-fed...
Join us! politics-prose.com/j-lester-fed...
So, @politicsprose.bsky.social doesn't post on here, but I'll be joining Lester Feder — who I don't think is on here — tomorrow night at their Wharf location to talk about his new book, The Queer Face of War, out of his reporting on Ukraine.
Join us! politics-prose.com/j-lester-fed...
Join us! politics-prose.com/j-lester-fed...
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Stories are a tool for action — and international solidarity matters when queer people and democracy are under pressure worldwide.
In Ukraine, even after growing public support for partnership rights, conservative politicians are pushing to reverse that momentum.
In Ukraine, even after growing public support for partnership rights, conservative politicians are pushing to reverse that momentum.
Ukraine: The Queer Face of War - All Out
As the war enters its fifth year, queer Ukrainians defend their country without basic legal protections. Read their stories and stand for equality.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Stories are a tool for action — and international solidarity matters when queer people and democracy are under pressure worldwide.
In Ukraine, even after growing public support for partnership rights, conservative politicians are pushing to reverse that momentum.
In Ukraine, even after growing public support for partnership rights, conservative politicians are pushing to reverse that momentum.
Today, The Queer Face of War is published in the US, the UK, and worldwide.
This book tells the story of queer Ukrainians living through Russia’s invasion—and how homophobia was used as a weapon against democracy itself.
This book tells the story of queer Ukrainians living through Russia’s invasion—and how homophobia was used as a weapon against democracy itself.
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Today, The Queer Face of War is published in the US, the UK, and worldwide.
This book tells the story of queer Ukrainians living through Russia’s invasion—and how homophobia was used as a weapon against democracy itself.
This book tells the story of queer Ukrainians living through Russia’s invasion—and how homophobia was used as a weapon against democracy itself.
DC Friends! Please join me to launch my new book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine at Politics and Prose's Wharf location. I'll be in conversation with the extraordinary @chrisgeidner.bsky.social discussing homophobia and the global assault on democracy.
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 PM
DC Friends! Please join me to launch my new book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine at Politics and Prose's Wharf location. I'll be in conversation with the extraordinary @chrisgeidner.bsky.social discussing homophobia and the global assault on democracy.
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A dynamic on the ground here in Minneapolis that's been hard to wrap my head around: Local law enforcement, while trying to lower the temperature, have vanished. So it's really just protesters vs ICE. And ICE does not give a shit. They're laying siege to the city. Existentially horrifying.
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A dynamic on the ground here in Minneapolis that's been hard to wrap my head around: Local law enforcement, while trying to lower the temperature, have vanished. So it's really just protesters vs ICE. And ICE does not give a shit. They're laying siege to the city. Existentially horrifying.
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As @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social reports from on the ground in Minneapolis, I'm holding the fort at @garbageday.email with our monthly Garbage Intelligence issue.
We have all The Game Awards numbers, including how much attention all those wins gave Clair Obscur.
www.garbageday.email/p/the-oscars...
We have all The Game Awards numbers, including how much attention all those wins gave Clair Obscur.
www.garbageday.email/p/the-oscars...
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
As @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social reports from on the ground in Minneapolis, I'm holding the fort at @garbageday.email with our monthly Garbage Intelligence issue.
We have all The Game Awards numbers, including how much attention all those wins gave Clair Obscur.
www.garbageday.email/p/the-oscars...
We have all The Game Awards numbers, including how much attention all those wins gave Clair Obscur.
www.garbageday.email/p/the-oscars...
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"Intense video" Fox News' Matt Finn writes as he smirks and laughs while filming protesters being arrested by ICE agents as he does his little state-sanctioned ride-along with them this morning.
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"Intense video" Fox News' Matt Finn writes as he smirks and laughs while filming protesters being arrested by ICE agents as he does his little state-sanctioned ride-along with them this morning.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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I was saddened to learn of the death of Marlen Scandal shortly before The Queer Face of War was published. Marlen was a veteran, an activist in two revolutions, and a drag performer who carried Ukraine’s story across the world. 🕯️
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I was saddened to learn of the death of Marlen Scandal shortly before The Queer Face of War was published. Marlen was a veteran, an activist in two revolutions, and a drag performer who carried Ukraine’s story across the world. 🕯️
Nazi Germany sent 15,000 queer men to concentration camps.
Not one told their story publicly until nearly 30 years after Hitler’s death.
Here’s why that silence — and one man’s decision to break it — matters for my book cover. 🧵
Not one told their story publicly until nearly 30 years after Hitler’s death.
Here’s why that silence — and one man’s decision to break it — matters for my book cover. 🧵
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Nazi Germany sent 15,000 queer men to concentration camps.
Not one told their story publicly until nearly 30 years after Hitler’s death.
Here’s why that silence — and one man’s decision to break it — matters for my book cover. 🧵
Not one told their story publicly until nearly 30 years after Hitler’s death.
Here’s why that silence — and one man’s decision to break it — matters for my book cover. 🧵
When BuzzFeed News hired me as a global queer rights correspondent in 2013, my first assignment took me to Kyiv, where I wrote about how Russia was trying to scare Ukrainians away from alliances with western democracy with slogans like “Association with the EU equals same-sex marriage.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When BuzzFeed News hired me as a global queer rights correspondent in 2013, my first assignment took me to Kyiv, where I wrote about how Russia was trying to scare Ukrainians away from alliances with western democracy with slogans like “Association with the EU equals same-sex marriage.”
Thanks so much @miriamelder.bsky.social for launching me down this path!
A truly stunning and powerful book. Congrats @jlfeder.bsky.social
I am thrilled to share some exciting news: I’ve just published my first book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine, which is now on sale in the EU.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thanks so much @miriamelder.bsky.social for launching me down this path!
I am thrilled to share some exciting news: I’ve just published my first book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine, which is now on sale in the EU.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I am thrilled to share some exciting news: I’ve just published my first book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine, which is now on sale in the EU.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
Thrilled to share I’ve received an Excellence in Journalism Award from @nlgja for my @nytimes essay adapted from The Queer Face of War.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/o...
📖 The book version of The Queer Face of War is coming soon. Stay tuned!
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/o...
📖 The book version of The Queer Face of War is coming soon. Stay tuned!
September 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thrilled to share I’ve received an Excellence in Journalism Award from @nlgja for my @nytimes essay adapted from The Queer Face of War.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/o...
📖 The book version of The Queer Face of War is coming soon. Stay tuned!
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/o...
📖 The book version of The Queer Face of War is coming soon. Stay tuned!
For @businessinsider.com, I wrote about why I'm worried Millenials like me won't be able to achieve a secure #retirement.
Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-mill...
Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-mill...
Why our most basic assumptions about retirement may not add up
As a millennial, my dream is to eventually retire like my boomer parents. I'm skeptical I ever will.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For @businessinsider.com, I wrote about why I'm worried Millenials like me won't be able to achieve a secure #retirement.
Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-mill...
Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-mill...
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Historic warrants announced today seeking the arrest of top #Taliban leaders for persecuting women and #LGBTQ people #ICC www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in Afghanistan
Today, I can announce that my Office has filed two applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in Afghanistan. These filings ha...
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January 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Historic warrants announced today seeking the arrest of top #Taliban leaders for persecuting women and #LGBTQ people #ICC www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
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Oddly relevant in today's climate.
December 10, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Oddly relevant in today's climate.
Kyiv Pride was supposed to hold an event yesterday in Kyiv, but were forced to cancel when protestors attempted to break through a cordon of police with smoke grenades and firecrackers. #LGBT #Ukraine #pride www.instagram.com/p/DDW8p1TIP1...
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December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Kyiv Pride was supposed to hold an event yesterday in Kyiv, but were forced to cancel when protestors attempted to break through a cordon of police with smoke grenades and firecrackers. #LGBT #Ukraine #pride www.instagram.com/p/DDW8p1TIP1...
Earlier this year, I wrote that a raid on a drag bar in a remote Russian region could start mass repression of queer ppl nationwide under a new policy threatening queer ppl w sentences up to 10 years in prison. Now there are mass raids in Moscow nightclubs. www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/30/m...
Moscow Police Raid Clubs Overnight Under 'LGBT Propaganda' Law - The Moscow Times
Police in Moscow raided multiple bars early Saturday and arrested the director of a travel agency serving LGBTQ+ customers under laws criminalizing “LGBT propaganda,” state media reported.
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December 5, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Earlier this year, I wrote that a raid on a drag bar in a remote Russian region could start mass repression of queer ppl nationwide under a new policy threatening queer ppl w sentences up to 10 years in prison. Now there are mass raids in Moscow nightclubs. www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/30/m...
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Were you a fan of BuzzFeed News? (Or did you work at BuzzFeed News?)
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November 15, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Were you a fan of BuzzFeed News? (Or did you work at BuzzFeed News?)
If so, you're in luck — I made a starter pack of former BFN people:
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If so, you're in luck — I made a starter pack of former BFN people:
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