Kevin Naff

Nov 15, 2024 | washingtonblade.com | Kevin Naff

This is not the time to cave to Donald Trump and normalize his attacks on democracy and decency. Nor is it the time to throw the transgender community under the bus. Or to accept anti-vaxxers as head of Health & Human Services or dilettantes as defense secretary or credibly accused sex traffickers as attorney general. Yet, here we are, and some prominent Democrats — like gay Colorado Gov. Jared Polis — are leading the charge to capitulation.

Nov 13, 2024 | losangelesblade.com | Kevin Naff

These are frightening times for those of us on the target list of Project 2025, the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term that he secured in landslide fashion on Tuesday. Many of us are wondering how this could happen again. Kamala Harris is one of the most qualified presidential candidates to run in our lifetime. She ran against a 34-times convicted felon who staged an insurrection against the government and who faces a sentencing hearing in just three weeks for his crimes.

Nov 6, 2024 | newsisout.com | Kevin Naff

This article originally appeared in the Washington Blade. Trump’s win requires us to organize, focus on protecting trans community These are frightening times for those of us on the target list of Project 2025, the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term that he secured in landslide fashion on Tuesday. Many of us are wondering how this could happen again. Kamala Harris is one of the most qualified presidential candidates to run in our lifetime.

Nov 6, 2024 | washingtonblade.com | Kevin Naff

I had the privilege to run as an independent candidate for parliament during Botswana’s recent and most historic election. While I was not elected, my privilege to exercise my right to stand as a citizen was fulfilled, most notably, as an out and proudly queer feminist nonbinary individual in my youth. There are many reasons that lead to my decision to run, one of them being the anti-LGBTI developments that were occurring in my country, along with several others across Africa.

Oct 29, 2024 | washingtonblade.com | Kevin Naff

I have worked in media and newspapers for most of my career, including at large metropolitan dailies like the Baltimore Sun. I’ve had the immense privilege of working alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters and editors like John Carroll of the Los Angeles Times and Bill Marimow of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The most important lesson I took from the early days of my career from those colleagues is that newspapers have only one commodity: credibility. When that’s gone, there’s nothing.