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Michael K. Lavers
Verified
International News Editor, The Washington Blade
Washington
Beats
Biography
I have been a staff writer for the Washington Blade since May 2012. The passage of same-sex marriage laws in Maryland and Delaware, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the burgeoning LGBT rights movement in Latin America and the consecration of gay New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson are among the many stories on which I have reported since my career began in 2002. My work has appeared in the Huffington Post, the Village Voice, Fire Island News and other media outlets. I have also discussed LGBT-specific issues on the BBC, New York Times, News Channel 8 in D.C., WNYC in New York City other mainstream and LGBT publications. I hold a degree in journalism and Spanish from the University of New Hampshire.
gay issues, lgbt same-sex marriage, transgender issues lgbt issues, gay transgender, international lgbt issues
Content
By Ryan Williams-Jent Verified, Michael K. Lavers Verified| Watermark Verified Hungarian MPs on April 14 voted to amend their country’s constitution to ban public LGBTQ events. The vote took place less than a month after lawmakers banned Pride events and gave authorities the green light to use facial recognition technology to identify those who participate in them. The Associated Press notes MPs approved the constitutional amendment — which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP coalition government proposed — by a 140-21 vote margin.
By Michael K. Lavers Verified| The Washington Blade Verified Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition technology to identify those who participate in them. The Associated Press reported thousands of protesters gathered outside the Hungarian parliament in Budapest, the country’s capital, after MPs approved the measure by a 136-27 vote margin. The protesters later blocked traffic on the nearby Margaret Bridge over the Danube River.
By Ryan Williams-Jent Verified, Michael K. Lavers Verified| Watermark Verified Hungarian MPs on April 14 voted to amend their country’s constitution to ban public LGBTQ events. The vote took place less than a month after lawmakers banned Pride events and gave authorities the green light to use facial recognition technology to identify those who participate in them. The Associated Press notes MPs approved the constitutional amendment — which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP coalition government proposed — by a 140-21 vote margin.
Company Info
The Washington Blade
America's top gay news source, covering Washington and the world. The Washington Blade was founded in 1969 as a black and white, one-sheet community newsletter distributed in D.C.-area bars. In October 2009, the Blade celebrated its 40th anniversary as an award-winning news source with a large following in print and online. Readers locally and around the world have come to rely on the Blade's unmatched coverage of LGBT news, earning the paper the moniker "the newspaper of record for the LGBT community."
Washington, D.C., United States
+1 202-234-5400
Founded: 1969