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April 28, 2013
Conan O'Brien imagines date between Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow

Comic Conan O'Brien makes a joke about a Rachel Maddow and Anderson Cooper date at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

The White House Correspondents' Dinner is often called an adult prom for nerds. Political journalists wear tuxedoes and evening gowns while drinking with high powered politicians, including the president of the United States.

November 15, 2012
Fox News anchor in Ohio who called Rachel Maddow an 'angry young man' returns to air

Tricia Macke had been suspended for two days for Facebook post

Tricia Macke, a news anchor for the Fox affiliate in Cincinatti, Ohio, has returned to the air following a two-day suspension for referring to Rachel Maddow as an 'angry young man.'

Macke made the comment about the MSNBC anchor, who is a lesbian, on her Facebook page last month. When Facebook followers pointed out that the remark was offensive, Macke refused to back down writing defiantly: 'I knew what I was saying.'

November 10, 2012
Fox News anchor in Ohio sorry for calling Rachel Maddow an 'angry young man'

Tricia Macke: admits her comments were 'insensitive and inappropriate'

A news anchor for the Fox affiliate in Cincinatti, Ohio apologized late Friday (9 November) for calling MSNBC's lesbian anchor Rachel Maddow an 'angry young man.'

Hours after the Gay Alliance Against Defamation started a petition demanding that Tricia Macke apologize for comments she posted on her Facebook page last month, she did so.

November 9, 2012
TV anchor under fire for calling lesbian Rachel Maddow an 'angry young man'

GLAAD and Equality Ohio have started petition against Tricia Macke

Tricia Macke, a news anchor for the Fox affiliate in Cincinatti, Ohio, is under fire for calling MSNBC's lesbian anchor Rachel Maddow an 'angry young man.'

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and Equality Ohio have launched a petition calling on Fox 19 to condemn comments made last month by Macke on her her Facebook page.

May 30, 2012
Unsafe haven: Gay refugees in South Africa

With South Africa facing a flood of gay and trans refugees, a creaking asylum system is exposing them to corruption, homophobia and the risk of attack

A little over a week ago, Rachel, a 28 year-old asylum seeker from Uganda had her room in a home in a township by Cape Town, broken into and vandalized.

The burglary on 21 May, saw her lose almost all her belongings.

The police filed a report and sent Rachel (whose real name we are withholding for safety reasons) her crime number by text, but so far she’s heard nothing further from them.

‘People have been pointing a finger at my neighbor, who works night shifts and stays in the home all day long’, she tells me.