EDITORS LETTER

@kraven25Fernando Velez

In 2011, I was a 23-year-old working as a server at a restaurant in The Palm Hotel in Miami Beach. When covering breaks for the gift shop attendant, I used to read O - Oprah’s magazine. I was amazed how the publication empowered and celebrated women within articles one could relate to. O’ content provided tools that anyone could apply to improve their lives. I quickly thought that our LGBTQ+ community could benefit from something so powerful and positive – but our publications were far below that standard too often. Every day I thought about ideas for an LGBTQ+ publication that could impact our community, one that could provide bold, engaging content that would be meaningful and empowering. I started to hide at work while making notes on what I…

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