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Italian Investigators Just Uncovered a Major Russian Election Meddling Plot

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Portraits of America’s Genderqueer Community

“I just thought it was so beautiful and liberating to see someone being themselves.”

Text by Rosa Furneaux; Photos by Chloe Aftel