From: mdsohug40@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, 2 October 2021 at 06:15:04 UTC+6, Ed Buck & Hillary Clinton wrote:   
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   > How many more black queer lives must be lost before a stop is    
   > put to this?    
   > The saying goes “history often repeats itself” but for those who    
   > are black and Queer, that history is often violent and    
   > unprotected.    
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   > A déjà vu moment for the LGBTQ community happened last week when    
   > reports surfaced of another black gay man dying in the home of    
   > wealthy Democratic donor Ed Buck. New and disturbingly fresh to    
   > some, the story isn’t only stranger than fiction but proves gay    
   > black men are fetishized in plain sight.    
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   > Let’s back up a bit. On July 27, 2017, police were called to the    
   > home of Buck in West Hollywood, Calif., where the body of 26-    
   > year-old Gemmel Moore was found unresponsive. The Los Angeles    
   > coroner's office would initially rule Gemmel’s death an overdose    
   > of crystal methamphetamine—a growing problem within the LGBTQ    
   > community. However, there was an immediate outcry from the black    
   > queer community, as the narrative between Moore and Buck raised    
   > more questions than answers.    
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   > Today would've been Gemmel's 28h birthday. Instead of    
   > celebrations and Instagram posts from friends, Gemmel's legacy    
   > in the public sphere is that of a sex worker—a stirring attempt    
   > to discredit his worth while subtly blaming the victim for his    
   > own death. We have seen this occur many times when discussing    
   > the LGBTQ sex worker community. Transgender women are also    
   > painted as such in stories to devalue their worth. Far too    
   > often, sex workers endure victim blaming and shaming. A societal    
   > standard that contributes to the notion that sex workers are    
   > partly liable in their own deaths because of “risk” involved    
   > with the industry, intersected with mainstream views about sex    
   > work, not fitting standards or respectability.    
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   > Questions began to arise about why Buck, a 65-year-old white    
   > man, and social-political butterfly to Democratic party members    
   > like Hillary Clinton would have someone 39 years his junior in    
   > his home doing drugs. As more reporting by activist and    
   > journalist Jasmyne Cannick and others continued, a tale of    
   > privilege, wealth, and sexual exploitation became the new    
   > narrative of story many simply tried to bury.    
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   > Reports were coming out from other young black queer men who had    
   > dealings with Buck, many of them detailing his drugging of them    
   > with meth by needle—a technique called “pointing.” Entries from    
   > Gemmel's journal were also published by Cannick, revealing just    
   > how much pain and madness he was subjected to, including Buck,    
   > reportedly getting the 26-year-old hooked on drugs for sexual    
   > pleasure.    
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   > Black-Fetish--1547492449    
   > Jasmyne Cannick    
   > Jasmyne Cannick, Gemmel Moore Journal Entries About Ed Buck's    
   > Black Fetish    
   > Jasmyne Cannick    
   > Jasmyne Cannick, Gemmel Moore Journal Entries About Ed Buck's    
   > Black Fetish    
   > Jasmyne Cannick    
   > It is not easy to live at the intersection of being Black and    
   > Queer. It’s a double marginalization where we often find    
   > ourselves devoid of allies. On one side we have our own    
   > community which like all others, deals with homophobia. That    
   > homophobia often times bleeds into social justice work around    
   > black queer people. People who feel race should come first and    
   > be the only concern.    
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   > Black queer people are often fighting for others who would never    
   > fight for them. We have been conditioned by white supremacy to    
   > fall prey to respectability politics that makes us see anything    
   > other than cishet as an attack against our own community.    
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   > Despite the painful evidence, media began doing what it does    
   > with most black victims—painting them as the deviant and the    
   > abuser as the one being victimized. Gemmel was painted as a drug-    
   > addicted sex worker, an attempt at dehumanizing his value.    
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   > The views of sex work in the United States intersected with    
   > Gemmel being from a marginalized community was a tactic that saw    
   > many blaming the victim, rather than the manipulative predatory    
   > Buck, who was being protected by his wealth, whiteness, and    
   > proximity to those in power.    
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   > Following the LA coroner’s report, social media outrage    
   > eventually forced the LA Sheriff’s department to give the full    
   > investigation into the matter that it deserved. Unfortunately,    
   > after several months of getting statements and going over the    
   > evidence, the LA prosecutor's office refused to indict Buck,    
   > leaving the family and black LGBTQ community feeling hopeless    
   > that Gemmel would ever get justice.    
   >    
   > However, last week news broke that a second black gay man by the    
   > name of Timothy Dean was found dead in the home of ...Ed Buck.    
   > This time around, media coverage was immediate as multiple major    
   > outlets covered the story about the 55-year-old victim, a    
   > significant change from the first death. With circumstances    
   > surrounding the incident much like the first time, the story was    
   > hard to ignore with national coverage happening almost    
   > immediately. Responders arrived at Buck's home to find Dean    
   > unresponsive by an apparent overdose.    
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   > Black queer people are often fighting for others who would never    
   > fight for them.    
   > GEORGE JOHNSON    
   > Immediately, Buck’s lawyers issued a statement removing him of    
   > all culpability and once again blaming the victim for his own    
   > death. “From what I know, it was an old friend who died of an    
   > accidental overdose, and unfortunately, we believe that the    
   > substance was ingested at some place other than the apartment,”    
   > said Seymour Amster, Buck’s attorney. “The person came over    
   > intoxicated.”    
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   > With this being the second occurrence of death at his home,    
   > investigators were more eager to look into the situation—as was    
   > the media who showed up to the home of Buck that evening looking    
   > for comment. What most were greeted by was outraged citizens,    
   > many of whom were from the black queer community that has    
   > remained steadfast since last year.    
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   > Dozens of activists and community members protested in front of    
      
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