J. Lester Feder
@jlfeder.bsky.social
Journalist & photographer, dog dad, coffee geek, grumpier old man. www.lesterfeder.com
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J. Lester Feder
@jlfeder.bsky.social
· Oct 21
I am thrilled to share some exciting news: I’ve just published my first book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine, which is now on sale in the EU.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
I was saddened to learn of the death of Marlen Scandal shortly before The Queer Face of War was published. Marlen was a veteran, an activist in two revolutions, and a drag performer who carried Ukraine’s story across the world. 🕯️
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I was saddened to learn of the death of Marlen Scandal shortly before The Queer Face of War was published. Marlen was a veteran, an activist in two revolutions, and a drag performer who carried Ukraine’s story across the world. 🕯️
Nazi Germany sent 15,000 queer men to concentration camps.
Not one told their story publicly until nearly 30 years after Hitler’s death.
Here’s why that silence — and one man’s decision to break it — matters for my book cover. 🧵
Not one told their story publicly until nearly 30 years after Hitler’s death.
Here’s why that silence — and one man’s decision to break it — matters for my book cover. 🧵
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Nazi Germany sent 15,000 queer men to concentration camps.
Not one told their story publicly until nearly 30 years after Hitler’s death.
Here’s why that silence — and one man’s decision to break it — matters for my book cover. 🧵
Not one told their story publicly until nearly 30 years after Hitler’s death.
Here’s why that silence — and one man’s decision to break it — matters for my book cover. 🧵
When BuzzFeed News hired me as a global queer rights correspondent in 2013, my first assignment took me to Kyiv, where I wrote about how Russia was trying to scare Ukrainians away from alliances with western democracy with slogans like “Association with the EU equals same-sex marriage.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When BuzzFeed News hired me as a global queer rights correspondent in 2013, my first assignment took me to Kyiv, where I wrote about how Russia was trying to scare Ukrainians away from alliances with western democracy with slogans like “Association with the EU equals same-sex marriage.”
Thanks so much @miriamelder.bsky.social for launching me down this path!
A truly stunning and powerful book. Congrats @jlfeder.bsky.social
I am thrilled to share some exciting news: I’ve just published my first book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine, which is now on sale in the EU.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thanks so much @miriamelder.bsky.social for launching me down this path!
I am thrilled to share some exciting news: I’ve just published my first book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine, which is now on sale in the EU.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I am thrilled to share some exciting news: I’ve just published my first book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine, which is now on sale in the EU.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
This project is the culmination of my journey as a journalist, activist, and photographer over the past 13 years.
Thrilled to share I’ve received an Excellence in Journalism Award from @nlgja for my @nytimes essay adapted from The Queer Face of War.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/o...
📖 The book version of The Queer Face of War is coming soon. Stay tuned!
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/o...
📖 The book version of The Queer Face of War is coming soon. Stay tuned!
September 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thrilled to share I’ve received an Excellence in Journalism Award from @nlgja for my @nytimes essay adapted from The Queer Face of War.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/o...
📖 The book version of The Queer Face of War is coming soon. Stay tuned!
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/o...
📖 The book version of The Queer Face of War is coming soon. Stay tuned!
For @businessinsider.com, I wrote about why I'm worried Millenials like me won't be able to achieve a secure #retirement.
Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-mill...
Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-mill...
Why our most basic assumptions about retirement may not add up
As a millennial, my dream is to eventually retire like my boomer parents. I'm skeptical I ever will.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For @businessinsider.com, I wrote about why I'm worried Millenials like me won't be able to achieve a secure #retirement.
Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-mill...
Retirement planning assume the economy will grow as it has over the past decades, but the future seems riskier than ever.
www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-mill...
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Historic warrants announced today seeking the arrest of top #Taliban leaders for persecuting women and #LGBTQ people #ICC www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in Afghanistan
Today, I can announce that my Office has filed two applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in Afghanistan. These filings ha...
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January 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Historic warrants announced today seeking the arrest of top #Taliban leaders for persecuting women and #LGBTQ people #ICC www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
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Oddly relevant in today's climate.
December 10, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Oddly relevant in today's climate.
Kyiv Pride was supposed to hold an event yesterday in Kyiv, but were forced to cancel when protestors attempted to break through a cordon of police with smoke grenades and firecrackers. #LGBT #Ukraine #pride www.instagram.com/p/DDW8p1TIP1...
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December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Kyiv Pride was supposed to hold an event yesterday in Kyiv, but were forced to cancel when protestors attempted to break through a cordon of police with smoke grenades and firecrackers. #LGBT #Ukraine #pride www.instagram.com/p/DDW8p1TIP1...
Earlier this year, I wrote that a raid on a drag bar in a remote Russian region could start mass repression of queer ppl nationwide under a new policy threatening queer ppl w sentences up to 10 years in prison. Now there are mass raids in Moscow nightclubs. www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/30/m...
Moscow Police Raid Clubs Overnight Under 'LGBT Propaganda' Law - The Moscow Times
Police in Moscow raided multiple bars early Saturday and arrested the director of a travel agency serving LGBTQ+ customers under laws criminalizing “LGBT propaganda,” state media reported.
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Earlier this year, I wrote that a raid on a drag bar in a remote Russian region could start mass repression of queer ppl nationwide under a new policy threatening queer ppl w sentences up to 10 years in prison. Now there are mass raids in Moscow nightclubs. www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/30/m...
Reposted by J. Lester Feder
Were you a fan of BuzzFeed News? (Or did you work at BuzzFeed News?)
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November 15, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Were you a fan of BuzzFeed News? (Or did you work at BuzzFeed News?)
If so, you're in luck — I made a starter pack of former BFN people:
go.bsky.app/MaKxkfL
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go.bsky.app/MaKxkfL