James Finn
May 4, 2024

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Indeed, for years on Medium and social media, my profile tagline was "Uppity Faggot," and I've been considered returning to using it. But whether I do l or not, I still use "faggot" sometimes to refer to myself, not exactly in a reclamatory way, but as political speech — to make points about repression and oppression.

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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