The Intercept bureau chief: Massachusetts Democrats respond to homophobic slur but fail to pass meaningful reform
Ryan Grim, the D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept, on Tuesday said the use of a homophobic slur by a member of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee who had also voted in favor of the party’s pro-LGBTQ resolution represents “the equivalent of putting a pride flag on your porch, but still propping up systems that perpetuate homophobia.” During an interview on Hill.TV’s “Rising,” Grim explained that at a recent Massachusetts Democratic committee hearing, some members backed a resolution calling for the state’s Democratic Party Chair Gus Bickford to resign following his role i...