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David Levesley
@DJFLevesley
Writer, glutton, angry queer (he/him). Creative Director, award-winning features writer/editor, 1/4 of @criticalditto.
London, England
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    David Levesley
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    May 7, 2024
    Realise the world's on fire and everyone's partying, so that feels like the perfect time to mention my new play Too Much Pills and Liquor is setting up camp at The Divine over Pride - a play about why gay men party when the world's on fire. Tickets here:
    Too Much Pills and Liquor Tickets - London - OutSavvy
    From outsavvy.com
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    David Levesley
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    Jun 3, 2022
    Joe Locke was a delight to interview. Give it a read! My first for Soho House
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    JonathanHeaf
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    Jun 3, 2022
    Here’s wonderful @joelocke03 for our @sohohouse Pride Special… Smashing interview by @DJFLevesley shorturl.at/fCKY5
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    David Levesley
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    Jul 12, 2024
    Not only is this staggeringly cruel, based in flawed research when better research exists, and the sort of queer betrayal that makes every bone in my body ache... But the man's been in power for eight days and this is what he kicks off with? Evil.
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    Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️
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    Jul 12, 2024
    🚨 BREAKING: Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said he intends to ban puberty blockers for trans children. Jo Maugham, Director of the Good Law Project, reported today that "subject to the outcome of the court proceedings and consultation" Streeting will ban puberty blockers.
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    David Levesley
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    Dec 21, 2020
    Seeing JK Rowling's entirely misinformed, factually inaccurate attempt to justify her own transphobia praised on the BBC and justified with a quote by *checks notes* Enoch Powell is an impressive attempt to make me give up on journalism entirely
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    Amol Rajan
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    Dec 21, 2020
    * And the WINNER of the Russell Prize for 2020 is... @DeccaJourno! * bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…
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    David Levesley
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    Nov 1, 2021
    I'm sure lots of people received their responses today from the BBC's complaints team about that deeply anti-trans piece. While I fiercely rail against what the piece said on a personal level, there are some basic journalistic points that I feel this response glosses over.
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    David Levesley
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    Jun 4, 2020
    Hello! We're currently in a rare moment of having some freedom to look for new freelance writers at GQ. I've always been keen on developing a more representative pool of writers, and at the moment I'd love to hear more from black writers and writers of colour.
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    David Levesley
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    Jun 26, 2017
    Replying to @jk_rowling
    Thank you! Just going to leave this love letter to your books (and Cho Chang) here: inews.co.uk/?p=46559
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    David Levesley
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    Nov 26, 2020
    Our #GQawards solo artist of the year is @ShawnMendes. I had the utter pleasure of sitting down with him a while back to talk about his new album, and we ended up chatting about perfectionism, vulnerability, love and laundry. Really loved this one.
    Shawn Mendes: ‘I don’t know what you have to write about if you’re missing out on life’
    From gq-magazine.co.uk
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    David Levesley
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    Jul 11, 2017
    Replying to @DonaldJTrumpJr
    You should have listened to the space constraints mate
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    David Levesley
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    Jun 1, 2017
    Props to Sky News for having two black female broadcasters host together, which I don't think I've seen anywhere else on UK news
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    David Levesley
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    Nov 1, 2021
    Replying to @DJFLevesley
    We had this argument a few times at GQ, and I do think it's a generational one: the idea that standing up for a group's views is seen as 'activism' when, actually, it is just the ability to read a situation. Not every subject needs neutrality. Some need empathy.
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    David Levesley
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    Oct 24, 2019
    I'm so glad that, now that we are at peak content, people are buying and distributing films specifically and only made for me
    Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci Love Story ‘Supernova’ Closes Multiple Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
    From variety.com
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    David Levesley
    @DJFLevesley
    Nov 1, 2021
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    The use of the word 'impartiality' here really worries me. 'Impartiality', ironically, is not a neutral term. 'Impartiality' suggests we not indicate an ability that journalists have - as the first drafters of history - to predict where a conversation is headed.
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    David Levesley
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    Nov 1, 2021
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    Saying that racism, or transphobia, is a legitimate problem is about as radical as saying that climate change is real. Yet the BBC have apologised for previously providing climate change deniers with an equal platform to scientists.
    BBC apologises over interview with climate denier Lord Lawson
    From theguardian.com