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About Mathew

Mathew Rodriguez is an award-winning queer Afro-Latinx essayist, journalist and editor. He began his career in journalism at The Body, the internet's premiere HIV/AIDS news site. He has worked as a staff writer at Mic, INTO and Out Magazine, as well as an editor at The Atlantic, The Body and Them. For his work, he has garnered several awards, including a New York Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Award, an NLGJA Award, two GLAAD Media Awards and three Web Health Awards. His writing has been featured in Slate, The Village Voice, Teen Vogue, POZ and more. He is also an instructor in the undergraduate journalism program at New York University. He is currently working on a young adult graphic novel forthcoming from Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.