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Rachel Maddow Makes it Into Doonesbury

Is this the lesbian TV star's first comic appearance?

Diane Anderson-Minshall

November 26 2012 12:29 PM EST

May 26 2023 3:10 PM EST

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Always a friend to the gays, cartoonist Gary Trudeau has written in America's favorite lesbian TV anchor into his latest strip. In it, Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews (both off-screen) take down the "GOP's alternative universe."

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Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.

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