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Person profile
Rasheed Newson
Woke Score
72/ 100
Lower is better
78 personal • 60 work
- Published titles
- 1
- Crew roles
- 1
- Cast roles
- 0
- Profile updated
- June 18, 2026
- TMDB person ID
- 1519509
Creator Context
Summary
Rasheed Newson is a television writer and author whose novel My Government Means to Kill Me focuses on a young Black gay man involved in 1980s AIDS activism and racial justice. He has partnered with groups like GLAAD on racial justice and LGBTQ+ issues and lives with his husband.
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