Trudy Ring, The Advocate’s copy chief, has spent much of her journalistic career covering the LGBT movement. When she’s not fielding questions about grammar, spelling, and LGBT history, she’s sharing movie trivia or classic rock lyrics.
The only out state lawmaker, Joshua Boschee (pictured), was key to the effort to authorize a rule keeping licensed social workers from engaging in the practice.
Making the designation, through a bill passed by Congress and expected to be signed by President Biden, is "absolutely the right thing to do," says U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla.
Follow @trudestress
