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Happy Tuesday,
🌈 The Senate might be getting another queer lawmaker. A recent poll in Michigan shows that Pete Buttigieg and Dana Nessel are the top two choices in a Democratic primary. Buttigieg lives in the state and Nessel currently serves as the state's attorney general. Both politicians are out. Neither Buttigieg nor Nessel have said they plan to run.
🗓️ Google's online calendar will no longer track Pride Month, Black History Month, or Women’s History Month shortly after the company also abandoned its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
🤣 Pete Hegseth, Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ Defense secretary, was booed by U.S. service members' families during a trip to Germany. Hegseth was met with boos and heckling upon his arrival at U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Tuesday, as military families protested his policies targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and transgender service members.
Onwards and upwards,
Alex Cooper
Editor-in-chief, Advocate.com
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Pete Hegseth receives jeers from U.S. service members’ families at military base in Germany
Win McNamee/Getty Images
Pete Buttigieg and Dana Nessel, out gay and lesbian politicians, lead in early Senate poll
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Eli Wilson/Shutterstock
Booz Allen Hamilton drops sponsorship of WorldPride, cites Donald Trump's anti-DEI order
DCStockPhotography via shutterstock
Trump's Education Department investigates schools for trans inclusion in sports
Mike Comer/NCAA Photos via Getty Images; Footage Still via San José State Spartans
Dad's heartwarming reaction to his son coming out as gay goes viral 8 years later
Marina Demeshko/shutterstock
Google Calendar removes Pride Month and Black History Month shortly after dropping DEI
dennizn/shutterstock
Trump taps gay MAGA loyalist Ric Grenell as interim head of Kennedy Center
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Andrei Medvedev/shutterstock
Trump Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth enacts harshest anti-trans military policies yet
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Ro Khanna says that Democrats need to stand firmly behind the trans community
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
🌈 Look, queer trivia! 🌈
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Today, you'll get the question. Thursday, you'll get a hint. And Saturday, you'll get the answer.
This week's question: Who was the first queer woman of color to win an Oscar?
What you should also be reading:
- Liam Payne reportedly 'struggled with his sexuality' before death (Pride)
- Disney changes its DEI initiatives and content warnings amid Trump executive orders (Pride)
- Dolly Parton West End musical plagued by homophobic hecklers (Out)
- Jennifer Coolidge's White Lotus character lives on in season 3 — here's how (Out)
