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We want to take time to remember the life of Nex Benedict, an LGBTQ+ student in Oklahoma who died after an altercation with several older students in a bathroom at their high school. The 16-year-old is being remembered as a kind, intelligent teenager who loved their cat. Authorities are investigating what happened while advocates across the country have called out the rising anti-trans rhetoric growing in the U.S. over the last few years.
May Nex's memory be a blessing. 🌈
✨ Marcia Gay Harden continues to be a treasure. The Oscar-winning actor has been a noted LGBTQ+ ally for years, and she recently discussed how her children continue to inspire her advocacy for marginalized people. “I was already learning a lot about the gay community, but at the time, we spoke more about gay community rather than queer community,” Harden said. “And I think now the kids talk a lot about the queer community, and it’s much more expansive. It’s much more gender nonconforming. It’s much more embracing, actually. … I’m learning on a daily basis about that from all of the kids.” ✨
🏛️ Who remembers the Colin Farrell film Alexander? Anyone? No? Just me? Well, Netflix has a new series on the legendary military leader Alexander the Great that is hecka queer — which is historically accurate. But don't tell that to some conservatives. My colleague Trudy Ring breaks down what historians know about the queerness of Alexander the Great. 🏛️
Check out these stories and others below. I'll see you here again on Thursday.
Onward and upward,
Alex Cooper
Oklahoma transgender student dies after allegedly assaulted by students at school
Kasandra Phelps via GoFundMe
Marcia Gay Harden on how her three queer kids made her an activist
Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for National Geographic
'The Color Purple' actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor slams film for 'sanitizing' lesbian romance
Warner Bros. Entertainment; Shutterstock
Oprah Winfrey and Niecy Nash-Betts to be honored at GLAAD Media Awards
Winfrey photographed by Ruven Afanador; Nash-Betts courtesy of GLAAD
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 is: What acclaimed book by George M. Johnson has been banned across the U.S. for its overtly queer themes?
Reply to this email with the answer and you may get a shout-out in a future newsletter!
What you should also be reading:
- No gurl, Ru hasn't said she's quitting Drag Race Down Under — here's the actual tea (Pride)
- Watch Kyle Richards' hilarious reaction to Carmen Electra saying she wants to scissor her (Pride)
- Every ball challenge winner in 'RuPaul's Drag Race' herstory (Out)
- How I came to celebrate my gay identity as a member of a Black fraternity (Out)
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