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Hi all,
📩 The Department of Justice, under President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, has sent a letter to gay California U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia demanding he clarify his criticism of billionaire Elon Musk and the Trump administration.
🕯️ We're taking a moment to honor the memory of Tahiry Broom, a trans woman killed in Michigan.
🗳️ U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, will leave with an egregiously anti-LGBTQ+ record. The Advocate's Trudy Ring broke it down.
🌈 The number of adults in the United States who identify as LGBTQ+ is higher than ever. About 9.3 percent of U.S. adults in 2024 said that they identify as "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or something other than heterosexual" in a new report from Gallup, up over one whole percentage point from the previous year. This is also nearly double the amount who identified as LGBTQ+ in 2020, and almost three times as many as those who did in 2012, when Gallup first began measuring it.
Onwards and upwards,
Alex Cooper
Editor-in-chief, Advocate.com
Robert Garcia ‘will not be silenced’ after Department of Justice U.S. attorney targets him for criticizing Elon Musk on TV
Al Drago/Getty Images
Why Donald Trump’s suits are a sign that he’s separating himself from his MAGA base
Phil Mistry/Shutterstock; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Out California firefighter stabbed to death; wife is lead suspect
photo courtesy Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Dept
Rachel Maddow & Pete Buttigieg skewer 'sloppy' Trump team for firing nuclear safety staff
MSNBC; Jeremy Bustin Photography/Shutterstock
Republicans strip Louisiana's only LGBTQ+ elected official of leadership role
Courtesy of Davante Lewis' campaign
Marsha P. Johnson's family fights for trans legacy at Stonewall
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division; paikong/Shutterstock
Widower sues Long Island cemetery for denying husband’s burial in family plot, citing anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination
Eliyahu Yosef Parypa/Shutterstock
🌈 Look, queer trivia! 🌈
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Today, you'll get the question. And Saturday, you'll get the answer.
This week's question: Where was the first WorldPride held?
Respond to this newsletter with the correct answer and you might get a shoutout in a future newsletter.
📣 What you should also be reading:
- Here's how The Traitors star Gabby Windey became the lesbian icon we want and deserve (Pride)
- A progressive podcast just dethroned Joe Rogan, what to know about the 'MeidasTouch Podcast' (Pride)
- WorldPride 2025 in Washington DC: Here's everything you need to know (Out)
- Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman teases 'ongoing' season 4 updates (Out)
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