03/20/25

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✂️ Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing recently sworn-in Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the Department of Education, marking the most aggressive move yet in his administration’s assault on public schools.

💒 ~~Depressing~~ Fun fact: If you were born in 2000 or earlier, you're older than marriage equality in every country. To date, less than 40 countries allow same-sex couples to marry, and none of them did before 2001. Check the list out.

🔥 Luke Macfarlane, the out star of Hallmark Plus’s new home remodeling show Home Is Where the Heart Is,finds solace in his religious faith during these scary times for LGBTQ+ Americans and other marginalized people.

Onwards and upwards,

Alex Cooper

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BREAKING: Trump orders closure of Department of Education 'once and for all'. He can’t do that without Congress

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WorldPride organizers urge global unity amid calls to boycott U.S. LGBTQ+ celebration

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Out cover star Luke Macfarlane on the importance of faith and kindness in a dark time

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These are the 38 countries that have legalized marriage equality (in order)

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Exes and O's podcaster Shannon Beveridge takes normalizing queer joy and sex on the road

Katia Temkin

Federal student loan restrictions will disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ adults

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Transgender service members relieved after judge blocks Trump's military ban

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Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's trans daughter, slams 'cartoonishly evil' Trump team

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Decoding Trump's strange obsession with the Kennedys

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🌈 Look, a hint! 🌈

Each week, The Advocatenewsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Tuesday, you'll get the question. Today, you'll get a hint. And Saturday, you'll get the answer.

This week's question: What state recently tried and failed to pass a resolution urging the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality?

This week's hint: It has a cardinal direction in its name.

✨ Email us the correct answer and you may get a shoutout in a future email newsletter.