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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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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.
📣 What you should also be reading:
- Not a drag queen — 10 MAGA politicians and supporters accused of sexual harassment and assault (Pride)
- 5 out sapphic women's basketball coaches aiming for March Madness glory (Pride)
- Why Social Security is an LGBTQ+ right (Out)
- From wood to fatherhood, Luke Macfarlane carves a new mold as a gay lead (Out)
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