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🏠 While GOP lawmakers across the country push a record number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills, in Tennessee, Kayla Gore is pushing back — not just through protest but with power tools, persistence, and vision. In a quiet stretch of Memphis, she’s creating something remarkable: a neighborhood of tiny homes designed to house Black transgender people and nonbinary individuals impacted by housing insecurity. Her nonprofit, My Sistah’s House, founded in 2016, is reimagining what safety and autonomy can look like in the South.
🏛️ On Monday, to mark Trans Day of Visibility, out U.S. Rep. Becca Balint unveiled the Transgender Health Care Access Act, a federal bill designed to expand access to lifesaving, evidence-based gender-affirming care across the country.
🪖 Nicolas Talbott has spent more than a decade preparing to be the best soldier he could be. He's now one of several trans military service members who are suing the Trump administration. His name is also on the lawsuit: Talbott v. Trump. He spoke to The Advocate about being in the military and why he decided to challenge the ban.
Onwards and upwards,
Alex Cooper
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Meet the transgender Army lieutenant who is challenging Donald Trump's military ban
Courtesy Nic Talbott
Sandy Stone is the first transgender woman inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
Courtesy The National Women’s Hall of Fame
Democrats introduce bill to expand gender-affirming care access to mark Trans Day of Visibility
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Image
Florida Senate pushes ahead with 'don't say gay at work' bill after seemingly brushing it aside
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These three gay men began dating in 1970. Here are 50 Polaroid photos from their lives
Courtesy Langdon Manor Rare Books
Sarah McBride: Trans visibility and proximity have never been more important than now
Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign
A gay hockey player is on a mission to create an inclusive hockey culture from the inside out
Courtesy Brock McGillis
ACT UP member Nanette Kazaoka, a fierce activist for marginalized people, is dead at 83
Courtesy Kelly Kochendorfer
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