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📱 JD Vance has reportedly become the most blocked account on Bluesky just two days after joining the social media platform. The vice president signed up for the site, a competitor of X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.
💍 Wedding spending by same-sex couples and their out-of-state guests has boosted state and local economies by approximately $5.9 billion over the past 10 years, a new study by the Williams Institute has found.
🚨 Justice Sonia Sotomayor didn't mince her words when dissenting to the majority in U.S. v. Skrmetti, accusing her conservative colleagues of “abandon[ing] transgender children and their families to political whims.” The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth. “By refusing to apply heightened scrutiny, the majority renders transgender Americans doubly vulnerable to state-sanctioned discrimination,” she wrote. "In sadness, I dissent."
Onward and upward,
Alex Cooper
Editor-in-Chief, The Advocate
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Gay weddings have boosted state and local economies by $6 billion since marriage equality
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor slams gender-affirming care ruling as 'state-sanctioned discrimination'
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9 trans rights activists arrested in front of Supreme Court while protesting Skrmetti ruling
Photos by Alexa B Wilkinson and Bailey Payne
FDA approves breakthrough drug that reduces risk of contracting HIV by 96 percent
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This Nashville country singer is opening up about his sexuality and HIV status in new song 'Sin'
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Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care for trans kids sparks nationwide outrage
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Gay adult star Austin Wolf pleads guilty to federal charge of enticing a minor for sex
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JD Vance becomes the most blocked account on Bluesky after anti-trans post
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California police accused a lawmaker of DUI when she was sober. She says she was targeted because she's queer
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These vintage photos by Alice Austen depict queer life and breaking with gender of norms
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🌈 Look, the answer! 🌈
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: In what year were the first Pride marches?
This week's answer: 1970. A year after the Stonewall uprising, several cities held what would be recognized as the first Pride marches, including in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco.
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📣 What you should also be reading:
- Stephen Fry slams J.K. Rowling for 'inflammatory and contemptuous' transphobic rhetoric (Pride)
- 18 pics of East Central Minnesota's Pride celebration that show why rural Pride is so important (Pride)
- David Archuleta hits gay puberty in his new music (Out)
- A guide to the 'Olympo' actors, characters, and gay storylines (Out)
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