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🌈 Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court ruling that legalized marriage equality — a fight decades in the making. We asked Advocate readers to tell us about the impact marriage equality had on them and their relationships. Here are some of their stories.
📣 One of the people who fought for their marriage to be recognized, Jim Obergefell, wrote for The Advocate what is at risk now in the current political landscape. "When activists fought for the queer community in years past, existing rights were not at risk. Our community had nothing to lose. We could only gain rights that society and laws had long denied us. In 2025, we stand to lose the rights we have achieved," he argues.
💢 Pete Hegseth confirmed Friday that the Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk will be renamed. Hegseth said the move was to take the politics out of ship names...okay, Pete. And yes, he made the announcement on one of the last days of Pride Month.
Onward and upward,
Alex Cooper
Editor-In-Chief, The Advocate
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From legitimacy to uncertainty, Advocate readers reflect on 10 years of marriage equality and what comes next
Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Marriage equality history in photos: Images of celebration and hope after Obergefell
MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images; Yana Paskova/Getty Images
On 'Gaydar Show,' Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proves she's a fierce ally
Peter Serocki/Shutterstock.com
Jim Obergefell: 10 years after my Supreme Court win, marriage equality is under attack
Alex Wong/Getty Images
Bipartisan House coalition demands RFK Jr. reverse Trump’s plan to end LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline
courtesy pictured
Iconic marriage equality activist Evan Wolfson on the future of marriage equality
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesNames of Sam Nordquist, Jiggly Caliente, Lady Chablis, and more added to Stonewall Wall of Honor
footage still via National LGBTQ Task Force; Courtesy Canandaigua PD
New congressional resolution would make June 26 'Equality Day' celebrating LGBTQ+ victories
Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images; MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images
Gavin Newsom’s office says Linda McMahon’s ‘fake’ threats over trans kids in sports ‘divorced from reality’
Sheila Fitzgerald/shutterstock; Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images
Pete Hegseth melts down over media coverage & gender questions in explosive Pentagon press conference
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images
Trump exploits Supreme Court ruling to attack transgender people in reality-challenged White House briefing
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
San Francisco bookstore drops ‘Harry Potter’ over J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans donations
John B Hewitt/Shutterstock; Edward Betts via Wikipedia Public Domain
U.S. Senate parliamentarian blocks GOP’s plan to ban gender-affirming care under Medicaid
(portrait) Courtesy US Senate; (background) NLM Photo/Shutterstock
Stanford Medicine caves to Trump Administration, ends gender-affirming surgeries for youth
bluestork/Shutterstock
Chicago restaurant parodies Chick-fil-A with 'Chick-Feel-Gay' Pride Month sandwich
flier via Void Chicago; Jaimieandkyleshootstock via Shutterstock
Andry Hernández Romero’s family desperate for word on gay asylum-seeker who Trump vanished over 100 days ago
Courtesy Immigrant Defenders Law Center; Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images
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🌈 Look, the answer! 🌈
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia.
This week's question: Who were the gay couple named in the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which legally recognized marriage equality?
This week's answer is: Jim Obergefell and John Arthur. Their marriage was at the center of the SCOTUS case that made marriage equality the law of the land.
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