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🗳️ Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has pulled ahead in the early contest for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, edging out other high-profile names in a party still searching for its next standard-bearer, according to a June Emerson College Polling survey, published on Friday.
🚨 The University of Pennsylvania has caved to the Trump administration. It has agreed to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports and to strip alum Lia Thomas, a trans woman, of her swimming titles in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Education.
🌈 Delaware continues to shine as a beacon of trans hope, especially in politics. Mila Myles, a trans woman, serves the state as the governor's communications director. The Advocate's Christopher Wiggins spoke to Myles about her role in politics as well as her message to the trans community across the country.
Onward and upward,
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Editor-in-Chief, The Advocate
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New poll shows who currently leads potential 2028 Democratic presidential field
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UPenn bans trans women athletes, strips Lia Thomas of titles
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Gender-affirming care funding ban out of budget bill, but it still will devastate LGBTQ+ people
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Mila Myles is the chief spokesperson for Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer. She’s also transgender
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SNAP cuts will disproportionately impact lesbian and bisexual women, transgender people
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Supreme Court orders judges to reconsider protections for transgender people in four states
Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United StatesDemocrats urge gay Treasury Secretary Bessent not to scrap protections for LGBTQ+ federal workers
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Lawsuit accuses University of Michigan of discriminating against straight, cisgender men
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Chinese police arrest dozens of gay erotica writers in pornography crackdown
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Sarah Jessica Parker and the 'And Just Like That...' cast share their love of queer community for Pride Month
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Number of LGBTQ+ elected officials continues to grow, but more needed for equitable representation
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Catholic school fires Louisiana band director after husband's obituary reveals he is gay
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