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Hi there,
📚 LaVonnia Moore spent 15 years serving her Pierce County, Georgia, community, including five years as manager of the local library. Last month, she was fired after she put a book on a library display at the request of a child. The book in question? One featuring a trans character.
🕯️ Jewel Thais-Williams, owner of the legendary Los Angeles Black queer disco Jewel’s Catch One and an activist for HIV treatment and other causes, has died at age 86. Rest in power.
📣 As political forces, including the country’s president, take aim at transgender Americans, two Black trans leaders in Chicago say they are not only resisting — they are building. The Advocate spoke to Channyn Parker and Precious Brady Davis about changing their community for the better.
👀 California officials say they will not comply with Donald Trump’s anti-trans order to keep transgender athletes out of K-12 school sports. Bravo, California. 👏🏽
Onward and upward,
Alex Cooper
Editor-in-Chief, The Advocate
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Beloved Georgia librarian fired after child chooses book with transgender character for library display
Courtesy LaVonnia Moore
Jewel Thais-Williams, activist and owner of legendary L.A. Black queer bar Jewel's Catch One, has died
Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoes anti-trans, anti-DEI bills
Courtesy Josh Stein for North Carolina
ICE detained San Francisco drag queen after asylum hearing
flier courtesy Galería de la Raza via instagram; Minh Connors/Anadolu via Getty Images
LGBTQ+ groups face alarming funding crisis as Republican anti-trans attacks mount, new report finds
Christopher Penler/Shutterstock
27 photos from Central Alabama Pride 2025 that prove queer joy is thriving in the south
Jarrell V. Jordan Company for Central Alabama Pride
100 transgender inmates presumed dead after Israeli missiles struck Iranian prison last month
Ehsan Iran via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0
These two Black transgender women are ‘shining beacons’ leading Chicago through anti-trans backlash
Courtesy pictured
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🌈 Look, queer trivia! 🌈
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Tuesday, you get the question. Thursday, you get a hint. And Saturday, you get the answer.
This week's question: What New York City neighborhood is the Stonewall Inn located?
Last week's question: What branch of the military did gay rights icon Harvey Milk serve in?
Last week's answer: The Navy. Milk, a San Francisco Supervisor and one of the nation’s first openly gay elected officials, was assassinated in 1978 alongside San Francisco Mayor Dan White. Before holding elected office, he served in the Navy from 1951 to 1955. He was dishonorably discharged after questions arose about his sexuality.
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