01/30/25

📰 In other news:

• Trump signs executive order targeting transgender students, their teachers, and their schools
• Target dropped DEI, so Minnesota’s largest Pride festival dropped Target's sponsorship — and raised even more
• EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people, in keeping with Trump's 'two sexes' order
• Brittney Griner says she will sign with the Atlanta Dream, celebrates career 'rebrand'
• Gender-affirming care ban leaves Trump with ‘blood on his hands,’ group says, joining others in outrage
• Under Trump's 'authoritarian era,' these LGBTQ+ and abortion rights activists are standing up
• RFK Jr. lies to senators about claiming that pesticides make kids transgender in HHS confirmation hearing

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Pete Buttigieg blasts ‘despicable’ Donald Trump for blaming D.C. plane crash on DEI

Gender-affirming care ban leaves Trump with ‘blood on his hands,’ group says, joining others in outrage

Under Trump's 'authoritarian era,' these LGBTQ+ and abortion rights activists are standing up

Trump signs executive order targeting transgender students, their teachers, and their schools

Target dropped DEI, so Minnesota’s largest Pride festival dropped Target's sponsorship — and raised even more

A trans military ban with far-reaching consequences

EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people, in keeping with Trump's 'two sexes' order

Brittney Griner says she will sign with the Atlanta Dream, celebrates career 'rebrand'

RFK Jr. lies to senators about claiming that pesticides make kids transgender in HHS confirmation hearing

🌈 Look, a hint! 🌈

Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Today, you'll get a hint.

This week's question: Who was the first out LGBTQ+ person to be the White House press secretary?

This week's hint: She's also the first immigrant to be in the role as well.

✨ Respond with the right answer and you might receive a shoutout in a future newsletter.

What you should also be reading:

• Everything LGBTQ+ Netflix has announced is coming this year (Pride)
  
• Fighting back: How to respond to Trump’s executive order on gender-affirming care (Pride)
• Dear trans youth: 'You are a miracle who will survive' (Out)
  
• Alan Cumming slams 'terrible, terrible' trans attacks on The View (Out)