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Hi all,
🦅 Happy Saturday! Well, that was one heck of a State of the Union (which our reporter Christopher Wiggins attended. The speech has been lauded as striking a pretty good tone for President Joe Biden who is currently running for his second term. Topics he discussed ranged from the climate crisis, Gaza, and health care costs to January 6 insurrectionists, Russia, and education. Biden also gave plenty of time to reproductive rights, urging Congress to act to protect abortion access. . 🇺🇲
What was missing? Queerness. The president did say he'd have the backs of transgender kids, but that sentence was it. With so many states attacking gender-affirming care and bathroom accessibility, this could have been a speech to call the country to action to protect LGBTQ+ young people
🙃 Alabama Sen. Katie Britt gave the official Republican response. Let's just say the internet hasn't been the kindest to the strange video. Some compared her to a robot or even to a person in a freshman acting class in college. Britt, who is the youngest senator, is super, super conservative, and has previously made anti-trans comments. Learn more about her and why she was chosen to give the response here.
❓Also, George Santos is running for Congress again. Yes, the same Santos that was also expelled from the body earlier this year. He made the announcement during the State of the Union. My colleague Ryan Adamczeski wrote about his new run, noting "he's definitely gay. No straight person would be that petty."
Enjoy the rest of the weekend! 🌈
Onward and upward,
Alex Cooper
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Look, the answer!
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Tuesday, you'll get the question. Thursday, you'll get a hint. And today, you'll get the answer.
This week's question was: Who was the Black queer singer known as the Empress of Blues?
This week's answer is: Bessie Smith. Called the Empress of Blues, the queer singer was known to captivate audiences even though many thought she was a bit too rough for a woman performer. Smith was born in 1894 in Tennessee and died after a car wreck in 1937.
🎉 Congrats to Warren, Raven, and Richard for getting it right!
What you should also be reading:
- Here's why fans think Inside Out 2 is going to be gay AF (Pride)
- Watch this teacher BRUTALLY call out Moms for Liberty's Bridget Ziegler to her face (Pride)
- Kristen Stewart hopes Love Lies Bleeding shows audiences that 'gay people do a lot of stuff' (Out)
- Eternal Sunshine is Ariana Grande unapologetically in her villain era—and at her very best (Out)
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