Daily newsletter 7/15

Hi all,

This is Christine Linnell, social media manager for The Advocate and equalpride, stepping in for Alex Cooper to bring you LGBTQ+ news highlights from Tuesday to Friday. Alex will be back each Monday to start off the week.

📰 Today brings a mix of concerning headlines, moving tributes, and small but important victories. The Trump administration is rolling back abuse protections for trans people in ICE custody and the UN is pushing right-wing talking points about gender dysphoria — but there's new hope for the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) amid ongoing budget cuts, and the city of Boston is honoring a trans woman whose death helped inspire the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

🕯️ To add inspiration and courage to your week, we've uncovered a clip of the late poet Andrea Gibson performing two of their works for The Advocate in 2018. "If I had my way, I would write only love poems," they said. "But unfortunately, the world can't handle only love poems right now."

Until next time,

Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate

Trump administration stops abuse protection for transgender detainees in ICE custody

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Since 2015, detention facilities had to take into account the gender identity of trans migrants. Not any more.

Boston opens new park named after murdered Black transgender woman Rita Hester

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The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.

UN draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'

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The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”

PEPFAR likely to be exempt from spending cuts

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The U.S. Senate and the Trump administration have agreed to exempt the global AIDS-fighting program.

From the archives: Poet Andrea Gibson on the importance of art in these dark times

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The late poet performed two of their works for The Advocate in 2018, ahead of the release of their book "Take Me With You."