Daily newsletter 7/17

➡️ The tug-of-war between Trump administration policies and queer advocates continued today, as Lambda Legal won a court battle to restore millions of dollars for LGBTQ+ and HIV groups, and the Trevor Project vowed to keep providing support for queer youth in the wake of the 988 crisis line getting defunded by Republicans.

Meanwhile, the site of the Compton's Cafeteria riots in San Francisco faces a takeover by a private prison company, and Puerto Rico's governor has passed the harshest gender-affirming care ban in the U.S. so far — but another Republican governor took a stand against book bans and bathroom laws in her state. "No one is more surprised by this veto than those of us in [New Hampshire]," one of our readers remarked on Facebook.

Until tomorrow,

Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate

Trump admin forced to restore $6.2 million to LGBTQ+ and HIV groups

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This comes after a court victory for nine organizations represented by Lambda Legal.

Puerto Rico's governor just signed one of the harshest gender-affirming care laws yet

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Here's what the law does.

Trevor Project condemns end to federal LGBTQ+ youth crisis line, stresses its services will go on

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"This administration has made a dangerous decision to play politics with real young people’s lives," Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black said.

San Francisco rejects initial push to reclaim LGBTQ+ historic site from private prison use

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Local advocates had urged city officials to oust the private prison operator and reconsider the zoning on the site, which had been used for transitional housing for 30 years.

This Republican governor vetoed anti-LGBTQ+ book ban and bathroom bills

Governor Kelly Ayotte via Facebook

Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire went against her party on these and other issues.

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