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➡️ A few stories about doing the work and getting results for your Thursday evening:
- Billie Jean King is heading back to school to complete the history degree she dropped to become a tennis star.
- This Caribbean nation has finally struck down anti-gay laws
- Transgender college community members in Idaho are taking the state to court over a bathroom bill limiting access on university campuses.
Also, the drag performer whose performance may have cost a Navy admiral his promotion has praised the military man as “an incredible leader.”
In our latest op-ed, we explore whether Pete Buttigieg is “triangulating” over transgender people in his latest interview. On Facebook, one of our readers remarked, “The only way out of this mess is to actually stand for what we believe in and work to deliver it. Politics can't just be about ‘Go Blue Team Go!’”
Until tomorrow,
Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate
Billie Jean King is going back to college and hoping to inspire others
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King left college 60 years ago to pursue her tennis career. Now she's back to earn her degree.
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court strikes down St. Lucia laws criminalizing gay sex
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The laws against “gross indecency” and “buggery” are unconstitutional, the court ruled.
Idaho's anti-transgender bathroom law challenged by trans college student
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A Boise State University student and a member of the University of Idaho community brought the lawsuit in federal court.
Drag queen and sailor at center of Navy controversy praises admiral denied a promotion by Pete Hegseth
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Joshua Kelly, who performs as Harpy Daniels, praised Rear Admiral Michael Donnelly as an 'incredible leader.'
Is Pete Buttigieg taking a page from Bill Clinton of the 1990s and triangulating? And is that a bad thing?
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Opinion: Recent pronouncements by the former Transportation secretary seem to have him toeing the line on a fragile and shifting trifecta, writes John Casey.
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