Daily newsletter 8/26

➡️ Today’s news roundup starts on an uplifting note, as this gay couple in Washington D.C. responded to the attacks on marriage equality in the best way: exchanging “I dos” in front of thousands of people at WorldPride. “We literally invited the entire world to our wedding.”

Meanwhile, members of Congress have banded together to ask the Supreme Court to uphold bans on “conversion therapy.”

At the University of Wyoming, a sorority’s right to admit trans women was upheld by a judge; but the University of Michigan is the latest institution to back away from gender-affirming care for minors.

Here’s a throwback: an article in today’s New York Times about gay Republicans supporting Trump linked back to an old interview that Trump gave The Advocate when he was running for president in 2000 — and it shows just how much his political stances have changed.

Until tomorrow,

Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate

Meet the Virginia gay bar owner who married his partner in front of 100,000 strangers

courtesy Freddie Lutz

Freddie Lutz and his longtime partner, Johnny Cervantes, got hitched during WorldPride…on a float.

Almost 200 members of Congress call on the Supreme Court to uphold bans on conversion therapy

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images; Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Fair Share America; Lev Radin/Shutterstock

Lawmakers are asking the high court to uphold states’ rights to ban the dangerous practice.

University of Wyoming sorority has the right to admit transgender women, federal judge rules

University of Wyoming; Shutterstock Creative

Judge Alan B. Johnson called further attempts to litigate the matter “futile.”

University of Michigan latest hospital system to abandon trans minor patients & families after DOJ subpoena

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Gender-affirming care remains legal in Michigan, but Donald Trump’s attack on trans people is making it harder to access.

Read Donald Trump's Advocate interview from 2000, where he defends gays, Mexicans

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When he ran for president in 2000, the real estate mogul sang a different tune when it came to minorities.

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