Hi all,

🍗 A restaurant on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is getting pushback for advertising a couples’ night limited to “the real kind of couple,” those who “can produce a child.” I'm not kidding...

📣 Queer and allied lawmakers are demanding answers to Trump's ban on the VA providing gender-affirming care to veterans. Sixty-nine members of Congress, led by gay Rep. Mark Takano, have sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins opposing his decision to phase out gender-affirming care for transgender veterans.

🌈 As Texas Republican lawmakers consider one of the most extreme anti-transgender bills in the country, Joelle Espeut of The Normal Anomaly Initiative is urging community members to resist fear — and instead, lean into joy and hope. Here's how.

Onwards and upwards,

Alex Cooper

Editor-in-chief, The Advocate

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