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🌈 In a unanimous vote, Sacramento, Calif., has declared itself a sanctuary for trans folks. While California was already a sanctuary state, the city's law will specifically ensure local resources are not used to aid law enforcement from other jurisdictions in their attempts to prosecute the families of minors receiving gender-affirming care, as well as their healthcare providers. Heck yeah, Sacramento! What city is next?
🚨 A study from Data for Progress found that there is a heavy mental toll anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is having on people. Fifty-three percent of LGBTQ+ adults said recent anti-LGBTQ+ policies and rhetoric have negatively affected their mental health — including 79 percent of transgender adults and 65 percent of LGBTQ+ adults ages 18 to 24. While the news isn't surprising, at least it's more data about the effects of such legislation. 🚨
🎥 Apple+'s new series Palm Royale stars Kristen Wiig and an ensemble cast — hello, Allison Janney — and centers around a fancy country club in the late 1960s. Gay pop icon Ricky Martin plays a gay veteran. In a recent interview, Wiig, Martin, and series creator Abe Sylvia talk about the importance of queer spaces. "For me, it was fantastic to be able to do that every day walking on set and refresh my memory exactly of where I know I don't want to be [closeted]. It was like going to therapy every day. It was beautiful,” Martin said.
Onward and upward,
Alex Cooper
Black trans femme artists leading the charge for inclusion and hope
footage still via Advocate Channel
Steve Garvey and when a childhood idol becomes the lesser man
Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images; Mario Tama/Getty Images
Kansas bill requires ID to view material 'harmful to minors,' including 'acts of homosexuality'
The office of Governor Laura Kelly; Shutterstock
Look, a hint!
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Tuesday, you'll get the question. Today, you'll get a hint. And Saturday, you'll get the answer.
This week's question is: What global musical icon dedicated their last album to their gay family member, Uncle Johnny?
This week's hint is: The artist has an album dropping at midnight (3/29).
Reply to this email with the answer and you may get a shout-out in a future newsletter!
What you should also be reading:
- Jenna Lyons is returning for season 15 of The Real Housewives of New York, OFFICIALLY (Pride)
- Meet Scott Chambers, the out actor & producer behind The Poohniverse viral sensation (Pride)
- Dan Levy & Aubrey Plaza teach us how to properly spell & pronounce Loewe (Out)
- Olivia Colman isn't on Heartstopper season 3 — and we're heartbroken (Out)
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