4/6/24

South Carolina’s Dawn Staley comes out supporting transgender athletes ahead of championship game

Gay photographer who captured epic 2017 eclipse image will take to the sky to outdo himself Monday

A Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist was stabbed and left for dead in the street. Now, he recounts his escape to Canada

Weeks after primary election, gay candidate Evan Low advances to general for California congressional seat

The success of Matt Lynch: How a gay basketball coach led his team to victory

Lesbian News publisher Ella Matthes has died at 81

Rare print of campy pre-Stonewall ‘The Gay Cookbook’ on sale this weekend in NYC

Florida Republican threatens legal action after Miami Beach Pride denies him space in parade

🫖 Tea time 🫖

There’s a new social media craze in right-wing circles, and, apparently, it involves freaking out in bathrooms. Influencer Morgonn McMichael is the latest person to walk into a public restroom (this one at the Kansas City International Airport), turn on a camera, and have a meltdown because the facilities are all-gender. “I hate this,” she ranted, as baffled people walked past her. “I absolutely hate [it]—I have never seen an all-gender bathroom. I’m not going in here. I don’t like this.”

Commenters were quick to point out that the all-gender facilities had private, one-person stalls with floor-to-ceiling doors — and if that wasn’t enough, she could just walk down the hall to gender-specific bathrooms nearby. Will conservatives realize that this kind of stunt usually backfires, or will they keep doing it for rage clicks?

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Look, the answer!

Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Tuesday, you'll get the question. Thursday, you'll get a hint. And today, you'll get the answer.

This week's question was: In what year was Transgender Day of Visibility — which falls on March 31 each year — first organized?

This week's answer is: 2009. Transgender Day of Visibility, observed annually on March 31, was founded in 2009 by transgender activist Rachel Crandall. The day was established as a response to the lack of LGBTQ+ holidays celebrating transgender people, aiming to highlight and celebrate the accomplishments and resilience of the transgender community. It serves as a day to recognize the struggles and discrimination transgender people face, advocating for rights, acceptance, and equality.

🎉 Congrats to David and Christopher for getting it right! 🎉

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