Federal judge blocks DOJ from getting its hands on trans children’s private medical records
A federal judge in California has ruled that the Justice Department likely cannot lawfully obtain confidential medical records identifying transgender minors who received gender-affirming care at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. The ruling delivers a significant setback to a yearlong federal campaign targeting providers of such care.
Missing gay couple from Chicago found dead in mass grave outside of Mexico City
This story originally appeared on Them.
Trump education secretary threatens Kansas schools over trans student privacy policy
The Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding from a Kansas school district over its trans-inclusive policies.
Advocate NL 7/1/26
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Why are America’s largest newspapers stigmatizing queer people?
Another day, another think piece by a gay man distancing himself from queerness. If it feels like we were just here, it’s because we were.
Mathias Howald orchestre la joie queer à plusieurs voix
Publié chez Paulette éditrice, Racontons-nous rassemble des récits, poèmes, souvenirs, premières fois et utopies issus d’ateliers d’écriture intergénérationnels menés avec Voqueer. Un livre collectif, drôle, tendre, politique, parfait à glisser dans son sac d’été. L’article Mathias Howald orchestre la joie queer à plusieurs voix est apparu en premier sur 360°.
Army combat veteran advances in bid to become Maryland’s first transgender legislator
Alleria Stanley, a retired U.S. Army combat veteran and transgender rights advocate, has advanced to the general election for the Maryland House of Delegates, moving one step closer to what LGBTQ+ advocates say would be a first for the state.
Dispatches from Route 66: Finding queer hope in New Mexico and Arizona
As I sit in an Albuquerque auditorium at the 3rd Annual New Mexico Draggy Awards, surrounded by drag queens, kings, and everyone in between, I find myself wiping away tears for the second time that evening.
L’art de se marketer pour de la baise: dissection d’un corps pédé
Dans les espaces de drague gays contemporains, le désir devient un produit de consommation. Pour consommer, il faut d’abord être consommable: se mettre en scène, se vendre, se segmenter. Photos, bios, positions, promesses implicites, zones de mystère: tout devient stratégie. Derrière la liberté sexuelle revendiquée, une question: que reste-t-il du désir quand il faut sans …
Updated Advocate NL 6/25/26
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