How a ‘Conversion Therapy Dropout’ found belonging after religious trauma
As a child in Peoria, Illinois, in the 1980s, Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez couldn’t hide his disappointment when he unwrapped what he had hoped would be an Easy-Bake Oven – finding basketball equipment instead. Like many young queers in the making, he had yet to find words for his feelings. And with a family that belonged …
Advocate NL 6/10/26
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Idaho says it can use DNA testing to enforce anti-trans bathroom ban
Idaho state officials told a federal judge they can test bathroom users to DNA if necessary to enforce a law segregating stalls by gender.
Ohio man sentenced for killing beloved Cincinnati trans woman
On the morning of June 6, 2025, Laura Schueler’s body was found near the steps from her home in the Evanston neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. At a court hearing on Tuesday, almost exactly one year later, her killer was sentenced to prison for the crime.
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Sarah McBride gets last laugh after Nancy Mace’s devastating election loss: ‘Happy Pride, Nancy’
U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride didn’t have much to say about Rep. Nancy Mace’s humiliating defeat in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary.
Madonna fait la lessive de Dolce&Gabbana
Avec CONFESSIONS II, Madonna rallume le dancefloor, les corps queer, les archives couture et l’ombre bénie de ses années disco. Mais sous le comeback camp de la reine de la pop, un logo surgit comme une tache de fond de teint sur une chemise blanche: DOLCE&GABBANA. Après les scandales homophobes, racistes, les excuses molles et …
Les lesbiennes ont-iels inventé le date parfait?
Pique-nique, vin nature, balade au bord du lac, discussion intime au bout de vingt minutes: le date lesbien semble parfois avoir compris quelque chose que les autres cherchent encore sur les apps. Mais derrière le cliché se cache peut-être une vraie leçon queer de la rencontre. L’article Les lesbiennes ont-iels inventé le date parfait? est …
Margaux Klein, devenue millionnaire, raconte son rapport à l’argent
De McDo au consulting B2B, Margaux Klein est devenue millionnaire à 28 ans. Installée à Lausanne, elle parle d’argent sans tabou, depuis une trajectoire de femme lesbienne qui a connu la précarité: peur de manquer, luxe occasionnel, aide discrète aux proches comme à la communauté et sexisme ordinaire dans le monde des affaires. L’article Margaux …
Advocate NL 6/4/26
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