https://www.advocate.com/rss.xml en https://assets.rbl.ms/32874384/origin.png https://www.advocate.com https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-6-10-26 Happy Wednesday, all. Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez back in your inbox here, and while I try to keep this newsletter as light as possible to prevent news fatigue, some news you can't mask.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:28:34 EDT Edgar Ramirez https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-6-10-26 https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/idaho-dna-trans-bathroom Idaho state officials told a federal judge they can test bathroom users to DNA if necessary to enforce a law segregating stalls by gender.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:20:07 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/idaho-dna-trans-bathroom https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/trans-woman-killed-ohio 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.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:57:44 EDT Desiree Guerrero https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/trans-woman-killed-ohio https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/breaking-news-6-10-26 Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:41:13 EDT Edgar Ramirez https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/breaking-news-6-10-26 https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/sarah-mcbride-humiliates-nancy-mace 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.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:01:25 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/sarah-mcbride-humiliates-nancy-mace https://www.advocate.com/politics/james-talarico-gop-deepfake-ai This story originally appeared on Them.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:17:56 EDT Mathew Rodriguez https://www.advocate.com/politics/james-talarico-gop-deepfake-ai https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/zohran-mamdani-pride-celebration-2026 Mayor Zohran Mamdani invited hundreds to a New York City courthouse Tuesday evening for his administration’s inaugural Pride Month celebration.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:11:36 EDT Jack Walker https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/zohran-mamdani-pride-celebration-2026 https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/dwyane-wade-film-the-dads For most of his life, Jose Trujillo believed the United States was where his family would build its future.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:11:24 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/dwyane-wade-film-the-dads https://www.advocate.com/opinion/chicago-trans-student-protections I am a Chicagoan whose daughter is transgender. But that is not the most important fact about her. My daughter loves fashion, sings in choir, is active at church, and is, by every measure, your classic American teenager. ]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:00:02 EDT Mary Kay Devine https://www.advocate.com/opinion/chicago-trans-student-protections https://www.advocate.com/news/juniper-blessing-memorial-scholarship This story originally appeared on Them.]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:37:23 EDT Mathew Rodriguez https://www.advocate.com/news/juniper-blessing-memorial-scholarship https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-6-9-26 Hello and Happy Tuesday folks, this is Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez, a little tired from staying up late watching Game 3 of the NBA Finals.]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:02:44 EDT Edgar Ramirez https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-6-9-26 https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/dmitriy-popov-guilty-oseah-sibley A jury found a New York man guilty of a hate crime for killing a gay dancer who was voguing at a Brooklyn gas station in 2023. But he was only found guilty of manslaughter, not murder, potentially avoiding a life sentence.]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:41:39 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/dmitriy-popov-guilty-oseah-sibley https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/mount-sinai-condemned-transgender-records New York elected leaders slammed the Mount Sinai Health System after the medical provider said it would turn over records of transgender patients to the Trump administration.]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:29:41 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/mount-sinai-condemned-transgender-records https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/cleveland-clinic-detransition-settlement As part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Cleveland Clinic pledged $2 million in care for people who detransition after receiving medical interventions as minors.]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:03:58 EDT Ken Schneck - The Buckeye Flame,Celia Hack - Signal Ohio https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/cleveland-clinic-detransition-settlement https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/breaking-news-6-9-26 Shutterstock]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:27:00 EDT Edgar Ramirez https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/breaking-news-6-9-26 https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/judge-blocks-trans-care-subpoenas A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining confidential medical records belonging to transgender youth and their families, intervening just one day before federal prosecutors sought to force a California children's hospital to turn over the documents.]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:17:30 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/judge-blocks-trans-care-subpoenas https://www.advocate.com/opinion/trump-knicks-booed-hate I write about politics for a living, which means that whenever I show up at a social gathering, I become the reluctant metaphorical doctor at the party, with every guest wanting to question me about their latest ailment.]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:39:32 EDT John Casey https://www.advocate.com/opinion/trump-knicks-booed-hate https://www.advocate.com/murry-foust-posthumous-degree-memorial This story originally appeared on Them.

Murry Foust, a 22-year-old transgender student at Northern Kentucky University who was found dead in late May after a near-monthlong search, was awarded a posthumous bachelor’s degree at a June 3 memorial ceremony, according to a report in the school’s student newspaper.]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:17:22 EDT Samantha Allen https://www.advocate.com/murry-foust-posthumous-degree-memorial https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-6-8-26 Hi! Edgar Ramirez, back in your inbox. Yes, that's right — I'd like to nominate Hunter Biden for President of Trolling.]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:03:48 EDT Edgar Ramirez https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-6-8-26 https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/virginia-marriage-equality-amendment-campaign Twenty years after Virginia voters amended their constitution to ban same-sex marriages, a coalition of LGBTQ+ advocates, faith leaders, elected officials, and families is launching a campaign to erase that language and replace it with an explicit constitutional guarantee of marriage equality.]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:00:01 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/virginia-marriage-equality-amendment-campaign