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We got so much good news this week that it wouldn’t fit into our nine usual stories that we include in our weekly round-up, so we’re including them here!
Make sure to check out the drag activist who helped fly the largest trans flag ever displayed in a national park, this moving personal essay about a mother who have a young queer the strength to survive, and this surprising ode from a pastor supporting her trans son.
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Prepare to “Sail Me to the Moon” with this flying pilot!
Judge boldly stands up to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ drag ban
DeSantis tried for years to get rid of all-ages drag events in his state, but judges aren’t having it…. not at all.
Whoa, Republicans actually voted to repeal an anti-gay Texas law
Democrats have been trying to repeal the law since 1983.
Maryland makes history by decriminalizing HIV
HIV criminalization laws have long targeted people of color. Now, five states are bucking the trend.
You won’t believe this amazing “Friend of Dorothy”
“The Upshaws” actor Jermelle Simon engaged to influencer Obio Jones: “I got on one knee and boom!”
Jones had Simon’s three kids help him pop the question.
WNBA power couple Courtney Vandersloot & Allie Quigley welcome new baby
The teammates were the first married couple to win a professional sports championship together.
Governor supports LGBTQ+ students in a big way by signing new law
Queer public school students breathe a sigh or relief and LGBTQ+ rights win a victory over so-called “parents’ rights.”
And now you’re invited to a very, umm, “special” gay wedding
England will start world’s first gonorrhea vaccination program
An estimated 82.4 million people worldwide contract the common STI each year, but that may soon change, thanks to this breakthrough!
Trans people who receive gender-affirming care are less likely to catch this virus
The exact reasons are unknown, but experts have some theories about how gender-affirming care keeps trans people healthy in more ways than one.
DC gets the longest rainbow street mural ever as the city decks itself out for WorldPride
There’s color everywhere this week across the nation’s capital.