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LGBTQ+ middle schoolers took a conservative Virginia school board to court to protect their rights — and won
2+ day, 36+ min ago (1253+ words) King George County changed the rules after students tried to establish a GSA. Now it has changed them back, weeks before the dispute was headed to trial....
I fled Lower Manhattan on 9/11. The memory still haunts me
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (434+ words) Opinion: Twenty-five years later, columnist Josh Ackley still can't watch TV on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The Tribute in Light art installation is illuminated over Lower Manhattan near One World Trade Center on September 10, 2026, on the night before…...
The first recorded victim of 9/11 was a gay Catholic priest
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1709+ words) Father Mychal Judge served firefighters, AIDS patients, homeless people, and LGBTQ+ Catholics before walking into the North Tower on September 11, 2001. A poster of the Rev. Mychal Judge, New York's Fire Department chaplain, is part of a memorial to victims of…...
Advocate NL 9/11/26
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (343+ words) Father Mychal Judge, the beloved Franciscan chaplain of the New York City Fire Department, was designated Victim No. 1 of the September 11, 2001, attacks. He was not the first of the nearly 3,000 people killed that morning, Christopher Wiggins writes. His was the…...
Advocate NL 9/10/26
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (46+ words) Hello and Happy Thursday, folks!Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez here, back in your inbox with the latest update on the false accusation that brought the government to Pete Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg’s door.Christopher Wiggins reports that an Indiana prosecutor…...
Document dump shows anti-LGBTQ+ groups helped craft Maine school district’s anti-trans policies
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (212+ words) Leaked documents show Maine First and the Maine Policy Institute communicated with school officials about bathroom and sports policies....
James Talarico walks back trans athlete position, citing ‘safety’ and ‘fairness’
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (591+ words) The Texas Democratic Senate candidate previously voted in opposition to bans on trans participation in school athletics — but changed course in a Fox News interview....
Ken Paxton’s new anti-trans attack on James Talarico is literally fake
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (564+ words) The deepfake video transforms the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee’s real support for LGBTQ+ equality into a fictional sermon designed to frighten Texas voters....
A lie about child abuse separated Pete Buttigieg from his kids. No one will be charged for the false report
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (630+ words) Prosecutors say they cannot prove criminal intent, but questions remain about why authorities acted on an allegation that lacked basic credibility....