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Kayla Gagnet

@kayla-gagnet.bsky.social
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senior VP of editorial at equalpride: @advocate.com, @out.com, @them.us 🏳️‍🌈

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“Transcending Adolescence legit saved my life,” Jared, a 15-year-old camper from Texas, told me. "I think it literally saved my life.” www.advocate.com/news/culture...
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Inside a hidden summer camp where trans youth in the South thrive
At a tightly guarded camp in the mountains of North Carolina, trans teens find community, structure, and a break from constant scrutiny.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
NEWS: “Only people whose brains have been rotted by ill-prescribed hormones and the continual over-sexualization of life around them would view" the photo of him & his wife, “switching clothes...as anything more than lighthearted humor.” Collins’s spox told us. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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These anti-LGBTQ+ Georgia Republicans did drag themselves, unearthed photos show
Photos obtained by The Advocate of Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins raise questions about hypocrisy as both lawmakers who’ve pushed anti-trans legislation compete to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I recently saw Nikson Mathews say about Idaho’s bathroom bill that, “every single day, when I am out in public, I have to ask myself, do I feel like going to jail, or do I feel like being attacked?” So I asked him to write about it for @advocate.com. www.advocate.com/opinion/niks...
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Idaho’s bathroom bill leaves transgender men like me with an impossible choice: jail or violence
If Republicans have their way, "every single day, when I am out in public, I have to ask myself, do I feel like going to jail, or do I feel like being attacked?" writes Nikson Mathews.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This heartwarming story, which may make your pollen allergies flare up, is brought to you by the joy of a sick kid’s love for drag queens' whimsy. www.advocate.com/news/people/...
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A 7-year-old fought for drag queens. When she got sick, they helped her sing again
Anwyn Watts, from Naples, Florida, always understood "that love is love." After undergoing brain surgery, she felt that love right back.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NEWS: The cruelty here is gobsmacking. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
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Kansas immediately revokes transgender residents’ driver’s licenses
The Kansas Division of Vehicles sent a letter to affected people on Monday.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 12/02/2026
The Trump administration can try to tear down our community, but we always rise, like flags, in the end. mrf.lu/3fmB
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/01/2026
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Please spread the word: If you’re an attorney representing LGBTQ+ people being deported to a dangerous country by federal immigration agents, I want to talk to you. Please reach out here, on Signal (my ID is in my bio), or by email! christopher dot wiggins at equalpride dot com
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Do I have any trans followers from Maine who are part of organizing efforts against ICE? I'm in MA and can travel to report on Maine happenings, but I won't unless I can connect with people on the ground who would know my work and have reason to trust that I won't exploit people or sell them out.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
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Out Magazine @out.com · 22/11/2025
SJ Joslin, the park ranger who got fired for hanging a trans pride flag in Yosemite National Park, joined the drag queen and activist for this special moment.
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Out100 2025: Massive trans pride flag from national park becomes red carpet moment with Pattie Gonia
SJ Joslin, the park ranger who got fired for hanging a trans pride flag in Yosemite National Park, joined the drag queen and activist for this special moment.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
BREAKING: The gay former FBI official fired last month for having a Pride flag at his desk during the Biden administration is suing Kash Patel and Pam Bondi. www.advocate.com/news/kash-pa...
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Gay former FBI official sues Kash Patel & Pam Bondi for Pride flag firing
David Maltinsky says he was illegally terminated in October for displaying a Progress Pride flag at his desk during the Biden administration.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Breaking: New lawsuit filed against Trump admin. “The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” plaintiff Master Sgt. Logan Ireland told me. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice that I’ve given.” www.advocate.com/news/transge...
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Transgender Air Force members sue Trump administration over revoked retirements
“The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” Master Sergeant Logan Ireland told The Advocate. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice ...
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
SCOOP: Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner apologized for homophobic language and antigay slurs he admitted to writing on Reddit in an interview with me this afternoon, after I confronted him on comments I discovered from as recently as 2021. www.advocate.com/politics/gra...
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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using ‘indefensible’ antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts
"Today I find that stuff abhorrent," Platner told The Advocate. "And I am sorry that I ever used it.”
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Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 18/06/2025
Reporters covering Skrmetti: We have real people who will face real consequences from this decision available to talk to you today, as I'm sure does every other major LGBTQ+ org and the ACLU. There's no excuse to not include their voices in your story.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 06/05/2025
These potential popes range from LGBTQ-friendly, continuing the work of Pope Francis, to deeply anti-LGBTQ+. 🔗: www.advocate.com/news/10-pote...
Who could succeed Pope Francis? We look at 10 possibilities — Potential successors come from all over the world and range from moderate to deeply conservative on LGBTQ+ issues.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 06/05/2025
One of Trump’s latest schemes is to reopen the notorious federal prison on Alcatraz Island — a place with a little-known queer history.
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The queer men of Alcatraz: the hidden history of the prison Trump wants to reopen
The famous "Birdman" and many others imprisoned on the island were queer.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The reports that Canada has launched a crisis line for Americans after the Trump administration proposed cutting the 988 suicide prevention line’s LGBTQ+ option are FALSE. This is not happening. It’s an internet hoax. Misinformation. I checked. www.advocate.com/news/fact-ch...
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No, Canada hasn’t launched a suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ Americans
The internet rumor is false, but there are still resources available for people in crisis.
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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · 16/04/2025
BREAKING: Erika Hilton (@erikahilton.bsky.social), a Black transgender congresswoman in Brazil, announced that she's taking legal action against Donald Trump after being issued a U.S. visa with "male" as her gender marker — and she's taking the case to the United Nations.
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Trans politician vows to take legal action against Trump's 'hatred' after being misgendered
After being issued a U.S. visa that misgendered her, Erika Hilton is taking the case to the United Nations.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
There are no “entire men’s teams” turning trans. But there is an entire political strategy built on pretending there are. www.advocate.com/politics/tom...
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GOP senator claims ‘entire men’s teams’ are transitioning. There’s no evidence of that because it’s not true
Sen. Tommy Tuberville's office did not return The Advocate's request about evidence supporting these claims.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Hey, I’m on this week’s The Advocate Weekly podcast discussing the trans military ban and the incredible young men and women that I met who are trans plaintiffs in one lawsuit challenging Trump's ban and who just want to serve. 🎧 on Spotify or wherever you podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/43dO...
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March 2nd, 2025 (with Hope Giselle and Christopher Wiggins)
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I want you to meet Clayton McCallister. He and his wife have a young daughter. For them, this incredible young man has reached peak fitness levels to qualify to be an elite pararescue Air Force recruit. He’s fighting Trump’s trans military ban. www.advocate.com/news/clayton...
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This trans Air Force recruit wants to jump out of planes to save others. He's suing Trump to serve
Clayton McCallister is one of the trans people challenging Donald Trump's transgender military ban.
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 31/03/2025
On Transgender Day of Visibility, we lift up our transgender and non-binary neighbors here in Rhode Island and across the country. Everyone should be able to live as their true selves.
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Out Magazine @out.com · 27/03/2025
Nothing against heavy dramas like 'Fellow Travelers.' But #MattBomer is ready for some comedy! #MidCenturyHulu 🔗: www.out.com/gay-tv-shows...
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 26/03/2025
Celebrate Pride for the whole year with @out.com and @advocate.com! Subscribe now for just $6 a year. Subscribe here: www.b2bmediaportal.com/equal/subscr...
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 24/03/2025
After years of withering policy losses hurting LGBTQ+ Floridians, have political winds shifted in the Sunshine State? 🔗: www.advocate.com/politics/flo...
Have LGBTQ+ rights in Florida reached a turning point? Advocates have hope
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 20/03/2025
For many transgender veterans, new anti-trans policies don't just feel like a loss of health care — they feel like an attempt to erase them entirely. 🔗: www.advocate.com/news/transge...
“First they say you don’t belong. Then they say your service wasn’t real. Then they start stripping away your rights. I’ve seen this before, and I know where it leads.”

Retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant Sarah Klimm
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
harrowing. includes an account of a young man who sounds like he may be the person we profiled last night on MSNBC. time.com/7269604/el-s... www.advocate.com/news/gay-mak...
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Out Magazine @out.com · 19/03/2025
After a long career as a Hallmark heartthrob, Out's March/April cover star Luke Macfarlane is ready to "get his hands dirty" in reality TV and Hollywood. 🛠️✨ Read the cover story 😍: www.out.com/out-exclusiv...
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
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Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing (Gift Article)
The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
After we broke this story, Department of Veterans Affairs press secretary Peter Kasperowicz denied the policy change and demanded a retraction. However, the rescission memo is listed on the VA's government website and the original Directive 1341 has been deleted. www.advocate.com/news/transge...
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BREAKING: Trump's VA rescinds policy treating transgender vets with dignity (exclusive)
The Trump administration quietly reversed the policy, which means trans veterans won't be protected from discrimination at VA facilities.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 13/03/2025
An upstate New York teen who was singled out by a school board member during debate over a club focusing on LGBTQ+ issues is now running against him.
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Teen targeted by homophobic school board member now running for his job
Upstate New York student Elizabeth Lewis was singled out by her school board's vice president during discussion of a GSA.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 13/03/2025
Pete Buttigieg will not be running for U.S. Senate in 2026 — which could mean he's playing the long game. 🔗: www.advocate.com/politics/pet...
“Today, our country is demonstrably less free, less secure, less democratic — and less prosperous — than it was just ten weeks ago.”

Pete Buttigieg
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Out Magazine @out.com · 11/03/2025
You’re fabulous. But your credit card debt is keeping you fabulously broke, and other payment options like "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) are probably making things worse. Let’s fix that. 🔗: bit.ly/3Fl9wex
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LGBTQ+ folks are drowning in credit card debt — here's how to escape
Get your financial shiz in order before Pride.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
When all you know to do is a keyword search. www.advocate.com/news/usda-sc...
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Trump officials kill federal research on safer period products over mention of transgender men
The study is meant to improve health during menstruation.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
After some Democrats like Rep. Seth Moulton and Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared to soften their support for transgender rights, LGBTQ+ advocates are sounding the alarm. www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-g...
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LGBTQ+ advocates warn DNC against softening position on trans rights
It is not the time to throw any marginalized people overboard, the groups say.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 05/03/2025
“I don't think it makes sense for us to tell our people we're gonna play dead and roll over,” Rep. Maxwell Frost told The Advocate. @frost.house.gov 🔗: www.advocate.com/politics/max...
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 03/03/2025
Born in defiance and nurtured in adversity, circuit parties have evolved far beyond their modest origins. 🔗: www.advocate.com/news/history...
“[Circuit parties] were communal and defiant—a way to insist on our right to exist, love, and thrive.”

A Queer History of the United States author Michael Bronski
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Just had an excellent interview with @advocate.com, and I really think this one is worth your time to read.
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Chris Kluwe 'figured' he would get arrested for protesting MAGA — and he'd do it again (exclusive)
Chris Kluwe, a former NFL kicker for the Minnesota Vikings, tells The Advocate about getting arrested for protesting MAGA proposals on his city council.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 20/02/2025
Republicans have stripped Louisiana's only LGBTQ+ elected official of his leadership role. @davanteforla.bsky.social 🔗: www.advocate.com/politics/dav...
“If you want to attack people for their identity and make fun of them, then I’m gonna call you out on that. This may not be the last time I call [Gov. Landry] or anybody an asshole if they’re doing asshole behavior.”

Davante Lewis
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 20/02/2025
Marsha P. Johnson’s family and Garden State Equality are speaking out against the Trump administration’s erasure of transgender people from #LGBTQ+ history.
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Marsha P. Johnson's family fights for trans legacy at Stonewall
“This is not just an erasure of words — it is an erasure of history," Johnson's cousin says of the removal of "transgender" and "queer" from the website for the Stonewall National Monument.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 19/02/2025
“He would give you the shirt off his back,” Sam Nordquist's mother Linda told the local news. 🔗: www.advocate.com/news/vigils-...
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 13/02/2025
It's banned for trans youth when it's mostly cisgender people who use it. It's feared as a life-altering decision when most of it is reversible, and the rest has lower regret rates than most major surgeries, tattoos, and children. Here's what you need to know about gender-affirming care.
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What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?
Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and child...
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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Find it very annoying that in light of the horrible shit that’s happening to trans people in the US, the narrative of cis progressives is still “he won’t stop at trans people!!” when it is actually bad even if he did stop there as trans people are, in fact, people
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Out Magazine @out.com · 15/01/2025
Social media posts showing Tom of Finland Foundation's Durk Dehner wearing Nazi symbols sparked outrage within the International Mr. Leather community. www.out.com/news/tom-of-...
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Out Magazine @out.com · 14/01/2025
Welcome to What Alan Wore, a weekly series that asks stylist Sam Spector to break down the standout episodic looks of host Alan Cumming. 💅🏽✨ #TheTraitors #AlanCumming www.out.com/fashion/trai...
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'The Traitors' season 3 episode 2: What Alan Wore
Host Alan Cumming got cagey with help from stylist Sam Spector.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Yet another "gender clinic whistleblower" account falls apart as soon as reporters talk to actual patients. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/03/m...
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‘A head scratcher’: Families push back against claim that Boston clinic for trans children is ‘reckless’ - The Boston Globe
Families who sought treatment for their children at the clinic shared their experiences with the Globe as a counterweight to what they regard as unfounded concerns about youth gender medicine.
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Out Magazine @out.com · 06/12/2024
What's your Pink Pony Club moment? 🌈💖 Whether it's a song, a movie, or a night out, we want to hear your story! Share in the comments or email us at social@out.com for a chance to be featured! Plus, check out the special Spotify pop-up at The Abbey in WeHo! Details here: www.out.com/gay-music/pi...
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 05/12/2024
As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the future of gender-affirming care, protesters gathered outside to show their support for trans youth. "I'm here today because I want to see trans kids grow up," one activist told The Advocate. See more: www.advocate.com/photos-prote...
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