Advocate NL 9/1/26

Hello and a semi-happy Tuesday, folks, as the LGBTQ+ community awoke to some sad news.LGBTQ+ organizations in Arizona will hold a vigil Wednesday for two men killed outside a longtime gay bar, as advocates warn that a note found with the suspected gunman indicates other queer gathering places may also have been targeted. The apparent target in Tucson was larger than one gay bar, The Advocate's Christopher Wiggins reports.When a gunman killed Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, outside Venture-N early Monday, he was carrying a note listing several LGBTQ-friendly businesses, police said. The discovery transformed a double killing into evidence that the violence may have been intended to continue across the city’s queer gathering places.Now, Tucson’s LGBTQ+ community is preparing to gather in one of them — publicly, collectively and in defiance of the fear such an attack was designed to produce, Christopher writes.Take care of each other folks, and we'll be back in your inbox tomorrow.- Edgar Ramirez, Audience EditorThese 15 MAGA women learned that while Donald Trump demands unwavering loyalty, he gives noneTrans kids’ medical records remain private after Trump DOJ loses againA transgender boy sued for bathroom access. South Carolina drove his family to flee the stateMaryland school district dismantles transgender student protections under Trump pressureMassachusetts hospitals are teaching Trump how easily trans care can be erasedCNN apologizes for mistaking Dolly Parton Vegas impersonator for late iconMany LGBTQ+ students can’t afford college. Thankfully, there’s Point FoundationTim Cook’s Apple reign ends with triumphs and betrayalsJudge cites Dolly Parton’s bosom in ruling blocking Texas drag banWhy affirming faith communities belong in the fight to end HIVNatalie Harp calls Trump her ‘guardian and protector.’ She is MAGA’s ideal womanThis right-wing Idaho saloon hosted a failed ‘Hetero Awesome Fest.’ It could becom