Advocate NL 9/3/26

Hello and Happy Thursday, folks!Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez here, back in your inbox with an obituary from The Advocate's Christopher Wiggins on feminist icon and LGBTQ+ ally, Gloria Steinem.Steinem, 92, died Wednesday at her home in New York City, according to social media pages for Steinem and her foundation. An announcement posted Thursday said she died peacefully, surrounded by people who loved her.Steinem’s support for gay and lesbian people was visible early in the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, Christopher writes, and she was among the prominent supporters of the Human Rights Campaign Fund in its early years.Her history with The Advocate stretches back decades -- we'll let Christopher tell you all about that here.Her record on transgender issues was more complicated, and Steinem eventually addressed it at length in a 2013 essay for The Advocate.Thanks folks, we'll be back in your inbox Friday, take care!Gloria Steinem, feminist trailblazer who championed LGBTQ+ equality, dies at 92Texas A&M students could soon lose courses on LGBTQ+ people, women, and raceTrump DOJ tried to force California to ban trans girls from sports. A judge said noVivian Wilson encourages queer people to 'disobey' as midterms approachPentagon abruptly pulls the rules for Pete Hegseth’s ‘High T’ testosterone-fueled militaryEd Markey showed Democrats how to defend trans people and win electionsMelissa Etheridge & Wynonna Judd clap back at bigots: 'Get some therapy man'Is Fox News now mentioning Hasan Piker more than trans people? We investigateLGBTQ+ students speak out after becoming a political targetSelf-described ‘twink fascist’ posted Nazi and KKK images. He worked for Trump’s Georgia U.S. Senate nomineeKansas law voided her license because she’s transgender. The state’s chaos helped her win it backHow LGBTQ+ people can fight back against gerrymandering