Nancy Pelosi went to a gay bar to take a selfie in the bathroom? 🪞📸

September 30, 2023

Here are this week's most popular positive stories. Enjoy this newsletter? Share it with a friend. Everyone could use more good news.

What better way to open this week's newsletter than sharing my favorite Hometown Hero? After being granted asylum in the US, Liaam Wilson now runs a soup kitchen in Queens that caters to trans folks.

Don't forget, you still have a couple of days left to vote in the LGBTQ Nation Heroes 2023 awards.

Texas church defies government crackdown by blessing drag queens

Their bold stand wasn't met with love. They're not backing down.

In Southern states, churches have become some of the queer community's stanchest allies. A Texas church has launched a program to help pay for trans youth to get treatment out-of-state. A pastor with a gay son gave church leaders hell before quitting in disgust. Need a pick me up? Welcome to the church of Sylvester.

Nancy Pelosi popped into a DC gay bar & took a selfie in the bathroom

Everyone is doing it.

“Paw Patrol” franchise introduces its first queer character

Predictably, conservatives are outraged. Everyone else is a fan.

Students in Iowa are organizing to circumvent state’s anti-LGBTQ laws

Since when have teenagers followed the rules?

Judge blasts Montana’s anti-trans law

He got blunt. Not only is it likely unconstitutional, it's harmful to kids.

University reopens LGBTQ+ resource center after students fight back

Administrators quickly backtracked when the rebellion began.

Michigan Supreme Court tells conservative judges to knock it off

If you can't be kind, at least be respectful.

Students walk out en-masse to protest anti-LGBTQ policy

The school board tried to ban Pride flags and said students would be punished if they complained. The kids said FU.

Federal judge strikes down Texas drag ban

And he wasn't nice about it.

Extra Treats

I hope you have a great weekend. Don't forget. It's Hispanic Heritage Month and these 5 young queer Latine influencers are stylishly slaying the internet.

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