June 1, 2024 View this email in your browser [link removed] Here are this week's most popular positive stories. Like this newsletter? Share it with a friend. [link removed] Everyone could use a little good news.

It's the first day of Pride month and there's certainly plenty to smile about!

Not only are we going to spend the next 30 days celebrating all the things that make the LGBTQ+ community great — we'll also be spending time hanging with our closest queer friends at parades and parties.

What will you be doing to celebrate this year? Perhaps you can start by enjoying a nice beverage and checking out the best feel-good stories from this week!

These 11 LGBTQ federal judges are making history – and are all appointed by Joe Biden [[link removed]]

Before their appointment to the bench, they worked in every field of law — from labor lawyers fighting for working people to civil rights lawyers fighting to protect the right to vote.

And two other good bits of governmental news you might've missed: Minnesota finally banned the LGBTQ+ panic defense [[link removed]] and the National Park Service is allowing uniformed rangers to march at Pride events again! [[link removed]]

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