December 21, 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.

With the holidays coming up, here's an early gift of good news to stuff your stockings. Unwrap the joy with this week's uplifting, holly, jolly roundup!

Trans power couple Zooey Zephyr & Erin Reed got married & the pictures will melt your heart [[link removed]]

The pair have spent the days since the wedding celebrating every "first" together as wives.

And talking about exceptional people, remember the drag queen who became America’s #1 Christian musician last year [[link removed]]? How about the Uber Eats driver who was out to “feed the gays” [[link removed]]? And did you know about the first male major pro men’s coach to come out as gay [[link removed]]?

Read More [[link removed]] A gay NYC councilmember’s viral videos helped defeat a very unpopular law [[link removed]] The Gen Zer politician is showing how to mobilize against bad policy. A judge helped trans Montanans correct their drivers licenses & birth certificates [[link removed]] It comes one week after the Montana Supreme Court also ruled in favor of trans rights. A Texas oil city just elected its first gay councilmember — and gave a bigot the boot! [[link removed]] Residents wanted councilmembers who would fix their problems rather than fearmonger. [[link removed]*|DATE:Ymd|*&stpe=static] Democrats just took an important stand for trans kids during a Senate military battle [[link removed]] Advocates praised a speech from Sen. Ed Markey as being especially impactful. Out ER nurse Molly Cook explains how she won 4 elections in just one year [[link removed]] She talked to LGBTQ Nation about Texas politics and Republican overreach. Young LGBTQ+ people advise each other on how to survive challenging times [[link removed]] “Just look for the people who love you no matter what.” Gay couple brought to tears as Japanese court rules marriage equality ban unconstitutional [[link removed]] One of the same-sex partners uncontrollably cried as the judge read the ruling. Bobbie Simpson sworn in as California’s first out trans school board member [[link removed]] “I am proud to serve my community and create a future where every student can thrive, no matter who they are,” said Simpson. [[link removed]*|DATE:Ymd|*&stpe=static] From our sibling sites:

OUTSPORTS: Gay former pro athlete Sam Stanley shares ‘incredibly emotional’ wedding day with his husband [[link removed]]

GAYCITIES: 10 winter wonderlands for LGBTQ+ travelers [[link removed]]

QUEERTY: That time James Bond went undercover as a gay man in 1969’s ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ [[link removed]]

INTO: Finally! There's gonna be a reality competition for drag kings! [[link removed]]

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