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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-10T23:51:48.000Z",
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    "Newsletter",
    "removing the Pride flag",
    "flag be returned",
    "White House governors dinner.",
    "State Sen. Erik Bottcher",
    "Tennessee Republican",
    "hockey fandom",
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  "textContent": "➡️ Following up this morning’s news about the Trump administration removing the Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument in New York City, Mayor Mamdani, the NYC Council and Sen. Chuck Schumer are demanding that the flag be returned.\n\nMeanwhile, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (the only out gay man and the only Black man serving as governor, respectively) were excluded from the White House governors dinner.\n\nWe also cover New York’s newly elected State Sen. Erik Bottcher and his plan to be a bulwark against Trump, and a Tennessee Republican who called Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show “gay pornography.”\n\nDon’t miss an uplifting story from _The 19th News_ about older gay men who built their own hockey fandom well before _Heated Rivalry_ came out.\n\nUntil tomorrow,\n\n**Christine Linnell**\nSocial media manager, _The Advocate_\n\n### Mamdani, Schumer & NYC Council demand National Park Service return Pride flag to Stonewall National Monument\n\n\n\n\n“New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.\n\n### Trump excludes the only gay man and Black governors from White House dinner\n\n\n\n\nTrump has excluded Jared Polis and Wes Moore, the only out gay man and only Black governors, from the White House governors dinner.\n\n### Newly elected N.Y. State Sen. Erik Bottcher: state must be a bulwark against Trump\n\n\n\n\nBottcher, a gay Democrat, easily won the state Senate seat last week.\n\n### TN Republican demands official probe after calling Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show 'gay pornography'\n\n\n\n\n“Depicting gay pornography on prime time has no place in our culture,” Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles bizarrely said, after seeing two men dancing and Ricky Martin singing.\n\n### Older gay men built their own hockey fandom. Then came ‘Heated Rivalry’\n\n\n\n\nThe hit show is an unexpected invitation for some older gay hockey fans to reflect on love, acceptance, and coming out.\n\n### Can we count on you to support LGBTQ+ journalism?\n\n\n\n\nYour valued gift will help continue our legacy — at a critical time in our history.\n\n### Get Out / The Advocate in your physical mailbox too!\n\n\n\n\nGet a year's subscription of _The Advocate_ and _Out Magazine_ for just $9.95.",
  "title": "Daily newsletter 2/10"
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