Advocate newsletter: 3/4/26

I’m constantly having to self-police everything I say... Is this going to be the thing that gets me on Fox News and gets my teaching certificate revoked?

That's what Saoirse Stone, a trans teacher in Florida, told The Advocate's Christopher Wiggins this week. And it's one of many reasons why she's leaving Florida for Maryland as soon as she and her wife can save up the money. Stone is an experienced English teacher, a position that Florida schools are having trouble keeping filled. But the state's aggressive anti-trans policies have made it impossible for her to stay.

Also today:

• How do you keep Pride flags safe at the Stonewall Monument? With security cameras.
• New York's attorney general is ordering an NYC hospital to resume providing gender-affirming care to minors.
• The gutting of HIV drug programs threatens a repeat of history's deadliest mistake.

We've got all those stories and more in today's newsletter.

Until next time,

The Advocate team

This trans teacher has no choice but to leave Florida: 'I can't defend myself'

Nonbinary student sues Michigan school district for allegedly ignoring years of reported bullying

Budget cuts and ignorance of history are racing us towards another HIV & AIDS epidemic

Gay activist launches Stonewall Monument camera campaign to monitor NYC Pride flag site

Christian nationalism’s role in the war with Iran — and U.S. LGBTQ+ rights

Tennessee lawmakers weigh a dozen new Republican anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Indiana community settles with transphobic teacher for $650,000

USA Rugby creates ‘open’ division after Trump administration pressure to exclude transgender women

Donald Trump accepts Correspondents’ Dinner invitation, declaring himself 'one of the greatest presidents’

JFK’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, is not having Ryan Murphy’s ‘grotesque’ new JFK Jr. show

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