Advocate newsletter 3/25/26

📚 Max Bearden begins each school year the same way. “Hey, guys, I’m Teacher B!” That simple, gender-neutral title Bearden uses with their students is the target of a new bill introduced by Republicans in Tennessee. Bearden spoke with _The _ Advocate about the unwanted attention and fear that the proposal has sparked.

Last October, the U.S. Tennis Association quietly banned transgender women from competing in events. Now, trans tennis players in Las Vegas have built their own league.

And in Ohio, a queer motorcycle club is responding to anti-LGBTQ+ laws by teaching people how to use guns in self-defense.

Until next time,

The Advocate team

Tennessee Republican 'honorifics' bill is personal for the trans teacher at its center

Trans tennis players in Las Vegas build their own league after being sidelined

Ohio queer motorcycle club responds to anti-LGBTQ+ laws by teaching how to fire guns

In Markwayne Mullin, Pete Hegseth has a competitor in bravado, masochism, and queer hate

Georgia court upholds firing of teacher who read LGBTQ+ book to class

Senior Trump officials seem to have no idea what ICE agents are supposed to be doing at airports

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