Advocate 5/1/26

“Are we going to have a female president first, or a gay president?" That's what TMZ asked U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this week. "Well, we don’t know if we’ve already had a gay president, to be honest with you,” she replied. “I think there are chances that maybe we have, I dunno.” What does history have to say about that? We dug into The Advocate archives to get an answer.

In the aftermath of the shooting at the White House Correspondents' dinner, Trump lackeys have been quick to call for the completion of the president's $400 million ballroom. Among them was Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose sycophancy for Trump's vanity project sounds more like pillow talk than policy, writes columnist John Casey.

NYC Pride has announced three grand marshals for this year's march, all of them transgender. The latest is the beloved voice of the New York City subway system, Bernie Wagenblast. In an interview with Out , she talks about what it means to lead the event, working with Lin-Manuel Miranda, and coming out at 66 years old.

Until next time,

The Advocate team

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