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  "path": "/newsletter/advocate-nl-6-2-26",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T22:13:32.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.advocate.com",
  "tags": [
    "about transgender kids",
    "that the state is suing one city",
    "Jacob Ogles reports",
    "Samantha Allen reports",
    "Be more like Colorado"
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  "textContent": "Not to put you (more) on the spot, but seriously Texas, is there something in the water or?\n\nThe latest \"really?\" news to come out of the Lone Star State: Ken Paxton, the infamous attorney general and Republican Senate candidate (that can't stop talking about transgender kids), announced that the state is suing one city over a -- you guessed it -- transgender-inclusive swimming event organized by local LGBTQ+ charities that has yet to occur.\n\nPerhaps Mr. Paxton should pause and read the survey results released by Texas Tech University's Faculty Senate. Jacob Ogles reports: \"New Texas Tech University guidelines eliminating references to sexual orientation and gender identity from coursework forced nearly half of surveyed faculty members to make changes they described as harmful to their curricula.\"\n\nOne remark from the report reads: “I will be leaving my job in the coming months because of this, I cannot and will not work at a place like this and I will tell my network to not come here (students and faculty).\"\n\nCan't blame them!\n\nAlso happening tonight in Texas, specifically Houston: LGBTQ+ people and allies are expected to gather for a candlelight vigil in honor of Persia Amarra Conway, a 33-year-old transgender woman whose body was found near the Brays Bayou waterway in May, Samantha Allen reports.\n\n\"The vigil will also encourage greater awareness about Conway’s case, which so far has produced no arrests and no information from police during the investigation.\"\n\nAlright Texans, we're done roasting you (for now). Be more like Colorado.\n\nUntil next time,\nEdgar Ramirez\n _Audience Editor_\n\n### This state is hoping to restore a lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth that Trump eliminated\n\n\n\n\n### Dito van Reigersberg, known as Philly drag performer Martha Graham Cracker, dies\n\n\n\n\n### Elton John dishes on his legacy & encourages queer people to fight political 'hostility'\n\n\n\n\n### Ohio teenager accused of stabbing gay couple, killing adoptive dad\n\n\n\n\n### Martina Navratilova wants Billie Jean King to explain her support for transgender athletes\n\n\n\n\n### Kansas law voids some transgender drivers’ licenses while leaving others in limbo\n\n\n",
  "title": "Advocate NL 6/2/26"
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