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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> Your existence violates community guidelines. Happy Pride!  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; border-color: #FFFFFF;border-radius:10px 10px 0px 0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" class="c"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr id="header"><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="f" align="right" valign="top"><p> June 17, 2026 | <a data-read-online-tooltip="true" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxz0F01X2YDg7i8HoY060R6RT69D-FoKkGOhvWm6yoqDgkEjZZqEXXCYj-HDVBwB4kDAFWPXt9HH3WVDAjVMKqqtjI2Mg0x-w_ehqMYFpSqkm8pcT0aKDf9eKy_J0CTJF9oZ3Pad29vRYxn7KPDGsxRHBNiRfbpuXOimLQ2JA-ucznf2GNjoIipFqmidVGGecMZs6lKtdNvEs7ewJ3zgwutPSyPYPV5D-G9qKUG6b_MEGoX-s1EupAPXxgWzo4U5jXN2Fs7NpkkAOOfD5CxI18gQD3EOiQ8fbWF6tl3LZHD_nThzCqXvqLX_XmiSVDtCcu3QAL0pJoGJ9Dbgx7X_Bw9k_CzM1QHCL_1aNS3QC69cCSTTOQRTuWYbyDKkZPLQ7bh8zZredcagRPiCf-V8WjRB8-FQIVUJvUpsZMLtbEu5MonLUWBGPGTKWyaw5csZVi1-F_w0xHFPDbqDV3aR9cwyyyeRCn-6FlhjQkoR8FlxxAWsTOetpfJ9Uj_6or32aq8aWLV0AHZCo1uAJkTv1jltKFDTCkEwxd6X5GE3iTZNyy8yjQMAAA2fn3wnFbM2Xyq7kgSM0nIuzPOjeO7YrYldUneFr7SjrZzrR7dkWRZVVFuJMVVMS36GNVO0gUkqDeVs96t1_1Duukbfptfw18YezQmDaxuulreeJoEssuVO_1QMCwru09zjuVKavQYRUK2ZKSAR7XKXn_r9bYq1ggB40ok1eEfh_-rNh9KW8Xk-GTOVRMqW5eTk6mmrtOZMcww/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h0/h001.O8KfgkyFXMZT2guXOtAVkgS_AqCrYBm2GnwzBB0NPBQ">Read online</a></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="text-align:left;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:Bold;font-size:32px;color:#2A2A2A;padding:2px 0;line-height:38px;"> The plot to push LGBTQ kids off the internet </h1><p style="text-align:left;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:20px;color:#3E3E3E;padding:5px 0;line-height:24px;"> Your existence violates community guidelines. Happy Pride! </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-top:1px solid #E5E7EB;border-bottom:1px solid #E5E7EB;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-top:15px;"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxxu0b6Gs3Xbvd_Vlvq-UU2YmzStcjCEkjKjHvEoTPyo4x5VDxESl6nn57_Z-sA5_kq-vPRuhuo5UOWTDpab3QL7sqw2p12mupVTz-YCfCo2Dyv5bbskPLitzcwzaU5h67RX0wYEK3MpRQMQb_9ScIjjeIly-r-4aoMaFiDh9tki4cMl-WtiEE1SH6fePqY3k_7AOXs0GXM3prRndlxaMIz2RXNICde6yMqAM_ELhohlqMf7WSufMdHSYDnjFGfJovaNS9mZPCL5VmPs4R7AJvsdRRUtjvSANS0glgc5ynzcyW2SZ2PkegXUz3qaYjgE1d0Ena13vZQdYL-P0gmJTrbysQtSUjMqYnnSOEb6mVfBNPZXDNJRf-Qk946ivsGPgppro_wPrgmahetm1Hd9UiUWr3X1QG4uKIlMGAIuce8fjuY1NYjHhNtzXp6LylV08LUS4XsMzybeB9XxsQXZ9OgOugODAxwZlPW9QZ7E11tC7ahFe6JzuXrKzKWCsDT-QdDKBBdRVq-oDvkEgr4bix-fk2w99ap8DJ-FyxSIndYpmnUMaZO5HlMmW6LxloJANVFfK_CsF7L2Gzoyw8wF65Fk3BDQkgfGVRqDFJsjT6BMzG5FYCRvvZaSpU7_yor9OPpbjbRyFmPsc_bFY-raQ5B67uVyaLtBmTNPPRpjAb3DywTfvN6sUvBoDSBLNM7AQd0gYv-uST42umk9oJFNq7IkXMYEl0fqynaj5se0CNtn53PJpAoK4d5hikV15Hg-qgLUmDNk3RU9FtK0QrVl5R1lXiTeBtGch_eJMWnCzk-YjJmQe1OdNP4biSUvd3w4EUZIS6VOpf_fFjy2T62hR3iobKWLjKWY6mV4Z4O_jMczDA/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h1/h001.j0z1fpcirk_rGOBv-qHGiG6jvGvb7d91lcJj7N7YdaE" style="text-decoration:none; display:block;"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" style="border: 1px solid #E5E7EB; border-radius: 100%; width: 18px; height: 18px; padding: 8px;"><img style="display:block; width:100%; height:100%; max-width:18px; max-height:18px; object-fit: contain;" alt="like" width="18" height="18" border="0" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/header/like.png"/></td></tr></table></a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td align="right" valign="middle"></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style="line-height:0;"><div data-open-tracking="true"> <img src="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/o/u001.52hRbZ5bjhIlawsIDKScVg/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/ho.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/> </div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr id="content-blocks"><td class="email-card-body" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:15px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This Pride Month, I’ve been thinking a lot about young LGBTQ people’s right to be online. As a teenager, social media played a huge role in my self-discovery. I watched the first generation of YouTube coming out videos. I was on Tumblr, where I learned about all the letters and the flags and also about slash fiction. My friends and I saw and accepted that being queer was an option for us. We had language and community and culture that wasn’t accessible to us before. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> That’s something Republicans are scared of. It’s one of the real reasons behind proposed social media bans for teenagers, like the one the U.K. <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.n1IEs7xClbkLfz6xkBCaicrS_zQdVtb9ReVZmmnOaV3xj0OO_SZT2ikbcbX80P1Dljwh1NBpEU0t-fEiUBZUsL9NDGfCcwB9fhBJ4Ho4HsUbbvdqIc4JrfG19_atPuDIbiZMZE-NlV-dkowlxOytidoEkc5q9D_D8vrenD_nqnECB2PnzDGOklmMsnZPprOogOVIvedDEXRJd-pU7uRfji15VkPy_MvRlQDG8BIw8bgMX_FZUdmSFFospWo5s9r52jmTJHdWp3FXOnU5PtVe3L78FEHCrdN5rjkhyPS9H6cyZXIoYGxtt0QDN3cDPr8wFuHWSF68KPyO7r58vV8T-kpDgRW4WxqdbKjrg2FbbTI/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h2/h001.uqYVi3KE-IVehZr2-nZM141SX8mW7cWsnObeszH-0js" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>just announced</span></a> for children under 16. It has also been folded into bipartisan legislation in the U.S. that promises “kids online safety” but actually puts them more at risk. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> After Australia implemented its own <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz4RiCKwjQ28L924zTDpifEVf8SOVgsO1Pd3vFqSOzE1A4wji23n0d3mF0g0zaWMIFJ_try1sn3y9fWPfoK46NRtHiKml1TPphrtltn828OO8rFqgXXpDWpvrhbB-XURdHVfGDrBsTnufI0lCbmM8CuVeDVMQa5hdJItUfhCwAaKt3QoLgyOL2-cq8yShmlfk2BgeOj3inSEpmqyg_ZGOIsTk1HJVtPy6tD0HMlSk4tlhPzCo3wl5_7M6GUnSu47IvO52KUwyIh1egMWlSnubQRc/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h3/h001.Fq0OGCVAfBQTltZaLqU-H_aVBMOQhodJzGnzpH8QCi0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>social media ban</span></a> for children under 16, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1IYZEwEZ-788IYvwgWX1GJEzmnkyOhWutXM1lNYGcV_0kA9F7bmrGtoS2_fP1X9NYp3kK5Bu616yFqYVrYlhEptqPysl6TMo7ClcynLTHxlyv81R8wewaQdWT4V2rNNrjXX--q35wZeZzXlNQcSz9IIeCpyv8slZPrpIZCmk2wSHNsTt4mKYynBsx5AG__EDo7u0Tj5DuSJWsVT_9CiMLmWI8TocOW-h7Cpzlh8xdsgD_nfpLo8D6Gi64pNJikaxiAm4QefLt9U8U8eIHs3_KwUM0zm19rNMwS36fKi82xJlUBQhwn4__74J8Ms_kZpGNuV57XPcY2dgwkcuvu_jj__3mJibYI6CJuM7Bg_oqYt/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h4/h001.7SRjO5-yth3nCiKnja-BpXemVMCP6TL8u7E1IzaCGvw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>early reports</span></a> indicate that most kids are getting around them with ease. Some parents said their kids have adopted even worse alternatives to their previous accounts, like watching YouTube while logged out and getting fed slop content or migrating to lesser-known and less regulated platforms. Other kids have actually stopped using social media, but that doesn’t mean their lives have magically transformed for the better. Some of them are <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1IYZEwEZ-788IYvwgWX1GJEzmnkyOhWutXM1lNYGcV_0kA9F7bmrGtoS2_fP1X9NYp3kK5Bu616yFqYVrYlhEptqPysl6TMo7ClcynLTHxlyv81R8wewaQdWT4V2rNNrjXX--q35wZeZzXlNQcSz9IIeCpyv8slZPrpIZCmk2wSHNsTt4mKYynBsx5AG__EDo7u0Tj5DuSJWsVT_9CiMLmWI8TocOW-h7Cpzlh8xdsgD_nfpLo8D6Gi64pNJikaxiAm4QefLt9U8U8eIHs3_KwULvLz-VGVCwvtGSCKEYmmDvoH_x9--mDyG-_OVp4KM3RMNzELPjIUXUfXlKE_DH-XqUPFq0--Y7RDa-vS7Isb/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h5/h001.UOuxOLLZ8N_nsk_0C1l2lmBxMc1YN-8PZS_EE6Z4HPk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>more isolated</span></a> from their friends. Others are still facing the same systemic issues that they were before, but now they’ve lost a way to communicate and learn about those issues. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But as far-right authoritarianism is surging around the globe, lots of other countries are considering social media restrictions for kids. In the U.S, the White House is currently <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.U1lMVaAPjMqLNNPr09SLYPJ4yko2goUIC2Wkjs3V5LhjgHjKWhtKCGDAybEuYQaoN4kOvKG8hKYTquuQ05eTA1qOUTzqkPI1whsYZks8Xf679GeVqzZbO21hhsOajJ2qYqHzYd6DBKkBUg4ufxIsnB5HXQ6ad17LsJM9jUaZMRCX-m7dZdLZk82na4Qtm_ZEAHmRTa59TpBebh0PYT6uNxVv4Cmiz9pS893xKHp3qFIl-t5sm4YM8R8bZetvBX0TrB2jLrql_mtJOux8UZMBAp4yPpRrW_qQadpPOGSPDynCJ6zzGp8atrqychEQqAewAgKqUJ8OGfUex4jaUmEalL_Z92qGOj_lSRE9KF7F1TQ/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h6/h001.Xo1X-rVp3xdzILw95rOUdMoGPldoKsyZuEdtBu-ZeuY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>looking to pass</span></a> the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the App Store Accountability Act that would require big tech companies <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxy2Wzrkf3e61g-LWcFHRTvtiiFpUrOd5B-BP8it_x_cwyL-HqmQO8YKVznsilTfgWSMRHNSsunRSUOUtDJo5uA8sbnB5WSW6P5PYE3eAFj9Bic7NGVPrzGsiEvje0Q6_P_NAw2NTf2EWNunEhcxp_9wfGIngVHgsR1sOJXETih7PfpnhAWvpWfn8lgM6t3nv_qA92-lvXiSSarafocz9dJTVXmubHcOJx2q7VHVDSde91C6GPtYQlUq1QDl8WjQPjAZMZGDNPJk-5l-OSnAPOWv934qCGH7fAn2lSJoP7rbsi7RH_PPWbub379njSa9rPa24T7u6Qg5PKje-5S_kwKxVuqdv_ysvxjvjoAh1OLRD044DRDJhBBtJ-5uHyD6IaUi2ZjK6w-ngARSxVN6TXshUN8OAzgrjlIKQGxUOcpW9RU5PRXqH2l3M4t4oFsBG5InDD-_B1fAUZXTg613Nx0FmZW7p1rVVXzyuJWElqw6pga2GI0F2DHkHNzoGaHWJiGsHRihV9Mmh9T717EOZx42HEFo5k7nOSFmWlzxwuZCNWkgrTk7jssMmMR_QFzMYwaszMSuMKmebn_OPyRSeXuH8Gr-z2E_mvur9TkizsBJqfgsqRfi8tzpEUjyOlSprT-TbNyFyT5IgKLrwz9BaVyNlli7fgWkfJ3d9kMUVE0A_Ax6ONGSr3hCMwpJbFatTNXYrcIwe107pdIczlQA8SL7d6Wg5o6BQXLI_Rwkj5XOqdUOUpTVcTNfV9Odg1V03DQBEPSra_NlxcdBLr0zs0H0/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h7/h001.k68ZxN74EBg3yQDEFJHdHwqazPlfvBHirkzUWW0zoXM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>to collect</span></a> all of our most sensitive data and potentially link our identities to our online activity. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> KOSA is supposed to “protect” kids from being online too much, accessing harmful information, and encountering dangerous adults. But the Republican Party in power has very different definitions for those things than the rest of us. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> In a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz-PJJAtnJgo39lnzUXeurZ2Bmpys5tfRo2FcXSeUHoblYWEekjRjsUjSypKW6Xvv8Eo75SRr1rujBDyt6arKbc4KDAty5MlNmEnot4vf9pXdSwZf8eF-En9hgUNH5uyzO5u_USkpWMXw4ZEgeVlccBJKbzd0ZQjJLHXK1RR1iPYIaaxQ4uQhwMjloDlkKnRXaHwArBl_6QqWyo-7IMM-_I0XdtnDO7iTdpnZEnL2_CpZwMfZHVdYRHyxI9AOyGmifP80E1qWoZtrmUbKEQFgfCUd05ckLqbKeE-uTxRqd2amuedqBQlOUV9rcaQWmGTJbHt1B5GcW9AVl9x2Nh4bEDafb-OlRP1foceAxw6skxJNxzqIWsFWmMNdJAAzjA0ztg/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h8/h001.NZkDS9-zXV9BMpaE7CnGtmyoIdWgm80zKSAU4OTJrLc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>widely-cited interview clip</span></a> from 2023, KOSA co-sponsor and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn described how “protecting minor children from the transgender in this culture and that influence” would work under her bill: “This would put a duty of care and responsibility on these social media platforms. And this is where children are being indoctrinated. They’re hearing things at school, and then they’re getting onto YouTube to watch a video, and all of a sudden this comes to them.” </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Blackburn’s reps have long denied that she was connecting the two ideas, suggesting that her transphobic talking points were separate from her intentions with KOSA. But other anti-LGBTQ organizations <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzwUoizOlfwKNorsXpJuPGRWxLxAQ5srHfpoCUB73QyJASskq2442ulVAvWcLi5hzi7oa2GWUQIOkdmvWHnWR-6S3Hp3E5ZkpVA40Kih3r1aLpVpHdmGua84PAgg5o1s-2mfjYxHR6PmXdTAmvt4fKc-r017gzrukXoSvDPhE5lcl0q11RjX3D8B56T1A_GR0b3ZAVeEgH6oGo4UpH1Qz31My4lUeYlJ7PyiBoOW65SfXrFAkpmsiJKK9XTgrUPYgQmNVY0EWc9N_ysR-cPyDz6Q/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h9/h001.ceE2rvYzS68ly7wUKaHwAR2jQXIlHr7KxxkUJdnYSgY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>have supported</span></a> KOSA for similar reasons, while <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz8SaPp657OG_8bwozHke2kY7dutWe191PgjGlH3Lfr5HjXbCb9Yz3KdtNDoak2siYHxhPpNz8-Y_cQCEREr2B2PAhrbJRu5S8fP_dAjLPJE_sDIA4tpkPVlfrN_5w9t-NGlKSNpwxMYtnb74S-lEeEwrSn2FHOQWWYl4wCWdo4ucxMjjMpc6sCMd7_dnVdEiZZxppyUcPsI9qWNHw4qlk2qNn-pT-RzzNearwy-NR3IlnEnZGnjVuk2yZd9Vaz-ACpyThbK67kcDxRt3Rz97I3TsN9SNYENqUQ1X7e97eDJt6BQ177u3i_WISxnAIkMQU6rsU4--pp1mrFjO81yWbG3cVITKjuF0Oe1cfxNspVxp3HrUWrtUgO-HVBEdSsbNzg/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h10/h001.rLoTe2PnlTjkUqt9aQNgh-fsbCnyWTQ2rncXIZpsFq4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Project 2025</span></a> equates “transgenderism” and “transgender ideology” with porn and the sexualization of children. That’s how the conservative party has justified pulling books from library shelves, censoring academic curricula, and eliminating federal funding for anything to do with “woke” "DEI.” </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/e0e490ca-1a20-45dd-92e2-560fcbd5e318/GettyImages-1976906556.jpg?t=1781735027" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>An activist holds a poster as hundreds of activists, allies, and members of the transgender community gather at Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park in Old Strathcona, protesting Premier Danielle Smith's proposed LGBTQ2S+ legislation and opposing legislation affecting transgender and non-binary youth, on February 03, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> And although I’m coming at it from the opposite perspective, what Blackburn said about the internet actually makes a lot of sense to me. It is a powerful social tool for increasing acceptance and self-identification. Alongside the growth of social media in the 2010s, LGBTQ rights and representation were on the rise. Now, alongside the bipartisan movement to censor the internet, we’re seeing a major backslide. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide in the U.S. the day before I turned 18. Today, there are more than <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.U1lMVaAPjMqLNNPr09SLYGzeGTUWCzizTzeBOO2iH_u5R4Y7X5CPyUazeBlhFJ4v5gvuwvmg_hnzlca0LafLQWGUaz2oChngI6P_Qm24jDZHljHLI08dKz2lD-9wu9LmXoBOuvrxgjJcp5VxjhSHmvuSxrjGhxc0tE5VJqVi9nQyQPnR_08b4Ly7_dW6KRC5tQToiL8LVyDhKUM5az5fEDgb5H9bIsrSQjU_utfBtzLH4XgOKMxYLd0Akfex3kUVp2rwJzuEJsw-6EDBMyjO0g/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h11/h001.xnf5_HXH69V1V17WAGfKWQQ8zGgfYegNZQTNbjNwInE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>600 active bills</span></a> in the U.S. seeking to codify discrimination against trans people. Fewer people <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Hulu5vPjJSUQGUteKR3l3W1m8g4Vi41lDUDuHr8U0HckPxwzRXVzLKwKcp5-esq0thkMTr_QRNIC0nbnIatforkfoRHsrjsQhNvks1oUf0cadCrQ3fp0lFyThoY0GbvpxZUuaV3bJWhalELnhpAUPY6P_nhvtuCepOxoJQrSc2bIna8rbWaL9xGoo_RtXD1G8iMRrDDKcS3vXGiqXKAAqfpusXCjfhoF1MO1Cxqm34qhuS1rD5403cHFlmChQKh5D_GWUHXgbS9D7NCQeCzZAnJK_ZhF6FENZwlGhx0mSwZV5ak2nPtba0KCR1C6vOD7/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h12/h001.Y36c3o8GQO6vqOZgkxT-N3rSQ9vXNBavDVAXOqQhMIs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>are self-identifying</span></a> as LGBTQ compared to previous years. The trend of influencer coming out videos on YouTube has faded, but I’m constantly encountering viral ex-gay and detransitioning videos on Instagram. Even some <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6bgeoSS6YHyl1BTr3Y0_hTSHXDP3NFunC1kHMBOeNO_fewDEALEczTPCzr2HhovP_9Y9s4KuDEQ-ojmKrHkGzWFT0iAmWLgwW0SJhZnOBo_7z0qwYoc_nEAZUmCMfLcc0N2PFIsuWDflKUvc8oHbrK6VeWWNxFIxf96vhz5xO7hdIJ0GVeUDIi5KBhjv0Jdwxn-eRzTxNKI5X3_RaUDDcg3ncB8z44tAFg1382YwvLjcbucBTXMguPizqc_OqOU3g/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h13/h001.sJ3cpOmmwCHSQtX8NleMjgrueekWvN1SF_yKNUJn6uw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>queer influencers</span></a> from the 2010s have renounced their previous “lifestyles” in favor of Christianity. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This isn’t an organic shift. It’s a manufactured backlash to the progressive gains over the past decade-plus. Online, it’s partly the product of corporate monopolization and the tech broligarchy. But these <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz3An5YlOiN5naidQ9uMQ-gaaJ6s9fB9Dr0Ks4g6LHSgo7nCAbRHTOZZAMYb0gia58LuA0w-dpFISh4ZPmOg44NA1_yS_s4aJvfJ1bTlwK4HYRDPnYKU_eBwa7uzc51oR1RUGjPN-MPPHcI33XywwhZOPmig7NEXcofsfL288tJKZCRzGgDn-gzy-WAdbxd353ZA2mGLGcC4joQ3tQbSclfajWERoI1WgczqaJQkjgSweGsgwy4TKlwriQQ0Xq2SXPg/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h14/h001.pXmRvIneHEBDXi97aaccqNCQjOLMgQuePYV7Rcmm-N8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>bad internet bills</span></a> don’t even present the threat to big tech companies that supporters say they do. That’s why Meta is <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzy2XWf98ds3sGNXuWuey2bYkwzXI6exrXL0YvctcvkZUXkYCcqPVFUtv9nzEZ_hbCJM2iSrcOzYWGaVaftzGbch_vfofElxGT5c5a5w5NUEmUYDJQgjpMVsLYDcibZ618pSz1XB70F-E8SIwQc2rhXYsnQWMN4b94IwBnAE67WXd4iV1zgDp7HR2S807Yzw0-qnOGPrIQRKZ8Gkav_tjf_Zt1l87q7WS0SXP_usTBjNGZY-VisqPogQA0Hq6chgG2u7cuTe6Q1ix-RX52Vo-MjCd4QQJDxteEvg5B_22yyWC6kVYhcnJS0pG94i2PmubNw/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h15/h001.kXKgfbpKjJZ-H-Wcl9nGHMX1_AV5-ZT2CTgta0S-xN0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>openly supporting</span></a> KOSA and why social media platforms have complied in advance with Project 2025’s agenda. They know that they will benefit from this regulatory environment and administration more than their competition. Their CEOs will make billions or even trillions more dollars as their company valuations soar. They can withstand expensive legal challenges and fines, while smaller platforms can’t. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The bans also ignore the reality that many children, both LGBTQ kids and beyond, are not safe with the adults in their homes and communities. They need access to information and support they can only find online. Banning and limiting their communication with outsiders is a way to help their abusers, not rescue them. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" style="padding: 20px;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="none" style="max-width:520px;margin:0 auto;"><tr><td class="q" style="padding:16px 16px 6px 16px;"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.uP0QS_diFLgi8m-4cLSdATZxPzwAuOxbPiu_KooIzNrER-GBudIVgRwOdhg5GZGUl14YJKuMOragswxADjArUMiVzJcrCt8VYmd6zZICpSfl7Bvd0LVqjJBJIrG3BsoMVHyzR9odBhpYo_SQmQldPv7ahuZihUgj7CeOOQ5RLrHo1E1kNRFv3pkUA4WC7Iyaj787CzHEk55i0PgzdzN2tzaM4NB2ZJ7sAkTIcR8XPnJD9C4yJWO84ISHEjAD029PMxxNPt9-FpqvhBwJfuNbp4L9-iIMrOEpuKaz9kAuyPQoClp_c3gf6nbZ_7pc95pz/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h16/h001.ROXOTLSN_88HTUUf_yvS03aVYNxUBGeqU7wMVF8lcjI" style="text-decoration:none !important;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td width="100%" style="padding: 0 0 14px 0;text-decoration:none;width:100%;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td width="36" style="width:36px;"><img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:qgz7jtmlddfn3dikhimzlqu5/bafkreicxnorvkf4r4eo2q6xurlwqly7mejtmywispbnnfc6y4tobzmo2nq" alt="bsky profile: Kat Tenbarge" style="display:block;width:36px;height:36px;border-radius:50%;border:0;"/></td><td width="400" style="padding:0 0 0 8px;text-decoration:none;"><span style="display:block;font-size:14px;color:#1c2022;font-weight:700;"> Kat Tenbarge </span><span style="display:block;color:#697882;font-size:14px;"> @kattenbarge.bsky.social </span></td><td width="24" align="right" style="vertical-align:text-top;"><img width="24" height="24" loading="lazy" alt="bsky" style="border:0;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/bluesky-logo-100.png"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td style="word-break:break-word;"><p>A lot of the “kids online safety” proponents actually are anti-LGBTQ extremists and fundamentalists who want kids to have less freedom and don’t care if that actually makes them tremendously less safe too</p></td></tr><tr><td height="8" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;height:8px;"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="s"><p>2:36 AM • Jun 16, 2026</p></td></tr><tr><td height="10" style="line-height: 1px; font-size: 1px; height: 10px;"> </td></tr><tr><td height="1" bgcolor="#e1e8ed" style="line-height:0px;font-size:0px;height:1px;"></td></tr><tr><td height="10" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;height:10px;"> </td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style="padding: 0 0 0 0;text-decoration:none;width:100%;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td width="260"><p><b style="color:#1C2022">5.02K</b> Likes <b style="color:#1C2022">1.52K</b> Reposts </p></td><td width="200" align="right" valign="top" class="s"><p><div align="right" style="text-align:right;color:#1B95E0"><b>64 Replies</b></div></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> LGBTQ teens who <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz9QkZMU-uz2EZriCUXHIGLW22WtnpsjFd7YVBLIuoaJ99s28VHO1yXe0R75pCaJ5YtXLqswH0HpBncgoQLrtGosSY4hkQFPWnTKlG59ZzVd7IJcVfjik6CUehNqWY6OtEJobqbU5GKO-500xgj9n6uigXNA1NXu6102MtGOdFEwD6_D9TmxeKeOz8JhIoAOR8bt5BuNWreXtPAp1SpTLw2Ouo8Kd03YkMSVkrfc9GWp89CTS2hLvnT-Sy54TdZGaza8q_G9Z0ZSOhQPbah_LOGD3C1yP1sei0A9hiB3ZZV6eABld1dGZZFGMsSw6FNOfOWBLTjTyDAcjrMYpq3wEjgjU5Cv1Pzijaf5jaxfs985jgMfjYMm0JbjVntQBH4kFDlm1SBKeOfIMTPDECE-hJj0/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h17/h001.XOP5oSph-Un4ewik2t-jrb49cdaVXAVabqWt51jvH1g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>oppose KOSA</span></a> and bans say that social media is an imperfect lifeline. Much like adults who use these platforms, the kids don’t love everything about them either. But it has given the most vulnerable among them a way to access resources, education, and news at a time when state and federal governments are simultaneously <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.U1lMVaAPjMqLNNPr09SLYGzeGTUWCzizTzeBOO2iH_u5R4Y7X5CPyUazeBlhFJ4v5gvuwvmg_hnzlca0LafLQWGUaz2oChngI6P_Qm24jDZHljHLI08dKz2lD-9wu9LmXoBOuvrxgjJcp5VxjhSHmvuSxrjGhxc0tE5VJqVi9nQyQPnR_08b4Ly7_dW6KRC5tC8rhwWGJN8WOnnJ1i0t21jHoYNeHAmWbWdSSRus1x9S00vKLst3HKvHKBOP0kAgSObpZHDHsItACZepbsH_SQ/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h18/h001.ecONMKu1TShMm_eS3mjFHXHSMpAVEMAgbDkK-Knv680" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>criminalizing trans people</span></a>, erasing LGBTQ people, and withholding access to medical care for both trans kids and adults. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> As an out journalist, I often hear from queer high schoolers and college students who have followed me and my work for years, looking for advice and sharing their appreciation for reporting and commentary they can relate to. I cherish these conversations and they remind me of myself just a decade ago, when I was desperate for queer mentorship and media that spoke to my experiences. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Even though they aren’t all adults yet, these are still young people who deserve access to the world adults inhabit. In addition to the dangers this type of legislation poses for LGBTQ kids, I also fear that the sentiment behind it is part of a broader trend of limitations on autonomy and privacy of younger generations that will only hinder them. The proposal is ultimately ridiculous—some of the teenagers banned from social media will be parents themselves, applying to be in the military and for colleges, working jobs, about to vote, making sexual and reproductive decisions, and so on and so forth. We don’t need to take their internet access away like they’re grounded. </p></td></tr><tr><td id="on-a-happier-note" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;">On a happier note</h1></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I wanted to compile some recommendations for newsletters and other media and culture I’m enjoying in celebration of Pride Month. If you want to support queer independent journalism that reaches the next generation, you can also consider <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxw-9UbDfvT-b-BqkIB088N2wQpjnzw-NaITW1jeWzFGuw3aExvhNl781Pg2zKEM8rBxhOZ7jR-NRDvqZI1a0S4r5BY7M9cbJ6VA89RqB5z42_xHDAo9rYpFZO7E2zJEukZ-68MACCualyhAXGFKd-EyElsbso0XDHTV3KMjF0d81vt1Ns-Pdzv3cCCDDBkKrHGIqPfHH6UR0jh2wajw6WW7cmrDdQ7zS_U4mjQviFHGxqsMifyE4PsxQl7K1mMW9yx18xdkOrL2cTfPX3WvOjDxqbIStl0MXLUdFcHQSREN40jjYqN01zb1vG6Pkz3IZOpV8E0O_uAF6JPKCAFJzz_eNqy-Ryg9RuHKtX3R2SkfLDE9rAyKPRhgB1Fpww9fUosURjHsO1nlfJAlnw4E6fCG8-S8qSStVyKvRSpQhEAwF67euy2fcrJXX5TNeanen7DgNbF8lgA6Z5gVAeoKMhgW9VCMAnpqhQfA10Gvt9FeA3ILRHU0L0biMyGIP87WHhLk7q4HZh3NnJpUPuzMTeFRgifD84zJHoUPyNg3cdrmfYP5Nfudc67tYulaGifYngOMNepoyp8zYhHE50Evk-KKRJr6aYT-wDhmfMeKAW2fLSyTaMhAH8lTZEu0QNM5NjvEfefrVmXC8hY8YInTbT-LalY3Vk_DWcrKgsJgtjlu9UbDWp_pFOskCTBPzle1kjgPPDPVM19sjvIzrX8qwh7yAirOZUUrEPV5NELMJNNBWXwBWmxUPkEiIrEkKKZ6BR4FnpxQ6uz8ROekPP7G63Dw/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h19/h001.H0SSUYoAM0PDl1q5TLk9ufQlh3bk2zHH-ZVIK2nv33A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>upgrading your Spitfire News subscription</span></a> if you haven’t already! </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#030712;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:12px 20px;" class="btn"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxw-9UbDfvT-b-BqkIB088N2wQpjnzw-NaITW1jeWzFGuw3aExvhNl781Pg2zKEM8rBxhOZ7jR-NRDvqZI1a0S4r5BY7M9cbJ6VA89RqB5z42_xHDAo9rYpFZO7E2zJEukZ-68MACCualyhAXGFKd-Ey0NTF-6VgFj-SS2wvX0sLwSkWjsVJsZS-y_UNVjDOSk_Id2pa4kpHwihec7cpC9wYfG0In5VAQnM88wWhTV3muSrO8-VmQDdtAu4cMkBPUgtLZWA9tWUSdjDIiPUvmvcNdMmDKUcPNinZS3v3YEj1SB85EMwZ-opOzSszoFSXfdvV0-JTUk6ZNkywk6UWc4RLVj-Brz0fX6sRHwfqlUEUuEs35wi0vRpRdVcxLv4EtazkXbajH8wvFsGsTUuM-zFL3d17Cx6OdlHFEpZyxPGm43wo7tx9zceNaYoMcG60Fg1gZ7tg3CTtSfwSZ_rL74RWwso7oQI3bPY4z-qfZiU-BwBZ-GWqkpbxI3SiP-u_XMXCiLNRO4z-b97VnmOv8qkkH0A7gyvcDLG_HX8Tc4fGyW77MKYz_N1KHphxwsm3RSpRu8n698_02yL3DVItbl9u-5irV9hOzmFT6Hi5UWheqfwtXLbxPPU7uNzcwSbZ-dfVYTnQpnGd_utHZYyy742HtnQUU9qqJNfYbUas5CJMSQ0iu4M2V5q1LTJuJSy3yR_D65pdXcZskygb0oAaDFWiKUfiR7DRYJAmoTeG-5zBz5tZwFXbgZx_6SHsyktayrqNphRTFy0Em7hJHxxKQjXN/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h20/h001.-NDVr-LyougXepxzvn7xUSMcXVYrSEpC8QvbzMbr7Q8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#030712;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Verdana',Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;padding:12px 20px;text-decoration:none;"> Upgrade to support Spitfire News </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px !important;margin-top:0px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><i>Interview with the Vampire </i>season 3 is out this month on AMC+, which is so annoying because who has AMC+? It will later release on Netflix. It features the vampire Lestat as a melodramatic bisexual immortal rockstar. Also, Nadira Goffe wrote a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydS0tiJSA5_jnBtgNt3Lu1Mvi6Y9aKPP2l22syZ21o7gUblqmkE-GMA4l9hQAQbx2wQpkxuUW8HRKhxlkEfrvq15qf--O5EkSl8fowT_QlmZbPIEqErAd2kr_0iLze4QudmBGw46Owsz9Y4ky1aSNaf6bS4-QdlL01jDvPH75LPuVfroksp5wAwo7MGzsm2yD70wDj_1ZcyxtQVuOnchjV37e9karmi1xYx53QCwyMrlr5GUJmrCdYcf8dxh8K-L_jr5DoGQ8jdm-rCEI0yF1e5ccTJl3w75y5nlqpffQCvG-_azrFq90NAasqJzKhC7oK3Edjsq-fsdN-GE-EebN-Hk/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h21/h001.BkkqZ-eTDuC-h01T3oN_vXfNmYfB67bXhJYWRSkM338" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>really great analysis</span></a> of the show’s portrayal and marketing with regards to race. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> I wrote about the horror short <i>Demon Twink </i>for my 2025 EOY round-up, and now you can <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6bgeoSS6YHyl1BTr3Y0_hRg5CWqEG7qv3mQKXp3E0XCfdlCSOgppepzllsKPk28UMXO9TKCSSt0RjENIILKXUvL4o9kpwBtlq6x-zA8pv3GYeBBRutc8UwaMa8BgilR0gxPUkQk-x6OmPurrOn6foCA8akuJ0NbSXrWjjpL5ODp4ZZ9Ca64TenGjUNgWSfuKwb0KJjBMt8NvJJDW7rdDso5mFbfrRWKbrv7YaQVFLO1t-TVbBhthIiyQ63Diur8Nns4kfdshE3kjxvjH6U1_AQWt6ZTawU6aG_0p1PESQX_/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h22/h001.wczBw-1n5R72aizvry_5o1mv3V3PnzpW-WvS5q_c0Zg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>finally watch it</span></a> on YouTube! </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Laverne Cox has a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz3OrwysJwPN9VvkDtc5BQmjHpbgRotiVFQrKwGPc_2SP9HB52WqOrVBEqpmBniabu0JmhMf9d5kkJideohX28AVpL1y3_7tdsVjlRJAeHJ1bh67spR4zFh4WfbD5x3K3LyTXqf1LW1HL7gY0YsQLGGfxaEU0iAghalgPkIf4NIw3_24BSCrx8-fFLrBfcfKF6MkNiSpSkNSrd3ub9HC_bCr12V4k-n6NUNhaooJc09cud5saQ1SHMzkCNEzMNdRZSn9yIIxzJGHZwyLdPWIuQmljBhVN0AGvCmWzPEOZcB5kZVFEkRo8xQBJwXUmv-FRiw/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h23/h001.RN7YkkdIGfcTM6q5-OjDMe0xA0xP2Z083Jng1ZRLCbU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>new memoir out</span></a> called <i>Transcendent </i>and has been having some <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz8qyTElqnLaPjgzRfSAlV3izIeEhU8nFdO9oAFaIKHHBi4TrlB0HvGCmwVZcnMNTn2UwetlYNtkzywminWUQHgNE6sC4TPtWnB8q9yIwwt0nvcywlKXxF3QTWybpBatI-1sG-0pQrM8kSfN_GQBvxo7R3npY1cpdD5aorY7sufltXA5umOPUFX901FAnpmBLK96_RPIVNxkeLD-Mdai361_1DNy4OiPT8HfLKUZ0UxDO2SnqtslLOg-zgQiDaKAEMuDaLwSfJcyexDC4FDUxTGKhiGsXSJ2BVJewcbqsZu8MIG-KI7GCxHZ42OCvDTG8DqyOCukebKhGgMQ-xQe69l782EoxigDGqY_pG4O2oWav/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h24/h001.WGYwejtx9Q_8bpPDYzLBfB_KgBduSrWSE0l21DceHKA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>profound conversations</span></a> about how LGBTQ people and Black women are facing serious loss of income due to the Trump administration’s anti-DEI agenda. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Hayley Kiyoko’s <i>Girls Like Girls </i>movie is coming out this weekend after like a decade of her pushing for it. Let’s go lesbians! </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Some of you already know Katelyn Burns/<a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzyawjQx0WGe_a_YosGEqcP8Jl76iPl9t5wXR9HgUhzvF1bT46WhMrcb2hBLIwINSq_eBo_jX4i7wwZ7rxieam7XKYvJYwg5MiP1rc8Gc88gqztkAaYAz8316uVrbGEc9xIkpL59xUFShBrHKyvB9f09s3cfbAzDwBr77hODRsCSjeBCLW64qZ-PQIWv6KASAd-bcjYVK6_3etairYR9H_Gr5HOJJch04E4uAm5xBVskt/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h25/h001.t7vzISpzTDqO9RIWEHlrw4bwghlLnh217VYmmVNC0bE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>BurnsNotice</span></a> because we did a newsletter bundle collab together earlier this year. She’s one of my favorite trans journalists. Other great newsletters from indie trans reporters include <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz4UvNj5w0yXxS-Or5eCev6FwQkAPWE9jc14oGUWMbMl7YVCOCgWbvinT6vHJ7NJSiwuT3_36gWIuhMNKL5FLCoaS-FCWOswYZmkN_uLhMNmbgFw0OjuWLVxO-jjfR15ZL7HeCxfG3nan00K6BFrEwBRdVFWOYR0iDDXWSsmDofOS3Rilw2-SRx4HpKgtJIjLzhHr5ay8RQmVHtO0KhWqVMHYsnWDhtqcE-pZEorXP4G4/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h26/h001.6Sdmim1oi0OMuxcKb5cEt9IGtimuYqs5YvlrvP08Vlg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Present Age</span></a>, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz3_9H8NqHv80gcbnu6THEXmhEWEJOUC1JM2-_xshMu2rTJHDxi6MQE9BgfXbZvr-cMOhcP5zgjudR9yDYjy8TV8JAaOtGHDniRDPxlDU4lf_Ti1sWIcsUjbGt9pUm3bz6holLergDWQErZPawJKZPQifb30VixnxlNffKsgULf1PPeAtlK0PaPSZGZ0Y-ynfQhl_G9jT80xGimHpJgsKWiX_SVSKO5jweF1VgustPIbuyL21Cp4-RGEop9NBVq0YiQ/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h27/h001.I8Ywm9sCyEzjiNWtW3C6NjjZxn4AE1VrBl7moco88fo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>What’s Helping Today</span></a>, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.n1IEs7xClbkLfz6xkBCaiTa6Piw7SFiY_gnM_tWrdR6IxBjyM6-z5MEj4GCiZ8y-tibZx2oVP4MBpBGZ5rpQvUdVmPsYiftgjqKUMh9QyRj6K4uzUUicoxobQA1QEdZXENOUacHFB2DsBtZQD2r2n7MUln_wP6hTtYVWVnSAHCwTOkPt51pOU6kmMDqOyEH0lsa5iDJJMmQkawL5Jugsqec1Sazi3pVlL9EBKlJYr37xTVuAkMJUsc-cldGrkb1U/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h28/h001.Cp9ZJBaUWzum9CuSMsboKlHL3DmPYL5bKtMH8EwGefc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Assigned Media</span></a>, and of course <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzyszwGSnfvIVvZDR1SHoyhjJgUps_kCJSumPIGpehnOx0CNDlbZbBtFI73tJ-sf0kTQjI8Fz0P9xiyeUVP-J1qMXj7I6kLEFoc8AZb8-iV1OsyL3XoSRjDtl2V9ygRYmurGkCRd6YThSjtH8nx86-kiWr9VeqcTWRs7x3lsWKte_9YMk53fhiBuxZqVdccmIKILi_DgSpb_Wz0NaZl0OxHwNYK6-F9-fSV01AZe-kap_nNIO367v7sGoHC97X_Z_jQ/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h29/h001.1Niuk8or_PapDIDXEG12417VL5eoEe1lsE-ODAUwSNg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Erin in the Morning</span></a>. I also love <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzwUoizOlfwKNorsXpJuPGRXX0-IGWcF9Y9uE7QOHUL0FGheP2F0qvXZJbwFTDAUEP3x_6UHdCrx1QID7jquKkYDejVWKU-rZ2PQgmntwUh-bALC1BXoU1Jf1G-VsNvl60toz9e-RK65CJ5xRU3VXVBV551eHDbgfQEw7SPVCQNj3BM83Yzb366q6vlO3nXOHlby4noJZTmXJoFuhO3TmaT4su7rwjKxhgLMiyc-gGhBw7DUORoYxB2roU04bIOpI-kvHHvEBdrT_DqbcEYAtP6w/4rk/dHs4eMNlRnKDZvw6dFgSEw/h30/h001.8t6gvKU7nMoYWY_9bL0igypyihNa5dFYqE_IpKv4VGg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Christopher Wiggins</span></a>’ work for The Advocate. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> I just watched <i>But I’m a Cheerleader</i> for the first time ever. I know, it’s really embarrassing that I hadn’t already seen it. 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