Christopher Wiggins

out.comThe 2026 Out100: Julia CurleeMeet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.

7 Apr 2025

Just a reminder that transgender people are not causing Americans to lose their retirement savings.

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Jim Lokay

@jimlokay.com

13h

BREAKING: Federal judge Ana Reyes extends court order blocking Trump’s renovation plans to historic East Potomac Golf Links public course in DC.

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Julia Curlee

@juliacurlee.bsky.social

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Proud to be named to the 2026 Out100 Most Influential LGBTQ People. 20 years at CIA. Four presidents, three wars, and 35 countries. Then the White House fired trans soldiers and intel officers like me for being who we are. No adversary could have done that much damage. We did it to ourselves.

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Julia Curlee

@juliacurlee.bsky.social

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Replying to @juliacurlee.bsky.social

Our community knows that nothing changes unless we come out and tell our stories. I’ll keep telling mine and fighting, because this is my country too. Thank you to @cwnewser.bsky.social and Out Magazine.

advocate.comPete Hegseth wants trans troops gone. U.S. Navy & USMC review boards keep finding reasons to keep themNavy and Marine Corps boards voted for retention in nine of 12 cases, challenging an administration that treats transgender identity as grounds to end a military career.

2d

Because trans troops are exceptionally high performing people. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

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TransLash Media

@translash.org

3d

This week on the TLP, @imarajones.bsky.social dives into what the recent Title IX changes mean for trans students. First, Ria Tabacco Mar of the @aclu.org breaks down the legal impact, and editor @cwnewser.bsky.social shares how students are responding to anti-trans rules. 📺 youtu.be/G3OWiv_P-p8

5d

Today could be a very interesting news day for the US Senate.

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advocate.comSupreme Court rejects Trump’s ‘dangerous’ push to cut off medical care for transgender prisonersThe justices denied the administration’s emergency request to enforce restrictions on gender-affirming care in federal prisons.

5d

A rare win for transgender people at the U.S. Supreme Court. www.advocate.com/breaking-new...

advocate.comSupreme Court rejects Trump’s ‘dangerous’ push to cut off medical care for transgender prisonersThe justices denied the administration’s emergency request to enforce restrictions on gender-affirming care in federal prisons.

5d

A rare win for transgender people at the U.S. Supreme Court. www.advocate.com/breaking-new...

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Allison Gill

@muellershewrote.com

Replying to @stevevladeck.bsky.social

lol

advocate.com‘I never did that with a man before’: Trump fawns over Ohio Republican’s body at Kentucky rallySpeaking of Ohio Sen. Jon Husted, the president told a Kentucky audience, “I examined his ass.”

“I examined his ass,” Donald Trump told a Kentucky crowd about Ohio Sen. Jon Husted. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Jon Husted: "I examined his ass"

advocate.comTrump fires new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia in first week on the jobKatie Zacharia lasted less than half of one Scaramucci.

The answer is: none. Zacharia got less than half a Scaramucci. www.advocate.com/breaking-new...

Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social

When you have to run to Fox & Friends to redo your Sean Hannity interview from the night before, how many Scaramuccis do you have left? www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comTrump’s new press secretary needed a Fox News cleanup interview for her Sean Hannity cleanup interviewA failed bar exam, a 14-minute briefing, and two Fox appearances later, Katie Zacharia is still explaining herself.

This Steven Cheung tweet about Zacharia didn’t age well at all.

advocate.comTrump fires new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia in first week on the jobKatie Zacharia lasted less than half of one Scaramucci.

The answer is: none. Less than 5 Scaramuccis is all Zacharia got. www.advocate.com/breaking-new...

Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social

When you have to run to Fox & Friends to redo your Sean Hannity interview from the night before, how many Scaramuccis do you have left? www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comTrump’s new press secretary needed a Fox News cleanup interview for her Sean Hannity cleanup interviewA failed bar exam, a 14-minute briefing, and two Fox appearances later, Katie Zacharia is still explaining herself.

advocate.comTrump fires new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia in first week on the jobKatie Zacharia lasted less than half of one Scaramucci.

She's out. www.advocate.com/breaking-new...

advocate.comDonald Trump tells White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia to ‘reconsider’ the job after disastrous debut.Trump’s new press secretary hasn’t finished her first week. He’s already suggesting she leave

He's inviting her to leave. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comTrump’s new press secretary needed a Fox News cleanup interview for her Sean Hannity cleanup interviewA failed bar exam, a 14-minute briefing, and two Fox appearances later, Katie Zacharia is still explaining herself.

When you have to run to Fox & Friends to redo your Sean Hannity interview from the night before, how many Scaramuccis do you have left? www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comTexas Republican calls out GOP’s costly obsession with anti-trans campaigns: ‘It’s just not resonating’Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan says conservatives are ignoring voters’ priorities while pouring millions into attacks on transgender people.

“Let’s be honest. The 8 to 10 percent of voters in the middle who are going to decide this election, when they hear stuff about boys in girls’ sports, they don’t even know what you’re talking about,” Dade Phelan, the Republican fmr Speaker of the Texas House, said. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comWhite House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia failed the California Bar examPresident Donald Trump called Katie Zacharia an attorney. Now she admits her law school told her not to use that word.

Not a lawyer. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comDan Levy demands men speak up after Shane Gillis demeans women on ‘SNL’The Schitt’s Creek star challenged men to speak up after Gillis used his third hosting appearance on NBC to spout misogyny.

“I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live national television,” Dan Levy said of the terrible Saturday Night Live episode. www.advocate.com/news/culture...

National Center for LGBTQ Rights

But drag queens must be banned from public view because a child could see a whimsical costume.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social

The US governement is planning to publically execute someone, something that only Saudia Arabia and Afghanistan do. And they plan to livestream it so anyone, including CHILDREN, can watch.

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@nclrights.bsky.social

We are continuing the fight to allow transgender service members to do their jobs. Read the full article by @cwnewser.bsky.social featuring the words and experiences of plaintiff Nic Talbott over at @advocate.com: https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nicolas-talbott-discharge-papers-fight.

advocate.comHe drove two hours to his Army unit. A friend handed him papers to force him out just for being transU.S. Army Reserve Second Lieutenant Nicolas Talbott tells The Advocate he will fight his discharge as transgender troops ask a federal appeals court to make its ruling protecting them take effect.

“It’s like I’ve been teetering on the edge of a cliff for a while now, and finally somebody came along and pushed me over the edge,” Lt. Nic Talbott, who is suing the Trump administration over the trans military ban, told me. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comTennessee court overturns killer’s conviction because jury wasn’t told that the victim was transgenderSamuel Ward Jr. killed Paris Lee in January 2024.

Um, what does it matter? www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

advocate.comJames Talarico promised to co-sponsor the Equality Act, but now only says he will ‘review’ the billThe Texas Democrat appears to have softened his pro-LGBTQ+ stance once again.

What are Democrats doing? www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

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Brendan Cantwell

@cantb.bsky.social

insidehighered.comAlabama’s New “Gulf of America” Mandate Impacts CollegesRepublican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too.

The state of Alabama imposed a state law that requires pubic schools and universities to use the term “Gulf of America.” And obvious and flagrant authoritarian move and textbook example of what Barrett Taylor and I call postliberal governance. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

And just like that we’re back. lol that was quick.

Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social

New Bluesky glitch unlocked. My blue checkmark is gone and I’m now invalid. Cool. Anyone else encounter this?

New Bluesky glitch unlocked. My blue checkmark is gone and I’m now invalid. Cool. Anyone else encounter this?

advocate.comTrump hurls anti-trans slur at South Carolina Democrat Annie Andrews. The White House won’t explain whyThe president has spent his second term stripping protections from transgender Americans. Now he’s using an anti-trans slur as a political insult.

The White House answered none of my questions about this. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Julia Curlee@juliacurlee.bsky.social

If the president or Pete Hegseth wants to call someone a “tr*nny” — I’m right here. On Monday, with the country at war, Trump called a Senate candidate named Annie “tr*nny.” She’s not trans. I am. But his White House never used the word with me. Why?

advocate.comPete Hegseth’s Air Force Academy speech backdrop draws scrutiny: ‘Accidental Nazi is just not a thing’An angular eagle behind the defense secretary departed from the Pentagon’s established branding. Critics saw echoes of the Third Reich.

High T Pete Hegseth is just out there bringing merit back or something. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comRepublicans redrew his district. Now Democrat Don Davis is making anti-trans campaign adsThe North Carolina congressman's new campaign ad adopts GOP talking points about protecting women and girls.

With Democrats like him...who needs enemies? www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

advocate.comRenee Good’s family sues Trump officials over ICE killing: ‘They took a mother away from her children’As the White House dismissed their lawsuits as “baseless,” Becca Good described raising a son who misses his mother’s hugs, jokes, and singing.

“He is becoming this amazing little man, and that’s all Renee ever wanted to see,” Becca Good, Renee’s wife, said about their 6-year-old son. “And watching him grow into that person without her beside me is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.” www.advocate.com/news/renee-g...

advocate.comWorkers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff emailAdvocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs.

SCOOP “When I look at who is being pushed out, who is losing their positions I see people who have been vocal about workplace conditions, people who have been involved in union activity, and people who have raised ongoing concerns about our leadership,” Ash Orr said. www.advocate.com/news/a4te-la...

advocate.comTrump restores 988 LGBTQ+ youth crisis line. Asked about trans callers, HHS cites ‘gender ideology extremism’The Advocate asked federal officials what transgender and nonbinary young people can expect when they seek help.

I asked the administration in good faith whether trans and nonbinary young people in crisis can expect to be treated with respect. What I got back was about being aligned with Trump to “defend women from gender ideology extremism and restore biological truth.” www.advocate.com/health/menta...

advocate.comTrump begs Supreme Court to let feds withdraw medical care for trans prisoners: ‘A dangerous thing to do’A federal judge already found the restrictions likely unlawful. The administration is asking the justices to suspend those protections.

This will really bring down the price of gas and groceries. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comGretchen Whitmer to Democrats questioning their support for trans rights: ‘I’ve never wavered’In an exclusive interview ahead of the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner, the Michigan governor highlighted her wins in a swing state and urged allies to stand with the entire LGBTQ+ community.

SCOOP: I spoke exclusively with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earlier today, ahead of her keynote speech at this evening’s Human Rights Campaign National Dinner. On her allyship, she said, “I’ve never wavered." www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comRepublican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith hides behind Capitol Police rather than answer a question about Nolan WellsA reporter for The Don Lemon Show says an officer touched him, and another blocked his path after he tried to question the Mississippi senator.

Don Lemon told me that Hyde-Smith’s refusal to engage was “insulting” to Mississippians. “She should feel, as a public servant, an obligation to inform people and also to try to comfort the people of her own state,” he said. "I find it insulting to Black people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comGay Dutch prime minister & Zohran Mamdani visit LGBTQ+ archive — and hear from young New Yorkers it servesRob Jetten, prime minister of the Netherlands, joined New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a New York City LGBTQ+ center.

SCOOP: We were invited to join NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Prime Minister Rob Jetten of the Netherlands as the two visited the LGBTQ+ Center in Manhattan today. www.advocate.com/news/zohran-...

advocate.comRepublican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith hides behind Capitol Police rather than answer a question about Nolan WellsA reporter for The Don Lemon Show says an officer touched him, and another blocked his path after he tried to question the Mississippi senator.

I spoke with Don Lemon and reporter Daniel Grimes about Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith pitting two Capitol Police officers against a journalist who just wanted her reaction to developments in the Nolan Wells case. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

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advocate.comFederal judge orders White House to explain why reporters remain barred after his ruling restoring accessCNN, MS NOW and Politico have asked for an emergency hearing after journalists from all three outlets were denied entry.

The judge is not having it. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comFederal judge orders White House to explain why reporters remain barred after his ruling restoring accessCNN, MS NOW and Politico have asked for an emergency hearing after journalists from all three outlets were denied entry.

The judge is not having it. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

19 Sept

As a member of the WHCA, I sincerely hope all of my colleagues who cover the White House will stand with MS NOW, CNN and Politico White House teams and commit to 1) advocating for their immediate credential restoration and 2) not attending any WH event in person until access is restored.

16 Sept

Officially on vacation.

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advocate.comEqualpride board member steps down following report of MAGA supportJay Katari resigned one day after queer and trans editors and editorial staff of The Advocate, Out, and Them publicly pressed management.

15 Sept

Breaking: After our editorial staff learned yesterday that a board member of our parent company, equalpride, has expressed support for Trump and the MAGA agenda, we demanded a meeting with our CEO. This is an update on what happened next. www.advocate.com/news/jay-kat...