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🏠 While GOP lawmakers across the country push a record number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills, in Tennessee, Kayla Gore is pushing back — not just through protest but with power tools, persistence, and vision. In a quiet stretch of Memphis, she’s creating something remarkable: a neighborhood of tiny homes designed to house Black transgender people and nonbinary individuals impacted by housing insecurity. Her nonprofit, My Sistah’s House, founded in 2016, is reimagining what safety and autonomy can look like in the South.

🏛️ On Monday, to mark Trans Day of Visibility, out U.S. Rep. Becca Balint unveiled the Transgender Health Care Access Act, a federal bill designed to expand access to lifesaving, evidence-based gender-affirming care across the country.

🪖 Nicolas Talbott has spent more than a decade preparing to be the best soldier he could be. He's now one of several trans military service members who are suing the Trump administration. His name is also on the lawsuit: Talbott v. Trump. He spoke to The Advocate about being in the military and why he decided to challenge the ban.

Onwards and upwards,

Alex Cooper

Editor-in-chief, The Advocate

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