Alex Cooper

United States

Editor at The Advocate Magazine

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04/14/25

1 week ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

Hi y'all,Happy Monday! Here are some highlights from The Advocate:⭐ Democratic state Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons of Texas schooled a Republican colleague who apparently didn't know intersex people existed. In a video shared on social media, Simmons calls out the GOP for attacking LGBTQ+ rights in a budget bill. Watch the exchange here. 💔 Hungary's parliament passed a law banning LGBTQ+ events in public and allowing authorities to use facial recognition to identify those who participate.
04/13/25

1 week ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

đ Look, the answer!Â đ Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. This week's question: What was the first Broadway musical to center a lesbian protagonist? This week's answer: The musical is Fun Home, the smash-hit Broadway musical based on out author Alison Bechdel's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. It debuted on Broadway in April 2015. đ Congrats to Dana, Louie, and Kerry for getting it right!
04/09/25

2 weeks ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

đ Look, a hint!Â đ Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Today, you'll get the question. Wednesday, you'll get a hint. And Friday, you'll get the answer. This week's question: What was the first Broadway musical to center a lesbian protagonist? This week's hint is: The musical premiered 10 years ago, in 2015. â¨ Email us the correct answer, and you might get a shoutout in a future newsletter.
04/07/25

2 weeks ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

Hi there,đ Over the weekend, Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville appeared on Fox News and made outrageous anti-trans claims that male sports teams were deciding to transition to compete in women's athletics. Y'all, that's not happening. đď¸ Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer's White House visit and the firings that came after should be a concern for people in the U.S., says the CEO of Out in National Security.
04/04/25

2 weeks ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

đ Look, the answer!Â đ Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Monday, you'll get the question. Today, you'll get a hint. And Friday, you'll get the answer. This week's question: Trans icons Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson led which activist group? This week's answer: The two Stonewall activists founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) in 1970. â¨ Congrats to Kerry for getting it right!
04/02/25

3 weeks ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

đ Look, a hint!Â đ Each week, The Advocatenewsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Monday, you'll get the question. Today, you'll get a hint. And Friday, you'll get the answer. This week's question: Trans icons Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson led which activist group? This week's hint: The group was founded a year after the Stonewall riots. â¨ Email us the correct answer, and you may get a shoutout in a future newsletter.
03/31/25

3 weeks ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

Hey there,🏠 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.
3/30/25

3 weeks ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

Hi all,đ A restaurant on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is getting pushback for advertising a couplesâ night limited to âthe real kind of couple,â those who âcan produce a child.â I'm not kidding... đŁ Queer and allied lawmakers are demanding answers to Trump's ban on the VA providing gender-affirming care to veterans. Sixty-nine members of Congress, led by gay Rep.
WHCD Amber Ruffin

3 weeks ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

🚨 The White House Correspondents’ Association fired queer comedian and Emmy-nominated writer Amber Ruffin, scrapping the traditional comedy portion of its annual dinner, marking a striking departure from a decades-long practice of balancing press freedom with political satire. The decision comes amid heightened tensions between the Trump White House and the media, and after a Trump official criticized Ruffin. Read the story below. ⬇️Bryan Bedder/Variety via Getty Images
03/24/35

1 month ago | advocate.com | Alex Cooper

Hi all,Apologies for the delay on this one!đ Over the weekend, Donald Trump again tried to bully Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills. At a National Governors Association meeting at the White House last month, Trump called out Mills for the state's trans-inclusive sports policy in school sports. Here's everything you need to know about what has been going down. âď¸ After years of withering policy losses hurting LGBTQ+ Floridians, have political winds shifted in the Sunshine State?

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3 Nov 24

RT @MerriamWebster: ‘Daylight saving time’ is also sometimes called ‘daylight saving,’ ‘daylight savings,’ ‘daylight savings time,’ or ‘day…

Alex Cooper @wgacooper

22 Oct 24

🌈 @TheAdvocateMag launched our first reader-revenue program today to allow readers to invest in The Advocate’s work directly. We’ve brought you #queernews since 1967, and we’re not stopping now. Please consider contributing: https://t.co/Dha3jN1irT

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11 Sep 24

RT @glaad: It's been 23 years since September 11, 2001. ❤️‍🩹 Shortly after, @TheAdvocateMag ran this cover story honoring the victims. Re…