➡️With SNAP benefits cut off tomorrow due to the government shutdown, organizations like Virginia’s LGBT Life Center are gearing up to provide meals to already vulnerable communities.
Meanwhile, new research shows LGBTQ+ refugees may be disproportionately affected by President Trump’s policies.
He also spoke with Democrat Adelita Grijalva just before House Speaker Mike Johnson set a new record for House speakers refusing to take oaths, and independent reporter Erin Reid writes that Democratic strategists are urging the party to become more like Republicans on social issues.
On a lighter note, we checked in with a gay Senate staffer who trolled ICE by easily completing a physical fitness test that many recruits struggle with.
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Christine Linnell
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As SNAP funding dries up, LGBTQ+ community centers and nonprofits are feeding people when the government won’t.
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There are several ways LGBTQ+ refugees could be rejected under President Trump’s new immigration restrictions.
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In an interview with defender, Incoming U.S. Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva talks about Johnson’s non-swearing, LGBTQ+ rights and high medical costs
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OPINION: Party leadership’s new guideline, “Determined to Win,” encourages Democrats to be a little more like Republicans on “issues of identity and culture,” writes Erin Reed.
Provided by Josh Sorbet
“Democrats have energy, Democrats have passion, but we’re tired of what Republicans are trying to make.” [health and fitness] That’s clearly wrong,” Josh Sorbet told The Advocate.
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