I got married!

Also, happy LGBTQ+ History Month!

It’s been nearly a month since I got to marry my best friend. Between the legal day on the 13th and our party on the 16th, it was a lot of work but went really smoothly.

Some of my favorite photos

Hank and Dean did not want to leave the stage after bringing out our rings, which was an unscripted but adorable moment.

Our day was hiking / national park / outdoors themed, not only because we’re both passionate about the outdoors but because our first in-person date was a hiking weekend.

Maybe most importantly, I got my first extended family picture with my partner’s family.

It’s one of the best feelings to have so many people who care about me. (And, yes, I changed into shorts after the ceremony — testosterone + heat intolerance would’ve been pissed if I didn’t.)

I’ll bring back the more narrative setup in the next newsletter. I wanted to make sure to leave enough room for wedding stuff above. For now, here’s some news you can use:

Politics

• AOC Blasts GOP For Caring More About Their Anti-Trans Agenda Than Averting Government Shutdown

• Schools Report Bomb Threats Following Libs of Tiktok Anti-LGBTQ Posts

• At the GOP Debate, Candidates Promised a Federal Gender-Affirming Care Ban

• UK Health Secretary pledges to ban trans women from women’s hospital wards despite zero complaints

• Elizabeth Warren Just Backed an ‘Online Safety’ Bill That Will Harm LGBTQ Youth

• Progress Isn’t Guaranteed. We Need to Learn From Protests of the Past

• Workers Rights Won by Unions, From the 8-Hour Workday to Overtime Pay

• The Supreme Court Must Protect Domestic Violence Survivors By Overturning the Rahimi Decision

• The Supreme Court case that could gut the Americans with Disabilities Act

• What a Government Shutdown Means for Your Health Care

LGBTQ+

• 13 Queer Cinematic Cowboys, Ranked From Least to Most Cliché

• Laphonza Butler Will Be the First Out Black Lesbian to Serve in U.S. Congress

• Young People Are Gayer Than Ever, New Study Says

• Many LGBTQ people report having experienced conversion therapy, study finds

• 100 Easy Ways to Make the World Better for Trans People

Books

• 20 Queer and Feminist Banned Books (And How To Get Them to Kids Who Need Them)

• How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

• The Best Indigenous Cookbooks to Celebrate Native Ingredients

Health + Disability

• Parents of color can’t see if medical providers have a history of mistreatment. Why not?

• LGBT Discrimination in Healthcare

• How Discrimination Can Affect the Gut and Increase Obesity Risk

• Moderna’s plan to make a single vaccine for Covid, influenza, and RSV is on track

• The next frontier in biomedicine: AI models of the human immune system

• Health Equity Accreditation Aims to Provide Actionable Roadmap

• Weight loss drugs may be linked to stomach paralysis, other rare but severe issues, study says

• U.S. health officials propose using a cheap antibiotic as a ‘morning-after pill’ against STDs

• Police Blame Some Deaths on ‘Excited Delirium.’ ER Docs Consider Pulling the Plug on the Term.

• These Appalachia Hospitals Made Big Promises to Gain a Monopoly. They’re Failing to Deliver.

• Instacart will accept Medicare Advantage for grocery orders

• Passengers in Wheelchairs Can't Use Most Airplane Washrooms. That Could Change

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Take care of you, lovebug <3
Grayson