Some news items you might have missed: • LGBTQ Nation: A Hungarian immigrant is charged with the murders of two elderly gay men in Miami. He could be the first person to receive a mandatory death penalty sentence under a new Florida law. • New Music: Out Grammy Award winning pop star Chappell Roan drops her twangy, country-inspired single “The Giver.” • NBC News: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has directed state agencies to change back any sex marker updates on driver’s licenses and state-issued IDs in yet another escalation in the state’s nearly decade-long effort to restrict the rights of trans people. • New York Times: Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday calling for the dismantling of the federal agency that oversees Voice of America, which has transmitted the news for more than 80 years into more than 100 countries where reliable sources of information were often hard to come by.
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded media outlets around the world.
[image or embed] — The New York Times (@nytimes.com) March 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
• The Advocate: The Department of Veterans Affairs has rescinded Directive 1341, a policy that for years ensured transgender, nonbinary, and intersex veterans received respectful, clinically appropriate health care. • Broadway.com: “Broadway in Memoriam” will pay tribute to the memory of artists, creators and industry professionals who have made a lasting impact on the Broadway stage four times a year. 
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