Some news stories for you as we get over Hump Day:
• The Advocate: Newly released data reveals that a record-breaking amount of ED meds were prescribed to cisgender active duty troops in 2025 — while banning gender-affirming care.
• New Music: The new EP from leetham, KINK, sits at the intersection of emo-tinged alt-rock and gritty, bubblegum coded club music. Raw, honest, and unapologetic, the 4-track collection pays homage to the queer community with one sexually charged track at a time. You definitely hear some Charli XCX and Fall Out Boy flavors in there. Hit play and take a listen.
• Pink News: In a Pride Month interview, a gay Trump supporter realizes in real time he doesn’t know WTF Trump is doing to the LGBTQ+ community.
• LGBTQ Nation: The gay Filipino man photographed on July 4 surrounded by masked members of Patriot Front on the DC Metro is speaking out about the terrifying incident.
Roswell Encina, a gay Filipino American civic leader, said the Fourth of July encounter with Patriot Front was frightening and impossible to separate from American history. https://t.co/qWSqjFb2xM
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) July 6, 2026
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A Georgia school district has to pay a former teacher of the year finalist after she was fired for making a social media post about conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year after he was assassinated.
The Oglethorpe County School District paid nearly $300,000 to settle a lawsuit with a former Georgia teacher of the year finalist stemming from a social media post about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
High school English teacher Michelle Mickens was one of… pic.twitter.com/I8Dw5JGGWt
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) July 6, 2026
• HuffPost: Here’s who could replace Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race after recent sexual assault allegations derailed his candidacy.
• CNBC: Attorneys for Donald Trump have made a last minute filing asking a federal judge not to release nearly $5.8 million to E. Jean Carroll to satisfy a May 2023 civil verdict holding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer. The Supreme Court has already declined to hear an appeal on the verdict. Time to pay up, Donald.
Trump opposes Carroll getting $5M damages verdict, cites last-ditch Supreme Court bid https://t.co/NZ2ELTfwQe
— CNBC (@CNBC) July 8, 2026
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