Sheryl Lee Ralph Honored As ‘Advocate Of The Year’ + More News

Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Broadway/TV star Sheryl Lee Ralph received The Advocate of the Year award at the Out100 event Wednesday night where she spoke of being inspired by the LGBTQ+ community and shared wisdom about what advocacy means to her. • LGBTQ Nation: In an interview earlier this year, Donald Trump’s Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth said gays ruined the military with the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” marking the beginning of the end of the military’s “tough looking, go get ’em” culture. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out the latest in LGBTQ publications this week including out actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson covering the current issue of MetroSource Magazine. • Washington Blade: The Montana Supreme Court has ruled a 2023 state law that bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender youth is unconstitutional. The ruling will allow Montana families to continue accessing medical treatments for transgender minors with gender dysphoria. • BBC: LGBT veterans in the UK who were dismissed from the armed forces for being gay will be eligible to receive up to £70,000 in compensation and will be able to apply to have their rank restored and discharge reason amended. • TIME: Donald Trump says he plans to pardon “a vast majority” of January 6 rioters saying they should not be in jail and they’ve “suffered greatly.” • OUT Magazine: 15 years after retiring from the CFL, Maven Maurer finally got the opportunity to be her true self on a football field. The longtime Canadian fullback (who came out as trans in 2023) was one of several players in attendance when the B.C. Lions inducted their 2000 Grey Cup championship team into the Wall of Fame earlier this year. •