New Gay Bars in the Community, Executive Orders Affecting Passport Gender Markers, and More!

We’ve got pigeons, grand-studs, and faggacinnis on the brain today — to no one’s surprise.

Hell, y’all, we know the Trump administration continues to come out with awful news; things are scary and uncertain but our community and allies continue to show up for us. We’re opening up small town gay bars, religious leaders are coming out of the woodwork to speak up, and we will always exist no matter how hard they try to erase us.

Hug a pigeon today.

♥︎ TiG Team

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In an effort to hold on to a shred of positivity, I've been trying to think about, while of course, Trump lights a fire under the asses of the worst people you've ever met in your life. And it feels like, God, like people are coming out of the woodwork to attack us and hate on us. And of course, that's our experience and that is true. But the shred of positivity that I'm clinging to is that there are also people coming out of the woodwork to support us that I never would have expected.

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Episode Research:

■ Atlantic City was missing a full-service gay bar for over 20 years. ByrdCage changes that

• Courier Post: Atlantic City was missing a full-service gay bar for over 20 years. ByrdCage changes that.

• PhillyVoice: Atlantic City's first full-service LGBTQ+ bar and restaurant in two decades to open next month

• ByrdCage: Website

• Instagram: @byrdcageac

• ABC 7: Our America: Who I'm Meant to Be 2022 – Watch Judah-Abijah Dorrington’s Episode

■ Amy's Place to open in 2025

• Smile Politely: Amy’s Place to open in 2025

■ What Trump’s executive order on gender means for passports with an X

• Washington Post: What Trump’s executive order on gender means for passports with an X

• CNN: State Department suspends processing passport applications with ‘X’ gender marker

• NBC News: State Department to suspend passport applications seeking sex-marker changes

■ In ‘watershed moment,’ Catholic Cardinal apologizes for church treatment of LGBTQ people

• Washington Blade: In ‘watershed moment,’ Catholic Cardinal apologizes for church treatment of LGBTQ people

• Outreach: Cardinal Wilton Gregory: I apologize to LGBTQ Catholics

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