Top Stories from Advocate.com for 11/11/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Rue Landau Is First Out LGBTQ+ Person Elected to Philadelphia City Council]( [Rue Landau LGBTQ Philadelphia City Council]Philadelphia [made history]( Tuesday by electing its first out LGBTQ+ City Council member, lesbian Rue Landau. [Read on »]( [Homophobic Colorado Web Designer Returns to Trial Court After Supreme Court Win]( [Lorie Smith Antigay Colorado Web Designer]Lawyers for Lorie Smith, the web designer who doesn’t want to serve same-sex couples, were back in court this week as Colorado prepares to implement the [favorable ruling]( she received from the U.S. Supreme Court in June. [Read on »]( [42 Flaming Hot Photos From 2024's Australian Firefighters Calendar]( [Australian Firefighters Calendar 31st Year] [Read on »]( [Jill Stein, the Green Party Presidential Candidate, Is Running Again]( [Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein]Jill Stein, who announced Thursday that she’s again seeking [the Green Party’s nomination for president]( is a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and other progressive causes. But her entry into the race has aroused some worries that she will take votes away from President Joe Biden. [Read on »]( [Watch Jamie Lee Curtis Tell Homophobes and Transphobes to 'Back the F*ck Off']( [Jamie Lee Curtis Out100 Event] [Read on »]( [Transgender Man and Former Athlete Opens Up About What It Means to Be ‘A Real Man’]( [Trans Man Schuyler Bailar Stack Boxes Books He She They Talk About Gender Transgender Experience]Toxic masculinity embodies multiple guises, mostly selling itself as the ticket to fitting in. And, in my experience, I’ve observed something surprising: engaging in toxic masculinity is not about impressing or courting women but rather is about impressing and fitting in with other men. [Read on »]( [Republicans Try and Fail to Cut Karine Jean-Pierre's White House Salary to $1]( [Rep. Claudia Tenney and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre]Straight off of devastating losses in statewide elections on Tuesday, House [Republicans]( continue to attack Biden-Harris administration officials by attempting to cut their salaries as the country heads toward a government shutdown over Congress’s inability to agree on government funding. This time they are going after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's. [Read on »]( [After Pastor's Suicide, a Man Took to TikTok to Explain What It's Like to Be Outed]( [Ryan Adams Involuntarily Outed]In a conversation with The Advocate, a former Republican lobbyist from [Mississippi]( shared about how it was to be outed by his colleagues. [Read on »]( [Keke Palmer Accuses Ex Darius Jackson of Domestic Violence]( [Keke Palmer and Ex Darius Jackson]Actor [Keke Palmer]( has requested full custody of her and her ex Darius Jackson’s son Leodis and has alleged that Jackson recently attacked her and has abused her before. [Read on »]( [Two Men Arrested in Uganda After Peeping Tom Videotapes Rendezvous]( [Uganda President Yoweri Museveni]Two men allegedly caught having sex by a peeping tom last month are the latest victims of [Uganda’s]( draconian anti-LGBTQ+ laws, according to the [Uganda Monitor](. [Read on »]( [Florida House Clears Lawmaker of Sexually Harassing His Male Staffers]( [Fabian Basabe Florida House Sexual Harassment]A [Florida]( lawmaker accused of creating a sexualized work environment and sexually harassing two male staffers was cleared in a House investigation. That’s the second time this year the Florida House of Representatives found no merit to accusations against Florida Rep. [Fabian Basabe]( a Republican. [Read on »]( [Watch Florida Moms for Liberty Members Try to Report Librarians to the Police Over a YA Novel]( [Moms of Liberty Storm and Fury Call Cops Librarians]Members of the "parental rights" activist organization Moms for Liberty reported [Florida]( school librarians to law enforcement for allegedly distributing “pornography” to minors. The librarians were not. The "pornography" the Moms for Liberty activists were referring to was a young adult novel. [Read on »]( [Advocate Subscription]( [Advocate Channel]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Email](mailto:newsletters@pridemedia.com) Copyright © 2023 equalpride, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: newsletters@pridemedia.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.