Top Stories from Advocate.com for 09/14/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Welcome to the 'Fluidity Renaissance']( Dear fellow humans, welcome to the “fluidity renaissance!” Never in recorded human history have so many young Americans and, dare I say, humans on Earth, identified as LGBTQ+ or sexually fluid. This sea change will alter everything and rock human history. Just like other societal and cultural revolutions, this current period of sexual freedom, expression, and authenticity will usher in a new age. [Read on »]( [Texas Anti-Drag Law Blocked Again by Judge]( [Judge and drag queens]A federal judge has extended his temporary restraining order preventing enforcement of Texas’s law restricting drag performances. [Read on »]( [Gay Husbands Recreate Decadence Photo 23 Years Later, Proving Queer Love Can Endure]( [Jim McKenrick and Rick Sanchez] Twenty-three years ago, two men -- one out and one not -- met at a spot they revisited this year as husbands, where they snapped another photo to celebrate their love. [Read on »]( [Alabama Families Continue to Appeal to Block Transgender Care Ban]( [Protester and Alabama state capitol]The Alabama families challenging the state law that criminalizes gender-affirming care for trans minors have asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to review a ruling by a three-judge panel of the court. [Read on »]( [About Tim Scott’s Dating Life: The GOP’s Obsession Over His Sexual Orientation]( [Sen. Tim Scott]As [Republican]( candidates look for their party’s 2024 presidential nomination, attention gets paid to many elements of a candidate’s life. [South Carolina]( U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is now experiencing some scrutiny as questions around his relationship status have begun swirling in [GOP]( circles. [Read on »]( [Mitt Romney Won't Seek Reelection to Senate in 2024]( [Mitt Romney]U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, who has emerged as one of the more reasonable Republicans in Congress, has announced he won’t seek reelection in 2024. [Read on »]( [George W. Bush Calls Out Republicans Trying to End HIV Program PEPFAR]( Republican former President George W. Bush has made his case to preserve the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, after GOP lawmakers have attempted to cut the program because they say it promotes a leftist agenda. [Read on »]( [GOP Sen. John Kennedy Reads Queer Sex Excerpts at Cringe-Worthy Senate Hearing]( [Sen. John Kennedy and All Boys Aren’t Blue]A [Republican]( U.S. Senator who represents [Louisiana]( went viral Tuesday after he read several lines from two books that right-wing activists have targeted during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Republicans around the nation have claimed they are inappropriate for young people and demand they be taken out of schools and public libraries. [Read on »]( [Kim Davis Might Have to Pay Damages to Gay Couples in Marriage License Case]( [Jury to Decide Kim Davis Damages in Marriage License Case]A federal jury is deliberating whether Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who served five days in jail for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, should pay damages to two of those couples. [Read on »]( [Watch George Santos Give Bizarre CNN Interview About Impeachment, Lies]( [Erin Burnett and George Santos]In a bizarre interview on CNN Tuesday evening, gay [New York]( [Republican]( Rep. [George Santos]( to do what he has become known for, as he insisted to Erin Burnett that he wasn’t deflecting her questions as he continually deflected them while accusing the television network of being soft on [Democrats](. [Read on »]( [Poker's Not Just a Straight Pastime, Says Gay Cardsharp Butch Cordora]( [Butch Cordora]For Butch Cordora, success has always been in the cards. [Read on »]( [Judge Won't Block Florida's Restrictions on Care for Trans Adults]( [Trans rights supporters in Jacksonville]A federal judge has declined to block enforcement of a Florida law that restricts gender-affirming care for transgender adults, even though the same judge has blocked the ban on gender-transition procedures for trans youth. [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](.