Top Stories from Advocate.com for 09/15/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Stephen Miller Really Hates Gay Pop-Tarts]( It was recently announced that J.M. Smuckers [agreed to buy Hostess for $5.6 billion]( which joins together two treat makers. However, Hostess might be warned that a there is a tasty treat villain ready to steal away all the fun. Let me explain. [Read on »]( [Transgender Woman Wins $125,000 After Settling Discrimination Suit with American Samoa]( [Documents and the seal of American Samoa]A U.S. Justice Department lawsuit against the American Samoa Government (ASG) over allegations that the ASG unfairly treated a former employee because she was transgender has been settled. [Read on »]( [Gay Adult Store Vandalized for a 5th Time Since March]( Police in the U.K. are asking for the public’s help in identifying the owner of a motorcycle seen on video taking part in an attack on a gay shop on Sunday. They believe it is the same motorcycle used in a nearly identical attack last May against Clonezone, a gay adult book and novelty store in Manchester. The store has been attacked five times in total since March, and police believe the attacks are related. [Read on »]( [Suspect Arrested in Vandalism at Two Orlando LGBTQ+ Centers]( [Graffiti and suspect Matthew Michael Robinson]Police have arrested a suspect in connection with vandalism at two LGBTQ+ community centers in Orlando last month. [Read on »]( [George Michael Wanted to Make ‘Hardcore Porn’ Version of 1998 Music Video]( [A restroom and George Michael]The late [George Michael]( wanted to shoot a “hardcore porn” version of a [music]( video he filmed after being arrested for engaging in a “lewd act” with an undercover Beverly Hills cop in April of 1998. [Read on »]( [Anderson Cooper: Fatherhood Provides 'Best Time of My Life']( [Anderson Cooper with his sons] [Read on »]( [George Santos's Ex-Communications Director Starts Apology Tour]( [George Santos being followed by press.]Gay Republican U.S. Rep. [George Santos]( former communications director has started her apology and rehabilitation tour by writing an opinion piece that reads like a long cover letter for a job application. [Read on »]( [Kim Davis Must Pay $100K to One Gay Couple, Doesn't Have to Pay Another]( A gay Kentucky couple denied a marriage license by former county clerk Kim Davis in 2015 was awarded $100,000 by a federal jury on Wednesday. David Ermold and David Moore were awarded $50,000 each following a three-day trial. However, James Yates and Will Smith, a gay couple similarly denied a marriage license by Davis, were awarded nothing by a separate jury hearing the case. [Read on »]( [Transgender Jan. 6 Rioter Is Now in a Women's Prison. Did Far-Right Republicans Help?]( [Matt Gaetz, Jessica Watkins, and Marjorie Taylor Greene]Jessica Watkins, a transgender woman convicted for her role in the U.S. Capitol insurrection, has been transferred to a women's prison after being held temporarily in a men's jail. [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](.