Top Stories from Advocate.com for 09/22/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [15 Hunky Black and White Folsom Street Fair Photos by Chantis]( [Photo Gallery Folsom Street Fair 2022 Images by Chantis] [Read on »]( [Kevin McCarthy: The Idiot of the House]( [Kevin McCarthy]I’ve never been the type of person who would push his grandmother to the ground to get what he wanted. I had confidence in my talents, quality of work, and integrity, and if that didn’t get me to the C-level, then that was fine by me. [Read on »]( [Pro-Equality Lawmakers Demand Removal of Anti-LGBTQ+ Sections From Defense Bill]( [Pramila Jayapal, Mark Pocan, and Sara Jacobs]As U.S. House and Senate negotiators seek to reconcile conflicting versions of the National Defense Authorization Act, LGBTQ+ Congress members and allies are calling for the removal of anti-LGBTQ+ provisions in the House version. [Read on »]( [Democratic Lawmakers Reintroduce Landmark LGBTQ+ Military Equality Bill]( [Mark Takano and The Pentagon]On the 12th anniversary of the landmark repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” a policy that banned LGBTQ+ individuals from serving openly in the military, lawmakers took a significant step towards addressing historic discrimination. [Read on »]( [Americans Divided on Use of Chosen Pronouns in Schools, Survey Finds]( [Students]Americans are pretty divided when it comes to students using chosen names and pronouns in school, according to a new survey released earlier this week. [Read on »]( [Transgender American Suspended by Ukrainian Military After Controversial Video]( [Sarah Ashton-Cirillo]Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, the transgender American working as spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military, has been suspended over comments she made in a video, seen as threatening violence against Russians, that led to a complaint from Republican U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio. [Read on »]( [Virginia Library Temporarily Avoids Closing Over LGBTQ+ Books Controversy]( [Samuels Public Library in Front Royal, Va.]A library in [Virginia]( will remain open temporarily as the community it serves continues to grapple with a right-wing push to remove LGBTQ+ [books]( from its circulation. [Read on »]( [‘Paw Patrol’ Spinoff Gets Nonbinary Character and the Right Freaks Out]( [Paw Patrol and Robby Starbuck]A recent episode of the children’s animated series Rubble & Crew, a Paw Patrol spinoff, has been greeted with both applause for breaking new ground in representation as well as severe criticism from some conservative quarters, shining a spotlight on the persisting divisiveness surrounding LGBTQ+ representation in media. [Read on »]( [Virginia Beach Students Push Back Against Glenn Youngkin's Anti-Trans Policies]( [Glenn Youngkin and First Colonial High School]Students in Virginia Beach, Va., are fighting back against Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s anti-transgender “model policies” for public schools. [Read on »]( [Pete Buttigieg Explains the Difference Between Climate Change and Seasons to Republican Lawmaker]( [Pete Buttigieg, Leaf, California Rep. Doug LaMalfa]In a surreal turn of events during a Congressional hearing, U.S. Transportation Secretary [Pete Buttigieg]( found himself explaining basic climate science to California Rep. Doug LaMalfa after the Republican congressman conflated the season of autumn with the global issue of climate change on Wednesday. [Read on »]( [He Needs Gender-Affirming Surgery, but His State Is Fighting to Deny Coverage]( By Aliyya Swaby [Read on »]( [Rupert Murdoch to Step Down from Fox and News Corp Boards in November]( [Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch]Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, 92, is preparing to step down as chairman of the board for both Fox Corp. and News Corp., with the transition set to become official in November. [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](.