❌ Here's how a Florida GOP power couple became pariahs

Plus, the UN adopts historic intersex rights resolution Hi all, We hope you have been enjoying these early April days and that you've ordered your eclipse gear. Here's what we've been working on the last couple of days. 🌞 🐊 A sex scandal sunk the political career of a Florida Republican couple who seemed on their way to the top. Bridget and Christian Ziegler had both risen to powerful political positions when a rape allegation from a woman the two had previously been consensually intimate with led to their demise. [Read how they got so high to fall so far.]( 🌈 The [United Nations adopted a resolution]( supporting the rights of intersex people, the first time it has done so. The resolution, titled “Combating Discrimination, Violence and Harmful Practices Against Intersex Persons,” recognizes that intersex people exist in every society and that they “may face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination in all areas of life, such as access to education, health, employment, sports and social security, as well as restrictions on the exercise of legal capacity and in access to remedies and justice.” 🚙 [Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News]( to defend electric vehicles. In a very lol-moment, the transportation secretary said, "Sometimes when these debates happen, I feel like it's the early 2000s and I'm talking to people who think we can just have landline phones forever." ☎️ Onward and upward, Alex Cooper [United Nations adopts historic, first-ever resolution on rights of intersex people]( [The Fall of the House of Ziegler: Moms for Liberty, a threesome, and a failed political dynasty]( [Lara Trump awkwardly blames Biden’s support of trans people for high gas prices and Israel-Hamas war]( [Nonbinary job applicants using 'they/them' pronouns are less likely to get hired: report]( [Oklahoma voters recall white supremacist, reject supporters of Ryan Walters]( [Jynneos mpox vaccine now commercially available ahead of Pride Month]( ['Matrix 5' is in the works, and Lana Wachowski is back — but not as director]( [Pete Buttigieg explains to Fox News viewers how electric vehicle opposition is like cell phones and landlines]( Look, a hint! Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Tuesday, you'll get the question. Today, you'll get a hint. And Saturday, you'll get the answer. This week's question is: In what year was Transgender Day of Visibility — which falls on March 31 each year — first organized? This week's hint is: It began the same year former President Barack Obama became president. Reply to this email with the answer and you may get a shout-out in a future newsletter! What you should also be reading: - [This iconic hardcore band once helped a trans friend pay for her surgery]( (Pride) - [Sebastian Croft wants to star in a queer romcom & is crushing hard on this male celeb]( (Pride) - [14 queens who quit or retired from drag after 'RuPaul's Drag Race']( (Out) - [Neil Partick Harris & David Burtka just celebrated a milestone anniversary together]( (Out) Do you know someone who would like to receive The Advocate newsletter? Share it with them! [Click to email a link to your friends]( Keep up with the latest LGBTQ+ news -- from politics to entertainment to opinions from queer voices. The Advocate is part of [equalpride]( a proudly LGBTQ-owned and operated media company that serves as a leading voice on equality with LGBTQ, women and people of color. Follow us [X]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2024 equalpride. All rights reserved. PO Box 241579, Los Angeles, CA 90024 [Privacy policy]( [Terms of use](