Top Stories from Advocate.com for 10/07/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Providing Gender-Affirming Care to Youth Is Now a Felony After Judge Rules Law Can Go Into Effect]( [Judge with gavel]Oklahoma can enforce its law banning and criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans minors while a suit against it is heard, a federal court ruled Thursday. [Read on »]( [Tom of Finland ‘GlobalSexual’ Returns to America with the Next Generation of Queer and Erotic Art]( [Tom of Finland] [Read on »]( [New York to Introduce ‘X’ Gender Marker on Public Assistance Forms]( [X gender markers]In a recent court settlement, [New Yorkers]( have been granted the option to select an “X” gender marker when applying for public assistance programs such as food stamps and Medicaid, the Associated Press [reports](. [Read on »]( [Police ID 19-Year-Old Suspect in Murder of Gay Philadelphia Journalist Josh Kruger]( [Josh Kruger]Philadelphia police have identified a suspect in the killing of gay journalist Josh Kruger and have issued an arrest warrant for him, they announced Friday. [Read on »]( [No Charges Against Georgia Police in Death of Queer Environmental Activist Shot 57 Times]( [Protester and Manuel Esteban Paez Terán ]No charges will be brought against the Georgia state troopers who shot and killed [queer environmental activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán]( in January, even though Terán had at least 57 gunshot wounds, a prosecutor announced Friday. [Read on »]( [How to Fight Book Bans, According to the American Library Association's Queer President]( [Emily Drabinski]It’s easy to despair about the many moves to ban [books]( especially LGBTQ-themed ones, from school and public libraries across the country. But there’s another way to react: Take action, says Emily Drabinski, the queer woman who’s president of the American Library Association. [Read on »]( [White House Blasts Online Harassment of Federal Employee by Hate Group Libs of TikTok]( [Tyler Cherry and Libs of TikTok]The White House has condemned the online harassment against Tyler Cherry, a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior, orchestrated by Chaya Raichik through her Libs of TikTok account on social media platform X, formerly [Twitter](. [Read on »]( [Gay Couple Beaten by Homophobic Gang Armed With Nail-Spiked Piece of Wood]( [Callum Griggs who was attacked]A gay couple was [viciously beaten]( in broad daylight on a public street in [London]( by a homophobic gang wielding a wooden panel embedded with nails. [Read on »]( [Gay Wisconsin Principal Alleges Discrimination, Says His Boss Said He'd Indoctrinate Students]( [Raymond School and Jeffrey Peterson]A [Wisconsin]( school principal who was placed on leave by his district has filed a complaint alleging the district took action against him simply because he’s gay, in violation of state law. [Read on »]( [Conversion Therapy Remains Far Too Common, Study Finds]( [Patient and therapist]Conversion therapy, designed to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, has been condemned by major medical and mental health groups, but it remains far too prevalent, especially for transgender people, according to a new study. [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](.