Top Stories from Advocate.com for 10/14/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Jim Jordan, a Far-Right MAGA Republican, Wins Nomination for Speaker of House]( [Congressman Jim Jordan speaks reporters during House Republicans caucus Electing New House Speaker Capitol Hill]U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, a far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ Republican, was nominated to be the next speaker of the House on Friday. [Read on »]( [Murdered Gay Philly Journalist and Suspect Had Relationship, Shared Drugs, Family Says]( [Josh Kruger]The family of Robert Davis, accused of killing Philadelphia gay journalist Josh Kruger, is saying the two were in a sexual relationship that began when Davis was 15 and that they used drugs together. [Read on »]( [College Athlete Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Matt Gaetz Over LGBTQ+ Rights]( [Matt Gaetz United States Representative Florida Allan Poller College Student Athlete]A college student in New Hampshire on Thursday pleaded guilty in a federal court to threatening to kill Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz in a voicemail earlier this year. [Read on »]( [Ron DeSantis's Anti-LGBTQ+ Crusade Fails Again as Florida Can't Enforce Drag Ban]( [Ron DeSantis Hamburger Marys Fort Lauderdale Drag Brunch]A federal appeals court said an anti-drag law signed by Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis this year can’t be enforced. [Read on »]( [Black Transgender Woman Chyna Long Shot and Killed in Milwaukee]( [Milwaukee Chyna JaQuez Long vigil murdered transgender woman]Chyna Long, a Black transgender woman, was found shot to death on a street in [Milwaukee]( on Sunday. [Read on »]( [Latinx LGBTQ+ Youth Have High Suicide Risk, Other Challenges: Trevor Project]( [Sad teenager on bridge]Latinx LGBTQ+ young people face mental health challenges at a higher rate than both their straight cisgender Latinx peers and non-Latinx LGBTQ+ youth, according to a [new study from the Trevor Project.]( [Read on »]( [Rod Stewart Refuses to Perform in Saudi Arabia Over Country's Poor LGBTQ+ Rights Record]( [Rod Stewart Concert No Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman]Rod Stewart, the iconic British rocker, has made headlines after he publicly declined an offer to perform in Saudi Arabia, a decision aimed at highlighting what he characterized as the “injustices” prevailing in the country when it comes to queer rights. [Read on »]( [Washington Improves Conditions for Transgender Inmates in State Prisons]( [Prisoner behind bars]The [Washington]( State Department of Corrections has initiated steps to refine the treatment of [transgender]( inmates across its facilities. [Read on »]( [Drag Ban Won't Go on Ohio City's Ballot, State Supreme Court Rules]( [Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose Drag Queen in LGBTQ Parade]Voters in Bellefontaine, Ohio, won’t be considering a drag ban when they cast their ballots in the November 7 election. [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](.