Top Stories from Advocate.com for 10/18/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Are Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris Dating?]( [Are Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris Dating?]Actor Sophia Bush and soccer star [Ashlyn Harris]( are reportedly [seeing each other](. [Read on »]( [Rep. Zoe Lofgren on an 'Insurrectionist' Being Second in Line to the Presidency]( [Zoe Lofgren and Jim Jordan]It’s Halloween season, the time of year for devil’s night, tricks, treats, Frankenstein costumes, and haunted houses. There are an estimated 1,200 haunted attractions each year in the United States, according to [AmericaHaunts.com]( [Read on »]( [Holocaust in New Orleans: Read The Advocate's Original Coverage From 1973]( Fifty years ago, [32 people died in what was once the deadliest attack]( on the [LGBTQ]( community in U.S. history. On the evening of June 24, 1973, an arsonist torched the entryway into the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans, setting off a catastrophic blaze that quickly ate up the stairway leading up to the bar before consuming the establishment itself. [Read on »]( [Transgender Montana Legislator Zooey Zephyr Unsilenced and Unyielding at Equality Convention]( [Zooey Zephyr][Montana]( State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, one of the state’s first two [transgender]( legislators, took center stage at the [Human Rights Campaign]( Equality Convention, held at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C., last Friday, a day ahead of the organization’s National Dinner. (Zephyr was also [recently named to the Out100 list]( by our sister publication, Out.) [Read on »]( [Anti-LGBTQ+ Vandals Wage War on Washington's Safe Spaces]( [Washington Wishing Tree Books Welcome LGBTQ Street Art Replace Fear Love]Homophobic vandals have attacked multiple LGBTQ+ targets in eastern [Washington]( this month, painting over a rainbow crosswalk, defacing an LGBTQ+ youth resource center with antigay slurs, destroying Halloween decorations, and ripping down a flag at the home of a local politician. [Read on »]( [Queer Instructor Harassed, Injured by Anti-LGBTQ+ Turning Point USA Crew in Disturbing Video]( [Arizona State University Campus Instructor David Boyles Protect Trans Kids Shirt]In a recent disturbing incident on the [Arizona]( State University campus, a [queer]( instructor, David Boyles, was approached and harassed by two associates from the right-wing organization Turning Point USA. [Read on »]( [President Joe Biden Interrupted by Israel-Hamas War Protester During LGBTQ+ Rights Speech]( [President Joe Biden Speaks Israel Hamas War]President [Joe Biden]( addressing attendees at the 2023 [Human Rights Campaign]( National Dinner in [Washington, D.C.]( on Saturday evening, was momentarily interrupted by an audience member’s shouts. [Read on »]( [Hate Crimes Against LGBTQ+ People Surge, FBI Reports]( [LGBTQ Hate Crime Mourners NYC Christopher Street Liberation Park]The FBI has found an alarming rise in hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community, according to its [annual crime report]( for 2022. [Read on »]( [India’s Top Court Rejects Marriage Equality in Landmark LGBTQ+ Ruling]( [India’s Top Court Rejects Marriage Equality in Landmark LGBTQ+ Ruling]By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui and Tanushree Pandey, CNN [Read on »]( [Wisconsin Advances Anti-Trans Bills Despite Governor's Promise to Veto]( [Wisconsin legislators Greta Neubauer and Robin Vos]Wisconsin legislators are advancing bills to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and restrict trans participation in school sports, even though Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has pledged to veto any such legislation. [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](.