Top Stories from Advocate.com for 11/04/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Ramin Setoodeh is Creating Space for LGBTQ+ People in Media]( Ramin Setoodeh oversees a newsroom that is on the pulse of the entire entertainment world and that has covered everything from awards shows to business deals to scandals to the recent writers’ and actors’ strikes. Since early last year, the co-editor in chief of the trusted and renowned trade publication Variety, which has been around 118 years, has shared the reins with fellow co-editor in chief Cynthia Littleton in overseeing editorial operations across all Variety platforms. [Read on »]( [Here's the Shocking List of the 10 Least Friendly Cities for LGBTQ+ Folks]( [Shocking List of the 10 Least Friendly Cities for LGBTQ+ Folks] [Read on »]( [How Dating Apps ‘Ruined Dating’ for Some]( [Dating apps]By Leah Asmelash, CNN [Read on »]( [Pete Buttigieg Slams Speaker Mike Johnson's Homophobic Views]( [Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and host Stephen Colbert]U.S. Secretary of Transportation [Pete Buttigieg’s]( got candid during a recent visit to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert about Speaker Mike Johnson, the relatively unknown Republican Louisiana lawmaker who was elected speaker after California Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted. He later doubled down on highlighting Johnson’s extreme views during an appearance on CNN Friday. [Read on »]( [Remembering the Height of AIDS Through a Young Person's Eyes in New Art Exhibit]( [Photo Gallery Julien Tomasello STRUT San Francisco AIDS Foundation] [Read on »]( [Oregon Man Sentenced for Terror Spree Targeting LGBTQ+ People in Idaho]( [Matthew Alan Lehigh]An [Oregon]( man who went on a “week-long crime spree” against the LGBTQ+ community in Boise, [Idaho]( was sentenced to over four years in prison by a federal judge on Thursday, according to a DOJ [press release](. [Read on »]( [Discover the 30 Most LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities in the U.S.]( [Photo Gallery Campus Pride 2023 Best LGBTQ Friendly Colleges Universities List] [Read on »]( [How Queer Was the Roman Empire? Very.]( [Roman soldier model]Almost every day since Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, some evidence of his virulently anti-LGBTQ+ views has emerged. Among the latest is that he promoted the familiar trope that the [fall of the Roman Empire was caused by homosexuality.]( [Read on »]( [Experts Weigh in on the Realities of Gender-Affirming Care and the Dangers of Disinformation]( [Admiral Dr Rachel Levine US Assistant Secretary Health Jesse Ehrenfeld President American Medical Association]In the wake of numerous discussions, panels, and speeches at [PFLAG’s]( National Convention in Arlington, VA. last month, a notable conversation took place to illuminate the shadows cast by disinformation on trans healthcare. [Read on »]( [Danica Roem Is Letting Her Record Speak for Itself as She Runs for Virginia Senate]( [Danica Roem]As [Danica Roem]( runs for Virginia’s Senate, she’s proud of the record she’s accrued over three terms in the state’s House of Delegates. But she’s finding her opponent is less interested in her record than in stoking transphobia against her, she says. [Read on »]( [Speaker Mike Johnson Once Tried to Stop a Queer Woman From Adopting Her Wife's Child]( [Newly Elected House Speaker Mike Johnson]House Speaker [Mike Johnson]( conservative legal background before his congressional tenure is under scrutiny, along with positions he’s taken on critical issues before being under the spotlight. This includes the time he tried to stop a woman from adopting her wife's son. [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](.