Top Stories from Advocate.com for 11/07/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Kentucky Families Ask Supreme Court to Review Gender-Affirming Care Ban]( [Supreme Court building]Lawyers for [Kentucky]( families with transgender children have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that allowed the state to enforce its law against gender-affirming care for trans youth. [Read on »]( [Here Are the LGBTQ+ Races to Watch on Election Day 2023]( [LGBTQ Candidates Fabian Nelson Rue Landau Luanne Peterpaul Election Coverage]Tuesday's [election]( races offer a variety chances for LGBTQ+ advancement. [Read on »]( [MAGA Republicans Continue to Abuse Funding Bills to Push an Anti-LGBTQ+ Agenda]( [Mike Quigley]In all my years as a member of the Appropriations Committee, never before have I witnessed such blatant attacks on the LGBTQI+ community. Over the past year, I’ve sat through bill markups where my colleagues across the aisle have demonized these individuals simply for who they love or how they identify. MAGA Republicans have put [dangerous policy riders in our funding bills]( – using LGBTQI+ individuals as pawns in their political games. It’s unsettling at best, dangerous at worst. This week, the House is voting on bills containing these poison pills. [Read on »]( [No, Speaker Mike Johnson Is Not Nice]( On the day that newly installed U.S. House Speaker [Mike Johnson]( — a Republican serving [Louisiana]( — was voted in by the Republican House majority, I was in the middle of a road trip from North Carolina to Florida. I was in a unique position to listen to all the major news networks reporting on the nearly unknown representative from a state that's foundering. [Read on »]( [Nearly All LGBTQ+ Youth Exposed to Online Bullying: HRC Report]( [LGBTQ youth digital hate bullying online]The internet remains a place LGBTQ+ youth seek refuge to understand their identity, but research from the[Human Rights Campaign Foundation]( increasingly shows queer kids at risk of vicious cyberbullying. [Read on »]( [Gay Rep. Mark Pocan on Anti-LGBTQ+ House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Leadership]( [New House Speaker Mike Johnson Gay Equality Caucus Chair Mark Pocan]Out Congressional Equality Caucus chair Rep. Mark Pocan of [Wisconsin]( has voiced concerns with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Republican from [Louisiana]( and his record of anti-LGBTQ+ stances and comments. [Read on »]( [Organizing in a Time of Anxiety: Taking Inspiration From the Gay Men’s Health Crisis]( [Deepak Bhargava Stephanie Luce Authors Practical Radicals New Press]We often feel duty-bound to tackle everything from a worsening climate catastrophe to systemic racism, economic inequality, global humanitarian crises, public health emergencies, rampant corporate greed and the potential threat of authoritarianism, just to name a few. It can be not only daunting, but also downright exhausting to face the challenges inherent in fighting for a more just and peaceful world. [Read on »]( [What Virginia's State Elections Could Mean for LGBTQ+ People]( [Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Speaking Delegate Danica Roem meeting constituents]Originally published by [The 19th](. [Read on »]( [The Cost of Inaction on PEPFAR, the AIDS Relief Program That's Saved Millions]( Last month, Congress failed to meet the five-year reauthorization deadline for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([PEPFAR]( jeopardizing millions of lives and stalling two decades of progress toward global health equity. Since bipartisan legislation signed by President George W. Bush launched PEPFAR 20 years ago, the program has saved 25 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections by expanding access to [HIV/AIDS]( prevention, treatment, and care. It has also been a diplomatic victory, resulting in significant goodwill toward the U.S. Despite this unprecedented success, the future of PEPFAR is endangered by Congress’ inaction. [Read on »]( [Mike Johnson Once Bragged That He and His Son Monitor Each Other's Porn Watching]( [Newly Elected House Speaker Mike Johnson oldest son Jack]In a recently resurfaced clip from last year, U.S. House Speaker [Mike Johnson]( a Republican from Louisiana, admitted that he and his son use technology to track each other's porn habits. [Read on »]( [As Transgender ‘Refugees’ Flock to New Mexico, Waitlists Grow]( [Anne Withrow]ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her sister lived and where, Machado had heard, residents were friendlier to their transgender neighbors and gender-affirming health care was easier to get. [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. 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