Top Stories from Advocate.com for 12/02/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Announces Members of New State LGBTQ+ Commission]( [michigan governor gretchen whitmer][Michigan]( Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the members of a new commission designed to advise the governor and others on affairs directly impacting the LGBTQ+ community. [Read on »]( [LGBTQ+ Young People with Disabilities Have Higher Risk of Mental Health Struggles]( [LGBTQ Young People Disabilities Higher Risk Mental Health Problems]A recent [study]( released by [The Trevor Project]( sheds light on the mental [health]( struggles faced by [LGBTQ]( young people with disabilities. [Read on »]( [​Dr. Fauci Calls Out Homophobic Lawmakers: 'The Antigay Attitude of People Is as Bad' As He's Ever Seen]( [Dr Anthony Fauci Speaking]In Dr. [Anthony Fauci]( view, we have come a long way since the first World AIDS Day 35 years ago in terms of implementing awareness and treatment tools to fight HIV and AIDS that make it eminently possible for us to end the outbreak by 2030. [Read on »]( [Decriminalization of Gay Sex Boosts Global HIV Response: Report]( [gay men queer couple enjoying decriminalized same sex life in bed with less HIV in the world]A landmark [report]( “Progress and the Peril: HIV and Global Decriminalization of Same-Sex Sex,” by the United Nations Development Programme, the Global Network for People Living with HIV (GNP+), and the Georgetown University O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, has revealed a crucial link between the decriminalization of same-sex relationships and improved outcomes in [HIV]( prevention and treatment. [Read on »]( [How Sandra Day O'Connor Was a Friend to LGBTQ+ People on the Supreme Court]( [Sandra Day OConnor Obituary]Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the [U.S. Supreme Court]( has died. She was 93. [Read on »]( [A Note on World AIDS Day From Our CEO]( World AIDS Day serves as a reminder for unity, education, and advocacy in eradicating the stigma surrounding this global health crisis. At equalpride, we stand unwaveringly beside every individual and family affected by HIV/AIDS, offering our support, understanding, and a platform for their stories to be heard. [Read on »]( [null] [Read on »]( [George Santos, the Fabulist Lawmaker, Is Expelled from Congress]( [George Santos Press Conference Capitol Hill]In a momentous decision, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday morning to expel [Republican]( Rep. [George Santos]( of [New York]( marking a rare and significant event in congressional history. Since his election, Santos, embroiled in a series of controversies and caught in a seemingly endless web of lies, becomes the sixth member to be expelled from the House. [Read on »]( [Dissecting the Diabolical Documentary 'Mister Organ' with Filmmaker David Farrier]( One could be forgiven for assuming [Mister Organ]( the latest [documentary]( film by David Farrier, was an expertly scripted work of satirical fiction. The cast of characters is so impossibly eccentric it’s hard to believe they’re real. At the center of it all is an enigmatic man named Michael Organ, a diabolical character who is equal parts magnetic and repulsive. [Read on »]( [Speaker Mike Johnson Wrote Foreword to Homophobic, Pizzagate-Promoting Book]( [Mike Johnson]By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN [Read on »]( [Advocate Channel]( [Advocate Subscription]( [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](.