Top Stories from Advocate.com for 11/25/2020

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Allegations of Sexual Abuse, Antigay Slurs Rile Upscale Restaurant]( [restaurant] A gay man and five other former employees of New Jersey's Mohawk House allege sexual harassment, use of antigay slurs, and more. [Read on »]( [Ross Mathews's Journey From Small-Town Boy to Being Out in the City]( [Ross Matthews] The RuPaul's Drag Race judge is creating new Thanksgiving traditions. But one thing that won't change is being a guiding light for LGBTQ+ folks. [Read on »]( [16 Cheerful and Sexy Illustrations by Jaime Hayde]( [Read on »]( [Ilona Verley: 'Drag Race's' Two-Spirit Queen Says 'F*ck Gender']( [Ilona verley interview] "Honestly, fuck gender. I just want to be myself...the labels can come at a later date." [Read on »]( [Trans Woman: 'I've Been Sexually Assaulted 14 Times in Georgia Prison']( [Ashley Diamond] Ashley Diamond won a historic settlement in 2016, but is still being assaulted and denied needed medical care, a new lawsuit says. [Read on »]( [Citing Maskless Scofflaws, WeHo Gay Bar The Abbey Closing Temporarily]( [abbey] “The people not following [health] guidelines are the reason I have to lay off my entire staff for the holidays,” owner Dave Cooley wrote on Facebook. [Read on »]( [Reporter Karl Schmid Has a Message to HIV Stigma: 'F*ck It']( [Karl Schmid and +Life Fitness Guru Raif Derrazi] The ABC reporter's platform +Life is taking on a new initiative, F+STIGMA, in advance of World AIDS Day. [Read on »]( [Lesbian Named Vermont's First Woman Senate President Pro Tempore]( [Becca Balint] Becca Balint will also be the first member of the LGBTQ+ community in the post. [Read on »]( [Lifetime's Gay Christmas Movie Starring Married Couple Gets a Trailer]( [The Christmas Set-Up ] Husbands Blake Lee and Ben Lewis star in the first LGBTQ+ holiday movie from the network. [Read on »]( [Jan Morris Remembered as Gifted Writer, Transgender Trailblazer]( [Jan Morris] Morris, who died Friday at age 94, wrote evocatively of world travels and her own gender journey. [Read on »]( [Happiest Season's Victor Garber on Always Being Out in Hollywood]( [Veteran actor Victor Garber talks about being out in Hollywood] The veteran out actor shines in every role, from Titanic to Alias to Milk. [Read on »]( [Heather Matarazzo & Shannon Purser on Playing Lesbian Icons in 'Equal']( [Shannon Purser & Heather Matarazzo as Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon] In a video interview with The Advocate, the out actors shared that they were honored to play activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon in the HBO Max series. [Read on »]( [Margaret Cho, Charlie Carver to Headline Outfest's Virtual Fundraiser]( [Outfest] The nonprofit, which supports LGBTQ+ filmmaking, will throw a holiday variety show, 'Twas the Night Before Give-mas. [Read on »]( [by PubExchange]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Email](mailto:newsletters@pridemedia.com) Copyright © 2020 Pride Media, 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](.