Top Stories from Advocate.com for 03/04/2021

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Mississippi, South Dakota Send Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills to Governors]( [Athletes] The Mississippi bill would keep transgender girls out of girls' sports, while the South Dakota legislation is a so-called religious freedom measure that would enable discrimination. [Read on »]( [Facing Calls to Resign, Gov. Cuomo Removed From LGBTQ+ Gala]( [Cuomo] The New York governor, facing numerous scandals, was scrubbed from an event for the state's LGBT Bar Association. [Read on »]( [Court: Principal Was Right to Ban Fourth-Grader's Pro-Trans Essay]( [a judge with a paper colored like the transgender flag with a red circle with a line through it] The principal had said that it's "not age-appropriate to discuss transgenders, lesbians and drag queens outside of the home.” [Read on »]( [Montana Senate Approves Two Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills, Sends to House]( [Bryce Bennett] Sen. Bryce Bennett (pictured), who is gay, spoke against a religious refusals bill and legislation that would make it harder for trans Montanans to obtain an updated birth certificate. [Read on »]( [Matt Smith Gets Explicit in 'Mapplethorpe' Director's Cut Trailer]( [Mapplethorpe] The star of The Crown is behind the lens in the biopic of the gay photographer's life, now with new scenes. [Read on »]( [Dolly Parton Receives Moderna Shot, Sings 'Jolene' Spoof 'Vaccine']( [Dolly Parton] The gay icon helped fund the vaccine. Now she's encouraging her fans to get it too. [Read on »]( [Gay Blogger Andy Towle Exits Towleroad]( [Towle] The former editor in chief of Genre launched the website in 2003. [Read on »]( [by PubExchange]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Email](mailto:newsletters@pridemedia.com) Copyright © 2021 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](.