Top Stories from Advocate.com for 03/07/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Fury, Condemnation as House Debate Begins on Anti-Trans Sports Bill]( [Lois Frankel, Fatima Goss-Graves, and Mark Pocan]The Congressional Equality Caucus and others are condemning an anti-transgender sports bill that the House Committee on Education and the Workforce will consider Wednesday. [Read on »]( [Florida’s Gen Z Congressman Says DeSantis Is Engaged in ‘Fascism’]( [Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost and Gov. Ron DeSantis]With all the grievance-based legislating that has gone on in Gov. Ron DeSantis’s [Florida]( one [Democratic]( rising star who represents parts of the state in Congress has had enough, and he’s calling the Republican’s activities out as “fascism.” [Read on »]( [World’s First Out Transgender Member of Parliament Dies at 65]( [Georgina Beyer, the first out transgender woman elected to government worldwide in New Zealand in 1999][New Zealander]( Georgina Beyer, a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community as the world’s first out [transgender]( member of parliament, has died after a long battle with kidney disease. She was 65. [Read on »]( [Man Arrested in Death of Milwaukee Trans Woman Cashay Henderson]( [Cashay Henderson]Milwaukee police have arrested a suspect in the killing of Black transgender woman Cashay Henderson, whose body was found in her burning apartment building February 26. She had been shot to death before the fire was set. [Read on »]( [A Safe Place for Queers in a Metaverse Full of Mysteries]( [Qtopia logo with Zeke Thomas]I’ve been lucky to be able to work with some enterprising professionals who are creating new worlds in the metaverse. When I teach my college digital courses, I tell my students that Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok won’t be trendy forever, and that something will come along and make them yesterday’s news. And most people are betting on the metaverse. [Read on »]( [Texas GOP Censures Congressman Over Supporting Marriage Equality]( [U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales]The Texas Republican Party has censured U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales over his [support for marriage equality and gun control.]( [Read on »]( [19 of George Santos's Many, Many, Many Lies and Scandals]( [George Santos in the middle with a donations jar and diploma on either side]Having recently beensworn in as a [New York]( Republican congressman in January, Rep. [George Santos]( has found himself in the spotlight for the wrong reasons (or maybe the right ones). Many recent revelations about him imply that anyone could technically be elected to any position without telling the truth. [Read on »]( [Gay Bar Deaths in New York City Ruled as Homicides]( [Judge]The deaths of two gay men in New York City were homicides, according to the city's medical examiner. [Read on »]( [Pete Buttigieg Opens Up About the Ohio Train Disaster]( [Pete Buttigieg]By Edward-Isaac Dovere [Read on »]( [Alaska: Discrimination Toward LGBTQ+ People OK ‘In Some Instances’]( [Scales, blind Justice and a rainbow Pride flag.]In [Alaska]( it’s apparently completely fine to discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals “in some instances.” [Read on »]( [by PubExchange]( [Advocate Subscription]( [Out Traveler]( [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](.