Top Stories from Advocate.com for 03/18/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Kansas Governor Vetoes Anti-Trans Sports Bill for Third Consecutive Year]( [Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly]For the third year in a row, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, has vetoed an anti-transgender sports bill — but this year legislators may override her. [Read on »]( [Gay Irish Prime Minister Welcomed at White House for St. Patrick’s Day]( [Leo Varadkar and Joe Biden]President Joe Biden welcomed Ireland’s gay prime minister, known as the Taoiseach, to the White House on St. Patrick’s Day on Friday. [Read on »]( [Kentucky Revives Trans Health Care Ban as Senator Mourns Trans Son]( [Kentucky Sen. Karen Berg]Republican legislators in Kentucky have pushed through a bill banning gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and limiting school instruction on LGBTQ+ issues — all while a state senator is mourning the death of her trans son. [Read on »]( [California's LGBTQ+ Pardon Program Sees Little Use After Three Years]( [LGBTQ+ rights demonstration and California Gov. Gavin Newsom]California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a program in 2020 to pardon people who’d been arrested and prosecuted under anti-LGBTQ+ laws, but so far only one living person has received a pardon, and one has been granted posthumously. [Read on »]( [Ex-Trump Campaign Lawyer Calls Pete & Chasten Buttigieg ‘Sexual Perverts’]( [Chasten Buttigieg on The View][Chasten Buttigieg]( fed up with the homophobia recently directed at his husband and family, and while the author appeared on two popular television shows this week to discuss his upcoming new book I Have Something to Tell You–For Young Adults (an adaptation of his best-selling memoir), he did address recent attacks by former Vice President [Mike Pence](. [Read on »]( [Fans of 'A League of Their Own' Demand a Longer Renewal]( Fans of A League of Their Own, the Amazon Prime Video series that expands the vision of the popular 1992 film, are upset that it’s getting just one more season. [Read on »]( [This Drag Queen and Teacher Passionately Defends Drag Story Hour]( [Shirley Delta Blow, a Colorado drag queen reading to children in a colorful swirly foam wig]Conservatives, right-wing extremists, neo-Nazis, and Republican lawmakers continue to demonize drag queens across the country, but one of these creative performers is standing up and wants everyone to know the real story of drag. [Read on »]( [Michigan School Superintendent Apologizes for Removing Books From Schools]( [Library shelves with books upon them.]A school superintendent in [Michigan]( involved in a book-banning controversy, admitted to his school’s community that he took it upon himself to remove several books — which he referred to as "R-rated" — from a high school library to avoid conflict with angry conservative parents who had expressed their discomfort with their children being exposed to topics including ones related to the LGBTQ+ community. [Read on »]( [Texas Lawmakers Pull Resolution Honoring Historic Gay Couple]( [​Resolution pulled from Texas House floor after Republican lawmakers objected to honoring the couple who challenged the state’s ban on marriage equality.]A symbolic resolution honoring a gay couple was pulled from a vote in the Texas House after opposition from some Republican lawmakers. [Read on »]( [Lawmaker Pleads ‘Please Don’t Kill Yourself’ as Ban on Trans Care Passes]( [Georgia State Rep. Karla Drenner][Republicans]( nationwide continue to jockey to become the most anti-LGBTQ+ governing body in their states. On Thursday, they passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors through the George House of Representatives. [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](.