Top Stories from Advocate.com for 03/22/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Iowa School District Removes Book, Caves to Far-Right Online Bullying]( [Library books]A school district in [Iowa]( allowed itself to be bullied into removing a book from school libraries after being mentioned by far-right extremist Chaya Raichik and her Libs of TikTok account despite having established procedures around library materials. [Read on »]( [Queer Chef Kristen Kish Goes Far in 'Restaurants at the End of the World']( Groundbreaking lesbian chef [Kristen Kish]( is exploring cuisine and culture at some of the world’s most remote restaurants in a four-episode docuseries premiering Tuesday night on National Geographic. [Read on »]( [What It's Like to Be an LGBTQ+ High Schooler in DeSantis's Florida]( [high school student]Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s war against “woke-ism” — or equality and visibility of the LGBTQ+ community and people of color — finds its battlefield in public schools. I should know, since it’s affecting me directly as a high school student in Flager Beach, Fla. [Read on »]( [University President Who Banned Drag May Have Violated Texas Law]( [A drag queen and West Texas A&M President Walter Wendler]As a result of his involvement in the Republican culture wars, West Texas A&M University's president is in hot water after he forced the cancellation of a drag performance on campus and banned all forms of drag at the school. According to the conservative administrator, he's protecting women's honor. [Read on »]( [Queer Music Thrived at Nashville's Love Rising LGBTQ+ Benefit Concert]( [Love Rising concert crowd and sign]The LGBTQ+ music scene lit up in Nashville on Monday during the Love Rising benefit concert organized against the recent passage of legislation targeting transgender health care and drag performances. [Read on »]( [Gay Hockey Player ‘Disappointed’ in Other Players’ Lack of Support]( [Luke Prokop and James Reimer]Within days after a professional hockey player refused to wear a jersey affirming the LGBTQ+ community as part of the NHL’s Hockey Is for Everyone initiative, the first out NHL player active in the sport has voiced his disappointment. [Read on »]( [LGBTQ+ Characters Down Slightly, Racial Diversity Up: GLAAD TV Report]( [LGBTQ+ characters on TV]Racial diversity of LGBTQ+ characters on television is up, but LGBTQ+ representation overall is down slightly, according to the latest edition of GLAAD’s annual [“Where We Are on TV” report,]( Tuesday. [Read on »]( [Conversion Therapy Ban Fails in a Missouri County Held by Democrats]( [A group of people supporting one person who appears upset.]A Democratic-led county council in [Missouri]( failed to pass a ban on youth conversion therapy on Monday, disappointing local LGBTQ+ rights advocates. [Read on »]( [Uganda Lawmakers Near Vote on Draconian Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill]( [Uganda President called gay people "deviations from nature" in a state speech as a vote nears in parliament on his Anti-Homosexuality Bill.]Lawmakers in the east African country of Uganda are set to vote Tuesday on a proposed law that would criminalize same-sex sexual relations and levy harsh penalties for allies, advocates, and those who do business with members of the LGBTQ+ community. [Read on »]( [Transphobic Christian School Banned From Vermont Sports League]( [Girls basketball team]By Michelle Watson [Read on »]( [Missouri's AG Unilaterally Restricts Gender-Affirming Care]( [Missouri AG Andrew Bailey][Missouri’s]( Republican attorney general, who is not a doctor, has issued new guidance governing the enforcement of gender-affirming healthcare regulations, which he designated as experimental. His unilateral actions require those seeking gender-affirming care to wait a year and a half to receive treatment. [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](.