Top Stories from Advocate.com for 05/03/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Judge Won't Let Rep. Zooey Zephyr Return to Montana House]( [Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr]A Montana judge has turned down transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s effort to return to the state House of Representatives before the legislative session ends. [Read on »]( [Photos: Harvey Guillén on Bringing His Queer, Fat POC Self to the Met Gala]( [Harvey Guillén in Christian Siriano] [Read on »]( [Republican Lawmaker Who Claimed to Be Gay Faces Calls to Resign]( [Rep. Fabian Basabe]A Florida GOP lawmaker representing one of the highest concentrations of LGBTQ+ constituents in the state has faced repeated calls for his resignation. [Read on »]( [Montana Transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s Girlfriend Foils SWATting Attempt]( [Erin Reed, a SWAT officer and Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr]A transgender journalist in a relationship with Montana’s sole elected trans legislator, Rep. Zooey Zephyr, thwarted a [SWATting]( attempt at her Maryland residence Tuesday morning. She credits contacting local police months ago for the incident not ending in violence. [Read on »]( [Oklahoma Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Minors]( [Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt]Oklahoma has joined the long list of conservative states banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. [Read on »]( [Drag Babies: Everybody's Talking About Jamie (en Español)]( [Everybody]Currently presented in more than seven countries around the world, and with its popular film version now streaming on several platforms, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has proved itself to be a powerful ongoing presence in the world of musical theater. [Read on »]( [Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming Actors Make Tony Awards History]( [Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee]J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell have become the first nonbinary or gender-nonconforming performers nominated for Tony Awards. [Read on »]( [Armed Ohio Neo-Nazis Waving Swastika Flags Target Drag Event Again]( [Neo Nazis with a swastika flag led by Christopher Pohlhaus]It has happened once again. On a Saturday afternoon in [Ohio]( neo-Nazis displaying swastikas and chanting neo-Nazi slogans threatened people with their flags and chants while at a drag brunch. [Read on »]( [Florida Republican Lawmaker Admits GOP’s Hatred of LGBTQ+ People]( [Rep. Jeff Holcomb]A [Florida]( state representative expressed how much his political party hates gay people while urging his colleagues to vote in favor of a bill urging Congress to “restore” the military’s “warfighting ethos” and rid it of “woke social engineering and experimentation practices.” [Read on »]( [Uganda Passes Deadly Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill]( Uganda’s parliament passed an extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bill on Tuesday that includes a lifetime prison sentence for engaging in same-sex sexual relations and the death penalty in other cases. [Read on »]( [Roy Wood Jr. Mocks Republicans' Drag Queen Panic at White House Correspondents' Dinner]( [Roy Wood Jr. and President Joe Biden]At the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, comedian Roy Wood, Jr. delivered punchlines aimed at President [Joe Biden]( former President [Donald J. Trump]( Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, and [Republicans]( like Rep. [George Santos](. [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](.