Top Stories from Advocate.com for 05/19/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Gay California Rep. Robert Garcia Calls for Boycott of L.A. Dodgers Pride Night]( [Rep. Robert Garcia]U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat from California, has called for a boycott of the Los Angeles Dodgers’s Pride Night after the team rescinded a community award to a nonprofit LGBTQ+ group. [Read on »]( [San Francisco Names Nation's First Drag Laureate, D'Arcy Drollinger]( [D]At a time when drag performances are under attack in conservative states, San Francisco has named the nation’s first drag laureate. [Read on »]( [Poppy Liu on Their Curious Character in the Very Queer 'Dead Ringers']( [Poppy Liu and Rachel Weisz]"When you watch her, you’re kind of like What drives you?” actor and artist Poppy Liu says of their character Greta, the sartorially gifted assistant/housekeeper to Rachel Weisz’s brilliant and codependent Mantle twins in the [new Dead Ringers series](. The wild and often unhinged Elliot and her more reserved sister Beverly play out games of codependency in their sterile Manhattan flat while Greta lingers almost out of frame continually observing their rarified world. It’s not clear until several episodes into the Prime Video series what Greta’s motives are, but even as she’s at the margins of many of the scenes, it’s impossible not to notice her front-row voyeurism. And that act of looking is part of Greta’s contribution to the series that is queer to the core. [Read on »]( [LGBTQ+ Refugees in All Their Bravery and Beauty]( [Asylum book]The political situation for LGBTQ+ Americans in the U.S. feels perilous as of late, with book bans, “grooming” smears, and an unhinged political party happy to use queer people as scapegoats. Still, for many LGBTQ+ people around the world, life in America and other Western nations is still preferable to the homophobic and transphobic terror they face in their countries. As pointed out by [Asylum, the new photo book shot by Italian fashion lenser and director Umberto Nicola Nicoletti,]( more than 40 percent of the world’s nations still impose prison sentences or the death penalty just for being LGBTQ+. [Read on »]( [LGBTQ+ Film Festival Frameline Announces Lineup for its 47th Year]( [Alaska, Sofia Coppola, Taylor Mac][Frameline]( the world's longest running LGBTQ+ film festival, has announced the [lineup]( for its 47th edition — dubbed Frameline47. [Read on »]( [Netflix's Queer Film 'Nimona' Gets Release Date, Fiery New Teaser]( [Nimona]Netflix's new animated film Nimona now has a teaser trailer and a release date. [Read on »]( [Republican Attacks on LGBTQ+ Educators and Students Will Set Us Back 40 Years]( [Teacher with students hold Pride flag]I’m a former teacher and an openly gay man. Before I ever stepped foot in the halls of Congress, I spent the 1980s and 90s working in California public schools, and I can tell you: we’ve been here before. What Republicans are trying to do to our students and public education will send us back 40 years. [Read on »]( [Texas to Face Lawsuit Over Its Recently Passed Ban on Gender-Affirming Care]( [Texas Gov. Greg Abbott]The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the national ACLU, Lambda Legal, and the Transgender Law Center said Thursday they will file a lawsuit against a [ban on gender-affirming care]( for transgender youth that Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign into law. [Read on »]( [Florida's LGBTQ+ Activists Plan to Fight Back Against DeSantis's ‘Slate of Hate’]( [Ron DeSantis]Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims respect for parents’ rights while signing anti-LGBTQ laws. But parents of queer kids see the Sunshine State becoming less safe for their families. [Read on »]( [Gay Rep. George Santos Scammed His Fellow Republicans Too: Report]( [Rep. George Santos]Recently indicted Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos of New York allegedly hid his involvement in a now-defunct fundraising company he referred to other Republican politicians, according to [The Daily Beast](. [Read on »]( [69 Photos Celebrating the Star-Studded GLAAD Media Awards in NYC]( [Honorees at the GLAAD Media Awards in NYC]Political leaders joined stars of film and TV at the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony last Saturday at the Hilton Midtown in New York City. The awards, which honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ+ people and issues, are presented annually at ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. (At the L.A. event, held in March, The Advocate received the award for [Outstanding Magazine - Overall Coverage.]( The New York event included appearances by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, state Reps. Zooey Zephyr of Montana and Mauree Turner of Oklahoma, actor Joel Kim Booster and the cast of Fire Island, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Van Ness, Maren Morris, Bowen Yang, Bob the Drag Queen, and many more. Harvey Guillén hosted the evening. Scroll on for pictures of the ceremony and info about the award winners. You can also find a full list of winners [here.]( [Read on »]( [Texas Lawmakers Send Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors to Gov. Greg Abbott]( [Protesters at Texas legislature]By Andy Rose and Jack Forrest [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](.