Top Stories from Advocate.com for 05/26/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Congressman: Nearly 'Impossible for White Guys Not Gay' to Get Appointed as Judges]( [U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman]Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman is upset that President Joe Biden isn’t appointing more straight white men as federal judges. [Read on »]( [Buttigieg: Airlines Will be Held Accountable for Any Memorial Day Chaos]( [Pete Buttigieg]As Memorial Day approaches, and the summer holiday season along with it, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has said the agency is prepared to do what it takes to ensure flights run smoothly. [Read on »]( [Tennessee Sued Over Assault on Trans Health Care]( [Gerda Zinner and doctor]The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund has sued the state of Tennessee over the exclusion of transition-related care from the state’s health insurance plan. [Read on »]( [Trans Youth Rebel Against GOP Attacks at D.C. Prom]( [Attendees at trans prom]A Mississippi transgender teen who missed her graduation because of dress code rules got to have an alternative celebration Monday with more than 100 others at a first-of-its-kind trans prom in Washington, D.C. [Read on »]( [Florida Christian School Teacher Accused of Sex Crimes Against Special Needs Student]( [Police car]A teacher at a Christian school in Florida was arrested Tuesday and charged with having a lewd and lascivious sexual relationship with an underage special needs student. [Read on »]( [Montana Outlaws Drag Queen Story Hours]( [Gov. Greg Gianforte and drag queen reading to kids]Montana has banned drag queen story hours. [Read on »]( [Target Caught in an Anti-LGBTQ+ Campaign's Crosshairs]( [Target]Analysis by Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN [Read on »]( [Navigating Mpox: How to Prepare for Pride Season]( [Mpox vials]A little over a year ago, on May 17, 2022, Americans learned that another pathogen had entered the population just as they were recovering from the COVID pandemic. Earlier that day, [mpox, formerly known as monkeypox]( was confirmed in [Massachusetts]( after spreading throughout Europe. Since then, 30,395 cases have been registered in the United States, and while the number of cases is down significantly, health officials warn that it will take work to keep mpox at bay. Now a recent cluster of cases in Illinois demonstrates the need for vigilance. [Read on »]( [Florida Security Guard Allegedly Raped Trans Woman at the Bar Where He Worked]( A Florida man appeared before a judge on Monday to face charges he raped a transgender woman at a karaoke bar where he was employed as a security guard. [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](.