Top Stories from Advocate.com for 05/27/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Activists Urge Target and All Businesses to Push Back on Anti-LGBTQ+ Campaigns]( [Target store and Bud Ligth]LGBTQ+ activists are denouncing Target’s decision to remove some of its Pride merchandise in light of threats the company received and calling on all businesses to stand up to homophobia and transphobia. [Read on »]( [North Face Stands Up to Hate Over Pride Gear, Drag Queen Ad]( [North Face store]The North Face, a company specializing in clothing and supplies for camping, hiking, and other outdoor activities, is standing by its Pride participation despite right-wing criticism after it featured a drag queen in an online ad. [Read on »]( [Kenneth Anger, Influential Queer Filmmaker and 'Hollywood Babylon' Author, Dead at 96]( [Kenneth Anger]Gay filmmaker and author Kenneth Anger, known for his experimental and homoerotic movies and his wildly gossipy Hollywood Babylon books, has died at age 96. [Read on »]( ['Don't Say Gay' Bill Signed in Iowa; GOP Gov. OK's Ratting on Trans Students]( [Gov. Kim Reynolds]Iowa has joined the ranks of several other red states by enacting a “don’t say gay” measure as part of a regressive education law that removes certain books from public schools. [Read on »]( [Vermont's GOP Governor Shock: Protects Trans Care, Abortion Rights]( [Vermont Gov. Phil Scott]Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, is going against his party by protecting access to gender-affirming care and abortion instead of restricting or banning the procedures. [Read on »]( [Hayley Kiyoko Creates a Lesbian Romance for Teens]( Pop singer [Hayley Kiyoko]( more than successfully adapts her iconic music video for the song “Girls Like Girls” in her debut novel, expanding on the characters and deepening queer themes. [Read on »]( [Stop Drinking Poppers Instead of Energy Shots, FDA Warns]( [Stop Drinking Poppers Instead of Energy Shots, FDA Warns]The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a public warning against drinking poppers, saying many people are mistaking the recreational drug favored by gay men for use during anal sex with the more mainstream energy shots which come in similar packaging. [Read on »]( [Wanda Sykes Calls Out Dave Chappelle, Embraces 'Woke' Label]( [Wanda Sykes on the red carpet][Wanda Sykes]( has spoken out against Dave Chapelle's transphobic jokes, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and shared why she accepts the "woke" comedian label. [Read on »]( [Dear Target: Please Ban the Threatening Customers, Not Your Pride Products]( [Target]Dear Target, there are few consumer groups that adore your brand more than the LGBTQ+ community and our advocates. Your decision to carry products for the LGBTQ+ community that are both functional and recognizing of queer designers, product makers, and innovators touched my heart. I told our team, “We need to be doing business with Target because equalpride shares their values and mission and delivers the intended LGBTQ+ audience — and more of it — as the top Comscore-rated voice to the LGBTQ+ community.” We have never had backlash against the brands that advertise with us, because we deliver the intended LGBTQ+ audience by LGBTQ+ owner/operators who have a long history in the publishing arena. [Read on »]( [11 Trans and Nonbinary People Lost to Violence in 2023]( [Ashley Burton, Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, and Koko Da Doll] [Read on »]( [New York Woman Indicted for Threatening to Shoot Up LGBTQ+ Businesses in Colorado]( [court room]By Aya Elamroussi and Jeremy Harlan [Read on »]( [Copenhagen’s Mayor Blasted U.S. Counterpart Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Moves]( [A Pride Flag outside a picturesque building in Solvang, Calif.]To the [Danish]( something is rotten in the United States. More specifically, the Danes are unhappy with the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment put forth by the city council of [California’s]( “Danish capital,” Solvang. [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](.