Top Stories from Advocate.com for 07/01/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Equalpride's CEO on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights in the Country]( [Pride flag waving in the air]As the CEO of equalpride, our nation's leading LGBTQ+-owned and operated media company, I'm writing to address some recent developments that have been disheartening to many of us. [Read on »]( [Mitch McConnell’s Dream of a Segregated U.S. Is Being Realized]( [Ku Klux Klan rally]A year from now, America’s new catchphrase will be “You are not welcome.” It will be heard at colleges, storefronts, churches, restaurants, loan offices, bakeries, and Chick-fil-As, with a 21st-century spin of “access denied” on apps and websites. White, straight, wealthy Christians informing the poor, people of color, and queer, “You are not welcome.” [Read on »]( [After the Supreme Court's 303 Creative Ruling, What Happens to LGBTQ+ Rights?]( It has been another controversial year for the conservative [U.S. Supreme Court](. As a result of a decision that allows business owners to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people under the guise of free speech, legal experts warn that the decision will have repercussions that will change American society for years to come. [Read on »]( [How the Supreme Court's Student Debt Ruling Affects LGBTQ+, Black Americans]( [Protest of student debt ruling]While much of the LGBTQ+ community’s attention is focused on the [Supreme Court’s 303 Creative]( decision today — and rightly so — the court’s decision striking down President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness program is concerning as well. [Read on »]( [Moms for Liberty’s Conference Infiltrated by Activists Calling Out Its Hate]( [Agenda PAC door hangers]In the Marriott in the Center City section of Philadelphia, where Moms for Liberty had booked a room block for its conference, Agenda PAC – the nation’s sole political action committee that uses aggressive paid communications tactics to hold anti-LGBTQ+ politicians and electoral groups accountable – delivered “Please Disturb” door hangers. [Read on »]( [MSNBC's 'Defending Pride' Special Gives LGBTQ+ Voices a Platform]( [Jonathan Capehart]In "Defending Pride," a new special set to air on the final day of Pride month, out MSNBC host [Jonathan Capehart]( will talk with leaders and celebrities about ongoing efforts to defend LGBTQ+ rights. [Read on »]( [303 Creative SCOTUS Ruling Is Signal to Keep Fighting, Activists Say]( [Demonstrators at Supreme Court]The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in [303 Creative Services v. Elenis]( isn’t cause for panic, but it underlines the need to continue the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, say civil rights activists outraged by the decision. [Read on »]( [Kevin Spacey Called a 'Sexual Bully' in London Courtroom]( A jury in a London courtroom heard a crown prosecutor accuse Kevin Spacey of being a “sexual bully” during the opening statements of his trial on multiple sexual assault charges. [Read on »]( [Biden Condemns SCOTUS Ruling Allowing Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination]( [President Joe Biden]President Joe Biden has condemned Friday’s [U.S. Supreme Court ruling]( in the case of a Colorado website designer who wishes to limit her wedding-related business to opposite-sex couples. The court held 6-3 that her First Amendment rights prohibit the state, under its antidiscrimination law, from forcing her “to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.” [Read on »]( ['Yellowjackets' Star Liv Hewson Shuts Down Critics of Top Surgery]( [Liv Hewson][Liv Hewson]( the nonbinary star of Showtime's [Yellowjackets]( has fired back at critics of their gender-affirming top surgery who view the procedure as a form of "mutilation." [Read on »]( [SCOTUS Conservatives Kill Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness]( [student loans]By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed [Read on »]( [Gender Studies Class Stabbings Condemned by Trudeau]( Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned [the recent stabbing]( a university professor and two students in a gender studies class after police revealed the motive was hate-related. [Read on »]( [Prop 8’s Sandy Stier & Kris Perry Mark 10 Years of Marriage]( [Kris Perry and Sandy Stier]Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, the original plaintiffs in the lawsuit that overturned [California’s]( [Proposition 8]( that banned marriage equality, celebrated the 10th anniversary of their historic wedding at the residence of Vice President [Kamala Harris]( on Wednesday. [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](.