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

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Vetoes Three Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills]( [NC Governor Vetoes Three Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills]North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed three anti-LGBTQ+ bills yesterday in defiance of veto-proof Republican majorities in the [state legislature](. [Read on »]( [Popeyes Franchise Ordered to Pay $50k After Harassing, Firing Gay Employee]( A Popeyes franchise in Wilkes-Barre Township, [Penn.,]( has been fined after a former employee said he was harassed and terminated because of his sexual orientation. [Read on »]( [Marjorie Taylor Greene Ousted From House Freedom Caucus]( [Marjorie Taylor Greene]The U.S. House Freedom Caucus confirmed on Thursday that [Georgia]( Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had been booted out. [Read on »]( [What Is Gays Against Groomers?]( [Gays Against Groomers and Jaimee Michell][Florida]( Gov. Ron DeSantis misjudged how much homophobia his LGBTQ+ supporters would ignore as [Republicans]( embarked on a quest to outbigot each other in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Because of the [viciously homophobic political advertisement]( he promoted, Gays Against Groomers, his most enthusiastic LGBTQ+ support group, began to collapse. But what is Gays Against Groomers? [Read on »]( [Teen Pleads Guilty to Brutal Attack on Lesbian Couple]( [Irish Teen Pleads Guilty to Brutal Attack on Lesbian Couple]A teenage boy in Ireland pleaded guilty to the brutal assault on a lesbian couple after he saw them kissing at a bus shelter. The boy will be sentenced as a juvenile. [Read on »]( [Georgia's Gender-Affirming Care Ban Stands for Now, Judge Rules]( [Pro-transgender protest]A federal judge has declined a request to block Georgia’s ban on most gender-affirming care for transgender minors. [Read on »]( [Ron DeSantis Campaign Ad Used 'Peaky Blinders' Footage Without Permission]( [Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders]The Peaky Blinders team have denounced the use of footage from the series in an [anti-LGBTQ+ campaign ad]( made for Republican presidential hopeful [Ron DeSantis](. [Read on »]( [Gays Against Groomers Takes Hit in Membership in Wake of DeSantis’s Homophobia]( [Jaimee Michell and David Leatherwood]Gays Against Groomers, the anti-transgender hate group led by a lesbian political operative aligned with [Florida’s]( homophobic Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is imploding as it deals with infighting. Called out for its founder’s support for DeSantis despite his spreading of an explicitly hateful and homophobic video last week, prominent members of the group are jumping ship. [Read on »]( [Red, White, & Royal Blue’s Steamy, Sexy, & Adorable Trailer Is Finally Here]( [Red, White, & Royal Blue Trailer screengrab of the two leads] [Read on »]( [Ricky Martin and His Husband Jwan Yosef Are Divorcing]( [Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef] [Read on »]( [Sherry Cola on Why Raunchy Comedy 'Joy Ride’ Will Change the Game]( There’s a laugh-till-you-cry scene in Joy Ride in which the comedy’s four leads have consumed or hidden loads of drugs in — ahem — unlikely places. They’re hoping to avoid landing in the slammer in China after a run-in with an American drug dealer on a train. The character Lolo instructs her travel companion Kat to “push, pull, and twist” the remaining bag of cocaine stashed in her rectum. “It’s not a bop it….” Kat retorts, her face twisted with discomfort. [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](.