Top Stories from Advocate.com for 07/27/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Outlaws Conversion Therapy on Minors]( [Gretchen Whitmer]Michigan has just become the 22nd state to ban the use of conversion therapy on minors. [Read on »]( [Mitch McConnell Suffers Frightening Episode During Press Conference]( [Sen. John Barrasso and Sen. Mitch McConnell]During Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s weekly press conference in [Washington, D.C.]( Wednesday afternoon, he appeared to suffer a medical incident that left him temporarily unable to speak. [Read on »]( [George Santos Tried to Get Rich Through Political Connections: Report]( [George Santos]For gay Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos, the hits keep on coming — after being caught in numerous lies and being indicted on federal fraud charges, he’s being accused of using his political connections in efforts to enrich himself. [Read on »]( [DeSantis Is the Summer’s Biggest Disaster]( There are three things in America going downhill fast. The first is deadly serious, and that’s the weather. August starts next week, and indications are that the extreme heat will continue, and hurricane season should ramp up. Mother Nature is not happy with our tepid response to climate change. [Read on »]( [Sinéad O’Connor, Acclaimed Irish Singer, Dead at 56]( [Sinéad O’Connor]Irish singer and activist Sinéad O’Connor died on Wednesday. She was 56. [Read on »]( [Malaysia’s LGBTQ+ Community Blasts The 1975’s Matty Healy’s Same-Sex Kiss]( By Jessie Yeung, CNN [Read on »]( [Kevin Spacey Acquitted on Sexual Assault Charges in London]( Oscar-winning gay actor Kevin Spacey has been found not guilty by a court in London Wednesday. It was the actor’s 64th birthday. [Read on »]( [Tennessee Attorney General Obtains Confidential Medical Records of Trans Patients]( [Vanderbilt University Medical Center]In response to [Republican]( faux [outrage that started last September]( about the treatment of transgender Tennesseans, Vanderbilt University Medical Center handed over confidential records of patients receiving gender-affirming care to the state’s attorney general, Jonathan Skrmetti. [Read on »]( [Missouri Families Sue to Block Ban on Gender-Affirming Care]( [Protesters at Missouri capitol]Families, medical providers, and LGBTQ+ organizations have filed a lawsuit in hopes of keeping Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors from going into effect. [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](.