Top Stories from Advocate.com for 07/31/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Brandi Carlile and Pink Honor Sinéad O’Connor with “Nothin Compares 2 U” Duet]( [Pink and Brandi Carlile]Out Americana icon Brandi Carlile and pop rock legend Pink paid tribute on Wednesday to Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor after news [broke of O’Connor’s death](. [Read on »]( [New Arrest in Assassination of Black Queer Lawmaker Marielle Franco]( [Marielle Franco mural]The Brazilian Justice Minister earlier this week announced a plea agreement with one of two police officers accused of assassinating Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco, a Black lesbian and human rights activist who was killed by gunfire from a passing car in 2018. [Read on »]( [Brittney Griner Won't Travel With Phoenix Mercury Due to Mental Health]( [Brittney Griner]By Jacob Lev, CNN [Read on »]( [The Frightening and Foreboding Antigay New York City of 1993]( It was very late one night in 1993, a few months after I arrived in Manhattan, and I had just come out of a gay bar called The Works on the Upper West Side. I was a bit inebriated – ok, drunk. I had about 15 blocks to walk to the tiny one bedroom that I shared with a roommate, and I was cutting through Columbus Circle, which was dilapidated and desolate – nothing like it is today. [Read on »]( [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](.