Top Stories from Advocate.com for 08/03/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Caitlyn Jenner Asks Ron DeSantis ‘Which Bathroom Should I Use?’]( [Ron DeSantis and Caitlyn Jenner][Fox News]( contributor [Caitlyn Jenner]( is fighting [Republican]( presidential candidate Ron DeSantis over an anti-LGBTQ+ advertisement he made in June that expressly includes the transgender Olympian. In that ad, an interviewer asks Trump if Jenner can use the bathroom of her choice at Trump properties, to which Trump replies, “That is correct.” DeSantis defended the ad in an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier on Monday night. [Read on »]( [John Eastman, Anti-LGBTQ+ Activist, ID'd as Trump Co-Conspirator]( [John Eastman]Longtime anti-LGBTQ+ activist John Eastman is one of the unindicted co-conspirators mentioned in Tuesday’s indictment of former President Donald Trump. [Read on »]( [How Louisiana's Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Forced This Gay Heart Transplant Cardiologist to Move]( [Dr. Jake Kleinmahon (right) with his husband, Tom, and two children]A highly specialized New Orleans doctor who has dedicated himself to saving children’s lives says the Louisiana legislature’s anti-LGBTQ+ bills are pushing him and his family away from the state. Dr. Jake Kleinmahon says he’s accepted a new offer in New York, where he and his husband will move to raise their two children. [Read on »]( [Queer 'Jeopardy!' Champ Mattea Roach: 'I Would Not Call Myself a Trivia Pro']( [Mattea Roach]Mattea Roach is the most successful Gen Z Jeopardy! contestant in history. But they don't feel like a “trivia pro,” Roach said in a recent Canadian Broadcasting Corp. interview. [Read on »]( [A Brighter Future: Meet The Advocate's '30 Under 30']( [Read on »]( [Ron DeSantis Fumbles Through Fox News Interview on Homophobic Campaign Ad]( [Bret Baier and Ron Desantis][Florida]( Gov. Ron DeSantis’s bobblehead is back. This time, the flustered Republican seeking his party’s nomination for president in 2024 began shaking his head around like he does when panicked or defensive. He was responding to a question about a homophobic ad his campaign ran recently, for which he was widely criticized in both [Republican]( and Democratic circles but that he continues to [defend](. [Read on »]( [Federal Judge Orders School District to Allow Transgender Girl to Continue Using Girls’ Bathroom]( [Bathrooms]A federal judge last month granted a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to an 11-year-old [Wisconsin]( girl and her mother, allowing her to continue using the girls’ bathroom. From the first grade onward, the [transgender]( girl has used the bathroom corresponding to her gender identity. [Read on »]( [USAID Releases Historic LGBTQ-Inclusive Development Policy]( [Samantha Power]The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Wednesday its first-ever LGBTQI+ inclusive development policy, which will guide the agency’s inclusion of LGBTQ+ rights support in its programming. [Read on »]( [Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Ohio School District’s Pro-Trans Policies]( [Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuit Challenging Ohio School District’s Anti-Harassment Policies]A lawsuit from a conservative group challenging an [Ohio]( school district’s anti-bullying policies that protect transgender students was thrown out of a federal court yesterday, saying it was unlikely to succeed on a key constitutional claim. [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](.