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Hi all,
📣 Well, Anita Bryant, the antigay activist known for having a pie thrown at her face and for campaigning against LGBTQ+ rights, died. She was 84.
🏛️ U.S. Rep. Mark Takano now chairs the Congressional Equality Caucus. The caucus, which advocates for equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, faces heightened challenges under a Republican-controlled Congress and the incoming second administration of President-elect Donald Trump. Here's what he has to say about the 119th Congress.
❌ I can't even believe I'm writing this, but Idaho Republican legislatorshave introduced a resolution on Tuesday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that established marriage equality nationwide.
🗞️ V Spehar of Under the Desk News informs millions of viewers a week about the world around them. The Advocate spoke to them about their platform, what lies ahead for TikTok, and a recent NPR interview.
Onward and upward,
Alex Cooper
Editor-in-chief, Advocate.com
📰 In other news...
- Supreme Court denies Trump's delayed sentencing — he'll be a convicted felon taking office
- Conservatives bizarrely blame DEI for Los Angeles wildfires
- Judge strikes down Biden's Title IX expansion to LGBTQ+ students
- California bill introduced to seal adults' gender transition documents
- Investigators believe DNA could identify all victims of suspected gay serial killer Herb Baumeister
- Idaho Republicans file resolution to repeal marriage equality
- Elton John: Brandi Carlile is 'probably the best vocalist in America'
- Bruce Vilanch dishes on staples of the 1970s, Paul Lynde, the Brady Bunch, Charo, and more
V Spehar reflects on 4 years of ‘Under the Desk News,’ the TikTok ban & tension with traditional media
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Humble ‘first millennial’ Jimmy Carter honored with glorious, funny state funeral
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California bill introduced to seal adults' gender transition documents
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Conservatives bizarrely blame DEI for Los Angeles wildfires
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Investigators believe DNA could identify all victims of suspected gay serial killer Herb Baumeister
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New Congressional Equality Caucus chair Mark Takano vows to defend LGBTQ+ rights in GOP-controlled Congress
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Bruce Vilanch dishes on staples of the 1970s, Paul Lynde, the Brady Bunch, Charo, and more
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Elton John: Brandi Carlile is 'probably the best vocalist in America'
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🌈 Look, a hint! 🌈
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Tuesday, you'll get a question. Today, you'll get a hint. And Saturday, you'll get the answer.
This week's question: What was the name of the New Orleans gay club that burned down in 1973, killing over 30 people inside?
This week's hint: The arson was the deadliest attack on LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. until Pulse.
💫 Respond with the right answer and you might receive a shoutout in a future newsletter.
📣 What you should also be reading
- LGBTQ+ celebs who have been personally impacted by the Los Angeles fires (Pride)
- Gay TikToker jokes trans mascs are so hot that a 'twink recession' is high (Pride)
- John Waters on Luigi Mangione: 'Everybody looks better under arrest' (Out)
- Cynthia Erivo calls this Marvel character her 'dream role' (Out)
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