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Happy Tuesday,
👎🏼 To probably no one's surprise, Speaker Mike Johnson has a long history with the very, very anti-LGBTQ+ group called the Family Research Council. A new report examines his friendship with the organization's leader. It's just another example of Johnson's anti-queer past that continues to inform his anti-queer present. Read about the report here.
🍼 A conservative author is railing against something called "neonatal queer theory." As my colleague Tracy E. Gilchrist said, “I thought neonatal queer theory was reading Judith Butler aloud while pregnant.” 🤣
✨ Several LGBTQ+ groups have announced new leadership. Kris Hayashi joined the LGBTQ Task Force where he'll be director of its advocacy and action department. And former Advocate journalist Michael O’Loughlin is now the executive director of Outreach, a Catholic ministry for out people of faith. ✨
In other news:
- A woman in Russia gets jail time for — get this — rainbow mushroom frog earrings. I kid you not.
- California's U.S. Senate hopefuls spoke at a forum on LGBTQ+ rights.
- Arthur Ashe, the tennis champ, died of an AIDS-related illness on this day in 1993. It also happens to be Ronald Reagan's birthday — a president who ignored the HIV/AIDS epidemic for years.
Onward and upward,
Alex Cooper
Speaker Mike Johnson's long history with anti-LGBTQ+ Family Research Council extremist exposed (exclusive)
Shutterstock; Family Research Council
Trans rights leader Kris Hayashi to lead advocacy department at National LGBTQ Task Force (exclusive)
lgbtq taskforce; shutterstock
Reps. Lee, Schiff, and Porter make their appeal for California U.S. Senate seat at LGBTQ+ forum
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New leader of LGBTQ+ Catholic group seeks to help the queer faithful find a welcoming home
Courtesy Michael O'Loughlin; Shutterstock
Putin’s new Russia – woman receives jail time for rainbow frog earrings
Aegis via twitter @mediazzzona; Shutterstock
Here are the best LGBTQ+ moments you missed on the Grammys red carpet
Lester Cohen/Getty Images for The Recording Academy; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for T.J. Martell Foundation
Gay hate-crime survivor becomes police officer in Georgia
facebook @ChambleePD
Right-wing author alleges bizarre ‘neonatal queer theory’ and sonograms to determine LGBTQ+ identities
Gage Skidmore via Wikipedia; Shutterstock
The Black-and-white dichotomy between Ronald Reagan’s birthday and Arthur Ashe’s death day
Shutterstock; David Ashdown/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Look, queer trivia!
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Today, you'll get the question. Thursday, you'll get a hint. And Saturday, you'll get the answer.
This week's question is: What is the name of James Baldwin's first novel?
Reply to this email with the answer and you may get a shout-out in a future newsletter!
What you should also be reading:
- The gayest take on every song title from Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department (Pride)
- Yes, Dixon Dallas knows he's driving conservatives, rednecks, and all the gays crazy (Pride)
- The story of how Colman Domingo met his hubby makes us believe in true love again (Out)
- Here's when you can stream the beautiful gay film the Oscars completely snubbed (Out)
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