Daily newsletter 7/29

➡️ Here's some welcome gay nostalgia from The Jeffersons actor Damon Evans, who recently opened up about his iconic costar Sherman Hemsley. “We cruised the same places, went to the same parties. The same bars. But it wasn’t something we talked about."

We also have an interview with James Osyf, a Navy Reserve commander and national security executive, who is running to unseat anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans. Meanwhile, Maine Sen. Angus King is now regretting his vote to confirm a Trump appointee who compared marriage equality to bestiality, and anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. may have another round of reckless budget cuts on the way.

Finally, we take a closer look at the bizarre right-wing trend of claiming that powerful women are actually men.

Until tomorrow,

Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate

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