Daily newsletter 9/3

➡️ It’s an intense week in Washington D.C., as the Epstein scandal comes back with a vengeance and Rep. Robert Garcia reveals that the White House is pressuring Republicans to cover it up.

Meanwhile, Broadway stars Javier Muñoz and Peppermint went to Congress to make the case for HIV prevention funding. "This is my life, this is my health, this is my future," Muñoz tells The Advocate.

We also cover Rand Paul claiming that Dr. Demetre Daskalakis’s gay lifestyle disqualifies him from a government role, and a Democratic prosecutor in Florida who will review if the state has wrongly arrested people redrawing the Pulse crosswalk in rainbow chalk.

On a positive note, an LGBTQ+ film festival in New York is stepping up for movie lovers in Arizona after Trump’s anti-DEI measures forced a festival in Phoenix to shut down.

Until tomorrow,

Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate

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White House leans on GOPers in Congress to withhold Epstein files, says Rep. Robert Garcia

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Democratic prosecutor to review arrests of protesters restoring Pulse crosswalk

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