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<rss version="2.0" xml:base="https://www.advocate.com/rss.xml" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>Advocate.com</title><link>https://www.advocate.com/rss.xml</link><description></description><language>en</language><image> <url>https://assets.rbl.ms/32874384/origin.png</url> <title>Advocate.com</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com</link></image> <item> <title><![CDATA[Harrison Butker’s ‘inaccurate, ill-informed and woefully out of step' sexist speech is fact-checked by GLAAD]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/sports/harrison-butker-speech-fact-check</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52252967/origin.jpg" alt='Harrison Butker Hate Speech Fact Check' />Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is under fire for his transphobic commencement address at Benedictine College in <a href="http://advocate.com/kansas" target="_blank"><u>Kansas</u></a>, where he <a href="https://www.advocate.com/sports/harrison-butker-misogynistic-transphobia" target="_self"><u>made several controversial statements</u></a> criticizing <a href="http://advocate.com/lgbt" target="_blank"><u>LGBTQ</u></a>+ people, <a href="http://advocate.com/pride" target="_blank"><u>Pride Month</u></a>, reproductive health care, and promoting outdated gender roles. Butker’s speech, which included remarks about gender identity and the importance of traditional masculinity, has been widely condemned by advocacy groups, including <a href="http://advocate.com/glaad" target="_blank"><u>GLAAD</u></a>, for spreading false information and perpetuating harmful stereotypes. ]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 18:54:54 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Christopher Wiggins</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/sports/harrison-butker-speech-fact-check</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Maria Bello and Dominique Crenn tie the knot in 'stunning' Mexico ceremony]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/people/maria-bello-dominique-crenn-wedding</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52248778/origin.jpg" alt='Maria Bello Dominique Crenn Marry in Mexico' />Actor <a href="https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2015/06/05/maria-bello-not-gay-or-bi-shes-whatever" target="_blank">Maria Bello</a> and star chef <a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/time-100-2024-lgbtq" target="_blank">Dominique Crenn</a> are officially married!]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 16:10:04 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Adamczeski</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/people/maria-bello-dominique-crenn-wedding</guid></item><item> <title>‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ winner Nymphia Wind performs for Taiwan’s outgoing president</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/news/taiwan-nymphia-wild-performance-president</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52248474/origin.jpg" alt='Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen Hosts Nymphia Wind Drag Show' />Taiwanese <a href="http://advocate.com/drag" target="_blank">drag queen</a> Nymphia Wind marked her recent victory on season 16 of <em>RuPaul’s</em><em><em> Drag Race </em></em>in a momentous celebration of pride and diversity with an electrifying performance at <a href="http://advocate.com/taiwan" target="_blank">Taiwan’s</a> presidential office on Wednesday. Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-drag-queens-bring-their-glamour-presidential-office-celebrating-rupaul-2024-05-15/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>reports</u></a> that Nymphia performed in front of President Tsai Ing-wen and other distinguished guests.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:35:41 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Christopher Wiggins</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/news/taiwan-nymphia-wild-performance-president</guid></item><item> <title>When laws fail to protect trans people, harmful medicalized norms creep in</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/voices/medicalization-transgender-people-harm</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52242653/origin.jpg" alt='Laws Protect From Harmful Medicalized Norms' />Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/12/germany-landmark-vote-trans-rights-law" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Germany</u></a> became the world's latest country to pass a clear law that allows transgender people to change their legal gender to reflect their identity based on self-declaration. Several other countries are staggering toward this goal; in some, policies allow self-identification for some documents and not others. But the majority of the world's governments still either disallow changes in legal gender recognition altogether, or have laws that require trans people to undergo medical intervention to access their rights. ]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:31:14 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kyle Knight</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/voices/medicalization-transgender-people-harm</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Most Black women don't have access to abortion, and they're going to impact the elections]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/health/black-women-abortion-access</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52248614/origin.jpg" alt='Black women abortion access' />The majority of Black women of reproductive age in the United States live in areas that restrict<a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/states-abortion-ballot-measures-2024" target="_blank"> access to abortion</a>, a new report has found.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:33:04 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Adamczeski</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/health/black-women-abortion-access</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Behind the lens & the drag with ‘Queen of New York’ director Emma Fidel (EXCLUSIVE)]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/queen-of-new-york-emma-fidel-interview</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/51979051/origin.png" alt='Behind the lens & the drag with ‘Queen of New York’ director Emma Fidel (EXCLUSIVE)' /><em><em></em></em><em><em>Queen of New York</em></em>, an independent film partially financed by göt2b Hair Color & Styling, follows Marti Cummings, a television personality, activist, and beloved drag queen, as they embark on a historic campaign to become New York City's first nonbinary council member. Premiering to acclaim at NewFest last year, and streaming exclusively on the <a href="https://advocatechannel.lightcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u><strong>Advocate Channel</strong></u></a> and Advocate Channel App for free through the end of June, the documentary encapsulates Marti's unwavering commitment to catalyze political transformation in the face of formidable obstacles and adversaries.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:00:05 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Nic Austin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/queen-of-new-york-emma-fidel-interview</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Biden challenges Trump to debate: ' I hear you’re free on Wednesdays']]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-debate</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52248426/origin.jpg" alt='Joe Biden' />By Betsy Klein and Michael Williams, CNN]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 10:09:43 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>CNN Wire</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-debate</guid></item><item> <title>From player to broadcaster, meet the queer Black soccer pro breaking down the Washington Spirit</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/sports/washington-spirit-radio-gaby-vincent</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52243071/origin.jpg" alt='Gaby Vincent D.C. Women's Soccer Team Queer' />The Washington Spirit's first-ever radio broadcast will be anchored by a Black queer woman.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:04 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Adamczeski</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/sports/washington-spirit-radio-gaby-vincent</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Kristin Chenoweth defends the LGBTQ+ community: 'God loves us all the same']]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/kristin-chenoweth-defends-lgbtq</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52243198/origin.jpg" alt='Kristin Chenoweth LGBTQ+ Rights Equality Broadway Wicked' />No wonder <a href="https://www.pride.com/theater/2016/5/06/kristin-chenoweth-idina-menzels-12-year-wicked-reunion-has-us-bawling" target="_blank">Kristin Chenoweth</a> is so.... <em>popular</em>.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:45:45 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ricky Cornish</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/kristin-chenoweth-defends-lgbtq</guid></item><item> <title>Mike Johnson shows up outside the courtroom of Trump’s hush money trial because the Democrats let it happen</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/voices/democrats-mike-johnson-trump-trial</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52243552/origin.jpg" alt='Mike Johnson Defends Trump' />When I saw the photo of Donald Trump outside the courtroom whining and complaining about his hush money trial yesterday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson standing behind him, I thought it was photoshopped. But then I realized that I was being pragmatic and rational, which doesn’t exist in the Republican Party today.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:16:14 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Casey</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/voices/democrats-mike-johnson-trump-trial</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Months after election, gay House candidate Evan Low will be on November ballot. Here's what happened]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/politics/evan-low-california-congressional-race</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52169433/origin.jpg" alt='out gay congressional candidate Evan Low California Assembly' />Evan Low, a gay man who’s currently in the California Assembly, is now one of two candidates who’ll be on the November ballot for a seat in the U.S. House from his state’s 16<sup>th</sup> Congressional District after a controversial recount booted a third candidate.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:03:45 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Trudy Ring</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/politics/evan-low-california-congressional-race</guid></item><item> <title>Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker goes on transphobic, sexist rant during graduation speech</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/sports/harrison-butker-misogynistic-transphobia</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52242800/origin.jpg" alt='Kansas City Chiefs Harrison Butker' />A player for the back-to-back Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs NFL team has been called out for transphobic and misogynistic remarks he made during a graduation speech over the weekend. ]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 08:00:05 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Christopher Wiggins</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/sports/harrison-butker-misogynistic-transphobia</guid></item><item> <title>05/14/24</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/05-14-24</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="null" alt='null' />Happy Tuesday!]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:18:09 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alex Cooper</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/05-14-24</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Don't be 'weak and gay,' Missouri Republican candidate says in campaign video]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/politics/missouri-valentina-gomez-gay-weak</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52244013/origin.jpg" alt='' />A Republican candidate for <a href="https://www.advocate.com/missouri" target="_blank">Missouri</a> secretary of state has posted a campaign video exhorting voters not to be “weak and gay.”]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 21:46:04 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Trudy Ring</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/politics/missouri-valentina-gomez-gay-weak</guid></item><item> <title>Moms for Liberty joins in suing Biden administration over Title IX protections for trans students</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/news/moms-for-liberty-title-ix</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52242980/origin.jpg" alt='Tina Descovich Tiffany Justice Kris Kobach' /><a href="https://www.advocate.com/tag/moms-for-liberty" target="_blank">Moms for Liberty</a>, a group identified as an anti-government extremist organization by the <a href="http://advocate.com/southern-poverty-law-center" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Southern Poverty Law Center</u></a>, has joined forces with<a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/title-ix-lgbtq-lawsuits" target="_blank"> several Republican-led states to sue the Biden administration</a> over new Title IX regulations. These regulations aim to protect <a href="http://advocate.com/transgender" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>transgender</u></a> and <a href="http://advocate.com/nonbinary" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>nonbinary</u></a> students but are criticized by the plaintiffs as an overreach that infringes on parental rights and imposes extreme gender ideology in K-12 education.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 17:51:04 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Christopher Wiggins</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/news/moms-for-liberty-title-ix</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA['Heartstopper' creator Alice Oseman raising funds for kids in Gaza]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/news/alice-oseman-heartstopper-gaza-auction</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52242694/origin.jpg" alt='Alice Oseman Heartstopper Creator Raising Funds Gaza' />Alice Oseman, creator of the <em><a href="https://www.advocate.com/tag/heartstopper" target="_blank">Heartstopper</a></em> gay teen romance series on Netflix and the related graphic novels, is holding an online auction to raise funds to help children in Gaza.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 17:41:52 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Trudy Ring</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/news/alice-oseman-heartstopper-gaza-auction</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Meet the gay man who will be Tennessee's first out LGBTQ+ school board member]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/politics/tennessee-school-board-lgbtq-zach-young</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52238029/origin.jpg" alt='Zach Young Tennessee School Board LGBTQ+' />Democrat <a href="https://www.votezachyoung.com/" target="_blank">Zach Young</a> is slated to become the first out LGBTQ+ school board member in <a href="https://www.advocate.com/politics/adoption-bill-tennessee-lgbtq-passes" target="_blank">Tennessee</a>. ]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 17:38:20 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Adamczeski</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/politics/tennessee-school-board-lgbtq-zach-young</guid></item><item> <title>Transgender 18-year-old Jazlynn Johnson shot to death in Las Vegas</title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/crime/trans-teen-jazlynn-johnson-killed</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/32885004/origin.jpg" alt='Police "do not cross" tape with police car blurred behind it' />Jazlynn Johnson, an 18-year-old transgender woman, was shot to death May 6 in <a href="https://www.advocate.com/tag/nevada" target="_blank">Las Vegas</a>, and a 17-year-old has been charged with murder.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:08:54 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Trudy Ring</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/crime/trans-teen-jazlynn-johnson-killed</guid></item><item> <title><![CDATA[Jonathan Groff thought coming out would make fame 'impossible.' Here's why he did anyway]]></title> <link>https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/jonathan-groff-coming-out-merrily</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assets.rbl.ms/52238759/origin.jpg" alt='Jonathan Groff on Coming Out' /><a href="https://www.advocate.com/television/2017/10/15/gay-actor-jonathan-groff-praised-straight-role-netflixs-mindhunter" target="_blank">Jonathan Groff</a> didn't expect to become famous after he came out as gay. ]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:55:04 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Adamczeski</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/jonathan-groff-coming-out-merrily</guid></item> </channel></rss>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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