The A.M. READ

The A.M. READ newsletter is a news tipsheet highlighting LGBTQ+ news and HRC updates. It covers a wide range of topics from breaking news to politics to LGBTQ+ pop culture to sports and everything in between.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

HRC PAC IS GOING ALL IN ON THREE SENATE RACES THAT COULD DECIDE EVERYTHING: This week, HRC PAC endorsed three pro-equality U.S. Senate candidates in races that are critical to building a majority that can push back on the Trump Administration’s assault on LGBTQ+ rights. In North Carolina, former Gov. Roy Cooper takes on Ken Paxton ally Michael Whatley. In Minnesota, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan faces MAGA Republican Michele Tafoya, who thinks WNBA players should submit to sex-testing. And in Michigan, physician and public health champion Abdul El-Sayed is taking on Mike Rogers, who has a perfect zero on HRC’s Congressional Scorecard six times in a row. The Senate majority runs through all three. Let’s get to work. 

ANTI-TRANS LAWS, AS PREDICTED, HAVING STRANGE IMPACTS ON EVERYONE: The Kansas State Fair doesn’t have enough bathrooms sometimes to accommodate everyone, but women have long gotten around that issue by ducking into the shorter line for the men’s room – but not anymore. Thanks to the horrifying anti-trans bathroom law the state enacted this year, signs have gone up warning all women, including cis women, that they can’t do that anymore. Anyone who violates the law could face up to six months in jail. Read more at LGBTQ Nation.

SPOTLIGHT STORY

PEOPLE — ACTRESS AND HRC ALLY FOR EQUALITY AWARD RECIPIENT SALLY FIELD SNAGS EMMY WIN: Prolific actress and LGBTQ+ ally Sally Field celebrated her Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Remarkably Bright Creatures. In response, Field emphasized the joy of working with her children, echoing the love she shared for them during her speech at the 2012 HRC National Dinner, where she received the Ally for Equality award. Read more about her Emmy win in People.