Michael Dolce (screen capture)Some news stories you might have missed:
• LGBTQ Nation: Michael Dolce, a lawyer known for representing child sex abuse survivors, was recently arrested by FBI agents at his Florida home. Dolce, who founded a group called Protect Our Kids First Inc., was allegedly laying in bed downloading sexually explicit images of children when agents broke down his front door.
• What To Watch: Dekkoo serves up the new comedy series, “Marriage of Convenience,” which follows Owen and Franklin, two total strangers with nothing in common – except the fact that they both happen to be gay men. Upon entering into a witness protection program, they must pretend to be a happily married couple in order to hide their identities from those who want them dead!
• Pink News: A new poll has found that a majority of American voters think there has been too much legislation limiting LGBTQ+ rights in recent years – and that includes Republicans.
• The Advocate: Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has a memoir coming out this fall, and in it she’ll deal with how she gained all the knowledge that resulted in her stellar performance, plus her personal life, including her transgender identity.
"I shared dozens of 20-second anecdotes about myself on Jeopardy!, but there’s much more to my story…" https://t.co/Imwz9BCoQ5
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) April 7, 2023
• AZ Mirror: Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and her lawyers are asking the Arizona Supreme Court not to sanction them for their election challenge case because Lake “honestly believes” the 2022 gubernatorial election was stolen. p.s. Lake lost by 17,000 votes.
• Pew Research: The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to analysis of the latest annual mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
+𝟐𝟑%: Percent change in gun deaths among all Americans in the first two years of the pandemic (from 39,707 in 2019 to 48,830 in 2021)
+𝟓𝟎%: Percent change in gun deaths among children under 18 during the same period (from 1,732 to 2,590)
New data ➡️ https://t.co/kcc13nR5aA pic.twitter.com/QnV7Q2BRWz
— John Gramlich (@johngramlich) April 7, 2023