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All the latest news, commentary, and analysis of issues that impact the transgender community. The Advocate provides up-to-date coverage from around the web about political, medical, and social developments that matter most to transgender people.
With calm defiance and procedural precision, Rep. Melanie Stansbury turned a House hearing into a masterclass in how Democrats can confront anti-trans attacks with facts, strategy, and moral clarity.
“House Democrats will always stand with the LGBTQ community — including our transgender fellow Americans,” Hakeem Jeffries said.
Three students graduated from the prestigious service academy after years of hard work, but Trump’s military ban prevented them from getting their commission.
A bill approved by the Texas legislature includes an LGBTQ+ student club ban, a forced outing policy, and a DEI ban.
He is the latest Democratic lawmaker to turn his back on the trans community.
Most LGBTQ+ adults believe that there is currently not much to no acceptance at all for trans people, a new survey reports.
Central Alabama Pride has been awarded The Advocate’s inaugural Communities of Pride Award.
“Mr. Secretary, do not implement this ban," the Illinois senator wrote in a letter to Pete Hegseth.
Attorneys for a transgender woman say they still haven't been able to contact her after she was arrested during her asylum hearing.
"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.
World Boxing's new policy mandates that all participants in women's events — but not men's — must undergo a chromosome test.
Anti-trans lawmakers want to force trans men to use the women's restroom. Here’s what happened when one did.
The controversial bill is one of several transphobic actions taken by Republicans in Texas.
The new documentary premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday.
As of June 6, military commanders must identify anyone who may be trans for a medical evaluation and expulsion from the armed services.
Trump threatened to to withhold federal funding from California unless the state banned a 16-year-old trans girl from competing.
Tyler Flanagan said this is the first time she has felt unsafe as a transgender woman in Nashville.
Puerto Rico's Supreme Court mandates an "X" gender option on birth certificates, a victory for nonbinary individuals.
“It is so important that LGBTQ voices are represented in mainstream media to debunk these gross fear tactics," Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate.
There were 932 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents between May 1, 2024 and May 1, 2025 – equal to 2.5 incidents every day, according to GLAAD.
