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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.

Most Americans support corporate LGBTQ+ Pride efforts despite pull-back by major brands: report

A new GLAAD report challenges the notion that Americans endorse a retreat from LGBTQ+ inclusion in commerce.

44 photos of pure transgender joy and visibility at Trans Pride D.C. 2025

The weekend kicked off WorldPride 2025, centering trans lives and experiences.

New Republican House bill bans transgender troops & seeks to strip trans vets of security clearances

Alabama GOP Rep. Barry Moore wants to enshrine discrimination against transgender people into federal law.

Pete Buttigieg rips Trump’s Veterans Affairs cuts & defends trans troops in Iowa town hall

He said that a service member "who happens to be transgender...ought to be honored and not kicked out of the military."

Pentagon orders immediate stop to gender-affirming care for transgender troops

The Department of Defense will no longer provide medical care for trans service members.

Combat vet Paul Rieckhoff warns trans military purge is ‘tip of the spear’ in Trump’s war on all Americans

He said the Trump administration is implementing policies in the agency with “the biggest budget, biggest guns” to make it easy to “push around the rest of the government.”

Utah Republicans ignore study supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth. It's research they demanded

In 2023, the state legislature banned care for transgender youth “pending research.” The research is in — and inconvenient for Republicans.

U.S. Army orders systematic erasure of transgender troops’ gender identity

Commanders have been ordered to review service records and make changes to reflect a service member's birth sex.

Gay Senate candidate Chris Pappas: The government shouldn’t limit trans people’s health care

Rep. Chris Pappas tells The Advocate why he voted for a defense bill that stripped children of military members of access to gender-affirming care.

NYU withholds degree from gay transgender student over commencement speech

“[Logan Rozos] lied about the speech he was going to deliver,” a NYU spokesperson said.

LGBTQ+ people’s safety has plummeted across social media platforms: report

The 2025 Social Media Safety Index from GLAAD reveals widespread failures by major tech platforms to protect LGBTQ+ users.

HHS deletes mental health report on Utah's transgender children

The Department of Health and Human Services has deleted crucial reports on the mental health of Utah's transgender youth, ignoring their struggles and erasing their existence. One expert says that might be Trump's goal.

‘Too strong for sports, too weak to serve?’ Trans troops challenge Trump’s military ban on ‘The Daily Show’

These trans folks explain why they're ready to serve like anyone else.

Why experts say Trump's budget bill strips health care from nearly all transgender people

The Republican-passed House bill goes beyond limiting access for Medicaid recipients.

Skeptical California federal judge grills Trump DOJ over anti-trans & anti-DEI orders

“To me, that sounds incredibly vague,” Judge Jon Tiger told Trump administration lawyers.

Here's what queer, transgender, and intersex people should know about prostate cancer after Biden's diagnosis

After President Joe Biden's stunning cancer diagnosis, The Advocate asked medical experts what the LGBTQ+ community should know about this disease.

Pentagon begins mass removal of transgender troops

A May 15 Department of Defense memo orders commanders to review medical records of troops suspected to be trans.

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Pete Hegseth is trying to force this transgender soldier out of the military. He won't leave voluntarily

The Trump administration says he and people like him lack "an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."

How to fight Trump’s anti-trans messaging that’s poisoning public opinion

A new poll suggests that anti-trans misinformation is working to erode support.