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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.
News

Brazil elects third transgender person to national Congress

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National

Trump hurls anti-trans slur at South Carolina Democrat Annie Andrews. The White House won’t explain why

The president has spent his second term stripping protections from transgender Americans. Now he’s using an anti-trans slur as a political insult.

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States

A GOP super PAC twists a Texas adult’s transition story to scare Ohio voters with an ad full of lies

Basic fact-checking reveals the ad has nothing to do with the state of Ohio or Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.

Protesters holding pro-trans rights sign gather outside a large building.
States

As hospitals make deals with Trump ending trans care, protesters warn NewYork-Presbyterian: Don’t follow them

ACT UP and the Gender Liberation Movement accuse the hospital of turning away new minor patients as federal pressure reshapes access to gender-affirming care.

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National

Trump is targeting their daughters’ medical care. Four New Hampshire families are taking his HHS to court

One girl’s medication costs more than her family earns in a year.

don davis
States

Republicans redrew his district. Now Democrat Don Davis is making anti-trans campaign ads

The North Carolina congressman's new campaign ad adopts GOP talking points about protecting women and girls.
Elliot Page
National

Elliot Page takes on hospitals that caved to Trump on care for trans kids: ‘Denying this care hurts children’

The actor is demanding that New York hospitals restore gender-affirming care, meet with the families they turned away, and apologize for abandoning trans youth.

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National

Macho man Pete Hegseth turns ‘State of the Force’ address into a spectacle of slurs and self-congratulation

Donald Trump’s defense secretary touted firings of senior staff, mocked transgender people, and invoked “treason” while accusing journalists of undermining troops.

a person speaks before a crowd of supporters for trans rights
News

Workers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff email

Advocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs.

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Mental Health

Trump restores 988 LGBTQ+ youth crisis line. Asked about trans callers, HHS cites ‘gender ideology extremism’

The Advocate asked federal officials what transgender and nonbinary young people can expect when they seek help.
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National

Lambda Legal’s new LGBTQ+ Bill of Rights goes on offense by using tactics perfected by the right

The civil rights legal organization will adopt a conservative playbook by pushing model legislation, starting in 20 states whose leaders support equality, CEO Kevin Jennings tells The Advocate.

andy beshear
States

Andy Beshear has a message for Democrats backing away from trans rights: ‘That is not the party that we are’

"We don't throw anybody under the bus,” the Democratic Kentucky governor said.

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