Air Force veteran stripped of retirement under Trump's transgender purge
"This isn't just a fight for us," Technical Sgt. Alyx Anguiano told The Advocate. "It's a threat to every person who has served or is currently serving."
August 14 2025 6:06 PM
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"This isn't just a fight for us," Technical Sgt. Alyx Anguiano told The Advocate. "It's a threat to every person who has served or is currently serving."
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Pete Hegseth has seemingly endorsed his pastor's views that gay sex should be illegal and women shouldn't vote.
The U.K. is set to ban trans people from single-sex facilities — even some that match their biological sex.
The far-right commentator says the U.S. president intervened on behalf of the French president to get her to stop spreading lies.
Transgender women athletes can no longer receive O-1A, E11, and E21 "extraordinary ability" visas.
The largest federal health insurance provider now bans coverage for gender-affirming care, but allows "faith-based counseling."
“I'm surprised that you’re trying to litigate who was the beneficiary of slavery and who was not,” host Abby Phillip said.
Gerika Mudra, 18, says a Buffalo Wild Wings waiter made her show her breasts to prove she could use the women's restroom.
It’s the latest attack on trans rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Skrmetti ruling.
Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.
“Everyone I talked to thought it only applied to sports. But it applies to everything," one transgender student told The Advocate.
A new documentary explores how, in a Trump-era America where queer symbols have been weaponized, LGBTQ+ people are reclaiming the country's flag.
Here's how you can fight back against the far-right groups that have infiltrated school boards.
An initial report deadnamed a Target a trans employee killed in her work parking lot. A correction used the wrong pronouns.
Emma Morquecho moved to California to play for Westcliff University. Then the Cal Pac Conference yanked her scholarship.
A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state's refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Utah Senator Mike Lee's bill that would ban all pornography federally is advancing within the Senate.
Transgender young people are the targets of the latest iteration of the damaging and discredit practice.
“I see this issue being used to divide,” the former transportation secretary told independent journalist Aaron Parnas.