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In Politics, The Advocate presents the latest news about the political world. From Supreme Court rulings to state and federal laws, The Advocate reports on how politics shapes the day-to-day realities faced by members of the gay community. Read about LGBT leaders like Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin and their work to advance the causes of the LGBT rights movement in the United States and around the world. Find out about legislation related to same-sex marriage, adoption, and other issues in gay politics that will impact the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans.
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Trump’s ‘dictator-like’ D.C. takeover is an assault on democracy, critics warn

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s non-voting representative in Congress, condemned Trump’s move as “a federal power grab against the will of D.C.’s elected leadership.”

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
Politics

Pete Hegseth shares video of pastor calling to ban gay sex and ban women from voting

Pete Hegseth has seemingly endorsed his pastor's views that gay sex should be illegal and women shouldn't vote.
Maura Healey speaking at a podium
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Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law

Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.

Apple CEO Tim Cook displays an engraved glass disc presented to US President Donald Trump during an event in the Oval Office
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Apple CEO Tim Cook bends the knee to Donald Trump with a golden Oval Office gift & $100 billion pledge

“It’s a unique unit of one,” the Apple CEO said at the White House, adding, “designed by a U.S. Marine Corps corporal.”

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Politics

Trump bans trans women athletes from 'extraordinary ability’ visas

Transgender women athletes can no longer receive O-1A, E11, and E21 "extraordinary ability" visas.

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks to reporters after a press conference
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Texas Democrats fleeing the state also stopped anti-abortion and anti-trans bills

Democrats left Texas to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, but they stopped other bills, too.

US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Fresh off taking control of D.C. police, Trump announces he’ll host CBS's Kennedy Center Honors TV broadcast

He also said he chose “98 percent” of this year’s honorees.

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Venezuelan stylist Andry Hernandez Romero greets family members after returning home in Capacho village Tachira State Venezuela July 2025
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Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole

The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.

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Influential Democrats condemn Donald Trump’s ‘dictator-level’ takeover of nation’s capital

Leading lawmakers are raising deep concerns after the president painted a dark picture of Washington, D.C.

National Guard at D.C. capitol 2021
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What the heck is happening in D.C.? Nothing, until Trump deployed the National Guard

Here's what you need to know about what's happening — and what's not happening — in D.C.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges $100 billion for Trump manufacturing program

Tim Cook is set to announce $100 billion for Trump's manufacturing program at a White House press conference on Wednesday.

Harper Steele Matt Bernstein Jonathan Capehart in short form documentary Reclaim the Flag
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How these LGBTQ+ icons are reclaiming the American flag

A new documentary explores how, in a Trump-era America where queer symbols have been weaponized, LGBTQ+ people are reclaiming the country's flag.

Justin Zhong preaching at Sure Foundation Baptist Church in Indianapolis that Jesus is King and will be a dictator alongside headshot of Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith
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Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith shares post from church that called for death to gays; his team walks it back

Nevertheless, Beckwith has a history of horrific comments about LGBTQ+ people.

Tammy Bruce
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Trump taps lesbian Tammy Bruce as deputy UN representative. But is that a promotion?

The liberal commentator-turned-Fox News host currently serves as State Department spokesperson.

Utah Senator Mike Lee
Politics

Republican Sen. Mike Lee's pornography ban is moving forward in the Senate

Utah Senator Mike Lee's bill that would ban all pornography federally is advancing within the Senate.

UCLA building with UCLA students out front
Politics

UCLA rejects Trump's demands to accept anti-transgender policies — for now

The university has refused to bow to the President’s sweeping list of anti-transgender demands — bucking a growing trend of large universities that have caved to similar pressure.

George Floyd protesters fight back against US Army near White House Washington DC June 2020
Voices

Trump’s militarization of D.C. is blatant dictatorship

Opinion: Fabricated crises, racist lies, armed troops in the streets, this is dictatorship in action, and it’s only the beginning, writes John Casey.

Donald Trump
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Donald Trump to chair Olympics task force and demand 'strong' tests to keep trans athletes out

The President has wrongly implied Algerian Imane Khalief, an Algerian boxing gold medalist, was trans and should not compete.

Kristi Noem's face melts on 'South Park'
Arts & Entertainment

​'South Park' eviscerates Kristi Noem for killing a puppy and abusing Botox​

South Park's newest episode makes fun of Kristi Noem for her admission that she shot and killed a puppy.

Scott Bessent
Politics

Scott Bessent, Trump's gay treasury secretary, is out of the running for Fed chair

Donald Trump explain why in a recent interview.