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In The Advocate's Women section, readers can find out the latest news and updates that are important to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women. Discover articles related to politics, arts and entertainment, health, parenting, business, travel, and more. Find out about women from all spheres of influence who are working toward advancing the LGBT rights movement like Tammy Baldwin, Guinevere Turner, Gloria Steinem, Ellen Page, Laverne Cox, and Diana Nyad. Watch videos, read articles, and stay up-to-date on all issues related to gay women.

Julie Johnson Texas Rep
Politics

Texas is gerrymandering the only LGBTQ+ member of Congress from the South out of her seat

New congressional districts in Texas will split Democrat Julie Johnson's district into eight parts.

Gerika Mudra video Defending Victims of Anti Transgender Bathroom Panic
News

Lesbian teen cornered by server in bathroom and forced to prove gender files charges

Gerika Mudra, 18, says a Buffalo Wild Wings waiter made her show her breasts to prove she could use the women's restroom.

Noa Lynn van Leuven of the Netherlands throws during 2025 Betfred World Matchplay Blackpool England
News

Trans darts champion laments ban against trans women as 'loss for the trans community'

Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."

Planned parenthood clinic entrance
Politics

Federal judge blocks Trump's ban on Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood

Trump's ban preventing Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood has been blocked nationwide.

Planned parenthood clinic entrance
Politics

Trump's new strategy to restrict abortion nationwide — don't say ‘ban’

Trump's team has developed a way to make abortion difficult to obtain without the same costs as an unpopular ban.

United Nations building
News

U.N. draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'

The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”

concept art digital collage combining pills on an orange background an express mailing postage box and the texas state flag
Politics

Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state

Texas now allows private citizens the right to sue health providers for mailing abortion medication.

Pete Hegseth Secretary of Defense nominee
Politics

Pentagon weakly corrects Pete Hegseth's views on women having the right to vote

"Of course the Secretary thinks that women should have the right to vote," Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said.

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
Politics

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.

packages of birth control pills with an IUD
News

Trump administration will incinerate $10 million worth of birth control for poor women

The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attends the executive order signing ceremony women swimmers before race
Politics

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues swimming group over inclusion of transgender women

The lawsuit does not accuse USMS of violating trans athletic participation laws, but of violating consumer protection laws.

memorial mural of Rita Hester near her home in Boston for Transgender Day of Remembrance marking its 25th anniversary 2024
News

Boston opens new park named after murdered Black transgender woman Rita Hester

The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.

a crowd of queer women and others party in a pool
Arts & Entertainment

The history and future of sapphic festival The Dinah

The Dinah's creator is looking to pass the torch after 34 years, but promises the storied sapphic event will go on.

cisgender spelled out in wavy scrabble tiles on pastel color background
Politics

Democrat consultants tell politicians to stop using terms like 'LGBTQIA' and 'cisgender'

Consulting firm Third Way released a list of words it believes Democratic politicians should avoid, including "LGBTQIA."

woman holding pill for emergency contraception alongside a faceless texas police officer wearing cowboy hat
News

Texas woman charged with murder for abortion accuses police of 'maliciously abusing their power'

Texas officials are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed under qualified immunity after wrongly charging a woman with murder for having an abortion.

transgender rights protest London UK
World

Which country is about to implement a nationwide transgender bathroom ban?

The U.K. is set to ban trans people from single-sex facilities — even some that match their biological sex.

Women's March in Washington demanding continued access to abortion after the ban on most abortions in Texas, and looming threat to Roe v Wade in upcoming Supreme Court.
News

BREAKING: Trump administration to limit abortion for veterans after restricting gender-affirming care

The proposed policy would eliminate access to abortion through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

​International Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Union Square New York City 2025
Politics

22 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2025 so far

Here are all the anti-LGBTQ+ laws that have been passed so far in 2025, and which states they come from.

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Muir Woods National Monument entrance sign
Politics

Women’s contributions and men’s racism erased from history of national monument

NPS removed historical information about women and race from signs at the Muir Woods National Monument.