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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.

Dionne Warwick to perform at National Pride Gala, joining other big names

The EqualityPAC fundraiser will be held on June 4 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

We are Veterans Affairs clinicians. Our leadership is failing veterans

Opinion: "The VA’s mission is to honor their service, to treat them with dignity, and to provide comprehensive and compassionate medical and mental health care. This includes gender-affirming care," argues a letter signed by more than 100 VA staff and submitted to The Advocate.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Transgender teens sue Kansas over 'harmful' gender-affirming care ban

Kansas' gender-affirming care ban "impermissibly infringes" on parents' "fundamental right to the care, custody, and control of their children," a new lawsuit asserts.

Trump threatens to yank California’s federal funding over one transgender student’s sports participation

"I am ordering local authorities...to not allow the transitioned person to compete in the State Finals," Trump wrote. He doesn't have that power.

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.

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.

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.

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."

Sir Ian McKellen to host Shakespeare play with all trans and nonbinary cast

The rehearsed reading of Twelfth Night will be produced by the new trans and nonbinary theater company, Trans What You Will.

J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

Harry Potter profits are going directly to anti-transgender legal cases.

D.C. police investigate suspected hate crime at bar for queer & trans people of color during WorldPride

As the city ramps up for the world's biggest LGBTQ+ celebration, somebody broke in and vandalized Saints and Sinners, a QTBIPOC space.

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.

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.

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.