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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.
After a report linked Donald Trump to a lewd Jeffrey Epstein note, the Georgia Republican tried to shift focus to drag queens, Pride, and trans people.
Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire went against her party on these and other issues.
A federal judge ruled that the government violated her rights.
The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.
Trump's plan to gut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is expected to disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people.
River Chunnui's lawsuit accused two board members of leaking their address and leading a "smear campaign."
The film, Heightened Scrutiny, follows Chase Strangio as he prepares to argue in favor of gender-affirming care access for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti at the high court, and captures the quiet radicalism of showing up.
Here's what the law does.
Wells, a popular ballroom performer, was shot to death May 25, and her killer remains at large.
Did the Skrmetti ruling give states carte blanche to discriminate against all transgender people?
Since 2015, detention facilities had to take into account the gender identity of trans migrants. Not any more.
Chloe Sherman's RENEGADES San Francisco: the 1990s showcases the unique history of queer women.
Behind the scenes, Pierce County officials shared conservative social media posts and strategized LaVonnia Moore’s removal after she displayed a book about a trans child at the public library.
The California governor spent more than four hours on the Shawn Ryan Show talking about, among other things, trans athletes, gender-affirming care, and "the whole 'pronoun' thing."
The Office of Personnel Management has become the enforcement arm of Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.
"This administration has made a dangerous decision to play politics with real young people’s lives," Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black said.
The r/trans subreddit is supposed to be a place for trans people to share their experiences, but one user says he was met with unnecessary backlash.
A new University of Vermont study found that 100 percent of respondents worried about their access to care after Donald Trump became president again.
The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”
Cayla Calhoun left Alabama seeking safety as a trans woman. Instead, she was nearly killed on D.C.’s streets, and now she refuses to stay silent.
