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rainbow LGBTQIA pride flags fly at Rockefeller Center NYC June 2024
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Trump admin forced to restore $6.2 million to LGBTQ+ and HIV groups

This comes after a court victory for nine organizations represented by Lambda Legal.

Senator Josh Hawley walks past reporters at the US Capitol Building June 2025 Washington DC
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Waffler and coward Josh Hawley runs away — again — from a problem he helped create

Opinion: Hawley is running from his big beautiful bill vote the same way he sprinted away from insurrectionists on January 6, writes John Casey.
SCOTUS protest gender affirming care case sign says keep legislators out of child doctor appointments
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FTC hosts anti-trans workshop LGBTQ+ advocates call ‘government-sponsored disinformation’

“[Transgender lives have] been made a political and ideological issue,” Dr. Rachel Levine told The Advocate.

Pete Buttigieg town hall in Cedar Rapids Iowa Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem press conference
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Pete Buttigieg outraged Trump admin crossed ‘reddest of red lines’ handcuffing senator questioning Noem

The former transportation secretary said Americans must raise their voices to combat Trump's authoritarianism.

Rep Melanie Stansbury and Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene during Department of Government Efficiency DOGE Subcommittee at the US Capitol building on May 2025 in Washington DC
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How this Democrat fights Marjorie Taylor Greene's transphobia in Congress with smart preparation

With calm defiance and procedural precision, Rep. Melanie Stansbury turned a House hearing into a masterclass in how Democrats can confront anti-trans attacks with facts, strategy, and moral clarity.

Donald Trump oval office desk surrounded by cabinet and administration members
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Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ cabinet: An in-depth look

Trump's 2.0 cabinet is a cast of characters from right-wing television and MAGA politics. Here are their LGBTQ+ rights records.

andry hernandez romero alongside prison officer guarding gang members in a cell at the Terrorism Confinement Center aka CECOT in Tecoluca San Vicente El Salvador April 2025
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Gay asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero remains in danger, advocates warn

After months in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, the gay makeup artist has been freed, but not returned to safety.

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Mark Pocan Derrick Van Orden
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Two Wisconsin congressmen clash in front of cameras during U.S. Capitol confrontation

"That's your a**hole buddy," gay Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan said about Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden.

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New Hampshire Republican governor Kelly Ayotte walks in Merrimack Independence Day parade July 2025
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This Republican governor vetoed anti-LGBTQ+ book ban and bathroom bills

Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire went against her party on these and other issues.

ERO police officer escorts potential deportees on enforcement bus headed to ICE detention facility in Chicago
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Trump administration stops abuse protection for transgender detainees in ICE custody

Since 2015, detention facilities had to take into account the gender identity of trans migrants. Not any more.
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (left) and Andry Hernández Romero
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Coalition of 52 Democrats push for proof of life for deported gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero

“I think Pride Month is an opportunity to highlight his story even more,” U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia told The Advocate.

Equality PAC gala Chuck Schumer Hakeem Jeffries Washington DC June 2025
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Chuck Schumer & Hakeem Jeffries commit to defending trans rights at star-studded Pride gala

“House Democrats will always stand with the LGBTQ community — including our transgender fellow Americans,” Hakeem Jeffries said.

Chris Pappas new hampshire
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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.

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jeffrey Epstein
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As Trump faces escalating Epstein scandal, Marjorie Taylor Green targets drag queens

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.

Donald Trump makeup on bruised hand 2025 alongside picture with Jeffrey Epstein at Maralago Florida 1997
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From wives to the IRS, Trump has always been hiding. Will a bruised hand and Epstein finally give him away?

Opinion: MAGA’s turning on him. The makeup’s cracking. Is a WSJ story about an Epstein letter true? What happens when Trump runs out of places to hide? writes John Casey.

Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon
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Breaking: Puerto Rico's governor just signed one of the harshest gender-affirming care laws yet

Here's what the law does.

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ICE Washington DC masked federal law enforcement partners including HSI FBI ATF arresting an Undocumented immigrant in Arlington Virginia Feb 2025
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In baseball fields, gardens, birthday parties, and more, the increasing barbarism of masked ICE agents

Opinion: ICE expands into an authoritarian arm of the state, akin to Germany's Gestapo, going unchecked and unaccountable. and shattering lives , writes John Casey.

Ken Paxton with wife Angela
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Texas AG Ken Paxton's wife files for divorce, citing God and ‘recent discoveries’

The Republican state senator says she can no longer honor God or herself by staying married to the embattled Texas attorney general known for crusading against LGBTQ+ rights.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy alongside rainbow crosswalk Midtown atlanta georgia
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy implies rainbow crosswalks could lead to traffic dangers

The former MTV Real World cast member announced the prohibition of art and political “distractions” on roads as part of a new federal initiative.

Jeff Merkley and Becca Balint
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Lesbian Rep. Becca Balint & ally Sen. Jeff Merkley file bill to nullify Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders

The No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act targets the trans military ban, the "two sexes" order, and more.