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Transgender woman who escaped Alabama for her safety beaten & left for dead near National Mall in D.C.

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.

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Black trans woman Dream Johnson killed in Washington, D.C.

Police are seeking the public's help in finding the person or persons responsible.

Chinese police arrest dozens of gay erotica writers in pornography crackdown

Attorneys in China claim between 30 and 50 writers have been arrested this year for writing gay erotica.

Florida man arrested for bringing loaded gun to Wilton Manors Pride

Michael Monheit was arrested on charges of trespassing and carrying a concealed firearm.

BREAKING: Adult performer Austin Wolf to plead guilty to federal child pornography charges

He “intends to plead guilty to a mandatory minimum charge with a significant advisory range under the United States Sentencing Guidelines,” according to his attorney.

This new true crime documentary shows how Furry sleuths exposed an animal abuse ring

Watch a clip from The Furry Detectives: Unmasking A Monster exclusively shared with The Advocate.

How drag artists can protect themselves from the far-right attacks

Drag artists who survived violence and harassment tell The Advocate about resources to protect other performers.

Ohio man charged with killing his partner, a rising local drag artist who went missing last month​

The last anyone heard from Ryan Godbey was on June 20. Now, Daniel Mattay faces charges of murder, assault, stangulation, and domestic violence.

NYPD investigating assault, choking of woman after suspects hurled anti-LGBTQ+ slurs

Three male suspects remain at large. The victim was in stable condition after the attack.

9 trans rights activists arrested in front of Supreme Court while protesting Skrmetti ruling

Nine activists were arrested outside the Supreme Court and detained for two hours, according to organizers.

Queer Wisconsin lawmakers Tammy Baldwin's and Mark Pocan's names found on Minnesota shooting suspect's list

Vance Boelter allegedly included Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan in notebooks about his targets.

Trump Jr. falsely blames 'radical transgender movement' for Melissa Hortman assassination

Donald Trump Jr. claimed that trans people are the "most violent domestic terror threat" in the U.S.

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.

5 charged in assault that left a transgender girl with a broken jaw in D.C. juvenile detention center

The trans girl was reportedly housed in a boys' unit.

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This gay grandpa was fined $16k for protesting trans youth suicides, and he would 'do it again'

James Lantz tells The Advocate about his arrest for gluing his hand to a Capitol railing while protesting trans youth suicides.

Pennsylvania fines gay grandpa with stage 4 cancer $16k for protesting trans youth suicide

James Lantz glued his hand to a railing inside the Vermont Senate after lawmakers refused to meet with him about trans youth suicides.

A man in Provincetown was called a homophobic slur and assaulted. Police need information

Provincetown police are investigating a potential hate crime after a man was assaulted and called a homophobic slur.

16-year-old girl in critical condition after shooting after New York Pride

Police said it is too early to know if the shooting after NYC Pride was a hate crime.

California police accused a lawmaker of DUI when she was sober. She says she was targeted because she's queer

Law enforcement has still refused to release the records from Sabrina Cervantes' DUI arrest, despite tests proving she was sober.