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Pastor Mark Burns, a prominent supporter of the GOP nominee, claims he tweeted the picture to protest what he called Hillary Clinton's pandering to African Americans.

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NYC’s most powerful transgender official is fighting intensifying anti-LGBTQ+ federal pressure

Appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Taylor Brown is confronting the Trump administration’s attacks on trans people and dismantling long-standing LGBTQ+ inequities.

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What is the trans gaze? It's relief and recognition between strangers on a train

Opinion: In an increasingly hostile world, New York City subway nights become a space where trans women of color keep each other in view and safe.

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Same-sex couples thrive in U.S. even as GOP support for marriage equality falls

According to the U.S. Census, a record number of LGBTQ+ couples are living their best lives and society hasn't come to an end despite Republican warnings.

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Over her short tenure as Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi terrorized LGBTQ+ Americans

From launching investigations of school athletics to legal demands on health care providers, the Republican lawyer put enormous energy into attacking transgender children.

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Brandon Riker is running for Congress as a gay economics expert in a crowded Democratic field.

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Graham Platner abruptly cancels campaign fundraiser at New York City gay bar

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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner delivers remarks in Ogunquit, Maine on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Maine, abruptly canceled a campaign event at a New York City gay bar this weekend shortly after The Advocate reached out to inquire about the event. Keep Reading →

LGBTQ+ Task Force’s Evan Low: What’s at stake this midterms

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Amid a torrent of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and a national political climate increasingly defined by fear and distortion, Evan Low has come to an unsettling realization: What the country is living through right now is not normal. Keep Reading →

​4 states move anti-trans ballot measures to voters for 2026 midterm election

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I voted stickers are part of the process Americans go through to make their voices heard.

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Republican-backed proposals targeting transgender people are moving to the ballot and around legislatures. Keep Reading →

Who is Daniel Biss, the Democrat who narrowly beat Gen-Z star Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois

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Border Patrol agents are confronted by Evanston Mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss after they took two men into custody at a Home Depot store while on patrol on December 17, 2025, in Evanston, Illinois.

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Daniel Biss, the mayor of Evanston and a former Illinois state representative and senator, narrowly defeated Gen-Z candidate Kat Abughazaleh in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, emerging from a race that tested generational divides inside one of the country’s most reliably blue seats. Keep Reading →
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