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In The Advocate's Women section, readers can find out the latest news and updates that are important to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women. Discover articles related to politics, arts and entertainment, health, parenting, business, travel, and more. Find out about women from all spheres of influence who are working toward advancing the LGBT rights movement like Tammy Baldwin, Guinevere Turner, Gloria Steinem, Ellen Page, Laverne Cox, and Diana Nyad. Watch videos, read articles, and stay up-to-date on all issues related to gay women.

Noa Lynn van Leuven of the Netherlands throws during 2025 Betfred World Matchplay Blackpool England
News

Trans darts champion laments ban against trans women as 'loss for the trans community'

Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."

packages of birth control pills with an IUD
News

Trump administration will incinerate $10 million worth of birth control for poor women

The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.

memorial mural of Rita Hester near her home in Boston for Transgender Day of Remembrance marking its 25th anniversary 2024
News

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.

VACAYA travelers
Business

This LGBTQ+ travel company’s mission of inclusivity is radical & ‘You’re more than welcome’

As the U.S. government tries to push trans and nonbinary people out of society, one travel company is embracing guests of all identities and sizes.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer
World

U.K. Prime Minister pushes to ban trans people from single-sex bathrooms, sports, and beyond

Keir Starmer said the ruling that trans women are not considered women under the nation's Equality Act must be applied "as soon as possible."

California state capitol building
Politics

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.

transgender rights protest London UK
World

Which country is about to implement a nationwide transgender bathroom ban?

The U.K. is set to ban trans people from single-sex facilities — even some that match their biological sex.

​International Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Union Square New York City 2025
Politics

21 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2025 so far

Here are all the anti-LGBTQ+ laws that have been passed so far in 2025, and which states they come from.

Muir Woods National Monument entrance sign
Politics

Women’s contributions and men’s racism erased from history of national monument

NPS removed historical information about women and race from signs at the Muir Woods National Monument.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attends the executive order signing ceremony women swimmers before race
Politics

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues swimming group over inclusion of transgender women

The lawsuit does not accuse USMS of violating trans athletic participation laws, but of violating consumer protection laws.

Abortion rights supporters rally at the Bigger Than Roe National Mobilization March in the rotunda of the Capitol building in Madison Wisconsin January 2022
Politics

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down abortion ban from 1849

A 176-year-old law "does not prohibit abortion in the State of Wisconsin," the state Supreme Court has ruled.

Congresswoman Kat Cammack pregnancy announcement photo
Politics

Florida Republican who almost died from ectopic pregnancy blames Democrats, not abortion ban

Kat Cammack doesn't believe Florida's abortion ban was at fault for her near-death experience, but instead blames Democrats for "fearmongering."

Sally Ride Astronaut Educator first american woman in space and Tam OShaughnessy of UC San Diego
Arts & Entertainment

Sally Ride told her partner it was OK to come out 10 days before her death

“We had a wonderful relationship from the time we were kids until we became lovers,” Tam O'Shaughnessy said.

Maura Healey speaking at a podium
Politics

Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law

Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.

Women's March in Washington demanding continued access to abortion after the ban on most abortions in Texas, and looming threat to Roe v Wade in upcoming Supreme Court.
News

BREAKING: Trump administration to limit abortion for veterans after restricting gender-affirming care

The proposed policy would eliminate access to abortion through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Planned parenthood clinic entrance
Politics

Federal judge blocks Trump's ban on Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood

Trump's ban preventing Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood has been blocked nationwide.

Planned parenthood clinic entrance
Politics

Trump's new strategy to restrict abortion nationwide — don't say ‘ban’

Trump's team has developed a way to make abortion difficult to obtain without the same costs as an unpopular ban.

United Nations building
News

U.N. draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'

The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”

vintage photo exhibit RENEGADES San Francisco the 1990s original photography by CHLOE SHERMAN
News

19 photos from 1990s San Francisco show the roots of butch and femme culture

Chloe Sherman's RENEGADES San Francisco: the 1990s showcases the unique history of queer women.

LGBTQIA person calculating grocery bill in their kitchen
News

How SNAP cuts will disproportionately impact some LGBTQ+ people

About 15 percent of LGBTQ+ adults received SNAP benefits in the past year.