‘Proud’ pro-LGBTQ+ Democrat flips Republican state House seat in Georgia electoral upset
Eric Gisler won a special election on Tuesday by about 200 votes.
December 10 2025 4:05 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein’s brother says the ‘Bubba’ mentioned in Trump oral sex email is not Bill Clinton
Mark Epstein wanted to ensure that “speculation does not unfairly implicate people who are not actually being referenced in those communications,” he said in a statement to The Advocate.
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November 16 2025 9:15 AM
Lesbian Georgia legislator, first LGBTQ+ person elected in the South, is still showing up 25 years later
State Rep. Karla Drenner, who was once told she “wasn’t worthy of being known,” reflects on 25 years of being “the first” and why she’s still serving in an interview with The Advocate.
October 31 2025 4:41 PM
Inside the fight against Trump in red states: It 'isn't just about Pride. It's about power'
In an exclusive interview, Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson reflects on faith, family, and a new era for the equal rights movement.
October 22 2025 6:00 AM
Ts Madison says Donald Trump and his transphobic administration should just 'pack it up'
The transgender entrepreneur and entertainer spoke with The Advocate at her house near Atlanta.
October 21 2025 8:00 AM
Muslim legislator running for governor says Georgia deserves leaders who reject scapegoating trans people
“I have not seen the kind of representation that is demanded of this moment,” state Rep. Ruwa Romman told The Advocate.
October 17 2025 7:00 AM
Trump’s shutdown layoffs eliminate entire federal health agencies that served LGBTQ+ people, teens, & women
“Without these people in place, it’s unlikely that a lot of these programs will be able to continue even after the government reopens," former HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
October 11 2025 5:44 PM
Georgia judge tosses out most of failed college swimmer Riley Gaines’s NCAA lawsuit over trans athletes
The judge allowed part of the case to proceed.
September 26 2025 4:56 PM
As Trump faces escalating Epstein scandal, Marjorie Taylor Greene 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.
July 18 2025 10:35 AM
Bombshell records expose political plot to oust rural Georgia librarian over LGBTQ+ book
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.
July 12 2025 1:54 PM
Beloved Georgia librarian fired after child chooses book with transgender character for library display
“I wasn’t going to tell the kid no,” LaVonnia Moore said. “I was just happy the kid was reading, happy they were engaging in their library.”
July 08 2025 11:43 AM
Democrat Melanie Stansbury triggers Marjorie Taylor Greene into gavel-banging meltdown at House hearing—again
The New Mexico congresswoman continues to get under the Georgia Republican's skin. “Madam Chair, calm down," she said to Greene.
June 24 2025 5:03 PM
House GOP advances Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic bill banning gender-affirming care for trans youth
“This is just another attempt by extremist Republican politicians to further their anti-transgender agenda,” U.S. Rep. Mark Takano said.
June 11 2025 12:09 PM
Georgia mother of trans and nonbinary children forcibly removed from school board meeting
"I'm not resisting and this is what fascists do!" Lena Kotler said as police officers carried her.
April 17 2025 4:06 PM
Senate Republicans are trying to tie Democrat Jon Ossoff to anti-trans smear
The GOP are recycling the playbook Donald Trump used to attack Kamala Harris on culture war issues.
April 04 2025 4:58 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Sarah McBride a 'child predator' and 'liar' in latest anti-transgender rant
The anti-trans Republican from Georgia took objection to a video posted by Libs of TikTok showing McBride reading to children from the book I Am Jazz.
January 15 2025 12:58 PM
Humble ‘first millennial’ Jimmy Carter honored with glorious, funny state funeral
The Advocate reports from inside Washington National Cathedral for the 39th president’s state funeral.
January 09 2025 6:20 PM
Donald Trump promises to ‘just ban’ transgender people from participating in sports if he’s reelected
He’s sounding more and more like a dictator.
October 16 2024 6:20 PM
No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the government can’t control the weather
She claims that Democrats are aiming hurricanes at Republicans.
October 11 2024 1:29 PM
Death of a Georgia mother denied an emergency abortion was 'preventable,' panel rules
An official state committee concluded that 28-year-old Amber Nicole Thurman's death was “preventable,” and the hospital’s delay in performing an abortion had a “large” impact on her passing.
September 17 2024 3:21 PM