Inside the massive protest against Project 2025 and anti-trans laws coming to D.C. (exclusive)
A renowned organizer for the upcoming Gender Liberation March tells The Advocate how you can attend — and why you should.
August 30 2024 10:05 AM
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Health Care
As new mpox strain spreads globally, activists push health officials to avoid past mistakes (exclusive)
Torrian Baskerville, director of HIV & Health Equity at the Human Rights Campaign, tells The Advocate how groups are preparing for a potential outbreak of the new mpox strain.
August 28 2024 1:09 PM
Here's what Democrats promise to do for LGBTQ+ people in their 2024 platform
The DNC has released its full platform for the next four years, which features dozens of policies that would improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
August 21 2024 10:43 AM
Landmark transgender antidiscrimination ruling overturned by Georgia court
Anna Lange sued in 2019 after being denied gender-affirming surgery under her county’s health plan. She received the procedure in 2022 after an appeals court ruled in her favor.
August 19 2024 4:29 PM
Why the Biden-Harris administration’s successful medication price negotiations matter
Americans have paid more for their medications than other countries for years, but that’s changing.
August 16 2024 4:16 PM
Not just state pride — Why LGBTQ+ Minnesotans are 'overly proud' of Tim Walz (exclusive)
Minnesota's leading LGBTQ+ groups tell The Advocate what a Walz vice presidency could mean for queer communities.
August 16 2024 2:09 PM
Ohio's 'medically baseless and genuinely dangerous' gender-affirming care ban upheld by judge
Judge Michael J. Holbrook wrote in his ruling that those “dissatisfied" with the legislation must settle their grievances "through their vote as opposed to the judicial system.”
August 07 2024 11:41 AM
NC Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson, who called abortion 'genocide,' took his wife to get one
That's not a leak — Robinson said it himself in a new ad.
August 05 2024 11:47 AM
Did you know most anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has failed? 'We're getting these wins'
While anti-LGBTQ+ bills are scary, we're doing better than you might think, Senior Manager of State Advocacy at the Trevor Project Gabby Doyle tells The Advocate.
July 29 2024 8:00 AM
The AIDs pandemic can be ended by 2030, but governments must act: report
One person dies from AIDS-related causes every minute globally, but world leaders can stop it.
July 22 2024 1:01 PM
If you think Project 2025 is scary, take a look at Donald Trump's Agenda 47
If reelected, Donald Trump will "cut federal funding for any school or program pushing critical race theory or gender ideology" and "create a new credentialing body to certify teachers who embrace patriotic values."
July 09 2024 2:35 PM
Judge blocks Missouri AG from accessing medical records of transgender minors
Judge Joseph Whyte wrote that Missouri consumer protections do not require “blind obedience to the attorney general’s civil investigative demands."
July 09 2024 12:09 PM
White House statement on transgender minors’ health care sparks outrage by LGBTQ+ rights groups
The Biden administration seems to be okay with some limits on bodily autonomy.
July 03 2024 2:09 PM
Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony'
Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.
June 27 2024 4:10 PM
Appeals court maintains PrEP coverage under Obamacare in win for HIV prevention
A lower court had ruled that requiring PrEP coverage was akin to supporting homosexuality and, therefore, a violation of religious rights. However, advocates are concerned about further legal challenges that may appear.
June 21 2024 5:05 PM
Kamala Harris: Supreme Court mifepristone ruling doesn’t mean abortion is safe under Trump
The vice president warned that the ruling is not a cause for celebration in a country where Republicans are attacking bodily autonomy rights.
June 13 2024 8:12 PM
'Turn up the love:' San Francisco becomes a sanctuary city for transgender people
"Our city has been and will continue to be a sanctuary and a beacon for our transgender and gender non-conforming siblings,” Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said.
June 13 2024 2:57 PM
Rachel Levine and Isabel Guzman highlight LGBTQ-owned businesses during Pride Month
HHS’s Rachel Levine and SBA’s Isabel Guzman toured LGBTQ-owned and focused businesses around Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
June 12 2024 6:13 PM
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will always 'fight like hell' to protect LGBTQ+ rights (exclusive)
The governor of Michigan tells The Advocate about her efforts to defend vital LGBTQ+ services, and warns about the dangers of a second Trump term.
June 11 2024 10:08 AM
Republican congressman wants to limit IVF access to married heterosexual veterans only
He claimed, falsely, that children of opposite-sex couples fare best in life.
June 08 2024 10:32 AM