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U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (left) and Andry Hernández Romero
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Coalition of 52 Democrats push for proof of life for deported gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero

“I think Pride Month is an opportunity to highlight his story even more,” U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia told The Advocate.

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Trump’s DHS considers reality TV show where immigrants fight for citizenship

Immigrants are being disappeared and their rights defied in court while DHS weighs a game show—and sells citizenship to the rich.
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'JD Vance is wrong,' new Pope Leo XIV once posted on social media

Then-Cardinal Robert Prevost has criticized the extreme policies of the Republican administration.

Pete Buttigieg on MSNBC show The Briefing with Jen Psaki
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Pete Buttigieg warns of ‘major concern’ over dangerous Trump-era instability

The gay former transportation secretary warned of the ramifications of the second Trump administration's chaos.

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Rachel Maddow rattles off how people ‘disapprove’ of Trump’s chaotic, dark & failing first 100 days

She pointed out how in almost every metric Donald Trump is losing.

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Pete Buttigieg enters the manosphere in marathon ‘Flagrant’ podcast appearance

Buttigieg opened up about raising his kids, coming out, and what's next for him politically.

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Police crime scene tape after mass shooting incident at Abundant Life Christian School Madison Wisconsin December 2024 alongside transgender Army Black Hawk pilot Jo Ellis
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How the right-wing media machine turns violence & tragedy into using trans people as scapegoats

Researchers found that when tragedy unfolds, some seek to falsely blame transgender people.
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GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis rejects conservative guests’ anti-trans disinformation on live CNN panel

“It is so important that LGBTQ voices are represented in mainstream media to debunk these gross fear tactics," Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate.

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LGBTQ+ people’s safety has plummeted across social media platforms: report

The 2025 Social Media Safety Index from GLAAD reveals widespread failures by major tech platforms to protect LGBTQ+ users.

Fox News panelist Camryn Kinsey suffers medical episode fainting live on air host Jonathan Hunt tries to carry on with the segment before going to a commercial
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MAGA influencer collapses on Fox News after starting transphobic rant about Kamala Harris’s ‘incompetency’

After the commercial break, a Fox News host told viewers that Kinsey was “up and moving” and was being evaluated by paramedics.

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MSNBC fires back at disinformation — and makes history — with fearless new show

Three accomplished journalists, including two out gay Black men, welcome audiences to The Weekend. Just don’t expect them to play it safe.

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Fox News anchor appears to use antigay slur in rant about Pete Buttigieg

People online wondered whether it was a Freudian slip from the host, who happens to be the wife of Donald Trump's transportation secretary.

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Jon Lovett warns Democrats that ‘every inch Trump gets is an inch we don’t get back’

The Crooked Media cofounder who will be in Washington, D.C., for a taping of his Lovett or Leave It podcast, told The Advocate that Democrats must stand firm.

transgender advocates with LGBTQIA progress pride flag outside SCOTUS building during United States v Skrmetti oral arguments December 2024 alongside Professor Leah Litman at Open Congress 2023 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin
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SCOTUS trans care ruling opens harmful loophole to take access from all trans people, says Leah Litman

Former Supreme Court clerk and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, Leah Litman, told The Advocate that bans on trans youth’s medical care are only the beginning after the Skrmetti ruling.

SCOTUS protest free Andry Hernández Romero
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Hundreds rallying at Supreme Court demand Trump return disappeared gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero

They rallied to bring the 31-year-old makeup artist back from CECOT in El Salvador.

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Jon Lovett and Tim Miller team up to ‘raise hell’ over gay asylum-seeker vanished to El Salvador by Trump

Andry Hernández Romero entered the U.S. legally, fleeing persecution for being gay. Then the Trump administration disappeared him, sending him to a dystopian prison. They’re trying to get him back.

Founder and CEO IAVA Paul Rieckhoff alongside USA and South Korea marine corps soldiers participating in Ssangnyong landing
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Combat vet Paul Rieckhoff warns trans military purge is ‘tip of the spear’ in Trump’s war on all Americans

He said the Trump administration is implementing policies in the agency with “the biggest budget, biggest guns” to make it easy to “push around the rest of the government.”

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‘Too strong for sports, too weak to serve?’ Trans troops challenge Trump’s military ban on ‘The Daily Show’

These trans folks explain why they're ready to serve like anyone else.

CBS watermarked Rachel Maddow on Stephen Colbert show
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Rachel Maddow says we’re in an ‘attempted authoritarian overthrow’

"The was no learning," Maddow told Colbert about Donald Trump's competence.

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No, Canada hasn’t launched a suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ Americans

The internet rumor is false, but there are still resources available for people in crisis.