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Watch live as President Barack Obama signs the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." Check back to Advocate.com throughout the day for further reports and reactions.

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Health insurance costs are up. Women and LGBTQ+ people are paying the price

After the expiration of ACA subsidies, soaring health care costs have forced some to dip into savings, take on second jobs or go without coverage.

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Budapest mayor charged for supporting Pride march

Hungary had banned public LGBTQ+ events before the parade.

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Alex Pretti 'had a way of lighting up every room he walked into'

The nurse shot and killed by federal agents "touched more lives than he probably ever realized," said his sister Micayla Pretti.

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Trump's Education Dept. claims San José State violated Title IX with trans inclusion in women's sports

Administration officials want the university to apologize to women athletes, ban trans women, and more.

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LGBTQ+ people are important to global economy, corporate allies say at Davos

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Workday showed its LGBTQ+ support at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

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As rainbow lights washed across corporate venues in the Swiss Alpine resort town of Davos, advocates and allies sent a message that cut through the noise of the World Economic Forum: LGBTQ+ people belong in the global economy, even — and perhaps especially — when powerful leaders try to push them out. Keep Reading →

Greenlandic families ‘frightened’ amid rising tensions over Trump takeover plan, Sarah McBride warns

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People hold up Greenlandic flags as they gather to welcome Greenland's Foreign Minister after she landed at the airport in Greenland's capital Nuuk on January 20, 2026.

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Rep. Sarah McBride, the Delaware Democrat who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Sunday that talk of the United States acquiring Greenland has left ordinary people in the Arctic territory “frightened for their safety,” underscoring a diplomatic rupture with Europe that is shaking NATO and inflaming public opinion from Copenhagen to Nuuk. Keep Reading →

Here's everything to know about LGBTQ+ rights in Venezuela

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Despite what he claims, human rights in Venezuela aren't what Donald Trump cares about, according to the president's critics. Keep Reading →

10 people sentenced for claiming France’s first lady Brigitte Macron is transgender

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Ten people were found guilty in France on Monday of cyberbullying first lady Brigitte Macron by posting false claims online that accused her of being transgender.

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Ten people were found guilty in France on Monday of cyberbullying first lady Brigitte Macron by posting false claims online that accused her of being transgender. Keep Reading →

Burkina Faso issues first sentence for 'homosexuality and related practices'

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Burkina Faso has issued its first known conviction for homosexuality since banning same-sex sexual relations earlier this year.

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Burkina Faso has issued its first known conviction for homosexuality since banning same-sex sexual relations earlier this year. Keep Reading →
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