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In baseball fields, gardens, birthday parties, and more, the increasing barbarism of masked ICE agents

Opinion: ICE expands into an authoritarian arm of the state, akin to Germany's Gestapo, going unchecked and unaccountable. and shattering lives , writes John Casey.

Appreciate your sex—or else: The Supreme Court’s strange new commandment

In a stunning Supreme Court ruling, Tennessee's law mandating minors embrace their birth sex has ignited fierce debate over bodily autonomy, revealing a troubling intersection of religious zealotry and state power in the fight for individual rights across America.

ICE frees transgender asylum seeker from detention after Oregon court order

A federal judge ruled that the government violated her rights.

PEPFAR likely to be exempt from spending cuts

The U.S. Senate and the Trump administration have agreed to exempt the global AIDS-fighting program.

UN 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.”

This new true crime documentary shows how Furry sleuths exposed an animal abuse ring

Watch a clip from The Furry Detectives: Unmasking A Monster exclusively shared with The Advocate.

Man who endured antigay exorcism wins historic settlement with Church of England

Matthew Drapper's attorney believes this is the first time a church paid damages after conducting conversion therapy.

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.

Trump administration stops abuse protection for transgender detainees in ICE custody

Since 2015, detention facilities had to take into account the gender identity of trans migrants. Not any more.

In the Jeffrey Epstein pit of venomous MAGA snakes, here’s which serpent will come out alive

Opinion: A who’s who of hissing vipers, Carlson, Jones, Bondi, Patel, and Bongino, et al., under the spell of one snake charmer, writes John Casey.

5 charged in assault that left a transgender girl with a broken jaw in D.C. juvenile detention center

The trans girl was reportedly housed in a boys' unit.

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Transgender woman who escaped Alabama for her safety beaten & left for dead near National Mall in D.C.

Cayla Calhoun left Alabama seeking safety as a trans woman. Instead, she was nearly killed on D.C.’s streets, and now she refuses to stay silent.

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Trump poised to make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness

Trump's plan to gut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is expected to disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people.

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.

Nonbinary Arizona teacher doxxed and accused of grooming by board members settles lawsuit

River Chunnui's lawsuit accused two board members of leaking their address and leading a "smear campaign."

How drag artists can protect themselves from the far-right attacks

Drag artists who survived violence and harassment tell The Advocate about resources to protect other performers.

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.

Ahead of deadly Texas floods, so many warnings from climate scientists were missed

Opinion: Climate change-denying Republicans bear responsibility in the tragedy, Michael Dru Kelley writes.

Delta passenger recounts harrowing JFK-bound flight’s emergency landing in remote North Atlantic islands

Ken Elder set out for a vacation in Spain. He didn’t expect to spend 30 hours stranded on his way back.