INTERACTIVE COVER: 'The Constitution Grants Them That Right'

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INTERACTIVE COVER: 'The Constitution Grants Them That Right'
Hundreds of you took part in The Advocate's annual #DayInLGBT event on social media, and now your photos are part of an interactive cover that stitches us together.
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INTERACTIVE COVER: 'The Constitution Grants Them That Right'

Hundreds of you took part in The Advocate's annual #DayInLGBT event on social media, and now your photos are part of an interactive cover that stitches us together.

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INTERACTIVE COVER: 'The Constitution Grants Them That Right'

Hundreds of you took part in The Advocate's annual #DayInLGBT event on social media, and now your photos are part of an interactive cover that stitches us together.

FROM OUR SPONSORS

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The Las Culturistas podcast hosts condemned Kansas's "unconscionable and inhumane" revocation of trans people's driver's licenses at the GLAAD Media Awards.

The Paralympic Winter Games are more queer than we had hoped!

Opinion: Proximity to (and even building) misogynistic machinery will not protect you, writes contributor Josh Ackley.

Ludovic Mbock’s Maryland family is worried that he will be sent to a country where homosexuality is illegal.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

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On Truth Social, the president appeared to leave the door open to kids getting gender-affirming care with "express written approval of the parents."

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Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred will face each other once more before voters know who will stand for election in November.

Mental health care providers in Texas risk their license if they deliver care related to transitioning to minors, the Republican attorney general who is running for U.S. Senate wrote.

The gay icon brought the LGBTQ+ awards show to its feet.

Stone Bridge High School had found two Loudoun County boys responsible for harassment and discrimination last March.