LGBTQ+ festival fights back after Trump's cuts National Endowment for the Arts funding
Here’s how you can support the Criminal Queerness Festival at NYC Pride 2025, showcasing LGBTQ+ playwrights from oppressed countries.
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Politics
In Politics, The Advocate presents the latest news about the political world. From Supreme Court rulings to state and federal laws, The Advocate reports on how politics shapes the day-to-day realities faced by members of the gay community. Read about LGBT leaders like Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin and their work to advance the causes of the LGBT rights movement in the United States and around the world. Find out about legislation related to same-sex marriage, adoption, and other issues in gay politics that will impact the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans.
Gov. Kemp signs bill banning gender-affirming care for trans inmates
The state's abysmal treatment of incarcerated trans people was the subject of a scathing Department of Justice report last year that was withdrawn last month by the Trump administration.
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Native leaders fear for queer Indigenous youth as Trump slashes LGBTQ+ rights
The two-spirit community already faces some of the highest rates of discrimination, violence, and harassment of any group in the LGBTQ+ community.
May 11 2025 11:43 AM
HHS deletes mental health report on Utah's transgender children
The Department of Health and Human Services has deleted crucial reports on the mental health of Utah's transgender youth, ignoring their struggles and erasing their existence. One expert says that might be Trump's goal.
May 11 2025 11:39 AM
New Pope Leo XIV roasts JD Vance, and the internet joins in the fun
The vice president has a terrible track record with popes!
May 09 2025 12:39 PM
Hegseth issues ultimatum to trans troops: Resign by Pride or else
Of course the secretary of Defense assigned a voluntary resignation cutoff date in the first week of Pride month. It comes after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to enforce the ban.
May 08 2025 10:05 PM
Colorado lawmakers send weakened trans shield bill to Gov. Jared Polis
Colorado’s legislature passed The Kelly Loving Act, named after a trans woman who was killed in the 2022 Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs.
May 08 2025 9:51 PM
Jasmine Crockett shreds GOP’s obsession with trans people over American problems with ‘Trump or trans’ game
She demonstrated how all of the suffering Americans are experiencing is because of Donald Trump and not their trans neighbors.
May 08 2025 1:55 PM
Nancy Mace sits silently as Robert Garcia roasts her anti-trans record in House Oversight hearing
The gay Democrat called her out as she looked on.
May 08 2025 12:06 PM
Sarah McBride skewers GOP’s ‘utter shitshow’ at EMILYs List gala honoring 40 years of electing women
The transgender lawmaker said she would not participate in GOP attempts to use her for attention.
May 08 2025 10:48 AM
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed anti-trans student-athlete bill
One LGBTQ+ advocate said the new law shows how Republicans like to "play political games and bully transgender children."
May 08 2025 10:22 AM
Hegseth attacks transgender service members in speech: 'No more dudes in dresses. We're done with that s**t'
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sparks outrage by denigrating transgender military members, saying the armed forces are "leaving wokeness behind."
May 07 2025 4:45 PM
Democratic senators denounce plan to cut LGBTQ+ suicide and crisis hotline
“While we strongly disagree with the many actions taken by the Trump Administration targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, we believe that suicide prevention should be a nonpartisan issue," the Democratic senators wrote.
May 07 2025 4:40 PM
Gay Democratic rising star Robert Garcia eyes House Oversight Committee leadership role
Inside the Oversight Committee, Garcia has carved out a role as one of the most consistent and unapologetic critics of right-wing extremism.
May 06 2025 1:59 PM
Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far
Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.
May 06 2025 5:00 AM
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes anti-trans bills, and tells lawmakers to 'focus on real issues that matter'
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a birth certificate update ban as well as two DEI bans that explicitly included transgender people.
May 05 2025 5:22 PM
Sarah McBride and Wes Moore lead call for resistance
The prominent Democrats called for solidarity, courage, and unapologetic representation in rousing speeches.
May 05 2025 4:35 PM
WV Gov. Morrisey signs bill closing gender-affirming care 'loophole'
The new law also redefines sex, threatens doctors with the loss of their medical licenses, and allows minors to sue in court.
May 02 2025 11:24 AM
Kim Davis, who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses, will appeal case to Supreme Court
The Kentucky clerk who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses is trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality.
May 01 2025 12:09 PM
Trump HHS posts ‘so-called report’ pushing conversion therapy for trans kids
Experts tell The Advocate that the document can't be taken seriously and is riddled in misinformation.
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May 01 2025 10:36 AM