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Resistance News: Is Trump a Friend to the Gays?
Advocate contributor Matt Baume discusses whether Donald Trump is truly a friend to the LGBT community.
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Resistance News: Is Trump a Friend to the Gays?

Advocate contributor Matt Baume discusses whether Donald Trump is truly a friend to the LGBT community.

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A civil rights group claims that backlash to the show's popularity has caused an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ hate from fellow players and coaches.

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Rep. John McGuire’s proposed Riley Gaines Act would allow athletes to sue colleges that permit transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

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Resistance News: Is Trump a Friend to the Gays?

Advocate contributor Matt Baume discusses whether Donald Trump is truly a friend to the LGBT community.

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The award-winning journalist isn't backing down despite what the current administration throws at him.

A civil rights group claims that backlash to the show's popularity has caused an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ hate from fellow players and coaches.

Rep. John McGuire’s proposed Riley Gaines Act would allow athletes to sue colleges that permit transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

The Republican-led legislation places the state increasingly out of step with the rest of New England on trans rights.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

More For You

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Conservative lawmakers are attempting to take away protections that some local governments have put in place to prevent discrimination against their LGBTQ+ citizens.

These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.

The Beatles star revealed that Yoko Ono once suggested her husband was gay.

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

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

A queer Black writer reflects on Rev. Jesse Jackson’s evolving relationship with LGBTQ+ people — and what it meant for those of us raised in the Black church.