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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.

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Harvard seemingly caves to Trump, shuts down LGBTQ+ and women's center websites

Harvard has removed websites for its women's, LGBTQ+, and multicultural student centers.

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HIV-positive men stage 'Kiss-In' protest at U.S.-Mexico border (in photos)

Here's why HIV-positive men met at the border between the United States and Mexico to kiss.

Talap Mamyrkanov fixes Nolan Hanson's glove at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn

This transgender boxer is fighting to save his mentor — and unlikely friend — from ICE captivity

Trans boxer Nolan Hanson tells The Advocate about his fight to get his mentor, Talap Mamyrkanov, out of ICE detention.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

Illinois launches first-in-nation LGBTQ+ legal hotline

Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced the launch of the nation's first-ever LGBTQ+ legal hotline.

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Judge orders immediate release of gay Jamaican asylum seeker detained by ICE

A federal judge in Manhattan determined ICE violated Rickardo Anthony Kelly's right to due process.

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Gay Jamaican asylum seeker 'suffering' in ICE custody, lawyer says

Rickardo Anthony Kelly was arrested by ICE at an immigration courthouse while waiting for his hearing.

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LGBTQ+ immigrants face 'most immediate risk' of ICE raids in Los Angeles

Over 1.25 million LGBTQ+ adult immigrants live in the U.S., with an estimated 10 percent living in Los Angeles County.

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California LGBTQ+ Groups condemn Trump’s ‘dangerous’ crackdown on L.A. immigration protesters

As immigration raids and protests sweep LA, California's queer groups say "LGBTQ+ immigrants are especially vulnerable."

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ICE detained a trans migrant at her asylum hearing. Her lawyers still can't contact her

Attorneys for a transgender woman say they still haven't been able to contact her after she was arrested during her asylum hearing.

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Donald Trump's DOT will prioritize areas with higher 'marriage and birth rates'

The memo directs DOT employees to "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average."