Meet 5 LGBTQ+ lawyers standing up to Donald Trump to protect trans Americans
These legal stars are currently fighting to protect trans and queer people's rights in this country.
August 27, 2025
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Jim Obergefell celebrates U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of Kim Davis’s marriage equality challenge
“I hope the Supreme Court halts further attempts by public officials to use their personal faith to deny others their civil and human rights,” the civil rights icon told The Advocate.
November 10, 2025
Indiana Lawmakers Pass Anti-Trans Sports Bill, Send to Governor
Gov. Eric Holcomb seems likely to sign the bill, which civil rights advocates call hateful and harmful.
March 1, 2022
Julian Bond, Champion of Civil Rights for All, Dead at 75
Bond was a supporter of marriage equality, comprehensive LGBT civil rights legislation, and more.
August 16, 2015
Longtime LGBT Activist Donna Red Wing Dies at 67
The Advocate once named her Woman of the Year, while a right-wing group called Red Wing "the most dangerous woman in America."
April 17, 2018
Civil rights leaders vow to fight Donald Trump’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ assault on DEI (exclusive)
“Donald Trump and his administration are clearly confused about American values,” NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson told The Advocate.
February 7, 2025
Holding Pattern For Trans Woman Humiliated, Detained and Delayed By TS
Three weeks after an incident that made headlines around the world, the TSA is still in the process of reforming its protocol for screening transgender passengers.
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October 13, 2015
Jasmine Crockett’s office condemns Nancy Mace ‘threatening physical violence’ during House hearing
Mace, an anti-LGBTQ+ Republican South Carolina congresswoman, invited Crockett, a Texas Democrat, to “take it outside” when the latter pointed to the GOP lawmaker’s constant attacks on transgender people.
January 15, 2025
Who is Stephen Miller, the anti-LGBTQ+ white supremacist Trump picked to be a deputy WH chief of staff?
Miller has spent years attacking LGBTQ+ rights and building policies rooted in white nationalist ideology.
November 13, 2024
Joe Biden Applauds Gay Advocates
"You are freeing the soul of the American people," said the vice president at a campaign stop in Provincetown, Mass.
August 27, 2012
Why Jewish Organization ADL Is Making LGBT Equality a Priority
The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League and an attorney who led the organization's marriage equality push tell us why the storied group is ready to devote even more resources to expanding LGBT rights.
June 29, 2016
WATCH: LBJ's Daughters Back Marriage Equality
The late president, a strong supporter of civil rights for African-Americans, was sympathetic to marginalized groups in general, say his daughters.
April 7, 2014
Michigan Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers surrounds himself with hardcore LGBTQ+ rights opponents
From calling transgender people an "abomination" to claiming the Equality Act is "demonic" and "wicked," his faith leaders coalition is as extreme as they come.
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December 16, 2025
Anti-LGBTQ+ Workplace Bias Is Alive and Well. Here's the Recourse
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is adapting to a changing world; one not changing fast enough for LGBTQ+ workers.
June 29, 2022
Lawsuit seeks release of Census data on sexual orientation and gender identity
The information can help in enforcement of civil rights laws, the suit notes.
September 24, 2025
Trump exploits Supreme Court ruling to attack transgender people in reality-challenged White House briefing
The president continues to use trans people as a scapegoat.
June 27, 2025
Legendary Poet Maya Angelou Dies at 86
The award-winning author and civil rights activist died Wednesday at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C.
May 28, 2014