Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died
The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.
October 13, 2025
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Stonewall vet Miss Major Griffin-Gracy hospitalized
There's a crowdfunding campaign to help cover her health care costs.
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January 29, 2025
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died at 67
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January 20, 2025
Sarah McBride opens up about her historic candidacy, the Democratic Party, and Kamala Harris's campaign
The transgender Delaware state senator is on the brink of making history (again) as the first trans person elected to Congress.
September 3, 2024
LGBTQ+ and allied content creators on merging politics and pop culture
“It’s electrifying,” influencer Kamie Crawford said while at the DNC last week. “The energy is just… it’s so joyful and progressive, and I think that’s something we’ve been craving and missing.”
August 29, 2024
A Prop 8 couple remembers how much of an LGBTQ+ ally Kamala Harris is
Kamala Harris officiated Kris Perry and Sandy Stier's wedding in 2013, just an hour after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the stay on same-sex marriages in California.
August 24, 2024
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August 23, 2024
California Sen. Laphonza Butler on Harris, the DNC, and Ann Coulter's bullying
“So many people can see themselves represented in what is being brought forth by Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz,” Butler said.
August 23, 2024
Drag icons BenDeLaCreme and Peppermint take on the DNC, urging people to not just watch but to act
"It’s incredible to be part of a moment where we are all motivated by joy rather than fear,” BenDeLaCreme said, referring to the atmosphere of the DNC.
August 23, 2024
Michigan's Dana Nessel: Republicans 'can pry this wedding band from my cold, dead, gay hand'
Nessel said that Kamala Harris' actions as Attorney General of California over 13 years ago "meant a lot" to her, as Harris "was fighting for families like mine."
August 22, 2024
Tim Walz tells America who he is in impassioned DNC speech
Walz's speech came after warm-up acts including Bill Clinton and Oprah.
August 22, 2024
Pete Buttigieg calls for 'better politics' to combat 'darkness' of Trump's America
The gay U.S. Transportation secretary also shared a glimpse of his family life with his husband and two small kids.
August 22, 2024
HRC's Kelley Robinson to DNC: We fight for LGBTQ+ freedom “without exception”
Robinson delivered a stirring speech on a day that spotlighted LGBTQ+ rights.
August 21, 2024
Pete Buttigieg inducted into LGBTQ+ Political Hall of Fame at DNC
“We know what we’re up against, but the most important thing is what we’re for," he said at an event in his honor.
August 21, 2024
Here's what Democrats promise to do for LGBTQ+ people in their 2024 platform
The DNC has released its full platform for the next four years, which features dozens of policies that would improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
August 21, 2024
Five things to look out for at night 2 of the Democratic convention
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August 20, 2024
Hillary Clinton connects 2024 to 2016 — and history
Staffers from Clinton’s 2016 campaign were touched and energized by their former boss’s exhortation to “keep going.”
August 20, 2024
A surprise Kamala Harris appearance & Joe Biden's emotional torch-passing at DNC
The energy was high at the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
August 20, 2024
Tim Walz slams GOP for restricting freedoms: 'Rights don’t work like pie. There’s enough for everybody'
The governor and VP nominee made the comments during a meeting of the LGBTQ+ Caucus at the DNC in Chicago.
August 19, 2024
LIVE: 2024 presidential election
Keep it here for updates from The Advocate as our senior national reporter, Christopher Wiggins, covers the DNC from the event.
August 19, 2024