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'Drag Race UK' star Zahirah Zapanta discusses showmance rumors & Asian drag domination with 'Pride'

Zapanta also tells Pride about the Drag Race queens who changed her life when she was just a queer kid.

Wisconsin Trans Student Sues for Equal Bathroom Access

Ashton Whitaker's school is violating federal law by denying him access to the boys' restroom, says the Transgender Law Center.

Politics and Progress With Patti LaBelle

The last time girl-group Labelle dropped an album, the thought of a black president or same-sex marriage seemed as "far-out" as the band's disco-spacewoman suits and fusion of disco, rock, and soul. But the button-pushing, soul-singing trio has reunited, and on the heels of Prop. 8 passing and Barack Obama being elected president, Patti LaBelle talks to The Advocate about the mix of emotions she's dealt with over the past few weeks.

Why BenDeLaCreme Got Out the Wite-Out

The performer discussed the shocking moment on RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.

WATCH: Video Paints Colo. Trans Girl as Harasser

It's the latest development in a right-wing group's effort to falsely claim other students are being bothered by the girl.

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.

Right-Wing Group: Presence of Trans Student in Girls' Restroom Is 'Har

False reports have been circulating of harassment by a transgender girl at a Colorado high school, and now a conservative group says she's committing harassment simply by using the girls' restroom.

Iowa, Utah Advance Anti-Trans Sports Bills

Iowa's bill seeks to bar trans girls and women from female sports, while Utah's would set up a commission to determine trans athletes' eligibility.

WATCH: Hundreds Turn Out to Read I Am Jazz

Families turned out by the hundreds for a reading of the 15-year-old reality star's childrens book about being transgender and to support a transitioning first grader.

Far-Right Groups Spout Lies About Trans Kids Leading Up to Election

The worst offenders include America First Legal, run by former Trump aide Stephen Miller (pictured), and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.

D.C. Trans Teen's Attacker Now Faces 15 Years in Prison

After pleading guilty to stabbing a trans teen aboard a train, hate crime enhancements have now extended the maximum time Reginald Anthony Klaiber may serve in prison.

Op-ed: Finding Role Models for My Trans 5-Year-Old

It's a different, better world for young transgender kids.

Mother of Trans Teen Targeted by Right-Wingers Speaks Out

When the antigay Pacific Justice Institute claimed a transgender teenager was harassing cisgender students in the school bathroom, LGBT activists went to work uncovering the truth -- which has now been confirmed by the teen's lesbian mother.

BREAKING: HRC Takes on MichFest

The Human Rights Campaign has weighed in on the trans-exclusionary 'womyn born womyn' intention of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, and festival organizers may not like what the national group has to say.

Students Suspended for Attack Involving Trans Teen

All four 16-year-old girls who engaged in a physical altercation last week involving a transgender student have been suspended from their Bay Area high school.

Florida Wants Teen Athletes to Report Periods — Why?

Opponents fear the move may be a way to monitor teens for pregnancy or abortion — or to out trans athletes.

Welcome to Hollywood—now go home

Fighting! Crying! Also some singing. But mostly fighting and crying in week 5 of Dave White's American Idol recap.

Transgender High School Tennis Coach Rehired After Prolonged Controversy

School board members denied that transphobia was in play, but supporters of coach Sasha Yates begged to differ.