How SNAP cuts will disproportionately impact some LGBTQ+ people
About 15 percent of LGBTQ+ adults received SNAP benefits in the past year.
July 1, 2025
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Mark Robinson, North Carolina antigay governor hopeful, condemned public spending while benefiting from it
He has denounced government assistance programs as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” while his family's company has made money from administering one.
May 22, 2024
Trump’s shutdown layoffs eliminate entire federal health agencies that served LGBTQ+ people, teens, & women
“Without these people in place, it’s unlikely that a lot of these programs will be able to continue even after the government reopens," former HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
October 11, 2025
'It makes you angry:' LGBTQ+ food pantries prepare for end of SNAP benefits
As SNAP runs out of money, LGBTQ+ community centers and nonprofits are feeding people when the government won't.
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October 31, 2025
How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown
Trump's USDA has refused to release contingency funds for SNAP benefits, and Congress remains gridlocked.
October 31, 2025
Pete Buttigieg defends Biden’s Hurricane Milton response & blasts Trump’s dangerous relief misinformation
The transportation secretary has appeared on television networks to provide truthful information after the spread of unprecedented lies.
October 10, 2024
First Known Out Trans Army Officer Accused of Conspiring With Russia
Major Jamie Lee Henry and their wife, both doctors, have been indicted on charges of seeking to help Russia in its war against Ukraine.
October 3, 2022
Out Rep. David Cicilline Elicits Shocking Admission From AG Bill Barr
The Rhode Island congressman forced Trump's top domestic lackey to admit the truth.
July 28, 2020
California Governor Brown Signs Four LGBT-Supportive Bills
They address benefits for transgender workers, assisted reproduction, anti-LGBT bullying, and the collection of demographic data.
October 7, 2015
Human Rights Group Hopes to Evacuate Gay Men From Chechnya
A group is hoping to start a "rainbow railroad" from Chechnya to Canada.
April 18, 2017
Listen to Dr. Levine: Take syphilis seriously
Dr. Rachel Levine, the transgender Assistant Secretary for Health, has a warning everyone in our community should heed.
March 29, 2024
Dr. Anthony Fauci Announces Plans for Retirement
After severing seven presidents, Dr. Anthony Fauci says he's planning to retire before Biden's current term is up.
July 18, 2022
A Thank-You Note to a Revolutionary 'Student'
Attorney Asaf Orr (pictured) pens an open letter to his former client — the student who filed the first trans-related lawsuit alleging a violation of Title IX.
May 23, 2016
Mississippi College's New Band Director Is an Anti-LGBTQ+ Zealot
That's raised concern among LGBTQ+ advocates at Delta State.
July 27, 2023
Indian Sprinter Calls Out Unequal Treatment of Athletes
Dutee Chand, who faced gender testing in order to compete, objects that athletes flew economy class to Rio while managers received business-class accommodations.
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August 8, 2016