How community 'goodwill' helped open a new shelter for LGBTQ+ young adults in Harlem
Here's how the Ali Forney Center's new shelter for LGBTQ+ youth in Harlem came together after five years.
November 21, 2025
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Limiting refugee admissions could disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ refugees: report
There are several ways LGBTQ+ refugees could be denied under Trump's new admissions cap.
October 31, 2025
Ben & Jerry's founder Jerry Greenfield resigns, says he's 'been silenced' over LGBTQ+ rights
Jerry Greenfield said Ben & Jerry's parent company wouldn't let him defend "the rights of immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ community."
September 17, 2025
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.
September 2, 2025
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.
August 19, 2025
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.
August 8, 2025
'South Park' eviscerates Kristi Noem for killing a puppy and abusing Botox
South Park's newest episode makes fun of Kristi Noem for her admission that she shot and killed a puppy.
August 7, 2025
Trump bans trans women athletes from 'extraordinary ability’ visas
Transgender women athletes can no longer receive O-1A, E11, and E21 "extraordinary ability" visas.
August 5, 2025
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.
June 13, 2025
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."
June 9, 2025
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.
June 4, 2025
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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May 6, 2025
Donald Trump's lesbian niece Mary Trump slams him as 'deeply ignorant, cruel man'
"He doesn’t know what he’s talking about," Mary Trump recently said of her uncle's plan to end birthright citizenship.
December 11, 2024
Los Angeles becomes a sanctuary city for LGBTQ+ youth and immigrants as officials reject Project 2025
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the “sanctuary city” ordinance, shielding queer youth who travel to the city to receive gender-affirming care from prosecution.
November 22, 2024
Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to
The work these groups do will be critical during a second Trump Administration.
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November 13, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene bizarrely claims FEMA 'hates Christians' because it aids trans women
The conservative is mad that FEMA is using Hurricane Helene relief resources to "house migrants." Her evidence? A discussion panel from a year and a half ago.
October 7, 2024
This gay man had to flee Ghana after a violent attack. He’s finally been granted asylum
"What I really want the world to know is that [queer Ghanaians] have no life, they have no voice,” Mr. B, who was recently granted asylum, told The Advocate.
April 17, 2024
Trans Latina woman fighting to shut down ICE facilities honored with human rights award
Arely Westley, this year's recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, tells The Advocate about this "crucial moment" in time for queer and immigrant communities.
March 31, 2024