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Josh Sorbe running in marathon and Josh Sorbe at the gym

Gay Senate staffer easily completes ICE fitness test that Trump-Noem recruits are failing

"Democrats are fit, Democrats are hot, and we’re tired of Republicans trying to lay claim to [health and fitness] when it’s so demonstrably false,” Josh Sorbe told The Advocate.

Trump DOJ indicts Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, who warns of effort to ‘silence dissent’

Illinois Democratic candidate Kat Abughazaleh calls out DOJ indictment

“If their goal was to silence me, they picked the wrong person,” she told The Advocate.

If the military invades Chicago, Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker warns us all to think about ‘What comes next?’

As Trump plans to invade Chicago, Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker implores us to think about ‘What comes next?’

Opinion: In a searing speech responding to Trump's threat to invade Chicago, Pritzker sounds an alarm, hoping to wake up a country that is sleepwalking its way into an autocracy, writes John Casey.

Talap Mamyrkanov fixes Nolan Hanson's glove at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn

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.

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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.

People protesting ICE in New York City

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.

Kristi Noem's face melts on 'South Park'

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'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.

people holding signs and flags during a protest against the immigration raids conducted by ICE and Federal police in Los Angeles June 9th 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.

Los Angeles California June 2025 Community organizers protest outside the Federal Building following an immigration enforcement operation by federal authorities alongside virus bacteria fungi viewed under 3D microscope

This week, RFK Jr. and Donald Trump showed how disease and despotism walk hand in hand

Opinion: When tanks replace syringes, the deterioration of our health and democracy will follow, writes John Casey.

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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."

Portland Oregon Exterior of the Pioneer Courthouse September 2023

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.

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Jon Lovett and Tim Miller team up to ‘raise hell’ over gay asylum-seeker vanished to El Salvador by Trump

Andry Hernández Romero entered the U.S. legally, fleeing persecution for being gay. Then the Trump administration disappeared him, sending him to a dystopian prison. They’re trying to get him back.