LGBTQ+ groups face alarming funding crisis as Republican anti-trans attacks mount, new report finds
A sharp drop in grants leaves queer and trans groups struggling to fight unprecedented legislative attacks.
July 8, 2025
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Trump’s plan to shutter FEMA leaves U.S. ‘more vulnerable,’ says former head of agency
“People are going to fall through the cracks," former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told The Advocate.
June 25, 2025
Judge expands block on Donald Trump's anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick had previously blocked the policy only for those who sued, but now it will cover almost all trans and nonbinary passport applicants.
June 17, 2025
Military vet Gina Ortiz Jones becomes first lesbian elected mayor of San Antonio
Jones, who was undersecretary of the Air Force in Joe Biden's administration, beat Rolando Pablos in a runoff election.
June 9, 2025
Sen. Adam Schiff blocked in effort to keep Harvey Milk's name on Navy ship
A Republican senator objected, keeping Schiff's resolution from winning unanimous consent.
June 6, 2025
Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, becomes independent
That's one of the revelations in the former White House press secretary's latest book, due out in October.
June 4, 2025
Trump’s deranged robot Biden rant was fueled by Jake Tapper’s hypocrisy and Karoline Leavitt’s lies
Opinion: Tapper's sensationalism and Leavitt's smears propel Trump’s wacko conspiracy theory, writes John Casey.
June 4, 2025
Note to Michael Flynn Jr.: Ron Swanson was no homophobe, and neither is Nick Offerman
Flynn Jr., son of the former national security adviser, posted a doctored Parks and Recreation clip on X making Swanson appear anti-LGBTQ+.
June 4, 2025
For Pride Month, homophobe Hegseth orders Navy to strip Harvey Milk's name from ship
An official with the Department of Defense said the timing during Pride Month was intentional.
June 3, 2025
FBI tells employees not to celebrate Pride Month in official capacity or on bureau time
They are free to celebrate on their own time and in a personal capacity, said an FBI email.
May 30, 2025
Why experts say Trump's budget bill strips health care from nearly all transgender people
The Republican-passed House bill goes beyond limiting access for Medicaid recipients.
May 23, 2025
Harvey Milk Day is a day for both activism and celebration, says nephew Stuart Milk
Stuart Milk, cofounder of the Harvey Milk Foundation, talks to The Advocate about his uncle's legacy and the foundation's work.
May 22, 2025
Here's what queer, transgender, and intersex people should know about prostate cancer after Biden's diagnosis
After President Joe Biden's stunning cancer diagnosis, The Advocate asked medical experts what the LGBTQ+ community should know about this disease.
May 20, 2025
Remembering Frank Kameny: Here's why he was a gay rights pioneer
Kameny sued the federal government after he was fired for being gay, picketed the White House, and did much more to advance the movement. Here's what you need to know about the queer rights icon.
May 20, 2025
Joe Biden has been diagnosed with 'aggressive form of' prostate cancer
Last week, news broke that the former president's doctors discovered a "small nodule" on his prostate.
May 18, 2025
Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month
The short answer is Stonewall, but there's more to Pride history.
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May 17, 2025
Trump’s three stooges of U.S. health care: a skeptic, a quack, and a huckster
Opinion: These three aren’t a joke. They’re a warning, and if they exert their power, the consequences of their actions could be fatal, writes John Casey.
May 14, 2025
Rachel Levine led fights against HIV & STIs at HHS. Now Trump’s undoing that progress, and she’s speaking out
The former assistant secretary for health is breaking her silence on the damage Trump's HHS is doing.
May 13, 2025
Gov. Kemp signs bill banning gender-affirming care for trans inmates
The state's abysmal treatment of incarcerated trans people was the subject of a scathing Department of Justice report last year that was withdrawn last month by the Trump administration.
May 12, 2025
MAGA influencer collapses on Fox News after starting transphobic rant about Kamala Harris’s ‘incompetency’
After the commercial break, a Fox News host told viewers that Kinsey was “up and moving” and was being evaluated by paramedics.
May 9, 2025
Gay Democratic rising star Robert Garcia eyes House Oversight Committee leadership role
Inside the Oversight Committee, Garcia has carved out a role as one of the most consistent and unapologetic critics of right-wing extremism.
May 6, 2025