Appeals court mulls upholding ruling that struck down Pentagon’s HIV enlistment ban
Lambda Legal asked a three-judge panel in Virginia to allow people with an HIV diagnosis to serve in the U.S. military.
December 11, 2025
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Can West Virginia ban Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgery? Appeals court to decide
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower court after it ruled in the summer that states could ban gender-affirming care for minors.
December 9, 2025
Federal court rejects Trump Justice Department’s effort to access trans kids’ medical records
Attorney General Pam Bondi, under Donald Trump, has tried to force hospitals to give the government access private health information of children.
November 24, 2025
Sarah McBride leads bipartisan coalition to secure ‘freedom and dignity’ for LGBTQ+ people globally
The Global Respect Act has 119 cosponsors.
November 20, 2025
Decorated FBI agent trainee fired over Pride flag warns new ‘Lavender Scare’ is spreading ‘like wildfire’
“People immediately started scouring their desks of Pride flags, anything personal in nature,” after Kash Patel terminated him, David Maltinsky told The Advocate.
November 19, 2025
Gay former FBI official sues Kash Patel & Pam Bondi for Pride flag firing
David Maltinsky says he was illegally terminated in October for displaying a Progress Pride flag at his desk during the Biden administration.
November 19, 2025
Meet the Michigan state senator pushing to enshrine marriage equality protections in the state constitution
“If a future case should overturn Obergefell, it goes right back into that language that has existed in our constitution since a public vote in 2004," state Sen. Jeremy Moss told The Advocate.
November 14, 2025
Transgender Air Force members sue Trump administration over revoked retirements
“The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” Master Sergeant Logan Ireland told The Advocate. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice that I’ve given.”
November 10, 2025
Jim Obergefell celebrates U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of Kim Davis’s marriage equality challenge
“I hope the Supreme Court halts further attempts by public officials to use their personal faith to deny others their civil and human rights,” the civil rights icon told The Advocate.
November 10, 2025
Attorneys urge appeals court to see Trump’s trans military ban is rooted in bigotry, not national security
“The government made no secret of its intent," lead attorney Jennifer Levi of GLAD Law told The Advocate in an interview.
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November 6, 2025
D.C. 'sandwich guy' not guilty of assaulting a federal agent, jury finds
Sean Dunn, who threw a Subway sandwich at a Border Patrol officer out of frustration in August, was acquitted of misdemeanor assault.
November 6, 2025
Federal appeals court breathes new life into Texas drag ban previously struck down as unconstitutional
The case now returns to the judge who initially blocked the law from taking effect.
November 6, 2025
Is marriage equality at risk? Understanding Kim Davis's Supreme Court appeal
The justices will meet privately this week to decide whether they will hear the former Kentucky clerk's latest appeal.
November 6, 2025
Jim Obergefell warns, ‘People should be concerned’ about Supreme Court considering marriage equality case
The justices will meet on Friday to consider whether to grant Kim Davis a hearing on her challenge to marriage equality.
November 4, 2025
Fighting back: Lambda Legal unveils campaign to protect LGBTQ+ rights from Trump-era attacks
“This is a break-the-glass moment,” Kevin Jennings, Lambda Legal’s CEO, told The Advocate in an interview.
October 30, 2025
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.
October 29, 2025
Texas Supreme Court rules that judges can refuse to marry same-sex couples
“It is not a violation of these canons for a judge to publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held religious belief,” the Texas Supreme Court ruled.
October 29, 2025
CECOT survivor Andry Hernández Romero, gay Venezuelan makeup artist, and his lawyer named to Out100
They join other notable honorees in entertainment, politics, media and activism who are making a difference in the LGBTQ+ community.
October 16, 2025
Judge finds anti-trans Republican Florida Congressman Cory Mills to be a danger to women
A judge ruled that Rep. Cory Mills, who has said “we must stop the left’s attack on women,” poses a risk to his ex-girlfriend, the reigning Miss United States.
October 15, 2025
Trump ally Michael Flynn submits ‘extreme’ legal brief brimming with bigotry in trans military case
He wrote that coupling transgender people "with ready access to fully automatic firearms and other powerful weapons might not be the best of ideas."
October 1, 2025
N.C. waterfront restaurant mass shooting suspect was obsessed with anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theories
Court records show that Nigel Max Edge filed multiple bizarre lawsuits with wild claims before the attack.
September 30, 2025