LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be stopped, arrested, and falsely accused by police: report
LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be mistreated by police, and it's impacting when they'll call for help.
November 17, 2025
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Uncanceling Kathy Griffin: The Advocate of the Year on sexiness, censorship, and her love of the gays
"If it wasn't for the gay community, I wouldn't have been able to come back," Griffin tells The Advocate.
November 12, 2025
Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo’s complete track records on LGBTQ+ issues
Here are both Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo's complete track records on LGBTQ+ rights.
November 3, 2025
California Gov. Newsom is considering a presidential run. Here's his LGBTQ+ rights record
Gavin Newsom has been known as a champion of LGBTQ+ rights, but recent actions have some questioning his commitment to the transgender community.
October 28, 2025
Virginia MAGA Republican Winsome Earle-Sears’s recent donations reveal she’s more extreme than Trump on IVF
The revelation comes less than two weeks before voters in the state pick their next governor.
October 25, 2025
The person leading an actual ‘Hate America' rally every day is you, Mike Johnson
Opinion: Instead of kindness, he performs random acts of hate. Each time he invokes hate, he infects others with the same malice, writes John Casey.
October 17, 2025
Gavin Newsom signs several pro-LGBTQ+ laws, vetoes gender-affirming care and HIV coverage
Here are the LGBTQ+ bills Gavin Newsom signed or vetoed this week.
October 15, 2025
Massachusetts foster parents lose license after refusing to properly care for LGBTQ+ youth
A couple lost their foster care license after they wouldn't agree not to discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth nor attempt to change them.
October 10, 2025
Was Trump always against LGBTQ+ rights? Everything in his past says no.
The president’s previous support is at odds with his anti-trans hostility now. What’s behind the shift?
October 8, 2025
Hasan Piker: Trans people would not be safer under a Kamala Harris administration
The popular Twitch streamer criticized a clip of New York Times opinion writer Ezra Klein's conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
October 2, 2025
25 years of youth power: Advocates for Youth celebrates milestone institute in D.C.
A week of training, activism, and community brought 100 young leaders together to chart the future of reproductive and sexual health justice.
September 23, 2025
The blueprint to beat extremism starts local
Anti-LGBTQ+ extremists aren’t just shouting on TV — they’re quietly building power in school boards and statehouses. To fight back, we need strategy, not just outrage.
September 21, 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
Erasing our rainbow crosswalks in places like Key West erases us, too
Opinion: These symbols remind us that visibility is not merely a privilege; it is an essential right for all who walk these streets, argues Henry Kurkowski.
September 16, 2025
The government abandoned LGBTQ+ workers. Its former civil rights lawyers stepped up.
Inside the unofficial effort to prevent gender-identity discrimination in the workplace — and the former agency employees leading it.
September 9, 2025
Meet 5 LGBTQ+ lawyers standing up to Donald Trump to protect trans Americans
These legal stars are currently fighting to protect trans and queer people's rights in this country.
August 27, 2025
Josh Sorbe is using his voice on Capitol Hill to fight for LGBTQ+ rights
In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates who are already changing the world.
August 21, 2025
Hillary Clinton warns SCOTUS 'will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion'
"Anybody in a committed relationship out there in the LGBTQ community, you ought to consider getting married," Clinton said.
August 18, 2025
Meet the young L.A. activist fighting for LGBTQ+ and AAPI people's rights
In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates, like Violet, who are already changing the world.
August 15, 2025
Anti-LGBTQ+ mom in Oregon wins right to potentially adopt LGBTQ+ kids
Jessica Bates said she would not let her kids dress how they want, nor take them to the doctor for gender dysphoria treatment.
July 25, 2025