Trump orders closure of Department of Education 'once and for all'. He can’t do that without Congress
The president once famously said that he loves "the poorly educated."
March 20, 2025
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Trump’s anti-trans agenda takes center stage at planned 'Detrans Awareness Day' events
Republicans rally in D.C. to amplify anti-trans voices and push gender-affirming care bans.
March 11, 2025
LGBTQ+ youth group sounds alarm over Linda McMahon nomination, foresees education rollbacks under Trump
“They’ve purged the ‘immune system’ within the government that held back their worst impulses,” GLSEN executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers told The Advocate.
November 25, 2024
All the Trump presidential nominees who've been accused of sexual misconduct
Matt Gaetz wasn't the only one.
November 21, 2024
Republican Senate Candidate Supports DOMA Repeal
Linda McMahon, the former World Wresting Entertainment CEO and Senate hopeful from Connecticut, said that she would vote to repeal the federal law, even as she demonstrated some unfamiliarity with the issue.
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October 8, 2012
Trump Nominates Climate Change Denier, Transphobe to Head EPA
His choice, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, has joined in lawsuits against the agency -- and against the federal government's guidance on treatment of transgender students.
December 7, 2016
Victory: LGBT Resources Back on Small Business Administration Site
The action comes after complaints from Democratic congresswomen (pictured) and the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce.
May 16, 2018
Dem Reps Want Answers on LGBT Erasure From Small Business Admin. Site
Reps. Nydia M. Velazquez and Yvette D. Clarke express concern that the removal was politically motivated.
May 10, 2018
GOProud Endorses Tommy Thompson Against Tammy Baldwin
"The voters of Wisconsin need to ask themselves whether or not they want to send a woman to the Senate who has a voting record to the left of Nancy Pelosi," said the group.
August 22, 2012
John Thune, South Dakota Republican senator with a poor LGBTQ+ rights record, elected as majority leader
Thune, a senator from South Dakota, has differed with Donald Trump at times but now says he's committed to Trump's agenda.
November 13, 2024
Why LGBTQ+ history matters
Opinion: "When we present young people with a version of history from which they are completely absent, they have trouble envisioning a positive future for themselves," writes Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings.
March 17, 2025
Democrats defeat Republican transgender sports ban bill in U.S. Senate
Republicans failed to get 60 votes to move the discriminatory bill forward.
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March 3, 2025
Trump’s Department of Education targets Virginia schools for not treating transgender students as second-class citizens
Because these institutions treated trans and nonbinary kids with respect, Donald Trump’s people are investigating them.
February 18, 2025
Surprise: Donald Trump's Speech to Empower Women Was All About Him
Trump attempted his best behavior during a speech to women in honor of Women's History Month, but it's easy to read between his lines.
March 30, 2017
Here's why GLSEN plans to transform and relaunch amid attacks on LGBTQ+ youth
"GLSEN, like many of our peer organizations and the communities we serve, is not immune to the widespread and sudden changes moving swiftly over the horizon," writes Melanie Willingham-Jaggers.
February 3, 2025
Still Trying to Portray Trump as an LGBT Advocate? Here Are Some Facts
Some continue to try to paint the president as being on our side. Then how is his team worse than anything we've ever seen before?
March 23, 2017
Editor's Letter: Obama Changed Our Lives, Our Politics
Those who were once silently complicit in our oppression are now forced to voice their bigotry or change their minds, says The Advocate's editor in chief, Matthew Breen.
November 5, 2012
No LGBT Ally Would Appoint This Cabinet
Donald Trump's picks for Cabinet are incredibly anti-LGBT, in the mold of his vice president.
December 12, 2016
The Toronto trip continues
The Advocate's arts and entertainment editor seeks out swag, chats with stars, and takes us to the InStyle party in the second entry of his exclusive dailies from the Toronto Film Festival
September 14, 2006