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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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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?

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.

No LGBT Ally Would Appoint This Cabinet

Donald Trump's picks for Cabinet are incredibly anti-LGBT, in the mold of his vice president.

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

When Will the Fighting Stop?

San Francisco suburb Alameda is testing out antibullying education that may soon spread across the country. But will right-wingers who argue that gays shouldn't get "special privileges" get their way?