Meet the gay 19-year-old who made history as Utah's youngest elected official
Jackson Lewis tells The Advocate about representing his former high school on the Canyons School Board and how he wants to fight for LGBTQ+ students.
December 10, 2024
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Kentucky's first transgender elected official wants you to get involved in local politics
Rebecca Blankenship recently spoke to The Advocate about how LGBTQ+ people can fight back against state legislatures' attacks on the community.
February 2, 2024
Worried About Trump? Think Local
Mel Wymore, the first out trans candidate for New York City Council, touts "the power of local elections."
May 8, 2017
Film About Lesbian Couple's Struggle for Equality Wins Oscar
Cynthia Wade won an Oscar Sunday night for her short documentary Freeheld, about the 2006 struggle of New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester's struggle to transfer her pension to her domestic partner during the final months of her life. Hester, who worked as a detective on the force for 25 years, took on the locally elected Ocean County Freeholders as she battled cancer to give the financial security of her pension to her partner, Stacie Andree, a right automatically afforded to married heterosexual spouses.
February 26, 2008
Election Offices Targeted with Fentanyl-Laced Letters and Pride Flags
Suspicious letters containing fentanyl were sent to multiple states’ election offices, and the inclusion of the Progress Pride Flag raises questions about the sender’s motives.
November 11, 2023
Our Activism Can't End With the Presidential Election
Voting on Tuesday won't guarantee our safety. We must be active at the state and local levels too.
October 30, 2020
New Hampshire’s First Openly Trans City Council Member Elected
Palana Belken was among more than 100 LGBTQ candidates to win their races this week.
November 10, 2019
BREAKING: New York Republicans Call for George Santos to Resign
Nassau County Republican Committee members said that Santos is unwelcome at their headquarters and must resign.
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January 11, 2023
West Virginia Elects First Out Transgender Official
Rosemary Ketchum won a seat on the Wheeling City Council in Tuesday's election.
June 9, 2020
Chicago's Lesbian Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot Meets With Ivanka Trump
Lightfoot has many disagreements with Donald Trump but had "a very good conversation" with his daughter, she said.
May 8, 2019
Rachel Maddow warns of the possibility of a stolen election this November
In a New York Times column, the out MSNBC host worries about Republican efforts to fail to certify a Kamala Harris victory.
August 20, 2024
Montana Could Elect Its First Out Statewide Official Tuesday
Bryce Bennett, running for secretary of state, has a passion for voting rights and for representation.
November 2, 2020
Conservative school board candidates handed humiliating loss in St. Louis area
Out of 13 candidates endorsed by local right-wing radio talk show host Marc Cox, zero won their races this week.
April 3, 2024
Meet the new mayor
Mike Gin, the newly elected mayor of Redondo Beach, Calif., is openly gay and overcame a nasty antigay mailing campaign to win. He talked to Advocate.com about running a clean race and what voters really care about
June 22, 2005
The Blue Wave Didn't Crash on This Gay Republican Couple
Joseph DeIorio (right) shares the story of how he and his husband, Thos Shipley, got elected to the city council of a liberal New Jersey town.
January 29, 2018
Man Avoids Jail Time For Threatening LGBTQ+ High School Students
The man was upset about the recent election of nonbinary prom royalty by students.
October 22, 2023
Florida LGBTQ+ Activists Celebrate Unseating of School Board Member
Sally Hunt beat controversial conservative candidate Jill Woolbright in the race for a seat on the Flagler School Board.
August 24, 2022
Florida City Elects High School Teacher as Its First Out Mayor
Ty Penserga will also be the state's first LGBTQ+ Asian-American mayor.
March 10, 2022
What you need to know on Election Day — and what happens after
While we’re likely to know a lot about the election, including who won many key House and Senate races, we may have to again wait a while to know who won the presidency.
November 5, 2024
Ohio Republican could face disqualification under name change law aimed at trans candidates
Republican State Rep. Tex Fischer could be disqualified under the same law used to disqualify a transgender candidate, or even possibly removed from his seat.
August 26, 2024
George Santos Claims He Will Resign If 142,000 People Ask Him To
In other words, George Santos wants another election.
January 13, 2023