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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Tennessee's first out LGBTQ+ school board member: 'pay attention' to your local government
Zach Young tells The Advocate about the "horror stories" overtaking U.S. school boards and how he'll use his position to fight back against anti-LGBTQ+ hate.
June 26, 2024
This small Vermont town is going all out for its first Pride celebration
Pride of Woodstock VT's cochairs tell The Advocate how they built the town's inaugural Pride Month celebration from the ground up.
May 28, 2024
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
All Politics Is Local
Senator Obama has taken a targeted approach to LGBT outreach at different times in this race. Now if he would just apply the same philosophy to gay media.
April 21, 2008
Marco Rubio Shamed for Speech to Antigay Rally on Pulse Anniversary
The senator was called "Florida's most brazen political opportunist" by a local alt-weekly.
August 2, 2016
In Michigan, three queer local candidates are fighting for better water and better accountability
Sixty-three miles south of Flint, Lodi also has water troubles, and that’s the agenda for three of the township’s candidates.
October 14, 2024
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
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
Cyclist Who Flipped Off Trump Elected to Office in Virginia
Juli Briskman lost her job in 2017 after a photo of her flipping off Donald Trump's motorcade went viral.Â
November 6, 2019
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
The Big Election of 2017: We Need to Stand With Danica Roem
The LGBT community can turn around this horrible year by helping elect the first openly trans person to a state legislature.
October 25, 2017
Antonin Scalia's Daughter Loses School Board Race to Mother of LGBTQ+ Child
Meg Bryce, the late conservative justice's daughter, said she was being discriminated against because of her family's name.
November 8, 2023
What We Can Learn From Abortion Rights Advocates
Our friends and allies in the reproductive rights movement have been here before and have a gold mine of advice on effectively fighting state-sponsored religious bigotry.
May 18, 2016
Top Transgender Moments of 2013
Last year could go down in the books as a turning point in the fight for transgender rights and acceptance, with key legislative, visibility, and judicial victories.
January 4, 2014
Trans Coffee Shop Worker Fired for Calling Out Right-Wing Customer
The customer, Marilyn Synek (pictured), says the worker at the Lincoln, Neb., business called her "bigoted trash."
September 12, 2019
When even blue states aren't safe from anti-LGBTQ+ laws, this queer mayor is protecting her city
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, the first woman and first out gay mayor of Vermont's largest city, tells The Advocate about how blue states must be proactive instead of reactive in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
April 1, 2024
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
Pence's Nightmare: The All-LGBT Palm Springs City Council
The California desert oasis is a prime example of what real representation looks like.
July 18, 2018