200+ lawmakers demand Speaker Mike Johnson end anti-trans rhetoric in Congress
“Transgender people deserve government officials who will lift them up, not attack them simply because of who they are,” the members of Congress wrote.
November 18, 2025
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How the government shutdown is affecting LGBTQ+ people — and what bad legislation is upcoming
Our community is suffering from the shutdown and has fights ahead.
November 7, 2025
Sarah McBride opens up about her darkest day in Congress (exclusive)
“The high of orientation was met with probably the deepest low of my life outside of losing my husband to cancer," the first trans member of Congress told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.
November 3, 2025
Democrat Adelita Grijalva is fighting to serve even as Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in
In an interview with The Advocate, U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva talks about Johnson not swearing her in, LGBTQ+ rights, and the high-costs of health care
October 31, 2025
How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown
Trump's USDA has refused to release contingency funds for SNAP benefits, and Congress remains gridlocked.
October 31, 2025
Mike Johnson, a defender of a dictator, wildly blames Zohran Mamdani for the government shutdown
Opinion: Next Johnson will blame Mamdani for the Epstein files delay and for the bruise on Donald Trump's hand, writes John Casey.
October 29, 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
Sarah McBride, Ted Lieu troll Stephen Miller by looking for him behind a tiny Capitol door
“They might be meeting with Stephen Miller in here,” the Democratic lawmakers joked, referring to the Trump adviser whose stature has recently inspired memes.
October 14, 2025
During Trump’s shutdown, Argentina gets $20 billion while our service members get ... $0
Opinion: Donald Trump is willing to write big checks to foreign banks that benefit U.S. billionaires, but not to our soldiers or government workers, writes John Casey.
October 11, 2025
By Morse code, town crier Mike Johnson says Lee Greenwood should replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl
Opinion: Turning Point’s “All-American Halftime Show” promises everything the Super Bowl isn’t: all white, straight, narrow-minded, and wildly out of tune, writes John Casey.
October 10, 2025
New 'Late Night' host Trump kills it with jokes on ending seven wars and GOP shutdown, and his pal Vladimir
Opinion: He's hosting the Kennedy Center Honors in December and a UFC fight on the White House lawn next summer, so why not a late-night show? writes John Casey.
October 9, 2025
Watch Sarah McBride troll absent Republicans hours ahead of another Trump government shutdown
Hours ahead of the third government shutdown under Donald Trump's watch, the Democratic congresswoman posted a video looking for her GOP colleagues.
September 30, 2025
95 Democrats vote to honor far-right activist Charlie Kirk in House resolution
They joined 215 Republicans in doing so, and some Democrats said privately that they feared violence if they voted against the measure.
September 19, 2025
Mike Johnson, RFK Jr. attack trans people in wake of Minneapolis school shooting
They are doing so even though the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men.
August 29, 2025
Like Mike Johnson, Pete Hegseth is another Republican obsessed with gay sex
Opinion: Between outlawing firearms or affection, they’re hellbent on making gay sex the real crime, writes John Casey.
August 12, 2025
Duckling Tim Cook basks in the stench of the odorous Donald Trump and lauds him with the gift of gold
Cook caves to Trump like Mike Johnson, Sam Altman, and Shari Redstone, yet he feeds our addiction, ducking out of any culpability, writes John Casey.
August 8, 2025
In the wake of Kerrville, how so-called Christian Mike Johnson is leading a satanic cycle of suffering
Opinion: With huge cuts to NOAA, climate initiatives, Medicaid, and rural hospitals, those in harm's way of nature’s fury have little hope, writes John Casey.
July 8, 2025
How dark will our skies be on July 4, 2026?
Opinion: Could this be our last Fourth of July celebrating what's left of a true democracy? writes John Casey.
July 4, 2025
Why LGBTQ+ advocates hope Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' costs the Republicans in the midterms
Speaker Mike Johnson pushed through the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," that will disproportionately affect LGBTQ+ people.
July 3, 2025
Gender-affirming care funding ban out of budget bill, but it still will devastate LGBTQ+ people
Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more will harm the community.
July 1, 2025
Transgender woman charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace
Mace, a South Carolina Republican, is an outspoken opponent of transgender equality.
May 16, 2025