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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Federal Court Puts Ex-Gay Therapy Ban in California On Hold
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's law banning so-called ex-gay therapy cannot take effect until the court has heard further arguments on the merits of the ban.
December 22, 2012
Right-Wing Group Targets Trans-Friendly Federal Nominee
David Lopez, the current EEOC general counsel awaiting Senate confirmation for his second term, has built a career fighting for the rights of LGBT and disabled workers. Now the Family Research Council wants him to pay for it.
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November 25, 2014
Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people, long discredited, could make a comeback
More than half of states restrict conversion therapy, but conservative courts could change that.
August 18, 2025
House Democrats Introduce Gender-Neutral Laws Bill
The legislation seeks to removed gendered language from the U.S. Code.
July 25, 2023
POLL: Indiana Gov. Learns the High Cost of 'License to Discriminate'
The state hires a prominent PR firm to help rebuild its image, while a poll finds most residents don't approve of faith-based antigay discrimination.
April 14, 2015
Sex. Gender. Employment Discrimination
One woman's successful lawsuit against the Library of Congress could spell more legal victories for transgender employees across the country.
November 5, 2008
Trump Will Be First President to Address Anti-LGBT Values Voter Summit
Trump, who addressed the gathering as a candidate the past two years, joins far-right luminaries such as Roy Moore, Phil Robertson, and Michele Bachmann.
October 12, 2017
Florida Health Dept. Attacks All Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
They oppose even social transition, which recommends simply using affirming language for questioning youth.
April 20, 2022
PayPal Pulls Out of Planned Charlotte Expansion
As North Carolina's Republican leadership continues to dig in its Tar Heels backing the state's new anti-LGBT law, PayPal makes good on threats to reconsider investments in the state.
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April 5, 2016
Conservative Christian Groups Attack Gay Judicial Nominee
Two conservative Christian groups sent letters this week to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to oppose the nomination of Michael Fitzgerald, an openly gay nominee for U.S. District for the Central District of California.
November 3, 2011
Biden Issues Wide-Ranging Executive Order Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights
The order directs federal agencies to address health care, education, conversion therapy, homelessness, foster care, and more.
June 15, 2022
Missouri Republican Gov. Signs Gender-Affirming Care Ban, Anti-Trans Sports Bill
It's now the 20th state to ban gender-affirming care for minors.
June 8, 2023
Conn. to offer civil unions
Connecticut on Saturday becomes the second state, after Vermont, to offer same-sex civil unions, but the scarcity of town clerks' offices being open over the weekend will probably result in only a few gay and lesbian couples exchanging vows.
September 30, 2005
View From the Hill: The End of DADT?
Defense Secretary Robert Gates revealed that lawyers are exploring ways to ease enforcement of the military's gay ban, but cautioned that the law doesn't leave much wiggle room.
July 3, 2009
Federal judge in Maryland blocks Trump's anti-transgender gender-affirming care order
Those who sued have "shown they will face irreparable harm" if the order is allowed to stand, a federal judge wrote.
March 4, 2025
FTC hosts anti-trans workshop LGBTQ+ advocates call ‘government-sponsored disinformation’
“[Transgender lives have] been made a political and ideological issue,” Dr. Rachel Levine told The Advocate.
July 10, 2025
The Gay Goodfellas
Inside the Gill Action Fund, the most effective pro-gay political weapon you never heard of.
June 21, 2008
The Gay Goodfellas
Inside the Gill Action Fund, the most effective pro-gay political weapon you never heard of.
June 19, 2008
SCOTUS Already Ruled Against N.C.'s Law 20 Years Ago
Could a lawsuit against North Carolina's infamous anti-LGBT bill win transgender Americans their first precedent-setting victory at the Supreme Court?
May 4, 2016