7 times Pete Hegseth was the definition of toxic masculinity
The secretary of Defense, now in trouble over military strikes on an alleged drug trafficking boat, has plenty of toxic deeds on his record.
December 2, 2025
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On World AIDS Day, thinking of progress and how to build on it in the face of hostility
“As long as people willing to fight, we will change the course of history,” says HRC's Matthew Rose.
December 1, 2025
Gay NYC councilman running for Congress says America is at a crossroads
“We are either going to reject hatred and bigotry and discrimination, or our country will succumb to it,” Erik Bottcher told The Advocate.
December 1, 2025
Trump administration won't observe World AIDS Day
A directive from the State Department assures that 2025 will be different from 2024, when President Biden hosted the first display of AIDS Memorial Quilt panels at the White House.
November 26, 2025
Where is bi former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema now?
Not in a place that will win her friends among progressives.
November 24, 2025
Kathy Griffin tells Out100 crowd, 'Become as politically engaged as you can'
The Advocate of the Year also got in a dig at Donald Trump's genitalia.
November 22, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congresswoman, to resign in January
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is known for embracing conspiracy theories and her virulently anti-LGBTQ+ and especially anti-transgender views.
November 21, 2025
The South’s first out LGBTQ+ congresswoman is fighting a GOP effort to cut her out of Congress
Democrat Julie Johnson was elected to serve her North Texas constituents. Now Republicans are fighting to draw her out of the electoral map.
November 21, 2025
Trans National Guard member sues Trump admin over bathroom ban
LeAnne Withrow of the Illinois National Guard says the policy has forced her to dehydrate herself at work.
November 20, 2025
Democrat Sarah McBride on her approach to expanding trans acceptance in Congress — and America
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
November 20, 2025
All about anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Clay Higgins, the lone vote against Epstein files release
He's echoed Trump and Vance's lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets, among other things.
November 19, 2025
Gay political icon Barney Frank celebrates Democratic lawmaker for 'refuting the effort of the bigots'
The former Massachusetts congressman praised California U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters for her decades of LGBTQ+ allyship at a recent PFLAG awards ceremony.
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November 19, 2025
Chi Ossé, Black gay NYC Council member, files for potential challenge to Hakeem Jeffries for Congress
Ossé says Democrats in Congress "seem asleep at the wheel" in challenging Donald Trump,
November 18, 2025
Getting personal with Robert Garcia, who’s been leading the Democrats' release of the Epstein files
The Democratic rising star sat down with The Advocate for an interview about the Epstein files, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and co-parenting his cat after his divorce.
November 18, 2025
Meet the Michigan state senator pushing to enshrine marriage equality protections in the state constitution
“If a future case should overturn Obergefell, it goes right back into that language that has existed in our constitution since a public vote in 2004," state Sen. Jeremy Moss told The Advocate.
November 14, 2025
Gay NYC city council member Erik Bottcher joins Jack Schlossberg in packed race for Jerry Nadler’s House seat
His launch draws heavily on themes he shared in a recent interview with The Advocate.
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November 13, 2025
The 10 states that have passed pro-LGBTQ+ bills — or defeated the most anti-LGBTQ+ ones — in 2025
Liberal states stand out for passage of supportive laws, while the sheer volume of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation introduced in some conservative ones means many bills died there.
November 12, 2025
Pete Buttigieg blasts Trump's rant against air traffic controllers and the Biden administration
“Other than mostly pronouncing my name right, everything he said was wrong,” Buttigieg said.
November 11, 2025
Why most LGBTQ+ Congress members oppose deal to end government shutdown
A deal without a provision to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies isn't a deal, they say.
November 10, 2025
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
The 10 states that have passed the most anti-LGBTQ+ laws this year — and how locals are fighting back
The states are predictably very red.
November 7, 2025