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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.

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No on 8 Volunteers Harassed, Thrown Off Church Grounds

All around Los Angeles, teams of volunteers dispatched by the Gay and Lesbian Center are responding to claims of friction at the polls. Thalia Zepatos, director of community engagement for the No on 8 campaign, said many places throughout L.A. County have reported harassment and illegal electioneering by churches. No on 8 volunteers have been removed from church grounds, one polling worker reportedly quoted the Bible, and at least one poll worker has urged people to vote Yes on 8.

Bo French Chairman Tarrant County Republican Party

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Texas Republican leader openly uses 'gay' and the R-word as insults, faces no consequences

Bo French, Tarrant County Republican Party Chair, has been both condemned and defended by his colleagues.

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My Election Day: Campaigning for No on 8

Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight spent Election Day volunteering for No on 8, standing 100 feet away from poling places handing out palm cards and urging people to vote against the same-sex marriage ban. Here he recounts the well-wishers who brought cookies and cheered from cars and the Prop. 8 supporters who yelled and spat -- one even got violent. But Knight says all he ultimately felt was sadness when Prop. 8 passed.

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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.

We Can Stop the GOP's Disenfranchisement of Black, Trans Voters

McConnell and his ilk will do anything to stop minorities from voting; it must be our mission to win back our inalienable right.

For Black Women, Being Called the Democrats' 'Backbone' Is No Compliment

Black women helped defeat Roy Moore, but they don't want to be anyone's backbone but their own, writes Rev. Irene Monroe.

Study: Half of Gen Z Believes the Gender Binary Is Outdated

Young people are more likely to embrace gender as fluid, according to new polling.

Scruff Users Growl Support for Hillary

Like other polls, an informal survey on Scruff has the Democratic frontrunner winning in New York.

Julianna Marguilies and Husband for Marriage in NY

Oped You Havent Seen the Last of the Bachmanns

No on 8 Volunteers Harassed, Thrown Off Church Grounds

Here Are the LGBTQ+ Races to Watch on Election Day 2023

The election could mean LGBTQ+ firsts in Virginia, New Jersey, and Mississippi, along with important progress elsewhere.

Texas Republican leader openly uses 'gay' and the R-word as insults, faces no consequences

Bo French, Tarrant County Republican Party Chair, has been both condemned and defended by his colleagues.

Debunking the Black Blame

Pointing fingers at California's African-Americans over the passage of Proposition 8 is rushing to judgment, writes The Advocate's Teresa Morrison. Race-baiting is simply a repeat of the terrible injustice of Prop. 8.

Pose's Angelica Ross Had to Train Staff to Open Georgia Polling Place

Complications with the Peach State's new voting system led to long lines during its primary.

Election 2008: The Iowa Caucuses, Dispatch 2

Jeff Westendorf is president of the Log Cabin Republicans chapter in Iowa and a Giuliani supporter. Westendorf is the second of five LGBT Iowans whom The Advocate will follow through the Iowa caucus on January 3, 2008.

India Elects First Transgender Mayor

For the first time in history, a city in India has elected a transgender Mayor.

The Solution for Swift, Widespread Vaccine Distribution

One LGBTQ+ entrepreneur has some novel advice for defeating the pandemic.

My Election Day: Campaigning for No on 8

2023 Sees Record for LGBTQ+ Political Candidates in Odd-Numbered Year

At least 514 out candidates ran or are running in 2023 elections, up 19.5 percent from in 2021, when 430 out candidates ran.

Democrats turn to gay hook-up app Grindr to reach LGBTQ+ voters ahead of the election

It’s part of a 6-figure ad buy targeting "equality voters."

Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Divorces? The Papers Are Already Filed

Why all the surprise about the idea of states divorcing? They are already trying to separate themselves from transgender people, drag queens, people of color, and the Chinese, to name just a few.

Not Giving Up in Bakersfield

California May Mandate Gender-Neutral Kids' Sections in Large Stores

"We should allow our kids to come to their own conclusion of how they will identify themselves," the bill's co-author said.

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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.

McConnell and his ilk will do anything to stop minorities from voting; it must be our mission to win back our inalienable right.

Black women helped defeat Roy Moore, but they don't want to be anyone's backbone but their own, writes Rev. Irene Monroe.

Young people are more likely to embrace gender as fluid, according to new polling.

Like other polls, an informal survey on Scruff has the Democratic frontrunner winning in New York.

The election could mean LGBTQ+ firsts in Virginia, New Jersey, and Mississippi, along with important progress elsewhere.

Bo French, Tarrant County Republican Party Chair, has been both condemned and defended by his colleagues.

Pointing fingers at California's African-Americans over the passage of Proposition 8 is rushing to judgment, writes The Advocate's Teresa Morrison. Race-baiting is simply a repeat of the terrible injustice of Prop. 8.

Complications with the Peach State's new voting system led to long lines during its primary.

Jeff Westendorf is president of the Log Cabin Republicans chapter in Iowa and a Giuliani supporter. Westendorf is the second of five LGBT Iowans whom The Advocate will follow through the Iowa caucus on January 3, 2008.

For the first time in history, a city in India has elected a transgender Mayor.

One LGBTQ+ entrepreneur has some novel advice for defeating the pandemic.

At least 514 out candidates ran or are running in 2023 elections, up 19.5 percent from in 2021, when 430 out candidates ran.

It’s part of a 6-figure ad buy targeting "equality voters."

Why all the surprise about the idea of states divorcing? They are already trying to separate themselves from transgender people, drag queens, people of color, and the Chinese, to name just a few.

"We should allow our kids to come to their own conclusion of how they will identify themselves," the bill's co-author said.