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Catelin Drey

Who is Catelin Drey? This Democrat just broke the Republican supermajority in Iowa

Democrat Catelin Drey beat out Republican candidate Christopher Prosch in Iowa's special election.

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks to reporters after a press conference

Texas Democrats fleeing the state also stopped anti-abortion and anti-trans bills

Democrats left Texas to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, but they stopped other bills, too.

Congresswoman Kat Cammack pregnancy announcement photo

Florida Republican who almost died from ectopic pregnancy blames Democrats, not abortion ban

Kat Cammack doesn't believe Florida's abortion ban was at fault for her near-death experience, but instead blames Democrats for "fearmongering."

politician Melissa Hortman

Melissa Hortman, assassinated MN lawmaker, was a champion for families and LGBTQ+ rights

Here’s a look at Melissa Hortman’s legislative history and legacy on abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and family aide.

Raquel Willis from GLM Gender Liberation Movement Grand Marshall 2024 NYC LGBTQIA Pride Festival

Meet Raquel Willis, the transgender activist who's one of TIME's Women of the Year

"This honor was validating for my career and for my passion, but not for my womanhood," Willis tells The Advocate.

3D medical rendering of human sperm cells swimming

Ohio bill would ban ejaculation without intent to conceive — with exceptions for LGBTQ+ people

The Conception Begins at Erection Act contains exceptions for men using birth control, donating sperm, masturbating, or having sex with another man or member of the LGBTQ+ community.

Hillary Clinton Global Initiative summit in New York 2023

Hillary Clinton warns SCOTUS 'will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion'

"Anybody in a committed relationship out there in the LGBTQ community, you ought to consider getting married," Clinton said.

Women's March in Washington demanding continued access to abortion after the ban on most abortions in Texas, and looming threat to Roe v Wade in upcoming Supreme Court.

BREAKING: Trump administration to limit abortion for veterans after restricting gender-affirming care

The proposed policy would eliminate access to abortion through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

packages of birth control pills with an IUD

Trump administration will incinerate $10 million worth of birth control for poor women

The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.

Abortion rights supporters rally at the Bigger Than Roe National Mobilization March in the rotunda of the Capitol building in Madison Wisconsin January 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down abortion ban from 1849

A 176-year-old law "does not prohibit abortion in the State of Wisconsin," the state Supreme Court has ruled.

World Health Organization builing (L); Young children eating USAID rations (C); Plane taking off behind barbed wire (R)

Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far

Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.

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father son fishing pier

He voted for Trump. Now he’s worried his trans son will lose gender-affirming care

A Trump voter is worried that his trans son will lose gender-affirming care access.

Mark Robinson

Mark Robinson drops lawsuit over CNN's 'Black Nazi' report

Robinson filed the lawsuit over a report which found his full name, picture, and known email address attached comments supporting reinstating slavery and referring to himself as a "black NAZI!"

woman holding pill for emergency contraception alongside a faceless texas police officer wearing cowboy hat

Texas woman charged with murder for abortion accuses police of 'maliciously abusing their power'

Texas officials are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed under qualified immunity after wrongly charging a woman with murder for having an abortion.

Maura Healey speaking at a podium

Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law

Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.

Planned parenthood clinic entrance

Federal judge blocks Trump's ban on Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood

Trump's ban preventing Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood has been blocked nationwide.

Edwin Feulner

Heritage Foundation cofounder Edwin Feulner dead at 83

The Heritage Foundation announced cofounder Edwin Feulner's passing Friday, though it did not reveal the time or cause of death.

Mark Robinson

Mark Robinson blames 'coward' Republicans for loss, not 'Black Nazi' trans porn scandal

Mark Robinson is mad Republicans wouldn't "stand up and fight for him" after he admitted to being a "black NAZI."

Man injecting HRT outside SCOTUS; Raquel Willis and trans activist in police van

9 trans rights activists arrested in front of Supreme Court while protesting Skrmetti ruling

Nine activists were arrested outside the Supreme Court and detained for two hours, according to organizers.

Woman in hospital bed with vital signs

People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy

The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states.