Kamala Harris defends LGBTQ+ teachers & condemns book bans at teacher labor union conference
“We want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books. Can you imagine?” Harris said of her opponents.
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Elon Musk moves SpaceX and X to Texas because California is too supporting of trans youth
"This is the final straw," Musk wrote on X, reacting to California's recent law banning the forced outing of LGBTQ+ youth in schools.
July 17 2024 10:05 AM
Kamala Harris gives AKA convention speech days after sorors got hundreds of gays evicted from Dallas hotel
She gave a powerful speech to her sisters and celebrated equality and warned of ‘dictator on day one’ Donald Trump.
July 11 2024 1:09 PM
What is Daddyland, the gay circuit party evicted from a Dallas hotel?
Here’s what you need to know about the annual circuit party festival in Dallas that was evicted from a hotel recently.
July 09 2024 4:34 PM
Lesbian lawmaker Angie Craig calls for Joe Biden to step down from presidential race
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig is the fifth Democratic — and first LGBTQ+ — lawmaker calling for the president to stand down and allow somebody else to challenge Donald Trump.
July 06 2024 10:07 AM
Texas Supreme Court lets gender-affirming care ban remain in effect
The court reversed a lower court's decision blocking the ban while a lawsuit against it is heard.
July 04 2024 7:51 PM
14 Supreme Court decisions that changed the landscape for LGBTQ+ rights
Several of them came on today's date, June 26.
June 26 2024 5:16 PM
Appeals court maintains PrEP coverage under Obamacare in win for HIV prevention
A lower court had ruled that requiring PrEP coverage was akin to supporting homosexuality and, therefore, a violation of religious rights. However, advocates are concerned about further legal challenges that may appear.
June 21 2024 5:05 PM
Cynthia Lee Fontaine is telling this historic Texas drag queen's story in a new documentary (exclusive)
The RuPaul’s Drag Race season eight Miss Congeniality winner tells The Advocate about a new documentary she's part of that follows the life of drag legend Barbette.
June 20 2024 10:16 AM
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
First celebrated in 1866 in Texas, it's now a federal holiday.
June 18 2024 8:21 PM
Zane Phillips figured out his sexuality by acting 'stupid in a very specific way'
"Straight boys are stupid with each other in their own kind of way, but I never really accessed that," the out actor recently told PRIDE.com.
June 17 2024 4:16 PM
Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas judge rules against Biden’s Title IX protections for transgender students
Judge Reed O’Connor stepped in to block the U.S. Department of Education from protecting LGBTQ+ kids from discrimination in public schools, at least in Texas.
June 13 2024 5:28 AM
Democrats introduce bill to protect jurors from anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination
The proposed law would safeguard one of the most fundamental rights and responsibilities of American citizens.
June 12 2024 1:10 PM
When these Venezuelan migrants couldn't afford to get married, their Denver community threw them a wedding
Nonprofit Dork Dancing hosted the wedding for Amarilis and Mariangy Delgado Gutierrez on Sunday, one year after they left Venezuela.
June 10 2024 3:55 PM
Four Texas teens charged over Grindr gunpoint robbery and assault
The alleged victim only escaped after frantically waving down a passing police officer.
June 06 2024 3:11 PM
Texas Democrat who supported gender-affirming care ban loses to queer progressive candidate
Rep. Shawn Thierry broke with the Democratic Party to vote for a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Now she's lost her primary to Black queer woman Lauren Ashley Simmons
May 31 2024 7:25 PM
Texas's first LGBTQ+ state senator, Molly Cook, wins primary for full term
Cook had won a special election to finish the term of a senator who resigned, but now she's won a primary runoff that will likely keep her representing her heavily Democratic district.
May 31 2024 10:37 AM
Molly Cook, Texas's first out LGBTQ+ state senator, is ready to make change (exclusive)
The emergency room nurse and grassroots organizer will advocate for both incremental and revolutionary change.
May 16 2024 11:00 AM
Most Black women don't have access to abortion, and they're going to impact the elections
Out of the 11.8 million Black women between the ages of 15 and 49 in the U.S., 57 percent live in areas that restrict access to abortion.
May 15 2024 11:33 AM
Texas sees jump in reported ant-LGBTQ+ hate crime incidents as Republican lawmakers push homophobic bills
The surge in hate coincides with a record number of bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community in the Lone Star state.
May 11 2024 10:00 AM