Andry Hernández Romero on surviving CECOT: 'They told us we would die there'
“I want the world to know that being Venezuelan is not a crime,” the gay makeup artist told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.
August 17, 2025
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Andry Hernández Romero explains how he survived CECOT after the U.S. government disappeared him
Andry Hernández Romero spoke with The Bulwark's Tim Miller about the torment the U.S. government put him though.
August 8, 2025
Conservatives push harmful lie that Pete Buttigieg is HIV-positive
This kind of outrageous misinformation and the weaponization of HIV is dangerous and perpetuates stigma, advocates say.
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October 3, 2024
Gay Republican Tim Miller Joins Jeb Bush Camp
The Republican campaigns are ramping up, and Jeb Bush has chosen gay Republican Tim Miller for his team.
February 22, 2015
Jon Lovett and Tim Miller team up to ‘raise hell’ over gay asylum-seeker vanished to El Salvador by Trump
Andry Hernández Romero entered the U.S. legally, fleeing persecution for being gay. Then the Trump administration disappeared him, sending him to a dystopian prison. They’re trying to get him back.
May 22, 2025
Gay Former Spokesman for Jeb Bush Endorses Roy Moore Opponent
Tim Miller, a prominent Republican player and former communications director for the presidential candidate, asks his followers to donate to Doug Jones.
November 22, 2017
Two New Memoirs Detail the Threats to American Democracy
(CNN) Gay former Republican Tim Miller and Pete Buttigieg's adviser Lis Smith write about the pols who've undermined -- and restored -- their faith.
August 24, 2022
Queer Commencement
Author and performance artist Tim Miller spends a lot of his time touring universities teaching students about performance art. In this essay he imagines the graduation speech he might one day give at the fictitious Queer U.
June 11, 2008
Longtime LGBTQ+ advocate Kate Kendell is the new CEO of the Gill Foundation (exclusive)
Kendell, the former executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, recognizes that it's a crucial time for the LGBTQ+ movement.
April 1, 2025
Jeb Bush Finally Admits He's Running for President
With a sigh, the former Florida governor said the words he's been holding back for months: He's running for president.
June 15, 2015
Gay asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero remains in danger, advocates warn
After months in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, the gay makeup artist has been freed, but not returned to safety.
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July 19, 2025
Gay Guatemalan asylum-seeker deported by Trump by mistake pleads for lifeline in federal court
“I am the smallest version of myself because I have so much more fear, the man told a Massachusetts district court.
May 23, 2025
New York’s Ritchie Torres donates to Andry Hernández Romero fund demanding freedom for gay asylum-seeker
The Democratic congressman is using his influence and bank account to call attention to the Venezuelan makeup artist disappeared by Trump to a mega prison in El Salvador.
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June 11, 2025
A Gay Writer Binges on Newsmax, the Far Right's New State Media
A terrifying descent into lies, fear, and the stoking of violence.
December 7, 2020
Nikki Haley Falsely Connects Trans Athletes to Girls’ Suicide - Yet Again
The former governor made up false assertions about transgender girl athletes negatively affecting the mental health of cisgender teen girls at a CNN town hall event.
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June 5, 2023
Massachusetts federal judge orders gay asylum-seeker deported under Trump returned to U.S.
“The Court finds that the public benefits from living in a country where rules are followed and where promises are kept,” Judge Brian E. Murphy wrote.
May 23, 2025
Malcolm Gladwell turns on trans athletes, says he was 'cowed' into support
The Outliers author said he was "cowed" into supporting trans women in sports, prompting accusations that he's changing with the political winds.
September 3, 2025
Coalition of 52 Democrats push for proof of life for deported gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero
“I think Pride Month is an opportunity to highlight his story even more,” U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia told The Advocate.
June 9, 2025
Immigration judge dismisses asylum case of gay Venezuelan deported to Salvadoran supermax prison
Hernández Romero had been awaiting an asylum hearing before he was deported without warning in March, his lawyer told The Advocate in April.
May 30, 2025