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Stepping Out as Allies to Stop Anti-Trans Attacks

For Pride Month, SAGE, the world’s largest advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ elders, donated $75,000 to the three leading national trans organizations to help the trans community fight back

Anti-Trans Bus Vandalized With 'Trans Liberation' Tag

A so-called "free speech" bus was spray painted with pro-trans messages on Thursday.

A Trans Woman Is Liberating the State of Alaska

Lillian Lennon is at the forefront of fundemental changes in her state, particularly around LGBTQ discrimination.  

Tori Cooper's Work Is Trans Liberation

This Advocate of the Year knows all LGBTQ+ people deserve health and happiness.

Fighting to Free Ky Peterson on Trans Liberation Tuesday

Advocates are organizing to bring awareness to the black trans man's plight and hopefully see him pardoned by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. 

WATCH March to Honor 46th Anniversary of Compton Cafeteria Riots

Nearly five decades later, San Franciscans look back at a major turning point in trans liberation.

WATCH: 5 Arrested at Rally to End Trans Immigration Detention

Powerful images from a boisterous demonstration to end the detention of transgender immigrants, organized by Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement under the hashtag #Not1More say it all.

Op-ed: Obama’s Order Ices Out Some LGBTQ Immigrants

The executive order will help many immigrants on the path to citizenship, but it leaves behind others who have experienced violence, discrimination, and isolation, says Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement.

Mormon Church to Pull Older Youths From Boy Scout Troops

Church officials say the Boy Scouts' liberalization of gay and trans policies did not factor in the decision, though Mormon leaders previously expressed concern about the Scouts' pro-LGBT stances.

6 of South Dakota GOP Gov. Kristi Noem's craziest moments

From bragging about killing a puppy to lying about meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, Kristi Noem keeps getting more ridiculous.

Two trans women attacked at Minneapolis light rail station as crowd cheered

The two women had moved to Minnesota from Iowa after Minnesota became a state of refuge for transgender people.

More Than a Heckler: Why I'm Fighting for Liberation

What advancing equality in 2016 means for the trans woman known for interrupting President Obama during a Pride reception last year.

Under Trump's 'authoritarian era,' these LGBTQ+ and abortion rights activists are standing up

The organizers behind last year's Gender Liberation March tell The Advocate about how they're fighting back now.

Reclaim Pride by Defunding the Police

LGBTQ+ people are made no safer by the police.

Trucks Took to the Texas Streets With Signs Supporting Trans Lives

The vehicles displayed signs reading "trans lives are precious."

To Be a Trans Woman of Color and Disrupter in the Trump Era

After famously calling out President Obama, Jennicet Gutierrez is preparing for a battle royale with Trump.

The Best Moments From Laverne Cox's TimesTalks

The trans actress spoke to The New York Times on a host of topics, the likes of which include her new documentary Free CeCe and the injustices trans women of color face in America.

Shea Diamond: 'Nothing Has Changed Since the Days of Sylvia & Marsha'

The singer talks about running away from home at 14, writing music in prison, and challenging singers to make music with trans people. 

Justin Trudeau Still Has a Lot to Prove on LGBT Rights

Is the camera-friendly Canadian P.M. all talk and no action?

On Trans Day of Visibility, Do More Than Make Yourself Seen

Being out and proud is important, writes Milo Primeaux, but visibility alone will not set us free.