Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies
Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.
January 13, 2025
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Sarah McBride is 'mystified' that Republicans are making trans people a 'priority'
"It defies understanding, except for the fact that it's a pretty obvious part of a politics of misdirection and distraction," McBride said of Republicans' proposed federal anti-trans legislation.
January 9, 2025
Why Laverne Cox says she won't debate transgender rights
The Orange is the New Black actor recently spoke at event for Planned Parenthood where she highlighted the connection between bans on gender-affirming care and bans on abortion.
December 18, 2024
Democrat Andy Beshear sides with Republicans, says he doesn't support gender-affirming care for inmates
The Democratic governor said he is against inmates “receiving better coverage and health care than a law-abiding citizen.”
December 16, 2024
Annette Bening gives moving speech in defense of trans youth outside Supreme Court
The actor, whose oldest son is trans, said that she's learned "what these kids and families need is judicious counseling, sound medical advice, and an atmosphere of calm and love and acceptance.”
December 6, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene gets booed after talking about trans kids at the Supreme Court
MTG continued to demonstrate the depths of her ignorance outside the Supreme Court by complaining children are receiving a treatment developed specifically for children.
December 5, 2024
Nancy Mace said she was 'pro-transgender rights' just last year: 'It's your body, your choice'
Nancy Mace's political stunt targeting Sarah McBride's bathroom use comes just a year after Mace said "I'm pro-transgender rights. I'm pro-LGBTQ."
November 26, 2024
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear perfectly explains why he vetoed the 'nastiest' anti-trans bill
Politicians and media personalities aren't "talking about what people are worried about" enough, according to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
November 18, 2024
No, Elon Musk's trans daughter Vivian Wilson isn't 'dead' — but he's dead to her
Vivian Wilson is once again calling out her biological father for claiming she's "dead" just because she transitioned.
November 8, 2024
Donald Trump isn't going anywhere. But neither are we. Here's our promise to you, our readers.
The editors of The Advocate make a statement on Donald Trump's victory, and our promise going forward.
November 6, 2024
For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change everything
Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.
November 1, 2024
JD Vance really wants you to know he's 'not gay' while lying about transgender youth
The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.
October 29, 2024
Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked
Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.
October 22, 2024
Abortion and trans rights need more than a Kamala Harris victory: 'Legalization does not equal access'
While its CEO has a “best case” and “worst case” in mind, there will still be plenty of work for Elevated Access no matter the outcome of the November elections.
October 17, 2024
LGBTQ+ Catholics ask Pope Francis to reconsider church opposition to gender-affirming care
A group of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their allies held a private meeting with the pope over the weekend in which they urged him to reverse the church's stance on transgender health care.
October 15, 2024
Republicans and Democrats are split on transgender rights — and it's impacting swing states
Ohio's voters largely oppose protections for trans people. And yes, Ohio's voters are largely Republican.
October 11, 2024
Missouri expert witness opposing gender-affirming care for minors faces credibility questions
The psychology professor has some questionable beliefs and a retracted study.
October 6, 2024
Families ask appellate court to overturn Florida's youth trans care ban
“As a parent, it is heartbreaking to see my right to make healthcare decisions for my child taken away by political bullies, and the hurt and harm that has caused my child,” one parent of a trans youth said in a new legal brief.
October 3, 2024
Anti-trans laws caused a significant spike in suicide attempts among trans youth: study
Suicide attempts among trans youth increased anywhere from 7 percent to 72 percent in states that enacted anti-trans laws.
September 26, 2024
Marlon Wayans calls out Elon Musk for disowning his trans daughter Vivian Wilson
“You don’t treat them babies like that," said the actor, whose son is transgender.
September 17, 2024
'Jackass' star Steve-O cancels breast implants surgery after reality check from trans person
The Jackass star planned to get the surgery done as a joke, until he actually had a conversation with a transgender person.
September 16, 2024