Meet Gerhard Hernández, Costa Rica's first trans elected official — and a Gen Z Coldplay fan
"What I would like to do in politics is bring in opportunities for those who don't have them yet," Gerhard Hernández tells The Advocate.
October 1, 2025
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The Advocates 2024: Admiral Rachel Levine
The first out transgender federal official continues to firmly stand her ground despite relentless far-right attacks.
June 26, 2024
Americans Don’t Want Politicians Focusing on Transgender Issues, Survey Finds
Most Americans also believe that lawmakers don’t know enough about transgender issues to make policies.
September 18, 2023
Transgender Jan. 6 Rioter Is Now in a Women's Prison. Did Far-Right Republicans Help?
Jessica Watkins had asked for help from U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, and Jim Jordan.
September 14, 2023
Nearly half of Americans don’t want politicians focusing on trans issues: survey
A new survey shows that 49 percent of Americans think politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all.
April 28, 2025
The Most Important LGBTQ Race in 2019 Is Danica Roem's
The Virginia delegate broke the glass ceiling for transgender politicians, but a new bigot is trying to take her down.
September 15, 2019
Meet the People Making 2017 the Year of the Trans Candidate
Progressive transgender politicians are seeking office all over the nation, from New York to Virginia to Minnesota to California.
June 5, 2017
3 transgender people were slain in just two weeks. The community wants answers
Samantha Gómez Fonseca, a transgender activist and politician, was shot multiple times inside a car in south Mexico City on Sunday.
January 17, 2024
Thai Transgender Activist Wins Provincial Election
Yollada "Nok" Suanyot has won election as the top financial officer in Thailand's Nan province, making her the nation's highest-ranking transgender politician.
May 28, 2012
Florida’s Gen Z Congressman Says DeSantis Is Engaged in ‘Fascism’
The youngest member of Congress, who hails from Florida, calls out that state’s governor’s targeting of the LGBTQ+ community as fascist.
March 6, 2023
World’s First Out Transgender Member of Parliament Dies at 65
During Georgina Beyer's time in public office, she became well known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy and efforts to bring marriage equality to New Zealand.
March 6, 2023
Danica Roem Makes History Again and Is Elected Virginia's First Transgender State Senator
Danica Roem was the first transgender person seated in any state legislature. During her campaign for state Senate, she faced transphobia but emerged victorious on Election Day.
November 7, 2023
Wyoming Senate Classifies Gender-Affirming Care as 'Child Abuse'
The Senate passed a bill to that effect by a wide margin, and it will now be considered by the House.
February 7, 2023
Democrat Sarah McBride on her approach to expanding trans acceptance in Congress — and America
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
November 20, 2025
Mike Pence Shifts to ‘Gender Ideology’ When Asked About Anti-Trans Violence
For Republicans, everything about the existence of transgender people is framed as “woke” or “gender ideology.”
September 15, 2023
Nonbinary representation in government is on the rise with a record number of out elected officials
That's the latest data in the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute's "Out For America" report.
July 11, 2024
Black Trans Woman Andrea Jenkins Reelected to Minneapolis City Council
Andrea Jenkins won a third term in a close race.
November 9, 2023
Meet the gay man who will be Tennessee's first out LGBTQ+ school board member
Zach Young is running unopposed for his seat in Metro Nashville's third district, solidifying his spot in history.
May 14, 2024
Nancy Pelosi, fierce LGBTQ+ ally, announces retirement
“I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know I will not be seeking reelection to Congress with a grateful heart,” the former House speaker said.
November 6, 2025
Transphobic discrimination legalized in Iowa
Iowa has stripped gender identity from its antidiscrimination law, making it the first state to remove any trait from such a statute.
February 28, 2025
Judith Butler: Don't be overwhelmed by Trump's sadism
We can be outraged, but we mustn't be paralyzed, the esteemed scholar of gender writes.
February 7, 2025