Trans Parole Seekers in California Face Misgendering, Other Barriers
That's despite state law intended to assure respect for trans and nonbinary people in the criminal justice system, says a new Williams Institute study.
April 28, 2023
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How Anti-LGBTQ+ Is Newly Elected House Speaker Mike Johnson? Very.
Johnson has voted against major LGBTQ+ rights bills, led an anti-transgender hearing, and called LGBTQ+ people a "deviant group."
October 25, 2023
Congressman: Nearly 'Impossible for White Guys Not Gay' to Get Appointed as Judges
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman says straight white male judges have it really tough under President Biden.
May 25, 2023
JD Vance's horrendous record of homophobia and transphobia
Donald Trump's vice-presidential pick hasn't been a senator long — but he's been in the public eye long enough to accrue a strongly anti-LGBTQ+ record.
July 15, 2024
7 Times White House's Karine Jean-Pierre Was a Total Badass
For Lesbian Visibility Week, we salute one of the nation's most visible lesbians, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who uses her platform to stand against bigotry.
April 30, 2023
Gay Lawmaker Threatened, Called Pedophile Over Sex Offender Bill
California Sen. Scott Wiener's bill would equalize how the law treats various sex acts, but he's being called a criminal for it.
September 3, 2020
The 10 Gayest Accomplishments of President Joe Biden
Biden, now officially running for a second term, is the most pro-LGBTQ+ president in U.S. history.
April 25, 2023
Requiem for the Anti-LGBTQ+ Career of Kevin McCarthy
McCarthy leaves Congress after racking up a long history of hostility to the LGBTQ+ community.
December 14, 2023
Mitt Romney Won't Seek Reelection to Senate in 2024
Romney has shown a degree of independence from the Republican Party but still has a largely poor record on LGBTQ+ issues.
September 13, 2023
Gay Congressman David Cicilline on 12 Years Fighting for LGBTQ Rights in the House
Rep. David Cicilline was one of only four out LGBTQ+ members of Congress when he started serving in 2011.
May 31, 2023
All about anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Clay Higgins, the lone vote against Epstein files release
He's echoed Trump and Vance's lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets, among other things.
November 19, 2025
Nancy Pelosi, retiring from Congress, leaves a record as a champion of LGBTQ+ equality
Pelosi has been one of the leading advocates for the LGBTQ+ community.
November 6, 2025
Indiana Republican introduces bill that would erase transgender people and deny marriage equality
The bill from Rep. Chris Judy would recognize only the gender assigned at birth and strengthen the state's existing but unenforceable ban on same-sex marriage.
January 12, 2024
Stonewall veteran Miss Major endorses Kamala Harris for president
The Stonewall veteran and activist announced that she is supporting Harris' campaign in light of her long pro-LGBTQ+ record.
July 29, 2024
Here are President Joe Biden's 15 queerest accomplishments
Biden leaves office as the most pro-LGBTQ+ president in history.
January 20, 2025
Log Cabin Republicans president bizarrely defends Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ record
The Log Cabin Republicans are standing by their man.
June 18, 2024
The Advocate ranked the 25 most important queer history moments of the century so far
From the good and the bad, from marriage equality, decriminalization of queer sex, and groundbreaking electoral victories to the Pulse massacre and the unfortunate election of Donald Trump to the presidency — twice — here are the biggest queer news events of the first quarter of the 21st century.
December 23, 2024
Why The Advocate endorses Kamala Harris for president
Harris has brought a long and strong record of LGBTQ+ rights support to the White House, and promises to do even more.
October 15, 2024
The country did a complete 180 on a once-divisive issue starting 20 years ago
The vast majority of Americans opposed same-sex marriage on May 17, 2004, when the first same-sex couples took their vows after a court decision in Massachusetts. Well, times have changed.
May 17, 2024
Southern Baptists urge Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality
A resolution adopted by the denomination also includes anti-transgender language.
June 11, 2025
South Carolina venue hosts free LGBTQ+ weddings in show of support and protest
Amid threats to marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights in general, an art fair hosted the weddings and raised money to benefit transgender people.
February 13, 2025