Watch: GLAAD national ad features terrifying potential future under Project 2025
The clip shows a haunting scene of children reciting ‘The Pledge.’
July 18 2024 9:00 AM
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GOP’s 2024 platform mirrors extremist Project 2025 as threat to women, LGBTQ+ people, and minorities
The Republican Party is playing with language to appear less extreme than it actually is.
July 12 2024 11:39 AM
Tennessee's first out LGBTQ+ school board member: 'pay attention' to your local government
Zach Young tells The Advocate about the "horror stories" overtaking U.S. school boards and how he'll use his position to fight back against anti-LGBTQ+ hate.
June 26 2024 3:46 PM
Sarah McBride is poised to be the first transgender member of Congress. Here's how she feels about it
She discussed her historic candidacy with The Advocate and her promise to advocate for her constituents.
June 24 2024 7:30 AM
Utah's bathroom snitch line hasn't found one legitimate complaint out of 12,000
Utah's anti-transgender bathroom snitch line has gotten over 12,000 complaints — only five were investigated, and none turned up anything.
June 20 2024 12:27 PM
Log Cabin Republicans president bizarrely defends Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ record
The Log Cabin Republicans are standing by their man.
June 18 2024 4:16 PM
A second Trump term would double down on erasing transgender rights. Here’s how advocates are preparing.
“We’ve seen over the last several years a militant effort in red states by the government to discriminate against trans folks, in particular, and the broader LGBTQ community, and even to go so far as to try to deny trans people's existence,” said Mike Zamore, national director of policy and governmental affairs at the ACLU.
June 16 2024 9:21 AM
Even J.K. Rowling's family didn't want to hear her transphobia: 'Begging me not to speak'
Tired of hearing Rowling's bigotry? The author recently admitted that her loved ones were too.
May 29 2024 4:32 PM
An urgent call to protect gender-affirming care
While efforts to ban or severely limit access to gender-affirming care are blunt and sweeping, gender-affirming care is anything but, writes Human Rights Watch's Yasemin Smallens.
May 22 2024 2:06 PM
These two transphobic Republican members of Congress admit to affair
The married man and divorced woman were reportedly seen being affectionate around Capitol Hill before their affair was exposed.
May 18 2024 11:11 AM
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 9:53 PM
When laws fail to protect trans people, harmful medicalized norms creep in
"Medical intervention for trans people, like all others, should be undertaken based on individual informed consent," writes Kyle Knight, co-interim director of Human Rights Watch's LGBT Rights Program.
May 15 2024 3:31 PM
Who is Kristi Noem? A look at the anti-LGBTQ+, dog-killing governor and vice president aspirant
Noem was once a rising star in the Republican Party. Her new autobiography may bring about her fall. Here's what you need to know.
May 08 2024 7:23 AM
Closets are for cowboy boots: A tribute to David Mixner
A friend remembers the late LGBTQ+ rights activist David Mixner.
May 01 2024 8:32 PM
J.K. Rowling will 'not' forgive Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for backing trans rights
There's nothing to forgive, Joanne, and here's why.
April 11 2024 6:57 PM
Louisiana theatre students take to the state capitol's steps to protest ‘don’t say gay’ bill
Thirteen students traveled from New Orleans to Baton Rouge on March 27 to protest several anti-LGBTQ+ bills up for consideration by the Republican-controlled House and Senate.
April 10 2024 12:03 PM
Louisiana is the only state that's never had an out LGBTQ+ state legislator. Here's why
Queer statehouse candidates in Louisiana say running for office was 'traumatic.'
March 05 2024 10:29 AM
Transgender rights are under attack not just in the U.S., but around the world: study
While recognition of gender identity has increased significantly in the past two decades, so has the criminalization of transgender people, a new study shows.
February 27 2024 10:00 AM
8 gender transition tips to help embrace euphoria and live your best trans life
February 02 2024 12:20 PM
Senate Democrats urged to reject anti-LGBTQ+ measures in funding bills by coalition (exclusive)
The Human Rights Campaign and ACLU lead the charge, with 63 groups, challenging discriminatory riders in congressional budget talks.
January 26 2024 12:23 PM