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Nancy Pelosi

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.

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Mike Johnson, a defender of a dictator, wildly blames Zohran Mamdani for the government shutdown

Opinion: Next Johnson will blame Mamdani for the Epstein files delay and for the bruise on Donald Trump's hand, writes John Casey.

Dylan Blaha

Illinois Army captain says Dems are ‘rolling over’ on LGBTQ+ rights. He’s running for Congress to change that

“What’s happening right now to trans people — to the LGBTQ+ community — is not okay. Somebody needs to stand up," Dylan Blaha told The Advocate.

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Past roadblockers include Newt Gingrich, George W Bush and Ronald Reagan

Fighting Democrats' setbacks by Reagan, Gingrich, and Bush required resolve; Trump shutdown is no different

Opinion: Democrats have been here before, and history demands that they hold the line, writes John Casey.

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95 Democrats vote to honor far-right activist Charlie Kirk in House resolution

They joined 215 Republicans in doing so, and some Democrats said privately that they feared violence if they voted against the measure.

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Sarah McBride defends transgender troops on House floor as Pentagon expels ‘committed patriots’

“These are Americans who have served with honor, with distinction, and with unshakable patriotism,” the Delaware Democrat said

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Pete Buttigieg

Here's what Pete Buttigieg had to say about Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' passing Congress

"It is up to us, the American people, to respond politically and say that it is unacceptable to harm the majority of Americans to make the very wealthiest a little better off,” Buttigieg said in an Instagram video.

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Gender-affirming care funding ban out of budget bill, but it still will devastate LGBTQ+ people

Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more will harm the community.

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Bipartisan House coalition demands RFK Jr. reverse Trump’s plan to end LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline

“It’s hard to get bipartisan letters, let alone legislation, on topics involving the LGBTQ+ community,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi said. “But this one touches a nerve."

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Sen. Adam Schiff introduces bill to support LGBTQ+ people in starting families

Many LGBTQ+ taxpayers can't deduct expenses for these reproductive treatments now. Schiff's bill would change this.

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Congress members demand that EEOC address gender identity discrimination

Under Trump, EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas has deprioritized or scrapped complaints of discrimination against transgender and nonbinary people.

Jeff Merkley and Becca Balint

Lesbian Rep. Becca Balint & ally Sen. Jeff Merkley file bill to nullify Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders

The No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act targets the trans military ban, the "two sexes" order, and more.

House Speaker Mike Johnson smirking at a press conference

House budget cuts could devastate LGBTQ+ people's health care: What you need to know

It would have terrible consequences for transgender Americans, impoverished LGBTQ+ people, and those living with HIV.

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Gay Senate candidate Chris Pappas: The government shouldn’t limit trans people’s health care

Rep. Chris Pappas tells The Advocate why he voted for a defense bill that stripped children of military members of access to gender-affirming care.

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Transgender woman charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace

Mace, a South Carolina Republican, is an outspoken opponent of transgender equality.