Our 2024 LGBTQ+ voter guide: What to know about candidates, how to vote and more
Here are the candidates running for Congress and judicial office on November 5.
October 10, 2024
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Sarah McBride moves one step closer to becoming the first out trans lawmaker in Congress
McBride, who already made history as the first transgender state senator, won her primary in Delaware. Now, she faces a Republican opponent for the state's lone House seat.
September 11, 2024
Months after election, gay House candidate Evan Low will be on November ballot. Here's what happened
Low, currently a member of the California Assembly, is running for a U.S. House seat from Silicon Valley.
May 15, 2024
Superman, Batman, and Robert Garcia: A gay Democrat’s stand against his political villains
The California congressman, who lives rent-free in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s head, opens up about his experience as a rising star who’s at the same time witnessing and standing in the way of Republicans’ worst inclinations.
February 16, 2024
Robert Garcia displays Elon Musk ‘dick pic’ in House DOGE hearing using Marjorie Taylor Greene’s antics
Marjorie Taylor Green notoriously displayed explicit images of Hunter Biden during a hearing in 2023.
February 12, 2025
America's Gayest Congressman on His Pride Playlist
The House of Representatives could use some more Dua Lipa.
June 20, 2023
Fact-Checking Trump's Claim That Attacks Like Pulse Are Underreported
The White House continues to use the Orlando tragedy as a pawn in its Islamophobic game.
February 10, 2017
GOP Suddenly Takes Its Antigay Crusade to Congress
A House committee is using the defense bill to pass "religious exemptions" for federal contractors.
April 29, 2016
Trump can't have 'Defying Gravity' or 'holding space,' says queer media's Tracy E. Gilchrist
The viral journalist criticized the White House's use of "Defying Gravity" and "holding space" to celebrate ICE deportations.
November 25, 2025
Writing a Different Story for Trans Rights
With the White House behind us, it's time to get aggressive about demanding our rights from hostile state governments.
May 17, 2016
Allegations of Sexual Abuse, Antigay Slurs Rile Upscale Restaurant
A gay man and five other former employees of New Jersey's Mohawk House allege sexual harassment, use of antigay slurs, and more.
November 24, 2020
Marjorie Taylor Greene bizarrely claims FEMA 'hates Christians' because it aids trans women
The conservative is mad that FEMA is using Hurricane Helene relief resources to "house migrants." Her evidence? A discussion panel from a year and a half ago.
October 7, 2024
San Francisco rejects initial push to reclaim LGBTQ+ historic site from private prison use
Local advocates had urged city officials to oust the private prison operator and reconsider the zoning on the site, which had been used for transitional housing for 30 years.
July 17, 2025
Republican Party messiness on full display after struggling to elect Mike Johnson as House speaker
Here we go again.
January 3, 2025
Women's Rights Champion, Former Lawmaker Patricia Schroeder Dies at 82
The former U.S. Representative from Colorado and Presidential candidate was a champion of women’s rights and longtime LGBTQ+ ally.
March 14, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Sarah McBride a 'child predator' and 'liar' in latest anti-transgender rant
The anti-trans Republican from Georgia took objection to a video posted by Libs of TikTok showing McBride reading to children from the book I Am Jazz.
January 15, 2025
Julie Johnson just made history as the first LGBTQ+ person ever elected to Congress from the South
“Julie is an experienced and tested leader who will bring an important voice to Washington. Her fearless advocacy has improved the lives of all Texans," said LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President and CEO Annise Parker.
November 5, 2024
George Santos calls GOP lawmakers 'idiots' in shared group chat after Dems flipped his House seat
“I hope you guys are happy with this dismal performance and your 10 million for futile Bull Sh*t cost the party,” Santos reportedly told his former Republican colleagues in the House in a group chat.
February 14, 2024
Biden administration abandons efforts to protect transgender student-athletes from discrimination
The Department of Education withdrew a rule applying Title IX to require institutions to allow athletes to compete on athletic teams consistent with their gender identity.
December 20, 2024
How Trump’s ‘one big beautiful’ tax bill could impact women, children and LGBTQ+ Americans
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said over the weekend that the Senate package is projected to add $3.3 trillion to the national deficit over the next decade.
July 1, 2025
Why LGBTQ+ groups aren't fazed by Trump's 'Title IX Month' attention grab
"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.
June 4, 2025