TSA officer sues Kristi Noem over trans personnel being banned from doing pat-downs
The policy is “terribly demeaning and 100 percent illegal,” Danielle Mittereder's lawyer Jonathan Puth says.
November 14, 2025
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The 10 states that have passed pro-LGBTQ+ bills — or defeated the most anti-LGBTQ+ ones — in 2025
Liberal states stand out for passage of supportive laws, while the sheer volume of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation introduced in some conservative ones means many bills died there.
November 12, 2025
Newly elected Virginia lieutenant governor appoints LGBTQ+ advocate to transition team
Narissa Rahaman, executive director of Equality Virginia, was named as a counselor to Ghazala Hashmi.
November 11, 2025
Virginia farm owned by the 'Gardening Gays' was vandalized with medical waste and human feces
“It does not appear to be an accident,” Kevin Graham told The Advocate. “You look up and down the roadway, and everywhere else is completely clear. The trash is only at our entrance.”
November 5, 2025
Spectacular Republican losses prove MAGA's transphobic playbook doesn't win elections
Across the country, voters chose inclusion, empathy, and competence over cruelty and division.
November 5, 2025
Gay Republican John Reid loses Virginia lieutenant governor race after scandal-marred campaign
His Democratic opponent, Ghazala Hashmi, made history as the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office in the U.S.
November 4, 2025
LGBTQ+ ally Abigail Spanberger trounces anti-trans Republican to win Virginia governor’s race
The Advocate is reporting live from Spanberger's election night victory event.
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November 4, 2025
How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown
Trump's USDA has refused to release contingency funds for SNAP benefits, and Congress remains gridlocked.
October 31, 2025
'It makes you angry:' LGBTQ+ food pantries prepare for end of SNAP benefits
As SNAP runs out of money, LGBTQ+ community centers and nonprofits are feeding people when the government won't.
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October 31, 2025
Virginia MAGA Republican Winsome Earle-Sears’s recent donations reveal she’s more extreme than Trump on IVF
The revelation comes less than two weeks before voters in the state pick their next governor.
October 25, 2025
The Trump administration has yet another Nazi text problem
Republicans keep being exposed for harboring extreme hatred in their communications.
October 21, 2025
Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools
Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.
October 20, 2025
Richmond nonprofit He She Ze and We expands support network as transgender Virginians face barriers to care
The group even funds micro grants for transition-related services.
October 17, 2025
Advocates condemn graphic anti-trans ad targeting leading Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger
"Voters want elected officials and candidates to show how they can improve lives and make our communities and country stronger and safer. Campaigns like this do the exact opposite,” a GLAAD spokesperson said.
October 16, 2025
Pete Buttigieg will join Abigail Spanberger for Virginia get-out-the-vote rally
The gay former transportation secretary and Democratic star will join the pro-LGBTQ+ candidate for governor in Charlottesville.
October 15, 2025
New Abigail Spanberger ad hits Winsome Earle-Sears for saying firing gay people is 'not discrimination'
The Democrat is not letting the Republican forget the outrageous claim she made about LGBTQ+ people during a statewide debate in the Virginia governor's race.
October 13, 2025
GOP candidate claims firing people for being gay ‘is not discrimination’ in Virginia governor’s debate
Winsome Earle-Sears's remarks drew immediate backlash.
October 10, 2025
Pete Hegseth mandates that all military service members watch his fratty Virginia speech to generals
“He cares that people are willing to follow his orders, no matter what the law says,” an Air Force member told The Advocate.
October 9, 2025
Gay Virginia Republican plagued by Nazi porn scandal brags running mate is ‘100% against’ marriage equality
It's a statewide political ticket of extremes.
October 6, 2025
Anti-trans campaign against Spanberger in Va. governor race is failing. Poll shows why: people don't care
A new poll released in the Virginia governor's race shows that the anti-trans attack ads led by Republican Earle-Sears are failing: Spanberger is up 10 points, and people don't care about trans issues.
October 4, 2025
Book bans in schools are more widespread than ever. Which states have had the most?
The bans, which often target LGBTQ-themed books, have gained steam in some of the expected states and others that may be a bit surprising.
October 3, 2025