When push comes to shove, Brigitte Macron’s swat was more a mirror than a meme
Opinion: The French president isn’t the only one being batted around in a world gone enraged and violent, writes John Casey.
May 28, 2025
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Remember Charlottesville, when Trump saw 'very fine people on both sides'? Today, he'd pick just one
Opinion: For Trump, it’s raging racism instead of dog-whistles after his Oval Office ambush of South African President Ramaphosa, writes John Casey.
May 23, 2025
Apple fined by Russian court for extremist 'LGBT content'
This is not the first time Apple has run afoul of Russian authorities for refusing to censor content under Putin.
May 20, 2025
Trump’s tariff on foreign films is his revenge on Hollywood, a Red Scare redux, and an autocratic power move
Opinion: A wanna-be authoritarian leader like Trump cannot tolerate dissident artists, which inevitably means he can’t tolerate his citizens either, writes John Casey.
May 6, 2025
What Laura Loomer's meeting with Donald Trump means for America, according to out national security expert
Luke Schleusener, CEO of Out in National Security, spoke to The Advocate about what U.S. allies and adversaries may take from the MAGA influencer's Oval Office visit and the firings that came after.
April 7, 2025
Hungarians protest Pride ban; Budapest mayor promises LGBTQ+ support
Thousands blocked major streets and bridges in Budapest to show their outrage.
March 27, 2025
If our neighbor Canada hates us and Trump, what does that say for the rest of the world?
Opinion: How can the rest of the peace-loving world accept and trust the U.S. as one of their own, writes John Casey.
March 11, 2025
Man arrested under Russia's 'international LGBT extremism' law dies in custody
Andrei Kotov ran a travel agency that reportedly catered to gay men.
December 30, 2024
Russian police raid clubs in crackdown on LGBTQ+ 'propaganda,' make arrests
About a dozen people were arrested and convicted of "petty hooliganism."
December 6, 2024
Putin bans adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries permitting gender-affirming care
A second new law bans "childfree propaganda" with 5 million ruble fines (the equivalent of $48,000).
November 25, 2024
Russian parliament seeks to ban ‘childfree propaganda’ and adoption by foreign trans families in latest moves
The two bills are the latest in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.
November 12, 2024
In a critical election, the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times endorse fascism
The silence of major media outlets serves not as impartiality but as complicity in the erosion of democratic values and the rise of fascism, writes John Casey.
October 25, 2024
Police raid multiple bars, detaining over 50 people in Russian anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown
Masked officers with machine guns forced patrons to the ground in Moscow and elsewhere.
October 21, 2024
Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci, one of Harris’s guests at the debate tonight, on the dangers of his old boss
A long-time LGBTQ+ ally, Scaramucci says that we have to do everything we can to make sure Harris wins in November.
September 10, 2024
Russia is in denial about mpox because of homophobic 'traditional values'
Anna Popova, the head of a Russian consumer protection agency, claimed the country is at no risk, implying it's because of the crackdown on LGBTQ+ people.
August 20, 2024
Brittney Griner, former Russian captive and current Olympian, celebrates historic prisoner swap
The WNBA star in Paris for the Olympics issued a joyful statement after news of the exchange spread.
August 2, 2024
Vladimir Putin Launches Raids on Moscow LGBTQ+ Clubs After Court Ruling
Gay bars and a gay sauna were raided by police less than two days after the country’s supreme court declared the “international LGBT social movement” to be an “extremist” element.
December 2, 2023
Russia Outlaws LGBTQ+ Rights Activism and Labels Organizations 'Extremist'
The move effectively eliminates LGBTQ+ support networks and signals a larger crackdown on the country's already vulnerable queer community.
November 30, 2023
Russia’s LGBTQ+ Community Fears Expected ‘Extremist’ Label in Court Ruling
Will Putin use a kangaroo court ruling to institute a crackdown and mass arrests?
November 28, 2023
Lesbian Artist Receives Multi-Year Prison Sentence for Criticizing Putin, Military
The judge handed down a harsh sentence for Alexandra Skochilenko, who switched out price tags with antiwar messages in a supermarket protest last year.
November 20, 2023
Viral post saying Republicans 'have two daddies now' has MAGA hot and bothered
Recent events have bred some very strange bedfellows this year.