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Trump administration bans abortions through Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. military veterans can no longer receive abortions through the federal government’s health care system.

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Trump bans trans women athletes from 'extraordinary ability’ visas

Transgender women athletes can no longer receive O-1A, E11, and E21 "extraordinary ability" visas.

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U.N. draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'

The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”

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Imane Khelif must undergo 'mandatory sex testing' to compete in Olympics

World Boxing's new policy mandates that all participants in women's events — but not men's — must undergo a chromosome test.

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Supreme Court fallout: Trans women banned from soccer by UK Football Association

Pride Month starts with a trans sports ban in the U.K., effective June 1.

Nancy Mace speaking to the press at the Capitol building November 2024

12 batsh*t things Nancy Mace has done in her anti-transgender attention grab

From slurs to false accusations, here are 12 times Nancy Mace manufactured political stunts just to feel the public eye's gaze.

Billie Jean King holding a pair of tennis shoes during her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony April 2025 Los Angeles California

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Billie Jean King becomes first woman to receive Walk of Fame star for sports entertainment

Billie Jean King is the first woman to be honored in the Walk of Fame's new category for sports entertainment.

Black gay professional tennis player Lendale Johnson

America’s first Black gay professional tennis player won't be erased

Lendale Johnson tells The Advocate about what it's like to come out more than once, and how she's making tennis more accessible.

Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner says she will sign with the Atlanta Dream, celebrates career 'rebrand'

Griner, who has been in free agency for the first time in her career since she was drafted by the Mercury in 2013, said that she will be signing a one-year contract with the Dream.

Breanna Stewart WNBA Finals Game One New York Liberty basketball in hand and kissing her wife holding child after a game in 2022

WNBA player Breanna Stewart and wife receive homophobic threats after Game 1 of finals

The power forward for the New York Liberty said that her wife, Marta Xargay, received the intimidating message over email after her performance in the Friday match.

Players on Chicas Trans football team huddle LGBT plus Cup in Mexico City June 2024 former First Lady Melania Trump speaks to supporters at Make America Great Again campaign rally Wapwallopen PA

Melania Trump attacks trans athletes in memoir as 'deepening the divisions in our society'

The former first lady singled out transgender athletes in her new book, Melania: A Memoir.

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Ohio's 'medically baseless and genuinely dangerous' gender-affirming care ban upheld by judge

Judge Michael J. Holbrook wrote in his ruling that those “dissatisfied" with the legislation must settle their grievances "through their vote as opposed to the judicial system.”

Gaby Vincent D.C. Women's Soccer Team Queer

From player to broadcaster, meet the queer Black soccer pro breaking down the Washington Spirit

Former NWSL Washington Spirit player Gaby Vincent tells The Advocate about her "full circle moment" becoming a broadcaster for the team.

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6 of South Dakota GOP Gov. Kristi Noem's craziest moments

From bragging about killing a puppy to lying about meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, Kristi Noem keeps getting more ridiculous.

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Watch these two women's hockey fans get engaged on ice in the cutest way

When given the chance to take a shot on goal during intermission, two women took the chance to surprise the audience — and each other.

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Candace Parker, queer WNBA legend, is retiring 'privately with the ones I love'

Parker, who is also a mom of two with her wife, Anna Petrakova, announced she will not be returning to the game.