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Read the latest news about transgender issues. Learn more about how transgender public figures—Chelsea Manning, Jen Richards, Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, and others—are shaping the agenda of the LGBT rights movement, and showing the world that gender is not so simple a thing after all. Whether it’s in the spheres of entertainment, politics, education, media, government, or international or local coverage, The Advocate is the leading source for news that is important to transgender, gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals around the world.

We Remember Historic Citizen Journalist Monica Roberts
Exclusives
Trans Journalist Monica Roberts Enters ‘The Advocate’s Hall of Fame

The creator of the blog TransGriot was writing about and celebrating Black trans lives before any other media outlet.

June 09 2021 3:55 PM
Poe Delwyn Black
Crime
Trans Man Poe Black Fatally Stabbed in California Desert Community

Black, an artist and activist originally from Nashville, had been living in Slab City, an alternative community near Niland, Calif.

June 08 2021 2:59 PM
Paula Stone Williams
Books
Paula Stone Williams: Finding Beauty in the Broken Pieces

The trans author contemplates the difference between happiness and joy in this exclusive excerpt of her new memoir, As a Woman.

June 02 2021 8:17 PM
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers
Politics
Wisconsin Governor Stands Against Conversion Therapy, for Trans Youth

Gov. Tony Evers signed an order banning the use of state and federal funds to subject minors to the practice, and he pledged to veto anti-trans sports legislation if it reaches him.

June 01 2021 8:47 PM
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Transgender
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Anti-Trans Bill in Time for Pride

The Republican governor has taken hateful action against trans people. 

June 01 2021 11:54 AM
Lucia
Transgender
Lucia Lucas Is Cracking Opera’s Trans Glass Ceiling

"You can just glue a beard on and I'll go out there and I'll sing and it's fine," the history-making opera singer says.

June 01 2021 11:15 AM
Biden
Pride
President Biden's Pride Proclamation Highlights Anti-Trans Violence

Exclusive: Biden officially proclaimed June 2021 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, calling for action on the Equality Act and against deadly transphobia.

June 01 2021 5:30 AM
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