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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.

Jennifer Finney Boylan LGBTQ&A
Transgender
Jennifer Finney Boylan Looks Back on Her Infamous Interview With Oprah

On The Advocate's LGBTQ&A podcast, the icon and author discusses how conversations about trans identity have evolved since the 2000s.

March 20 2019 3:47 PM
Here's' How You Can Fight Back Against the Trans Military Ban
News
Here's How You Can Fight Back Against the Trans Military Ban

As the Christian right attempts to legislate trans people out of existence, TransMilitary's Fiona Dawson offers up ways we can all fight back.

March 20 2019 1:27 PM
Chris Sanders of the Tennessee Equality Project
Politics
LGBTQ Tennesseans Fight 'Slate of Hate'

The state has seen a rash of anti-LGBTQ legislation this year, and some of it's being voted on this week.

March 20 2019 11:18 AM
Sam Smith
Commentary
Sam Smith Is Genderqueer and Nonbinary, and I'm Confused

Amanda Kerri can't quite wrap her head around Sam Smith's nonbinary, genderqueer identity, but she's trying. You should too.

March 19 2019 6:55 PM
Trans military
Transgender
Judge's Order Could Halt Trans Military Ban

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly says her injunction against the ban remains in effect.

March 19 2019 5:07 PM
audrey gate (Marra & Shives)
Love and Sex
This Trans Woman and Cis Man Found Love in a Misogynistic World

Trans activist Andy Marra finally met a guy with enough confidence to embrace their relationship openly.

March 19 2019 9:00 AM
Joe Manchin won't support students
News
Lone Senate Dem Will Not Support Equality Act Because It Protects Trans Youth 

West Virginia senator Joe Manchin says he cannot support the historic Equality Act because it protects transgender youth in schools. 

March 18 2019 4:38 PM
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