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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.

Protesters in Alabama
Transgender
Alabama Senate Votes to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

The measure will now be considered in the state House, over the outrage of transgender rights advocates.

March 02 2021 7:55 PM
Newman
Politics
Rep. Marie Newman on Her Victory Against Marjorie Taylor Greene

“When bullies know that they are wrong, they dig in, then they act like the victim, and then they dig in even further.”

March 02 2021 3:36 PM
Hogwarts Legacy
Transgender
Harry Potter Video Game to Have Trans-Inclusive Character Creation

Developers of Hogwarts Legacy reportedly incorporated the changes after J.K. Rowling's transphobic remarks.

March 02 2021 3:09 PM
Athlete
Transgender
Tennessee Advances Anti-Trans School Sports Bill

The bill, which would require trans student athletes to compete under the gender they were assigned at birth, passed in the state's Senate and awaits a vote in the House.

March 02 2021 2:35 PM
Queer and Polyamorous in a Pandemic
Exclusives
Queer and Polyamorous in a Pandemic

When March 2020 hit, this author had to find new ways to be polyamorous.

March 02 2021 7:00 AM
Greene
Commentary
Social Media Harms LGBTQ+ Lives by Cowing to Right-Wing Lies

Why do Facebook and Twitter hold progressives to different standards?

March 01 2021 10:25 PM
beauty queen
Transgender
Conservative Judge Allows Beauty Pageant to Ban Trans Contestants

Judge Michael W. Mosman rejected a case brought by trans beauty queen Anita Noelle Green and sided with the pageant's definition of "biological females."

March 01 2021 2:56 PM Updated
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