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All the latest news, commentary, and analysis of issues that impact the transgender community. The Advocate provides up-to-date coverage from around the web about political, medical, and social developments that matter most to transgender people.

Police crime scene tape after mass shooting incident at Abundant Life Christian School Madison Wisconsin December 2024 alongside transgender Army Black Hawk pilot Jo Ellis

News

How the right-wing media machine turns violence & tragedy into using trans people as scapegoats

Researchers found that when tragedy unfolds, some seek to falsely blame transgender people.

drag queen at LGBTQIA pride march holding JK Rowling protest sign Manchester UK 2023 alongside Booksmith an independent bookstore located in Haight Ashbury neighborhood San Francisco CA

News

San Francisco bookstore drops ‘Harry Potter’ over J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans donations

The Booksmith recently posted a notice letting customers know that they would not be selling the Harry Potter series

Early NYC Pride Marches exhibit at The Hispanic Society Museum called Out of the Closets Into the Streets original vintage photography by Francisco Alvarado Juarez

News

These 22 pics from 1970s NYC Pride marches show 'a moment without society’s prejudices'

An exhibition is showcasing the early marches of the LGBTQ+ liberation movement in 1970s New York City.

Politics

Gavin Newsom’s office says Linda McMahon’s ‘fake’ threats over trans kids in sports ‘divorced from reality’

“Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days — dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality. This won’t stick,” the California governor's office told The Advocate.

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Business

This LGBTQ+ travel company’s mission of inclusivity is radical & ‘You’re more than welcome’

As the U.S. government tries to push trans and nonbinary people out of society, one travel company is embracing guests of all identities and sizes.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer

World

U.K. Prime Minister pushes to ban trans people from single-sex bathrooms, sports, and beyond

Keir Starmer said the ruling that trans women are not considered women under the nation's Equality Act must be applied "as soon as possible."

Stanford Medicine building Palo Alto CA Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital

Health

Stanford Medicine caves to Trump Administration, ends gender-affirming surgeries for youth

transgender advocates with LGBTQIA progress pride flag outside SCOTUS building during United States v Skrmetti oral arguments December 2024 alongside Professor Leah Litman at Open Congress 2023 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin

News

SCOTUS trans care ruling opens harmful loophole to take access from all trans people, says Leah Litman

Former Supreme Court clerk and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, Leah Litman, told The Advocate that bans on trans youth’s medical care are only the beginning after the Skrmetti ruling.

Politics

Mark Robinson blames 'coward' Republicans for loss, not 'Black Nazi' trans porn scandal

Mark Robinson is mad Republicans wouldn't "stand up and fight for him" after he admitted to being a "black NAZI."

Melanie Stansbury Sarah McBride Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Maxwell Alejandro Frost

Politics

How a new trans rights PAC looks to rebuild the political playbook with these high-profile endorsements

With trans rights under siege, a new PAC is stepping up to support lawmakers who refuse to back down.

LGBTQIA person calculating grocery bill in their kitchen

News

How SNAP cuts will disproportionately impact some LGBTQ+ people

About 15 percent of LGBTQ+ adults received SNAP benefits in the past year.

News

Chicago restaurant parodies Chick-fil-A with 'Chick-Feel-Gay' Pride Month sandwich

Void's "Chick-Feel-Gay" event pledged 20 percent of proceeds to Brave Space Alliance, an LGBTQ+ group that shares a building with Chick-fil-A.

Transgender

How the right-wing media machine turns violence & tragedy into using trans people as scapegoats

Iowa now allows anti-transgender discrimination

Congressional Equality Caucus rips House Republicans’ bill abandoning transgender veterans’ health care

San Francisco bookstore drops ‘Harry Potter’ over J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans donations

These 22 pics from 1970s NYC Pride marches show 'a moment without society’s prejudices'

Gavin Newsom’s office says Linda McMahon’s ‘fake’ threats over trans kids in sports ‘divorced from reality’

This LGBTQ+ travel company’s mission of inclusivity is radical & ‘You’re more than welcome’

Mila Myles is the chief spokesperson for Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer. She’s also transgender

U.K. Prime Minister pushes to ban trans people from single-sex bathrooms, sports, and beyond

Trump exploits Supreme Court ruling to attack transgender people in reality-challenged White House briefing

Stanford Medicine caves to Trump Administration, ends gender-affirming surgeries for youth

SCOTUS trans care ruling opens harmful loophole to take access from all trans people, says Leah Litman

Mark Robinson blames 'coward' Republicans for loss, not 'Black Nazi' trans porn scandal

How a new trans rights PAC looks to rebuild the political playbook with these high-profile endorsements

BREAKING: Supreme Court to decide whether states can ban transgender women & girls from sports

How SNAP cuts will disproportionately impact some LGBTQ+ people

Trans teen’s chess win in Germany prompts backlash

Chicago restaurant parodies Chick-fil-A with 'Chick-Feel-Gay' Pride Month sandwich

Pete Hegseth melts down over media coverage & gender questions in explosive Pentagon press conference

BREAKING: U.S. Senate parliamentarian blocks GOP’s plan to ban gender-affirming care under Medicaid

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