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Queer TikTok creators remain hopeful despite Supreme Court’s ruling upholding TikTok ban

The Advocate spoke with V Spehar and RaeShanda Lias about the latest developments in the saga surrounding the popular app.

Supreme Court will decide if insurance companies must cover PrEP for HIV prevention, cancer screenings

The case stems from a Texas company that argued covering PrEP violated its religious freedoms, claiming the medication encourages “homosexual behavior.”

Supreme Court denies Trump's delayed sentencing — he'll be a convicted felon taking office

Two conservative justices joined the court’s liberals.

These parents of transgender kids have a lot to say about the Supreme Court case on gender-affirming care

“Access to lifesaving medical care makes all the difference in the world,” the dad of a transgender daughter told The Advocate.

CNN takes 'giant leap forward' by featuring transgender contributors on popular news shows, GLAAD says

The network had several transgender people on to talk about access to gender-affirming care.

7 takeaways from the Supreme Court hearing on Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for youth

The conservative justices seemed skeptical of overturning the anti-trans law.

What to expect in this week’s landmark gender-affirming care U.S. Supreme Court case

The case U.S. v. Skrmetti is about the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. The decision will shape gender-affirming care in America.

Trans teen pleads with SCOTUS to strike down Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban ahead of landmark hearing

The teen said she felt “normal now” after receiving gender-affirming care treatment.

Meet the transgender lawyer leading a bold fight to show Supreme Court justices that trans lives matter


“Every day, I fight to prove that transness is something to be celebrated, not eradicated,” Chase Strangio tells The Advocate.

More than 160 Democrats urge Supreme Court to support transgender people’s rights to health care

The lawmakers wrote an amicus brief in support of families of transgender youth.

AOC files impeachment articles against Thomas & Alito; Senate Dems demand special counsel investigation

Democrats have had it with the out-of-control behavior of the conservatives on the highest court of the land.

Rachel Maddow calls Supreme Court’s Trump immunity decision a 'death squad ruling'

The out award-winning news host did not hold back after the shocking decision was announced on Monday.

Supreme Court hands Trump huge immunity win, narrows ability to prosecute presidents

The 6-3 decision is seen as a win for Donald Trump. In her dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”

U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether transgender kids have a right to access gender-affirming care

The justices will hear arguments brought by the federal government against Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Two years after Dobbs, the White House warns of Republican assaults on Americans' bodily autonomy

Democrats are reminding Americans that Republicans and the conservative U.S. Supreme Court stripped them of their previously held rights to reproductive access. Now other bodily autonomy rights could be next.

Kamala Harris: Supreme Court mifepristone ruling doesn’t mean abortion is safe under Trump

The vice president warned that the ruling is not a cause for celebration in a country where Republicans are attacking bodily autonomy rights.

Samuel Alito's wife, Martha-Ann, calls to replace the Pride flag with a 'shame' flag

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was secretly recorded ranting against the rainbow banner, saying she'd like to replace it with a Sacred Heart symbol or a "shame" flag.

Barack Obama made history by publicly supporting same-sex marriages 12 years ago today

In the years since, the LGBTQ+ community has seen tremendous strides in the push toward equality, but much work remains to protect the rights of marginalized people.

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s immunity claim

Conservative and liberal justices questioned where the limits of presidential immunity would fall if Donald Trump’s team had its way.

Uganda used the U.S. Supreme Court's anti-abortion ruling to outlaw being LGBTQ+

Uganda's highest court cited the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling in their decision to uphold a law criminalizing same-sex relationships.