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In The Advocate's Women section, readers can find out the latest news and updates that are important to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women. Discover articles related to politics, arts and entertainment, health, parenting, business, travel, and more. Find out about women from all spheres of influence who are working toward advancing the LGBT rights movement like Tammy Baldwin, Guinevere Turner, Gloria Steinem, Ellen Page, Laverne Cox, and Diana Nyad. Watch videos, read articles, and stay up-to-date on all issues related to gay women.

Gavin Newsom press conference January 2025

Politics

Gavin Newsom cut LGBTQ+ health funding. The CA legislature is set to restore $40 million

Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.

First Baptist Church downtown Dallas Texas

News

Southern Baptists seek to ban porn, women pastors, and marriage equality

The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. will consider a measure this week in support of banning marriage equality.

AB Hernandez

Politics

Trans athlete singled out by Trump wins gold anyway: 'I’m not scared of them'

Trump threatened to to withhold federal funding from California unless the state banned a 16-year-old trans girl from competing.

Portland Oregon Exterior of the Pioneer Courthouse September 2023

Politics

ICE detained a trans migrant at her asylum hearing. Her lawyers still can't contact her

Attorneys for a transgender woman say they still haven't been able to contact her after she was arrested during her asylum hearing.

draq queens on a float with transgender flags and ACT UP poster NYC LGBTQIA pride parade 2024

Politics

Why LGBTQ+ groups aren't fazed by Trump's 'Title IX Month' attention grab

"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.

Imane Khelif

Sports

Imane Khelif must undergo 'mandatory sex testing' to compete in Olympics

World Boxing's new policy mandates that all participants in women's events — but not men's — must undergo a chromosome test.

Union Square Manhattan NYC 2025 International Transgender Day of Visibility TDOV rally person wearing sign says Trans People Have Always Been Here

News

LGBTQ+ adults agree — Americans don't accept transgender people

Most LGBTQ+ adults believe that there is currently not much to no acceptance at all for trans people, a new survey reports.

JK Rowling February 2024 alongside anti TERF transgender advocates protest, APRIL 2025, London

News

J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

Harry Potter profits are going directly to anti-transgender legal cases.

World Health Organization builing (L); Young children eating USAID rations (C); Plane taking off behind barbed wire (R)

Politics

Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far

Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.

watermarked promotional footage PBS Independent Lens Documentary Families Cope with Alzheimers Diagnosis janice and sue

Health

Her partner of 45 years developed Alzheimer’s. She's sharing their story to 'take away fear'

Sue began showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease about ten years ago. Since then, Janice has had to balance her work with caring for the love of her life.

University of Pennsylvania swimmer and NCAA CHAMPION Lia Thomas in the pool looking at the scoreboard

Politics

Trump's DOE orders University of Pennsylvania to erase trans athletes' records

The Department of Education has given UPenn ten days to wipe out any records set by trans people, issue a formal apology, and agree to ban trans athletes going forward.

Pedro Pascale with sister Lux

Arts & Entertainment

Lux Pascal is 'incredibly proud' of her big brother Pedro Pascal for defending trans people

“I’m incredibly proud, but the thing is that I’ve always known that he is a superstar," the out trans model and actor said.

Woman in hospital bed with vital signs

News

People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy

The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states.

Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington DC Commonly known as The Castle

Politics

Donald Trump orders Women’s History Museum to remove trans people or lose funding

Trump has declared the accomplishments of trans people are “improper ideology.”

Kabul Afghanistan women in burqas and men with traditional dress outside a mosque surrounded by white birds

News

From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality

Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.

Billie Jean King holding a pair of tennis shoes during her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony April 2025 Los Angeles California

Arts & Entertainment

Billie Jean King becomes first woman to receive Walk of Fame star for sports entertainment

Billie Jean King is the first woman to be honored in the Walk of Fame's new category for sports entertainment.

Police car lights flashing alongside historic National City California 1887 billboard

News

Lesbian former police officer wins $10 million in sexual harassment lawsuit

Ashley Cummins asserted she was "forced to work in a hostile work environment where she was frequently harassed and denied opportunities based on her sex/gender and sexual orientation."

Charlee Doom Conflict Specialist with the State Department holding baby speaking to CNN Jake Tapper USA Navy USAID mission sailors signal MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter after rescuing victims of a private airplane crash

News

A USAID worker's pregnant wife was denied an emergency medical evacuation after DOGE fired her

Charlee Doom's wife was 31 weeks pregnant when she suffered "life-threatening" complications. The State Department denied her medical evacuation request — twice.