Black transgender woman Tai’Vion Lathan shot and left to die in Baltimore alley
A Black transgender woman was shot and killed in Baltimore on Sunday, leaving a community distraught and the police seeking help bringing her killer to justice.
What are ‘transvestigations’? The ‘hate-driven conspiracy theory’ explained
« Transvestigations » are becoming increasingly common as transphobia runs rampant in the media and online — but what exactly are they?
Secret Service explains why JD Vance’s weird Air Force Two stunt in Wisconsin wasn’t a security breach
The United States Secret Service says that a Wednesday publicity stunt by Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, involving Air Force Two did not violate security measures. The incident, which unfolded at a Wisconsin airport, garnered attention for what some called creepy and weird stalker behavior.
Emily Randall poised to be first lesbian Latina in Congress after Washington primary win
In a groundbreaking victory for LGBTQ+ representation, Washington state Sen. Emily Randall, a Democrat, has won the primary election for Washington’s 6th Congressional District. According to results published by Washington’s secretary of state, Randall garnered 33.28 percent of the vote and will advance to the general election in November. If elected, she would become the …
Karine Jean-Pierre pushes back at reporter’s transphobic question about Title IX at White House briefing
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre swatted back the false premise by a reporter in Wednesday’s press briefing that recent changes by the Biden administration’s Department of Education to Title IX rules would allow “biological men” to play on women’s sports teams and enter women’s locker rooms.
The 2024 elections are severely impacting transgender people’s mental and physical health
The rapidly-approaching presidential election is going to have major ramifications for transgender people — and it’s weighing heavily on their minds.
Why Billy Bean will always be a hero to this lifelong gay baseball fan
Billy Bean, who came out as gay after finishing his baseball career in the late 1990s and then became an executive for Major League Baseball, died yesterday after battling acute myeloid leukemia for the last year. He was 60.
Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican trounced in Missouri Republican primary. Was it worth her brother’s cushy job?
One day after her brother’s support for her campaign him fired from the office of a New Jersey mayor, Valentina Gomez, a right-wing extremist Republican candidate for secretary of state in Missouri, faced a resounding defeat in the primary election on Tuesday night. Gomez, who claimed in a statement to The Advocate that she “was …
How pro-LGBTQ+ is Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ vice president pick? His record speaks for itself
Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate, to the celebration of LGBTQ+ advocates.