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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.

Sarah McBride gives moving farewell speech to Delaware Senate as she heads to D.C.

McBride thanked her fellow Delaware representatives for helping her "realize the awesome responsibility and the awesome opportunity that we have to leave this state better and kinder than we found it."

Why Laverne Cox says she won't debate transgender rights

The Orange is the New Black actor recently spoke at event for Planned Parenthood where she highlighted the connection between bans on gender-affirming care and bans on abortion.

Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet and queer Black icon, has died at 81

Giovanni was known for poems about civil rights, love, and Black joy, and for her stirring public readings.

31 Period Films of Lesbians and Bi Women in Love That Will Take You Back

For viewers who prefer to time travel with a good love story about queer women, there are plenty of options.

A New York judge refused to marry a lesbian couple. The community wants her to resign

Felicia Pitts-Davis is being investigated by the state Commission of Judicial Conduct for refusing to marry a lesbian couple despite marrying a straight couple moments before.

Idaho allowed to partially enforce ‘abortion trafficking’ law

An appeals court still blocked a provision in the legislation that vaguely banned “recruiting” pregnant youth for abortions.

Zooey Zephyr calls on trans people to 'plant the flag of joy' against Donald Trump (exclusive)

Zephyr tells The Advocate about Republicans' Capitol Hill bathroom ban, the state of trans rights, and a new documentary about her censure, Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr.

Nancy Mace supported an LGBTQ+ equality bill before pushing a transgender bathroom ban

“I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality. No one should be discriminated against. I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist," Mace said in 2021.

Watch AOC slam Nancy Mace for  'endangering all women' with transgender bathroom ban

"All it does is allow these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who isn't wearing a skirt because they think she might not look woman enough," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Wyoming's abortion ban has been overturned, including its ban on abortion medication

The abortion bans "undermine the integrity of the medical profession by hamstringing the ability of physicians to provide evidence-based medicine to their patients," a district judge ruled.

10 batsh*t things you should know about Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz

Gaetz's long history of sex crime allegations and misusing taxpayer funds put him right in line with Trump.

10 states voted on pro-abortion referendums. 7 of them passed

Millions will now have access to abortion thanks to the passage of state constitutional amendments.

Sarah McBride wins Delaware U.S. House seat, becoming the first out trans member of Congress

Democrat Sarah McBride has beaten Republican John Whalen for Delaware's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, making history.

Kentucky elects its first-ever LGBTQ+ woman state senator

State Rep. Keturah Herron is now the first out woman ever elected to the Kentucky state Senate.

Rachel Maddow's hilarious lesbian joke derails MSNBC panel into laughter

The out lesbian MSNBC host couldn't resist the opportunity during a Sunday panel discussing a new poll out of Iowa.

Here's how DNC pollster Celinda Lake sees the 2024 election shaping up for Tuesday

“I’m cautiously optimistic that Harris’s current momentum is a sign of strength, though momentum can shift quickly,” Lake, who was a top pollster for President Biden in 2020, warned.

Donald Trump threatens Liz Cheney with guns 'trained on her face:' The full context

Trump said during an onstage discussion with disgraced Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Liz Cheney would not be a "war hawk" if "guns are trained on her face."

Transgender woman sues Hooters for discrimination, says workers denied her a job and harassed her

Brandy Livingston claims that Hooters workers denied her job application based on her appearance and harassed her for using the bathroom.

A Texas woman died after the hospital said it would be a “crime” to intervene in her miscarriage

Josseli Barnica is one of at least two Texas women who lost their lives after doctors delayed treating miscarriages, which fall into a gray area under the state’s strict abortion laws that prohibit doctors from ending the heartbeat of a fetus.

Two Texas trans women were kidnapped and assaulted. Their accused attacker faces six felonies

Salih Ali Mohammed Alhemoud, 30, was indicted Wednesday on six felony charges related to the kidnapping and assault of two trans women he met through Grindr.