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News

Louisiana Republican demands social media companies delete anti-Charlie Kirk posts & ban users

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Health

Louisiana Medicaid quietly stops reimbursing patients for gender-affirming care

Medicaid will no longer reimburse gender-affirming care prescriptions in Louisiana.

Louisiana PSC member Davante Lewis
Politics

Republicans strip Louisiana's only LGBTQ+ elected official of leadership role

Davante Lewis tells The Advocate about his removal as vice chairman on Louisiana's Public Service Commission, which he believes was racially and politically motivated.

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Politics

Black gay official could lose leadership role after criticizing Louisiana governor's anti-LGBTQ+ post

Davante Lewis talks to The Advocate ahead of a vote to remove him from his vice chairman role on Louisiana's Public Service Commission — all for defending former HHS official Dr. Rachel Levine.

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Crime

Louisiana LGBTQ+ activist exonerated after 3 years of unconstitutional prosecution

Matthew Humphrey has been exonerated three years after his wrongful arrest for speaking out against book bans during a local library board meeting.

Frank Perez head of the LGBTQ Archives Project of Louisiana stands at the site of the missing Upstairs Lounge fire plaque in New Orleans French Quarter June-25-1973-Times-Picayune-photo-by-Philip-Ames
News

New Orleans activists fundraise to replace stolen plaque remembering an arson that killed 32 queer people

New Orleans activists have launched a fundraising campaign to replace the marker honoring those killed in the Upstairs Lounge fire. The group’s aim is to make sure the memory of what happened in 1973 isn’t forgotten.

gendered public restroom signs bathroom Rep Nancy Mace
Politics

Nancy Mace’s anti-trans Capitol bathroom rules didn’t make the House rules package

Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least ten people were killed when a person allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2025 New Orleans Louisiana
Crime

New Orleans gay bars feel impact of Bourbon Street terror attack

The driver of the truck who plowed into New Year's Day revelers had pledged support to the so-called Islamic State, the same group the Pulse nightclub shooter had claimed was his inspiration.

House Speaker Mike Johnson US Rep Elect Sarah McBride
Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson bans trans people from all single-sex bathrooms at U.S. House

The GOP is doubling down on bigotry instead of addressing the concerns of the American people.

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Politics

Republican calls Haitians 'wild' 'gangsters' from 'nastiest country in the Western Hemisphere' in racist post

Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins actually tweeted the bigoted remarks from his official government account.

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Politics

Mike Johnson flies same Christian nationalist flag outside his office that Samuel Alito flew at vacation home

The Louisiana Republican says a flag used by the January 6 insurrectionists is harmless.

Rivule Sykes Gen Z trans woman candidate Louisiana Congress transgender politician
Election

Meet the Gen Z trans woman running for Congress in Louisiana

Rivule Sykes's campaign in the Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana is one that aims to bring "people’s attention to the issues we all face together."

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