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All the latest news, commentary, and analysis of issues that impact the transgender community. The Advocate provides up-to-date coverage from around the web about political, medical, and social developments that matter most to transgender people.

'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Trinity K Bonet comes out as trans

The Drag Race season 6 and All Stars 6 icon has shared a statement with Out, The Advocate's sibling publication.

Gay Democrat is lone LGBTQ+ vote in Congress for anti-trans national defense bill

New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas defended his support for the National Defense Authorization Act that strips trans kids of military members of care in a statement to The Advocate.

Controversy brews on Bluesky over anti-trans interloper ban

Jesse Singal’s anti-trans views have made him the most blocked user on Bluesky, but that's not enough for some LGBTQ+ users seeking a post-X safe space.

Texas City Council that targeted LGBTQ+ people gets voted out — and replaced with first gay member

Voters in this city rejected three incumbent City Council members just one month after they voted to implement a harsh anti-trans bathroom ban, replacing one with the city's first out gay council member.

Donald Trump says he won’t debate trans bathroom use affecting ‘very small number of people’

The President-elect’s campaign spent millions demonizing transgender Americans, and House Republicans just passed an anti-trans bathroom ban targeting Rep.-elect Sarah McBride.

Pete Hegseth really doesn’t like LGBTQ+ people in the military

He says he prefers a time when members of the U.S. armed forces could not serve openly.

Nancy Mace gets prominent foster care activist arrested on assault charges that eyewitnesses dispute

James McIntyre merely shook her hand at an event and asked her to consider trans kids before she got him arrested, witnesses said.

Trans inmates in Florida claim prison officials conducted breast checks, forced haircuts in lawsuit: report

The new policies from Florida prison officials come in response to SB245, which bans gender-affirming care for minors and the use of state funds on any gender-affirming prescriptions or surgical procedures.

A Washington city council cuts a pizza program for LGBTQ+ youth after concerns about turning kids transgender

The Ellensburg community raised more funds than the city had previously allocated to rescue the program that provided pizza and a safe space for LGBTQ+ teens.

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.

Nearly 300 groups urge Congress to reject anti-trans provision in defense spending bill

"This legislation has been hijacked by Speaker Mike Johnson and anti-LGBTQ+ lawmakers," says Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson.

Supreme Court rejects chance to review challenge to transgender-inclusive school policies

The court turned down a case out of Wisconsin, involving a school district that allows students to affirm their trans identity without necessarily notifying their parents.

Karla Sofía Gascón makes trans history with Golden Globe nomination

Karla Sofía Gascón is the breakout star of the musical Emilia Perez.

House Republicans are trying to ban gender-affirming care for youth in new military budget

The move has been called "discriminatory" by LGBTQ+ rights advocates.

Nancy Mace calls trans people a slur after sit-ins in Capitol bathrooms

The congresswoman appeared to be taken by surprise by the protest and was seen wandering the halls of the Senate, a different building than the protestors, holding a bullhorn.

'Oppenheimer's Nick Dumont embraces transmasc nonbinary identity

The actor, who played Jackie Oppenheimer in the Christopher Nolan film, has also updated their pronouns.

Transgender 10-year-old worries about being murdered and other trans kids share their concerns on CNN

Violet DuMont says she fears that "I’m gonna be walking down the street and somebody’s gonna come up and, like, shoot me or something.”

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.

Annette Bening gives moving speech in defense of trans youth outside Supreme Court

The actor, whose oldest son is trans, said that she's learned "what these kids and families need is judicious counseling, sound medical advice, and an atmosphere of calm and love and acceptance.”

Chelsea Manning and Raquel Willis among 15 arrested at U.S. Capitol during bathroom sit-in

About 15 activists were arrested in the U.S. Capitol today while protesting Republicans' transgender bathroom ban with a sit-in.