From Riley Gaines to OU, conservatives are making their failures everyone else's problem
Opinion: Never before have people become so famous for coming in fifth place or failing a homework assignment.
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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.
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Can West Virginia ban Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgery? Appeals court to decide
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower court after it ruled in the summer that states could ban gender-affirming care for minors.
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Another University of Oklahoma instructor suspended in biblical psychology paper grading controversy
The university is investigating whether the second instructor engaged in "viewpoint discrimination."
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HHS replaces name on transgender admiral’s official portrait with deadname in act of ‘pettiness and bigotry’
Biden’s Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine’s name was changed on a display that honors previous officeholders.
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December 05 2025 8:57 PM
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes reached record-highs last year in this gay haven
In one of the friendliest cities for LGBTQ+ people, hate crimes based on gender identity reached a "record-high" last year.
December 05 2025 1:16 PM
Trump DOJ rolls back policies protecting LGBTQ+ inmates from sexual violence
Trump's DOJ will no longer enforce safety standards for LGBTQ+ inmates in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
December 05 2025 11:12 AM
Georgia law banning gender-affirming care for trans inmates struck down
Georgia "perpetuated cruel and unusual punishment" by banning gender-affirming care for inmates, attorney Emily Early says.
December 05 2025 9:40 AM
Trans pastor says she’s ‘surrounded by loving kindness’ after coming out to New York congregation
“The affirmations have been amazing,” Methodist Rev. Dr. Phillippa Phaneuf told The Advocate in an interview.
December 04 2025 11:13 AM
Women's Institute to ban transgender women after U.K. Supreme Court ruling
CEO Melissa Green said that "this is not something we would do unless we felt that we had no other choice."
December 03 2025 4:10 PM
Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor
Here's everything Zohran Mamdani wants to do for LGBTQ+ people in NYC.
December 03 2025 2:20 PM
Upstate New York Methodist minister comes out as transgender to congregation during Sunday service
"I’m affirming and saying to all of you that I am transgender, and so the best way to put this is that I’m not becoming a woman, I’m giving up pretending to be a man," Rev. Dr. Phillippa Phaneuf told her congregation in a powerful speech.
December 03 2025 9:24 AM
Transgender Army vet running for state delegate in red Maryland district is all about showing up
“I signed up to serve, and I will do so here again,” Alleria Stanley told The Advocate in an interview.
December 03 2025 7:00 AM
Out former CDC vaccines head Demetre Daskalakis named chief medical officer at NYC LGBTQ+ health center
Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who walked out of the CDC over Trump's health policies, will begin his new role at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in February.
December 03 2025 6:00 AM
Ruben Gallego’s leaked texts mocking Democrats’ looks & masculinity intensify temperament concerns
His party is “not allowing men to be men,” or “women to be hot,” the Arizona Democrat complained.
December 02 2025 4:21 PM
Florida man partially paralyzed after neighbor allegedly shot him and used anti-LGBTQ+ slurs
A man in Florida was left partially paralyzed after an incident his friends call "a violent crime perpetrated by a hate-filled neighbor."
December 02 2025 1:30 PM
Trans National Guard employee in Illinois sues Trump over restroom ban
LeAnne Withrow, a civilian employee of the Illinois National Guard, says she believes it's never the wrong time to do the right thing.
December 02 2025 11:59 AM
Oklahoma University instructor suspended for failing student’s unscientific anti-trans psychology essay
Although the student did not properly complete the assignment to academic standards, the university is investigating the teacher.
December 02 2025 11:03 AM
More LGBTQ+ people are quietly planning to flee America as fears of fascism in Trump’s second term rise
The instinct to flee is not new in American life. But the scale, and the kinds of people considering it in the Trump era, reflect something different.
December 02 2025 7:00 AM