Recap: Election Day 2024 coverage of LGBTQ+ issues
November 05 2024 7:43 AM
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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.
America elected a man who promised to roll back the rights of transgender people.
Republicans voted to bar Zephyr from speaking on the floor of the state legislature in 2023 after she said that conservatives' ban on gender-affirming care for youth would result in “blood on [their] hands.”
Democrat Sarah McBride has beaten Republican John Whalen for Delaware's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, making history.
The LGBTQ+ youth mental health support network is reporting a increase in election-related conversations and young people feeling anxiety, fear, and confusion about the outcome of the election.
One transgender woman has perfectly encapsulated the fears of queer Americans in a moving clip shared by out journalist Don Lemon.
Looking at the groups that threaten drag queens, transgender people and the broader LGBTQ+ community.
Brandy Livingston claims that Hooters workers denied her job application based on her appearance and harassed her for using the bathroom.
According to the FCC, there’s nothing the agency can do to prevent this kind of content from being broadcast by legally qualified political candidates.
Beggs said that not only did Cruz not get his permission to use his image in the ad, but that it failed to mention that he was forced to compete against women because the state's laws prevented him from competing against men.
Dominique Morgan, 42, was indicted on one count of second-degree grand larceny and 23 counts of first-degree falsifying business records during her time as executive director of the OKRA Project.
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.
Transgender Americans face unique challenges accessing the franchise.
"It's natural to be pissed off and fearful and defensive. It's about accepting that and finding a way to challenge that," a licensed psychotherapist tells The Advocate.
The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson will be the first full-length biography of the queer icon ever to be published.
He also left his Michigan supporters waiting for hours as he rambled on the popular Spotify program.
Over a quarter of college applicants (28 percent) said in a new survey that they "exclude schools solely based on political considerations in the state where the institution is located."
“It is alarming that your campaign would have produced/distributed/promoted this ad with false information, especially with minor children involved,” a school official wrote in an email to the Republican senator’s campaign.
While Trump and Republicans aren’t winning over voters with transphobic ads, they are succeeding at making Americans skeptical of trans rights.
Donald Trump and the GOP have targeted trans people in the closing days of the election. Data suggests that’s not a winning strategy.