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.
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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.
TV stations were forced to air vile anti-trans, homophobic ads so graphic they got on-air content warnings
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.
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Ted Cruz used a trans wrestler in an attack ad without permission. Now, Mack Beggs is taking legal action
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.
October 31 2024 11:58 AM
Former executive director of Black trans nonprofit charged with stealing nearly $100,000
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.
October 30 2024 11:09 AM
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.
October 29 2024 4:23 PM
Voting while transgender: Here’s what you need to know
Transgender Americans face unique challenges accessing the franchise.
October 29 2024 2:27 PM
A therapist's tips for coping with your 'valid' election season anxiety as an LGBTQ+ person
"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.
October 29 2024 2:16 PM
JD Vance really wants you to know he's 'not gay' while lying about transgender youth
The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.
October 29 2024 12:43 PM
Tourmaline to release historic biography about Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson will be the first full-length biography of the queer icon ever to be published.
October 27 2024 9:49 AM
Donald Trump briefly attacks transgender people on Joe Rogan’s podcast
He also left his Michigan supporters waiting for hours as he rambled on the popular Spotify program.
October 26 2024 2:00 PM
Over a quarter of college applicants are rejecting schools over their states' politics: report
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."
October 25 2024 4:12 PM
Ted Cruz uses unauthorized images of cisgender students in anti-transgender attack ads
“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.
October 25 2024 1:44 PM
Anti-trans ads erode support for transgender people in America with no effect on presidential election: study
While Trump and Republicans aren’t winning over voters with transphobic ads, they are succeeding at making Americans skeptical of trans rights.
October 24 2024 3:02 PM
Voters actually hate ‘mean-spirited’ anti-transgender political ads like Trump’s: survey
Donald Trump and the GOP have targeted trans people in the closing days of the election. Data suggests that’s not a winning strategy.
October 24 2024 9:00 AM
Kamala Harris stands by trans Americans’ right to gender-affirming care in NBC interview
The Trump campaign has painted the vice president as an extremist on trans issues.
October 23 2024 1:29 PM
Before his death, this conservative combat veteran filmed a PSA advocating for his transgender son
Whereas Republicans are demonizing trans kids, here’s a father’s unconditional love on display.
October 22 2024 5:00 PM
Editor's Letter: These inspiring LGBTQ+ youth are educating America
The Champions of the GenderCool Project top our list of inspiring young LGBTQ+ people who are making change happen now.
October 22 2024 1:37 PM
Donald Trump punches down on transgender people in hypocritical new Kamala Harris attack ad
Republicans are attacking the vice president for something Trump’s own administration provided to incarcerated trans people.
October 22 2024 12:10 PM
Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked
Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.
October 22 2024 6:00 AM
Harris campaign claps back at Trump’s anti-trans ads' hypocrisy over gender-affirming care for prisoners
Under Donald Trump’s administration, trans inmates had access to the same medical care that his campaign is attacking Kamala Harris for supporting.
October 21 2024 5:05 PM