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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.
The California governor, once hailed as a protector of LGBTQ+ rights, premiered his podcast by interviewing and agreeing with far-right transphobe Charlie Kirk.
The policy explicitly bans transgender service members from receiving gender-affirming medical care, including hormone therapy and gender-confirmation surgeries.
Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.
A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.
The judge stopped the administration from stripping funding from medical providers that provide medical care to transgender minors.
State Sen. Tony Bisignano doubled down on calling out Republican lawmakers for stripping away civil rights protections for transgender people in an interview with The Advocate.
The measure, opposed by transgender state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, failed with a vote of 44 to 55.
NPS removed the pages shortly after scrubbing transgender people from other government websites.
A German official confirmed the government’s alert to The Advocate.
The judge directed the federal government to notify both the court and plaintiffs if the Department of Defense issues any policy or guidance enforcing the challenged executive orders impacting transgender service members.
Republicans failed to get 60 votes to move the discriminatory bill forward.
“It seems like directives don’t matter, [and now] I feel like I gave people false reassurance,” psychologist Dr. Mary Brinkmeyer told The Advocate.
A researcher at the George Washington Cancer Center says Trump could erase years of scientific work.
A collective of drag artists is taking to the streets of Washington, D.C. on Saturday.
"Woke" is a term appropriated from Black communities and has not been used by the right against them and other groups.
Vivian Wilson is calling out a Christian ex-gay for his transphobic op-ed about her.
Grab a martini, darling. Let’s talk about it.
Regardless of faith, the vast majority of U.S. adults support LGBTQ+ protections.
A transgender woman claims she endured abuse as a Prime Now shopper in Whole Foods stores.
It is "imperative" to feature transgender people in reports about trans issues, president & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said.
