Missouri ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors upheld by judge
Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Missouri, representing the families and organizations suing to challenge the ban, plan to appeal.
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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.
Nancy Mace said she was 'pro-transgender rights' just last year: 'It's your body, your choice'
Nancy Mace's political stunt targeting Sarah McBride's bathroom use comes just a year after Mace said "I'm pro-transgender rights. I'm pro-LGBTQ."
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Nancy Mace fights to keep transgender women out of bathrooms while her aide broke into a woman’s home
Mace’s legislative director, Sean Brislin, was arrested in 2020 for breaking into a woman’s home and sleeping in her bed.
November 25 2024 5:02 PM
Sarah McBride and the way we win
"As the first and only out transgender member of Congress, Sarah will be putting herself on the line every day in a way that’s never been done before," writes HRC's Jay Brown.
November 25 2024 4:47 PM
Ohio Supreme Court punts on transgender people changing their birth certificates
Experts hold little hope for trans individuals attempting to change their gender markers in the red state.
November 25 2024 3:07 PM
Donald Trump is planning to kick transgender people out of the military: report
Unlike his previous ban that prohibited new members from signing up if they were transgender, Trump's proposed ban reportedly would medically discharge all current trans service members.
November 25 2024 12:04 PM
No, HHS Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine isn't performing pagan rituals in the woods
The doctored footage has been circulating on social media lately in which Levine's head was digitally placed onto the body of a woman wearing robes and a pentacle necklace.
November 22 2024 3:42 PM
Los Angeles becomes a sanctuary city for LGBTQ+ youth and immigrants as officials reject Project 2025
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the “sanctuary city” ordinance, shielding queer youth who travel to the city to receive gender-affirming care from prosecution.
November 22 2024 12:22 PM
What’s happening with Nancy Mace’s anti-transgender bathroom bans?
A look at the attention-seeking political gamesmanship of the South Carolina congresswoman that will lead to real people getting hurt.
November 21 2024 6:14 PM
Nancy Mace supported an LGBTQ+ equality bill before pushing a transgender bathroom ban
“I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality. No one should be discriminated against. I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist," Mace said in 2021.
November 21 2024 4:08 PM
'A betrayal': Trans people respond to Sarah McBride's bathroom ban compliance
“I can deal with this; other people shouldn’t have to,” Rep.-elect Sarah McBride told The Advocate in response to criticism.
November 21 2024 12:36 PM
Watch AOC slam Nancy Mace for 'endangering all women' with transgender bathroom ban
"All it does is allow these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who isn't wearing a skirt because they think she might not look woman enough," Ocasio-Cortez said.
November 21 2024 11:40 AM
Gay Rep. Robert Garcia condemns GOP’s ‘shameful’ targeting of first trans member of Congress Sarah McBride
“Why [are we] focusing on singling out one member — one new member, a freshman member of this body now,” Garcia asked.
November 20 2024 3:40 PM
Trans U.S. Rep-elect Sarah McBride on Mike Johnson’s Capitol bigotry: 'Not here to fight about bathrooms'
“I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson even if I disagree with them,” she said.
November 20 2024 3:06 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson bans trans people from all single-sex bathrooms at U.S. House
The GOP is doubling down on bigotry instead of addressing the concerns of the American people.
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November 20 2024 1:02 PM
Congressional Democrats commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance amid anti-trans GOP push
“Too many transgender people have been killed just for living as their true, authentic selves,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal said.
November 20 2024 12:29 PM
Black trans woman and drag queen Quanesha Shantel shot and killed in North Carolina
Her former boyfriend is charged with first-degree murder.
November 20 2024 10:50 AM
Jen Psaki warns Democrats against accepting the GOP’s anti-transgender narratives
“It’s important not to yield to manufactured panic and to align with the actual facts before making sweeping claims,” the former White House Press secretary said on her MSNBC show.
November 19 2024 12:00 PM
Democrat Seth Moulton defends comments on trans athletes amid backlash (exclusive)
“I absolutely think we need to have this conversation because of Trump’s threats,” Moulton told The Advocate.
November 19 2024 11:57 AM
Republicans are trying to ban transgender Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride from using the women's bathroom
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly went so far as to threaten a "physical altercation" if trans women were allowed to use the women's restroom.
November 19 2024 11:53 AM