Newly elected Virginia lieutenant governor appoints LGBTQ+ advocate to transition team
Narissa Rahaman, executive director of Equality Virginia, was named as a counselor to Ghazala Hashmi.
November 11 2025 9:35 AM
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Virginia farm owned by the 'Gardening Gays' was vandalized with medical waste and human feces
“It does not appear to be an accident,” Kevin Graham told The Advocate. “You look up and down the roadway, and everywhere else is completely clear. The trash is only at our entrance.”
November 05 2025 1:19 PM
Spectacular Republican losses prove MAGA's transphobic playbook doesn't win elections
Across the country, voters chose inclusion, empathy, and competence over cruelty and division.
November 05 2025 11:38 AM
LGBTQ+ ally Abigail Spanberger trounces anti-trans Republican to win Virginia governor’s race
The Advocate is reporting live from Spanberger's election night victory event.
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November 04 2025 7:55 PM
Employees at VA hospital say they could be fired for wearing rainbow colors to work
“Anything rainbow like lanyards can get us fired on the spot,” one employee said.
October 27 2025 3:37 PM
Virginia MAGA Republican Winsome Earle-Sears’s recent donations reveal she’s more extreme than Trump on IVF
The revelation comes less than two weeks before voters in the state pick their next governor.
October 25 2025 6:15 PM
Richmond nonprofit He She Ze and We expands support network as transgender Virginians face barriers to care
The group even funds micro grants for transition-related services.
October 17 2025 8:00 AM
Advocates condemn graphic anti-trans ad targeting leading Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger
"Voters want elected officials and candidates to show how they can improve lives and make our communities and country stronger and safer. Campaigns like this do the exact opposite,” a GLAAD spokesperson said.
October 16 2025 2:37 PM
Pete Buttigieg will join Abigail Spanberger for Virginia get-out-the-vote rally
The gay former transportation secretary and Democratic star will join the pro-LGBTQ+ candidate for governor in Charlottesville.
October 15 2025 5:14 PM
New Abigail Spanberger ad hits Winsome Earle-Sears for saying firing gay people is 'not discrimination'
The Democrat is not letting the Republican forget the outrageous claim she made about LGBTQ+ people during a statewide debate in the Virginia governor's race.
October 13 2025 3:12 PM
GOP candidate claims firing people for being gay ‘is not discrimination’ in Virginia governor’s debate
Winsome Earle-Sears's remarks drew immediate backlash.
October 10 2025 11:00 AM
Pete Hegseth mandates that all military service members watch his fratty Virginia speech to generals
“He cares that people are willing to follow his orders, no matter what the law says,” an Air Force member told The Advocate.
October 09 2025 3:38 PM
Gay Virginia Republican plagued by Nazi porn scandal brags running mate is ‘100% against’ marriage equality
It's a statewide political ticket of extremes.
October 06 2025 4:28 PM
Virginia Democrats call for Republican John Reid to exit lieutenant governor race in Nazi porn scandal
It’s not the first time the gay former radio host has been accused of posting questionable online content.
October 02 2025 12:28 PM
Glenn Youngkin injects trans issues into Virginia governor's race, where Democrat Abigail Spanberger leads
Republicans are returning to Donald Trump's 2024 playbook of demonizing transgender people.
September 25 2025 2:27 PM
Virginia Republican attacks Democrat leading governor’s race with Trumpy ’they/them’ ad
The commercial echoes language Donald Trump's campaign used during the 2024 election.
September 24 2025 1:58 PM
Republican gubernatorial candidate claims Democrat ‘will transform’ Virginia in anti-trans political ad
The ad includes familiar anti-trans talking points.
September 23 2025 6:00 AM
Virginia GOP’s gubernatorial ticket pairs anti-LGBTQ+ candidate with gay man whose rights she opposes
Winsome Earle-Sears has described homosexuality, like John Reid’s, as an “immoral lifestyle choice.”
August 29 2025 11:26 AM
Trump administration denies federal funding to Virginia schools that treat trans students with dignity
The Department of Education followed through on a threat to suspend financial support to five districts that allow students to use bathrooms and locker rooms aligned with their gender identity.
August 18 2025 11:37 AM
Black lesbian couple in Virginia almost killed in what authorities say is ‘potential hate crime’
The incident left one of the women with multiple head injuries and a fractured spine.
August 06 2025 5:30 PM