Gay former FBI official sues Kash Patel & Pam Bondi for Pride flag firing
David Maltinsky says he was illegally terminated in October for displaying a Progress Pride flag at his desk during the Biden administration.
November 19 2025 12:48 PM
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D.C. 'sandwich guy' not guilty of assaulting a federal agent, jury finds
Sean Dunn, who threw a Subway sandwich at a Border Patrol officer out of frustration in August, was acquitted of misdemeanor assault.
November 06 2025 3:44 PM
D.C. jury seated as ‘sandwich guy’ federal criminal trial begins
Former DOJ employee Sean Dunn’s trial on misdemeanor charges for allegedly throwing a Subway sandwich at federal agents begins Tuesday.
November 04 2025 10:54 AM
Kennedy Center plagued with dismal ticket sales as patrons stay away under Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ takeover
It’s worse than during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a deadly virus kept people away from public places.
October 31 2025 10:28 AM
Gay Senate staffer easily completes ICE fitness test that Trump-Noem recruits are failing
"Democrats are fit, Democrats are hot, and we’re tired of Republicans trying to lay claim to [health and fitness] when it’s so demonstrably false,” Josh Sorbe told The Advocate.
October 31 2025 7:00 AM
Massive ‘No Kings’ rally in D.C. features LGBTQ+ rights advocates: 'This is my country too'
Millions of people around the country are participating in "No Kings" rallies voicing their opposition to Donald Trump and his anti-LGBTQ+ administration.
October 18 2025 2:50 PM
Breaking: Judge delays Ruby Corado’s sentencing but orders U.S. Marshals to take her into custody
The transgender former leader of the D.C. LGBTQ+ nonprofit Casa Ruby, who pleaded guilty to fraud, asked to replace her lawyers.
October 14 2025 1:39 PM
Trump’s shutdown layoffs eliminate entire federal health agencies that served LGBTQ+ people, teens, & women
“Without these people in place, it’s unlikely that a lot of these programs will be able to continue even after the government reopens," former HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
October 11 2025 5:44 PM
Kamala Harris reclaims the stage in Washington at defiant book talk with Kara Swisher
“We’re not going to let any one election or circumstance dampen our spirit," she said. "They cannot defeat our spirit if we don’t let them.”
October 10 2025 11:37 AM
On a D.C. rooftop, prominent authors and activists vowed to ‘save our stories’ from book bans
“Banning books is banning stories. Banning stories is banning existence. Banning existence is banning hope,” Reading Rainbow host Mychal Threets told attendees at the Penguin Random House-sponsored event.
October 09 2025 12:29 PM
Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary
Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.
October 08 2025 11:20 AM
Feds quietly scrub transgender people from national security reports on threats to LGBTQ+ community
The documents only refer to “LGB+” people.
September 26 2025 10:49 AM
25 years of youth power: Advocates for Youth celebrates milestone institute in D.C.
A week of training, activism, and community brought 100 young leaders together to chart the future of reproductive and sexual health justice.
September 23 2025 12:00 PM
Unhinged Nancy Mace attacks D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser over race, gender & LGBTQ+ businesses in House hearing
"I’m a woman. You’re looking at one,” Bowser shot back at one point.
September 18 2025 5:32 PM
Trump says he’d consider banning LGBTQ+ Pride flags in alarming Oval Office exchange
The president was responding to a question by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend, Brian Glenn, who said many people were “threatened” by the inclusive banner.
September 16 2025 11:01 AM
Human Rights Campaign calls on LGBTQ+ community to dream & to fight for equality at national dinner
In the wake of unprecedented political attacks on the trans community, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization is stepping in to change hearts and minds.
September 15 2025 5:45 PM
Federal grand jury in D.C. refuses to indict people accused in Trump’s crime crackdown
At least six times, jurors declined to validate charges federal prosecutors were alleging.
September 02 2025 1:35 PM
Federal grand jury rejects DOJ indictment effort in D.C. Subway sandwich-throwing case
Sean Dunn, the gay man at the center of the case, has become a kind of folk hero.
August 27 2025 10:42 AM
D.C. bar owners say Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown is killing their business
“This is not sustainable,” Dave Perruzza, a gay business owner in D.C., told The Advocate.
August 16 2025 5:40 PM
White House propaganda video shows SWAT team swarming D.C. home of DOJ employee charged for throwing sandwich
It was the second time federal officials arrested him for the breaded assault.
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August 15 2025 10:54 AM