These are the 5 states with the smallest amount of LGBTQ+ people
The states with the fewest queer people are also some of the states proposing and passing the most anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
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December 04 2024 1:20 PM
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North Carolina
Mark Robinson says children who are raped turn into 'monsters'
Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for North Carolina governor, made the vile comments in a Facebook video that is still up less than a week before the elections.
October 30 2024 12:56 PM
An LGBTQ+ cocktail bar was open in Asheville for 31 days. Now it's in ruins (exclusive)
Small business owner Brandon Davis tells The Advocate about the "soul crushing" loss of his bar, Day Trip, and what he needs to rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
October 03 2024 4:22 PM
Republican running for N.C. schools superintendent falsely claims ‘+’ in LGBTQ+ includes pedophilia
The right-wing extremist is running to be in charge of public education in the state.
September 19 2024 10:22 AM
Homophobic GOP governor candidate Mark Robinson is tanking hard in latest polls
Robinson, the first Black lieutenant governor of North Carolina, has a history of extreme rhetoric that's put him at odds even with members of his own party.
August 26 2024 4:31 PM
NC Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson, who called abortion 'genocide,' took his wife to get one
That's not a leak — Robinson said it himself in a new ad.
August 05 2024 11:47 AM
Asheville LGBTQ+ bar destroyed by Hurricane Helene is reopening 'twice as big' (exclusive)
Day Trip had to close after just 31 days in business, leaving its owners with over $200,000 in loans and no source of income. Now, Brandon Davis tells The Advocate about their new location.
February 07 2025 6:00 AM
North Carolina man charged with cyberstalking city's first gay council member and other men
Out Raleigh City Council member Jonathan Lambert-Melton said he had received death threats from the suspect.
December 03 2024 10:40 AM
18 of the most batsh*t things N.C. Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson has said
The man representing the North Carolina Republican party is a Holocaust denier who has often compared homosexuality to pedophilia.
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October 30 2024 11:06 AM
Mark Robinson tells women to get their groins 'under control' in bizarre anti-birth control rant
"Don’t lay down and act like you’re making a baby til you’re ready to have a baby," the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina said in an unearthed 2022 video.
September 17 2024 2:12 PM
A gay couple was turned away by a Christian wedding vendor. Their 90-year-old grandma had the best response
One coupling is letting their 90-year-old grandma lead by example after a transportation company refused to help bring her to a "groom plus groom" wedding.
August 19 2024 2:42 PM
North Carolina GOP governor candidate Mark Robinson calls to 'kill' the left: 'Some folks need killing'
Mark Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina running for governor, has called on conservatives to kill leftists.
July 08 2024 4:21 PM
Mark Robinson drops lawsuit over CNN's 'Black Nazi' report
Robinson filed the lawsuit over a report which found his full name, picture, and known email address attached comments supporting reinstating slavery and referring to himself as a "black NAZI!"
February 04 2025 11:08 AM
Far-right Republican Mark Robinson must pay $35,000 for campaign finance violations
The anti-LGBTQ+ lieutenant governor of North Carolina was found to have accepted contributions from unauthorized donors, accepted donations over the maximum limit, and used campaign money for personal expenses.
December 19 2024 11:30 AM
Josh Stein beats 'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson for North Carolina governor
Democrat Josh Stein, the current Attorney General of the state, has defeated self-professed "Black Nazi" Republican Mark Robinson in the race for North Carolina governor.
November 05 2024 8:01 PM
MAGA gays at Trump fundraising event claim LGBTQ+ community already has full equality: ‘We’re past that’
“It’s unfortunate that you have groups like the Log Cabin Republicans who are willing to sell out the community in exchange for being able to cozy up to someone like Donald Trump,” said HRC’s Brandon Wolf.
October 25 2024 10:01 AM
Pete Buttigieg confronts Elon Musk’s falsehoods about government’s Hurricane Helene relief: ‘Give me a call’
The tech billionaire acknowledged speaking with the transportation secretary.
October 05 2024 7:13 PM
Anti-trans Mark Robinson called himself a 'Black Nazi,' admitted to liking trans porn: report
The Republican candidate for North Carolina governor also expressed support for reinstating slavery on message boards from the adult website "Nude Africa."
September 19 2024 3:39 PM
Republican Mark Robinson says ‘wickedness’ of marriage equality will lead to pedophilia as ’next human right’
He made the anti-LGBTQ+ comments during sermons at churches. It's not the first time he's made such bigoted remarks.
September 13 2024 2:31 PM
Mark Robinson sues CNN for leaking 'Black Nazi' porn site messages
The Republican candidate for North Carolina governor accused the outlet of leaking his information, while refusing to admit it was his information.