North Carolina school district banned an LGBTQ+ trivia game. The ACLU is suing
Banning the game violates students' constitutional rights, the ACLU says.
MARCH 6, 2025
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What to expect in this week’s landmark gender-affirming care U.S. Supreme Court case
The case U.S. v. Skrmetti is about the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. The decision will shape gender-affirming care in America.
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Transgender lives and joy are the center of new ACLU campaign 'Freedom to Be'
Daniel Trujillo is one of several trans people featured who are living their life to the fullest. For many trans people, their joy is their resistance.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Karine Jean-Pierre calls out Republican attacks on transgender Americans during Pride Month
The White House Press Secretary touted the Biden-Harris administration’s support for LGBTQ+ people as GOP-led states attack the community.
JUNE 18, 2024
Kentucky couldn't pass a single anti-LGBTQ+ bill this session — and it's not alone
"It’s clear that the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda is starting to fail, both in Kentucky and across the country."
APRIL 16, 2024
'Retaliation': Texas AG Paxton demands PFLAG provide names, addresses of trans members
A legal filing by PFLAG National revealed that Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas was seeking identification of transgender members.
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Massachusetts Police Officer Searches Middle School Classroom For LGBTQ+ Book, 'Concerning' Video Shows
A police officer entered a middle school classroom to search for an "inappropriate" book. And no, it wasn't 1984.
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Why Rep. Maxwell Frost says Democrats must step up their game against Donald Trump
“I don't think it makes sense for us to tell our people we're gonna play dead and roll over,” Frost told The Advocate.
MARCH 5, 2025
Virginia LGBTQ+ advocates and allies come together to celebrate 10 years of marriage equality
Equality Virginia's annual black-tie affair at Richmond’s Main Street Station was extra special as attendees celebrated same-sex couples’ right to get married.
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Liberty University allegedly fired a woman after she came out as transgender. Now, she's suing
Ellenor Zinski claims that the Christian college fired her a month after she disclosed her identity to Human Resources and alerted them that she intended to legally change her name.
JULY 30, 2024
Joe Manchin joins Senate GOP to strip health care from transgender military members & their families
The former Democrat continues his right-wing inclinations.
JULY 12, 2024
Biden issues proclamation for Transgender Day of Visibility amid Republican attacks on trans rights
The president is uplifting transgender people while Republicans continue to try to legislate them out of public life.
MARCH 29, 2024
United Nations urged to investigate Texas’ anti-LGBTQ+ legislation as ‘human rights crisis’ (exclusive)
Equality Texas, ACLU, GLAAD, and Human Rights Campaign seek global intervention in response to Texas’ systematic attack on transgender rights.
JANUARY 22, 2024
Meet the West Virginian Middle School Student Challenging a Trans Sports Ban in Federal Court
"We just want to be accepted, and she just wants to be a kid. It shouldn’t be that hard to be a kid,” the girl's mom said.
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Republicans strip Louisiana's only LGBTQ+ elected official of leadership role
Davante Lewis tells The Advocate about his removal as vice chairman on Louisiana's Public Service Commission, which he believes was racially and politically motivated.
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Indiana State University sued for blocking LGBTQ+ Pride festival
The lawsuit claims that ISU officials have prohibited an LGBTQ+ group from hosting a 2025 Pride celebration on campus despite allowing and sponsoring the event in 2023 and 2024.
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The fight for safe and inclusive schools: What teachers and students want answered in the VP debate
This debate offers an opportunity for candidates to speak directly to the future of our country—our students. Will they commit to protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ youth, writes GLSEN's Melanie Willingham-Jaggers.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Tennessee agrees to remove sex workers convicted for living with HIV from its sex offender registry
“No one should be forced to endure what I have endured,” one plaintiff said.
JULY 24, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether transgender kids have a right to access gender-affirming care
The justices will hear arguments brought by the federal government against Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
JUNE 24, 2024
Elton John fights LGBTQ+ discrimination with ‘Speak Up Sing Out’ campaign
The music icon is using his platform to uplift the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month.
JUNE 2, 2024
Trans chaplain speaks to Tennessee legislature as Republicans try to erase people like her
Dahron Johnson told The Advocate why the speaking engagement was significant and what she hoped it did for transgender people’s representation amid Republican attacks on trans lives.
MARCH 21, 2024