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Hate in "My Holler?" How JD Vance’s rhetoric clashes with Appalachian roots

Can the Republican vice presidential candidate, once queer-friendly, reconcile his past with his harmful policies?

Kentucky's first transgender elected official wants you to get involved in local politics

Rebecca Blankenship recently spoke to The Advocate about how LGBTQ+ people can fight back against state legislatures' attacks on the community.

KKK Members in Kentucky Pull Gun on LGBTQ+ Activists — Police Let Them Go

The men were reportedly handing out KKK recruitment cards.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear perfectly explains why he vetoed the 'nastiest' anti-trans bill

Politicians and media personalities aren't "talking about what people are worried about" enough, according to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.

JD Vance lives in one of the most liberal areas of Northern Virginia

The Republican vice-presidential nominee lives in a heavily Democratic neighborhood in Alexandria. His neighbors are mostly OK with that.

Pete Buttigieg roasts JD Vance and his gay tech bro billionaire

He called out the Trump VP pick’s ever-changing point of view and explained why some Silicon Valley billionaires support Republicans.

Trans Trailblazer Aleshia Brevard Dead at 79

The actress was one of the first people to have transition surgery at a time when the word "transgender" didn't exist, but she was so much more than that.  

How JD Vance went from thinking he was gay and changing his name twice to being an anti-LGBTQ+ extremist

Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick has reinvented himself repeatedly.

Herschel Walker Is Happy to Use Anti-Trans Hate to Get Elected

The Senate candidate -- like many Republicans-- believes transphobia is the quickest way to victory.

How to Be Queer in Country Music: The Story of Mya Byrne

When Byrne came out as trans, the piece of her that was anxious went away, and life went from "blurry to technicolor." Finally, she was able to fully develop her songwriting.

The Right Hook

With no foreign policy credentials, next to no national profile, and having served in the statehouse for less than two years, Palin has such a thin record -- both legislatively and in terms of public statements -- that it's difficult to predict just what sort of vice president she might soon become. As for issues affecting gay Americans, there's only a handful of legal decisions -- made early in her tenure as governor -- that can help us divine where she stands.

The Right Hook

Considering her woeful lack of experience with gay issues, what can we really expect from Sarah Palin?

GOP VP picks Quayle and Palin were harmless, while JD Vance is poisonous

Republicans' history of picking novices as vice-presidential nominees continues with Trump’s choice of JD Vance, who is Quayle and Palin on steroids and amphetamines.

Saving Trans Author Carter Sickels

Transgender author Carter Sickels is making waves in the literary community with his powerful storytelling that resists the temptation to make precious the hardships in rural Southern America.

Two Women and a Mountain of Insecurity

A self-described butch describes the self-esteem battles she and her trans girlfriend face.