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?
OCTOBER 1, 2024
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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.
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
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.
JULY 25, 2017
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.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
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.
JULY 17, 2024
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.
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
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.
JULY 26, 2024
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.
JULY 23, 2024
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.
DECEMBER 3, 2022
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.
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
KKK Members in Kentucky Pull Gun on LGBTQ+ Activists — Police Let Them Go
The men were reportedly handing out KKK recruitment cards.
JUNE 17, 2023
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.
JULY 22, 2024
Tyler Childers' Gay Video Starring Colton Haynes and James Scully as Lovers Is Up for a Grammy
The video for "In Your Love" was released back in July.
JULY 29, 2023
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.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
The Right Hook
Considering her woeful lack of experience with gay issues, what can we really expect from Sarah Palin?
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
Two Women and a Mountain of Insecurity
A self-described butch describes the self-esteem battles she and her trans girlfriend face.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015