Out gay Colorado Gov. Jared Polis mocks Donald Trump's 'unflattering painting'
Jared Polis' April Fools joke paid homage to a famous show set in Colorado — while mocking Trump.
APRIL 2, 2025
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Let's name prisons, landfills, and volcanos after Trump, and put his Colorado portrait on the penny
Opinion: House Republicans give new definition to sycophants wanting to put Trump on U.S. currency, rename an airport, and stick his head on Mount Rushmore, writes John Casey.
MARCH 25, 2025
Federal judge blocks Trump’s gender-affirming care ban—again
The judge stopped the administration from stripping funding from medical providers that provide medical care to transgender minors.
MARCH 3, 2025
Lauren Boebert & Nancy Mace confront woman they thought was trans in ‘predictable’ Capitol bathroom incident
The anti-LGBTQ+ Republican lawmakers followed a cisgender woman they mistook as the first transgender member of Congress into the bathroom.
JANUARY 24, 2025
The controversy over a trans woman volleyball player at San Jose State, explained
This is her third season on the team, but no one objected to her presence until this year. What's up with that?
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
10 states voted on pro-abortion referendums. 7 of them passed
Millions will now have access to abortion thanks to the passage of state constitutional amendments.
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Shawn Mendes opens up about his sexuality during Colorado concert, says he's still 'figuring it out'
The 26-year-old singer-songwriter is tackling the speculation about his identity head on.
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Longtime LGBTQ+ advocate Kate Kendell is the new CEO of the Gill Foundation (exclusive)
Kendell, the former executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, recognizes that it's a crucial time for the LGBTQ+ movement.
APRIL 1, 2025
Supreme Court to decide whether states can protect LGBTQ+ youth from conversion therapy
The practice has been widely condemned as harmful and ineffective.
MARCH 10, 2025
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump’s gender-affirming care ban for minors
Transgender young people and their parents can breathe a sigh of relief for now.
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
RFK Jr. lies to senators about claiming that pesticides make kids transgender in HHS confirmation hearing
“I never said that,” he claimed. The record says otherwise.
JANUARY 29, 2025
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis backtracks apparent support for RFK Jr. leading HHS (exclusive)
A spokesperson for Polis told The Advocate that “Governor Polis has not changed his view as a whole on RFK Jr. or on the Governor’s previously stated concerns regarding some of RFK Jr’s positions."
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
What states are voting on marriage equality on Tuesday?
Marriage equality may be settled law, but some states still have discriminatory amendments in their constitutions.
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Meet Vivian Smotherman, who is running to be Colorado's first trans state senator
Smotherman brings a diverse background and leadership skills to her race in hopes of flipping a district from Republican to Democratic.
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Jane Hilton's 'Cowboys & Queens' captures the modern American dream
Organized by The Little Black Gallery London, Jane Hilton's Cowboys & Queens opens March 27 at the Freyboy Art Salon in Las Vegas.
MARCH 28, 2025
Utah becomes the first state to ban Pride and other flags on public schools and government buildings
Critics fear the new law was a factor in the famed Sundance Film Festival's decision to leave the state in 2027.
MARCH 28, 2025
What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15
Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.
MARCH 4, 2025
15 Democratic state AGs stand by gender-affirming care
"Federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming care continues to be available, irrespective of President Trump’s recent Executive Order," the attorneys general say.
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
N.J. Democrat launches LGBTQ+ advisory board after filing House resolution to honor queer advocacy groups
“We’ve been through tough times, and we’ll get through this together,” U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman said.
JANUARY 29, 2025
14 transgender elected officials you should know
These trans politicians are breaking barriers around the nation.
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Despite Trump’s election, a glimmer of hope as transgender candidates win elections nationwide
“There is this paradox where a majority of Americans voted for Trump, who is extremely anti-trans, and yet many Americans also voted for out transgender candidates and in favor of LGBTQ rights in referendums,” A4TE executive director Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen told The Advocate.
NOVEMBER 7, 2024