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More than 60 religious institutions have been targeted for supporting LGBTQ+ rights: report

At least 66 incidents occurred between June 2022 and January 2024 in which a religious institution was targeted for its perceived support of LGBTQ+ people.

Ron DeSantis Just Appointed Moms for Liberty Cofounder to Florida Commission

The group has been labeled an anti-government extremist organization.

Former CIA Director John Brennan on Mike Johnson, America’s Terrorist Threats, and Donald Trump

In a wide-ranging interview, Brennan talks about the Gaza war, domestic terrorism, Speaker Johnson's extremism, and the mortal danger to the U.S. if Trump is reelected.

Senate hate crimes hearing devolves when Republican tells Arab American witness to ‘hide your head in a bag’

Louisiana Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy made the outrageous remark during a heated exchange.

Anti-LGBT Group Opens Conference With Rainbow Flag Dance

The homophobic hate group MassResistance hosted a curiously gay performance.

Neo-Nazis Parade Around Florida Chanting ‘Jews Will Not Replace Us’

Some of the neo-Nazis took their hatred on the road to the Sunshine State from Ohio, Wisconsin and Maine.

Everything You Need to Know About Marriage in Tennessee

Updated January 19: Get up to speed on the complex state of marriage equality in Tennessee.

LGBTQ+ Student Group Targeted With Bomb Threat Over Drag Show

Because the South Dakota State University students played host to a kid-friendly drag event, somebody sent a bomb threat targeting the LGBTQ+ group.

All Mass Shooters Are Extremists

The Planned Parenthood shooter wasn't a "transgendered leftist activist," and we don't know yet if the San Bernardino killers had direct ISIS ties. Politicians should focus first on actions, like gun ownership, and motivations second.

Whither Domestic Partnerships?

Now that marriage equality has been mandated for the Golden State, what happens to gay and lesbian Californians registered as domestic partners? Lambda Legal's Jennifer C. Pizer explains it all.

Op-ed: The Most Ignored LGBT Issue

Domestic violence affects more LGBT couples than most people think.

People Still Don't Understand Men Can Be Victims of Domestic Abuse

Jennifer Ponce, who works to end intimate partner violence, often encounters people who think victims can only look a certain way.

Club Q, Pulse, and an Ohio firebombing: Why these drag queen survivors are sharing their stories (exclusive)

Drag queens who survived the Club Q mass shooting, the Pulse Massacre, and a Ohio church firebombing tell The Advocate about a coalition they've formed to support drag artists in the face of violence.

Signature-gathering can begin for Calif gay marriage ban

California's attorney general has released a summary of a proposed state constitutional amendment that highlights how the measure would strip gay and lesbian couples of most domestic-partnership rights while also banning same-sex marriage.

Keke Palmer Accuses Ex Darius Jackson of Domestic Violence

Palmer filed a restraining order for her and her 8-month son she shares with Jackson.

Advocates: The Courage to Leave

Domestic Violence, Finding a Gay Doctor, Q&A on Genital Herpes

An Honorable Republican: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fought for immigrants and LGBT people during her historic House career, writes Mary Ann Gomez Orta of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute.