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Illinois Gov. Pritzker stands up for LGBTQ+ community in fiery HRC speech

The governor particularly spoke out for transgender youth, saying we must not sacrifice the most persecuted for the most popular.

This gay man was fired by DOGE. Now he's struggling to get access to critical medication

“This isn’t just some abstract political decision,” Nathan Barrera-Bunch told The Advocate. “These are real jobs, real people. This is happening to your neighbors, your friends, and your family members.”

Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's trans daughter, calls out Christian writer for 'anti-queer' op-ed about her

Vivian Wilson is calling out a Christian ex-gay for his transphobic op-ed about her.

Activists arrested at die-in when protesting loss of global HIV funding

The Trump administration is endangering lives with its deep cuts to foreign aid, the protesters said.

Opinion: Wielding a chainsaw, Musk isn't cutting the budget, he's slicing the heads off the middle-class

When Musk and his DOGE cronies slash jobs with reckless abandon, they are not just harming those who receive the pink slips. They are gutting entire communities, writes John Casey.

Why Donald Trump’s suits are a sign that he’s separating himself from his MAGA base

Angelo Carusone, the out CEO of Media Matters, might have the best vantage point for deciphering Trump and the Democrat’s public perceptions, including who Trump is trying to court now.

For Sen. Susan Collins, is it a case of ‘Wake Up Little Susie,’ or is she more like Susie from 'Seinfeld'?

Collins shocked many by speaking out against Trump-Musk budget cuts, but that's not enough, and chances are the real Susie is more like convenient fiction, writes John Casey.

Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's trans daughter, slams 'cartoonishly evil' Trump team

Vivian Wilson wants everyone to know Elon Musk's further shift to the right is "not because of me."

What is woke and what does it really mean?

"Woke" is a term appropriated from Black communities and has now been used by the right against them and other groups.

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.

Trump declares 'illegal' protests at schools in America won't be tolerated

He threatened expulsion, deportation and jail for anyone violating his edict. According to the First Amendment, that's not constitutional.

Opinion: Trump emulates Hitler in seeking to erase transgender people

Trump, Musk, and Vance have gone to great lengths to copy and condone the barbarism and savagery of Hitler and the Nazi party, argues John Casey.

Rachel Maddow & Pete Buttigieg skewer 'sloppy' Trump team for firing nuclear safety staff

Maddow and Buttigieg each recently ripped into DOGE for its decision to fire 350 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal.

Opinion: Why you should be angry that Musk and DOGE have access to your data

Musk and his minions already have unfettered access to your medical records, tax information, and more, writes John Casey. So what are you going to do about it, he asks.


Trump admin moves to end federal HIV prevention programs. ‘Catastrophic’ consequences, experts say

“This is a dangerous move,” Jirair Ratevosian, an associate research scientist at Yale University, told The Advocate.

Rep. Jamie Raskin on presidential pardons, Trump thwarting the Constitution, and what keeps him up at night

In an interview with The Advocate, the Democratic lawmaker and constitutional law professor talks about all the ramifications and illegalities of the Trump presidency.


More AIDS activists arrested when protesting global funding cuts

Eleven were arrested outside of a U.S. House committee meeting.

Donald Trump delivers presidential address filled with anti-LGBTQ+ lies and transphobic rhetoric

The address to a joint session of Congress was marked by bluster, exaggeration, and outright lies.

Masculinity, in 'crisis'? Or just a spectacle?

Opinion: Is masculinity — the normative social roles, behaviors, and actions perceived as attributes of men — in crisis? Or is the crisis actually the steadily growing realization that masculinity is just spectacle?

Plane crashes, near misses, smoked cabins as Trump rages about the delay with his gilded new Air Force One

While planes crash and near misses pile up, and the system crumbles under its own weight, Trump is focused on one making sure he has the best seat in the sky, writes John Casey.

Mitch McConnell will leave Senate with egregiously anti-LGBTQ+ record

The Republican, who announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2026, has a record of opposition to LGBTQ+ equality.