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How to help women, children, and LGBTQ+ people impacted by Hurricane Helene

LGBTQ+ people and women face unique needs after climate disasters that are often ignored by federal disaster response. Here's how you can help.

Gays and lesbians look to help in hurricane relief effort

As a massive relief effort gets under way in response to the overwhelming devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, many gays and lesbians are asking how they can help.

No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the government can’t control the weather

She claims that Democrats are aiming hurricanes at Republicans.

Conservatives push harmful lie that Pete Buttigieg is HIV-positive​

This kind of outrageous misinformation and the weaponization of HIV is dangerous and perpetuates stigma, advocates say.

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Pink dollars for Katrina relief

The cleanup after Hurricane Katrina will last for months, so it's not too late for you to make an impact--or to give more. Here's The Advocate's roundup of relief efforts by and for LGBT evacuees and people with HIV/AIDS

Pete Buttigieg defends Biden’s Hurricane Milton response & blasts Trump’s dangerous relief misinformation

The transportation secretary has appeared on television networks to provide truthful information after the spread of unprecedented lies.

Katrina's LGBT victims get help in Houston

Gays and lesbians are among those who have suffered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and many have evacuated storm-ravaged New Orleans to find help in Houston, where services have been set up to meet their needs, including access to medications for HIV/AIDS patients and counseling for survivors. Meanwhile, across the country gay groups are scrambling to raise funds for Katrina's victims--gay and straight.

Katrinas queer victims Still suffering

One year later the lives of many LGBT New Orleans residents remain in tatters--no thanks to George Bush's "faith-based" charities, most of which condemn homosexuality and refuse to recognize, much less assist, our families.

Lopez, Estefan, Moreno Join Lin-Manuel Miranda in Song for Puerto Rico

Dozens of artists join in on Miranda's song to help raise money for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico.

Gays help gays after Katrina

Gay couples are taking in other gays. Indian tribes are offering new homes on nearby reservations. And the NAACP has sent thousands of relief workers into black communities to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina. After the storm hit and even before, ethnic, social, and religious communities--from Greek-Americans to the National Association of the Deaf--scrambled to help their own.

It's Time to Queer the Vote

Voting is important, but it's not enough -- we also must make politicians and media address the effects of actions that roll back our rights.

Houston LGBT Center Raising Money to Help Those Affected by Harvey

The Montrose Center wants to raise $100,000 for LGBT people harmed by Tropical Storm Harvey.

Rainbow of help

In the first 10 days after a devastating tsunami hit southeast Asia on December 26, killing at least 150,000 people, Jeff Cotter's Rainbow World Fund raised over $150,000 for relief from within the gay and lesbian community

Donald Trump Makes Flood Relief Donation to Tony Perkins's Church

The Republican presidential nominee donated $100,000 to the church where the hate-group leader is interim pastor.

Anti-LGBT N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory Signs Bill to Curb Successor's Powers

Democrat Roy Cooper, the incoming governor, says Republicans are engaging in a "partisan power grab."

Op-ed: The Latest Tragedy for Black Gays in New Orleans

A recent fire at a Crescent City nightclub symbolizes the shrinking presence of the city's queer African-American residents.

Reading the Far Right: Antigay Theories in Wake of Vegas Tragedy

Some wingnuts are pushing the idea that the gunman was with ISIS or wanted to kill Trump supporters, or that the massacre was part of a shadowy plot.

The Travel Industry 's Growing Conscience

From fires to hurricanes, it was a rough year for popular destinations. Thankfully, the travel industry is offering assistance to locals, including LGBT residents and employees.