What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15
A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.
MARCH 4, 2025
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Breaking: Judge strikes down Biden's Title IX expansion to LGBTQ+ students
The judge found the regulation "fatally" flawed.
JANUARY 9, 2025
Indiana GOP lieutenant governor nominee says he'll fire state workers with email signature pronouns
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun’s running mate made the heavy-handed remark at a campaign event .
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Chasten Buttigieg calls Republican politicians ‘bad actors’ during South Bend book event
The author and father didn’t hold back in his evaluation of conservative theatrics lawmakers employ instead of getting things done for their constituents.
MAY 20, 2024
Anti-woke Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik can’t define ‘woke’ at College Republicans event in Indiana
After an intersex audience member confronted her, the far-right extremist creator appeared to be at a loss for words. Again.
APRIL 3, 2024
Indiana Republican introduces bill that would erase transgender people and deny marriage equality
The bill from Rep. Chris Judy would recognize only the gender assigned at birth and strengthen the state's existing but unenforceable ban on same-sex marriage.
JANUARY 12, 2024
Texas Is Now the Most Populous State With a Trans Health Care Ban: Here’s the Full List
As of Friday, gender dysphoria can’t be treated medically by physicians in Texas if the patient is a minor.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Indiana State University sued for blocking LGBTQ+ Pride festival
The lawsuit claims that ISU officials have prohibited an LGBTQ+ group from hosting a 2025 Pride celebration on campus despite allowing and sponsoring the event in 2023 and 2024.
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Indiana Republicans target transgender people in one of new year’s first anti-LGBTQ+ bills
The bill seeks to address a nonexistent issue in the state.
JANUARY 2, 2025
Indiana judge blocks law denying gender-affirming care to prisoners, ruling it’s likely unconstitutional
It’s a big victory for trans rights.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Republicans running for governor are some of the most extremist candidates in the country. Here they are
The Advocate reviewed the anti-LGBTQ+ records of some of the country’s most prominent GOP candidates for governor. It's not pretty...or accepting.
JUNE 25, 2024
Appeals court lets Indiana's gender-affirming care ban go into effect
The Seventh Circuit lifted an injunction, letting the ban be enforced while a lawsuit against it proceeds.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
'Threat to Catholic Identity:' Women's College Bans Trans Applicants After Bigots Complain
Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame announced its updated nondiscrimination policy in November, then the transphobes rallied.
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Meghan Buell, Founder of Indiana Trans Organization, Dead at 58
“The happiest moment in my life was the day I was able to stand up and say, ‘I am transgender,’” Buell once said.
AUGUST 17, 2023
How Grindr, Pornhub, Sniffies are responding to state restriction laws
A total of 19 U.S. states have enacted new laws impacting adult film platforms — some of which are preparing for the possibility of a ban.
JANUARY 16, 2025
Investigators believe DNA could identify all victims of suspected gay serial killer Herb Baumeister
The wealthy Republican businessman is suspected of killing up to 25 young men and boys before he died by suicide after police discovered human remains on his estate in 1996.
JANUARY 9, 2025
Indiana ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth upheld by appeals court
The court had temporarily stayed a block on the law in February and now has lifted it altogether.
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Did you know most anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has failed? 'We're getting these wins'
While anti-LGBTQ+ bills are scary, we're doing better than you might think, Senior Manager of State Advocacy at the Trevor Project Gabby Doyle tells The Advocate.
JULY 29, 2024
Federal judge blocks Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students in six more states
The preliminary injunction affects Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
JUNE 17, 2024
The queerest education in America: How LGBTQ+ kids thrive at this Indiana school
In South Bend, River Montessori High School is supporting its students to be their true selves. Here's a look inside its affirming walls.
MAY 13, 2024
Indiana launches anti-LGBTQ+ 'snitch line;' users flood it with memes in protest
Attorney General Todd Rokita launched a tool for parents to report "gender ideology" in schools. It didn't go as planned.
FEBRUARY 7, 2024