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Trans and wanting to run for office? Danica Roem will help lead a training for transgender candidates

“The lessons I’ve learned are really, really valuable,” Roem tells The Advocate. The Virginia state senator will be one of the people training participants at an LGBTQ+ Victory Institute program for queer candidates.

Speakers Announced for National Equality March

Speakers for the October 11 National Equality March on Washington were announced on Thursday.

The Advocate ranked the 25 most important queer history moments of the century so far

From the good and the bad, from marriage equality, decriminalization of queer sex, and groundbreaking electoral victories to the Pulse massacre and the unfortunate election of Donald Trump to the presidency — twice — here are the biggest queer news events of the first quarter of the 21st century.

14 transgender elected officials you should know

These trans politicians are breaking barriers around the nation.

There's record LGBTQ+ representation in elected offices nationwide

In some good news coming out of November's election, at least 495 LGBTQ+ candidates won their races.

With Kim Coco Iwamoto, Hawaii Could Make Trans History

Iwamoto might just be Hawaii's next lieutenant governor. 

Trans Candidates Are Storming the Halls of Power

These female candidates have the potential to break the glass ceiling.

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.