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Lesbian former police officer wins $10 million in sexual harassment lawsuit

Ashley Cummins asserted she was "forced to work in a hostile work environment where she was frequently harassed and denied opportunities based on her sex/gender and sexual orientation."

Cis woman confronted by police officers in Arizona Walmart restroom for looking too masculine speaks out (exclusive)

“It’s already enough being Black and facing discrimination,” Kalaya Morton told The Advocate. “Now I have to worry about being harassed just for needing to pee?”

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley fired as Mayor Karen Bass cites wildfire failures

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday that she is replacing Kristin Crowley, an out lesbian, citing her alleged failures in dealing with unprecedented wildfires.

Texas LGBTQ+ business group had to relocate event because of Trump DEI executive order (exclusive)

The Federal Reserve Bank of Houston said it could no longer allow the Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce to hold a major event at the site.

The exit interview: Karine Jean-Pierre on misinformation, the White House, and making queer history

Karine Jean-Pierre spoke to The Advocate about being press secretary under President Joe Biden, living and working proud and out, and what she plans to do now.

Lesbian Congresswoman Becca Balint: I'll show Trump I'm not intimidated

That will be the message of her presence and that of her fellow Democrats at Monday's inauguration, she said in a recent commentary piece.

Megyn Kelly rants about 'obese' lesbians when talking about L.A. fires

On a recent episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, the MAGA firebrand said she wants to be rescued by a "strong man" not "overweight, out-of-shape women."

Out lesbian tennis star Daria Kasatkina flees Russia for Australia: 'I want to be myself'

Daria Kasatkina will be representing her "new homeland" from now on.

A straight white woman brought a discrimination case to the Supreme Court. Here's what that could mean

Marlean Ames claims that she suffered “reverse discrimination” as a straight white woman when her queer colleagues were promoted over her.

More adults than ever — including 23% of Gen-Z — identify as LGBTQ+

About 9.3 percent of U.S. adults in 2024 said that they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or something other than heterosexual in a new report from Gallup.

Pete Buttigieg and Dana Nessel, out gay and lesbian politicians, lead in early Senate poll

Out gay former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and out lesbian Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel are Michigan's leading candidates in an early U.S. Senate primary poll.

D.C.’s newest LGBTQ+ bar, District Eagle, invites patrons to ‘let their freak flag fly’

The space embraces a “kink-forward” mindset, managing partner Zach Renovátes told The Advocate.

Kara Swisher calls Mark Zuckerberg a 'small little creature with a shriveled soul'

The lesbian journalist and tech expert slammed Meta CEO Zuckerberg for his coziness with Donald Trump and for blaming former colleague Sheryl Sandberg for the DEI program at his company.

A far-right party elected a lesbian candidate while rejecting her family’s legitimacy in Germany

Alice Weidel is raising two sons with her partner, a Swiss woman born in Sri Lanka.

Trump orders closure of Department of Education 'once and for all'. He can’t do that without Congress

The president once famously said that he loves "the poorly educated."

Yellowjackets' Liv Hewson and Jasmin Savoy Brown say the show's queer love story is a 'bright spot'

The queer actors chat about critical LGBTQ+ visibility when queer people and stories are being erased.

Rachel Maddow calls out MSNBC for axing nonwhite hosts: ‘That feels indefensible’

What MSNBC did was “not the right way to treat people, and it’s inefficient, and it’s unnecessary, and it kind of drops the bottom out of whether or not people feel like this is a good place to work,” the prime-time host said.

All the LGBTQ+ highlights of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

An Orthodox rabbi who's also a drag queen, lesbian songstress Janis Ian, and gay Beatles manager Brian Epstein are among the subjects of films in the fest.

Lesbian cop wins $750k in sexual harassment lawsuit against former chief

Lt. Constance Crea accused former Police Chief Thomas Mosier of frequently yelling at her and making degrading comments, such as telling her to "doll herself up."

Democrat Robert Garcia condemns ‘madman’ Donald Trump’s ‘monstrous’ response to D.C. plane crash

Instead of consoling a grieving nation, the president has tried to score political points by falsely blaming diversity efforts for the tragedy.

Watch a bishop scold Donald Trump about attacks on LGBTQ+ and immigrants during inaugural prayer service

“There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives,” the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde told the president.