Transgender inmate killed in prison fight in Louisiana
Yella Clark was serving a life sentence — which they had recently appealed — at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
June 18, 2024
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Here are the 30 transgender Americans lost to violence so far this year
The epidemic of fatal violence against trans people in the U.S. continues.
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As School Relents, La. Lesbian Receives Custom Tux for Prom
Claudetteia Love earned recognition for speaking out about her school's discriminatory policy -- and now she'll be dancing in style with a custom-made suit from LGBT clothiers.
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Texas DMV to Married Gays: Go to Court or Get Divorced
A gay man married in Iowa says the Texas DMV discriminated against him when an employee refused to allow him to change his name to his married surname.
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ICE Still Locks Trans Women in Cells With Men
A former detainee says Immigration and Customs Enforcement must stop housing transgender women with men in private prisons. In a word, it's about rape.
May 25, 2015
'Deadnaming' Trans Women Isn't Just Insulting, It Subverts Justice
The way cops in Jacksonville, Fla., and other jurisdictions investigate the murders of transgender women adds insult to injury and may hinder the solving of cases.
September 26, 2018
Striking Back Over Allegations of Investigative Negligence
Defending my decision to name Larry Frost one of the unidentified victims of the 1973 UpStairs Lounge fire, the largest mass killing of gay people prior to the Pulse massacre.
September 15, 2019
Yes, Ben Carson, You Are Homophobic
Since the Republican front-runner so often laments 'politically correct' culture, he presumably won't mind our calling it like it is.
October 29, 2015
Op-Ed: It's Too Soon to Identify the UpStairs Lounge Fire's Unknown
Heated debate among key investigators continues over the identity of a victim of a 46-year-old hate crime.
September 15, 2019
Mark Segal: Clout Builds Community
In this third excerpt from Mark Segal's memoir, And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality, the activist talks about the long road to build LGBT senior housing in his beloved Philadelphia.
November 19, 2015
2014 Phobie Awards: The Worst People of the Year
The Advocate has as a long tradition of pausing at the end of each year to reflect on who among our coverage wins for the most homophobic, transphobic, and downright reprehensible.
December 31, 2014