Inside the military’s LGBTQ+ witch hunts
Trump’s return to the White House is resurfacing questions over who is fit to serve. Two veterans — from opposite sides — reveal the lasting harm of our discriminatory past.
December 8, 2024
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The Midterm Races Where LGBTQ Candidates Made History
The results include gains in Congress, statewide positions, and some local firsts. Pictured from left: Dana Nessel, Ricardo Lara, and Teri Johnston.
November 7, 2018
Readers deserve better than misinformation about trans care; a response to Pamela Paul
In a recent response to our articles criticizing misinformation in Pamela Paul's article on detransitioners, Pamela Paul dismisses transgender people and trans activist. Evan Urquhart and Erin Reed respond.
February 9, 2024
Powerful Homophobe Tony Perkins to Head Trump's Religious Freedom Org.
The vehemently anti-LGBTQ Perkins was elected Monday to chair the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
June 19, 2019
A (Federal) Case for Marriage
As an all-star legal team mounts an ambitious federal challenge to California's Proposition 8, the future of national marriage equality weighs heavily on its shoulders.
July 6, 2009
Gay Conservatives See Progress Beyond 2012 Platform
Despite backward-looking views in the Republican Party platform, gay conservatives and their allies report significant progress toward equality over the past decade.
August 28, 2012
Do or Die for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Gay rights activist with an actor-model-author hyphenate, Reichen Lehmkuhl kicks off his Advocate.com column with a blunt look at the state of "don't ask, don't tell," promises made by President-elect Obama, and why gay Americans can't let the passing of Prop. 8 distract us from continuing to fight to overturn the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.
December 4, 2008
Op-ed: Remember Trans People Lost Serving in Silence
The executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund has an important reminder for Memorial Day.
May 26, 2014
Op-ed: The Double Betrayal of Marco Rubio
Rubio's threat to drop support for immigration reform betrays both LGBT Americans and the immigrants his legislation is supposed to aid.
June 25, 2013
35 Bisexual Politicians You Should Know
We highlight bisexual state and federal legislators for Bi Visibility Day.
September 23, 2023
ELECTION: Salt Lake's Lesbian Mayor, Victory in Palm Springs
But Mississippi fails to elect an LGBT candidate to statewide office, and a supporter of Kim Davis wins the governor's race in Kentucky.
November 4, 2015
The Running Mate
When Barack Obama tapped Delaware senator Joseph Biden to be his vice president, he made a good move for gay rights.
September 10, 2008
Judicial Candidate Says Gays Are Damned and Muslims Deranged
Yet Donald McBath says he'll be fair to all people if he's elected to a Florida judgeship.
May 31, 2018
Democrats Are Winning the Impeachment Hearings. Will It Be Enough?
Politicians like Rep. Adam Schiff are fighting for democracy, but the GOP is ready to sell it down the river.
November 14, 2019
Democrats Push to Block Defense Funds to Uganda Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
Using the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, two LGBTQ+ members of Congress have joined forces to hold up funds to the African country.
July 11, 2023
Did Trump's Meeting With Clarence Thomas's Antigay Wife Cross a Line?
Ginni Thomas is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and some say her activism poses conflicts of interest for him.
January 28, 2019
Conservatives on the edge
Hurricanes. Criminal indictments. 2,000 dead soldiers. A supreme fight over the top court. Are D.C.'s antigay leaders too busy at the moment to fight creeping equality?
November 21, 2005
LGBTQ+ Leaders on Biden's Win and Trump's Defeat
LGBTQ+ groups are celebrating the Biden-Harris election and noting the work that lies ahead.
November 7, 2020