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A January 6 House committee member on the threat of Trump's pardoning 1,500 insurrectionists (exclusive)

“We’re proud of the work we did on the committee. We’re not going to be intimidated by anybody. This fight is far from over," U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren tells The Advocate.

Transgender girl gets booed by crowd and bullied after winning track race at Oregon state championship

Anti-trans spectators booed as the sophomore crossed the finish line in the 200-meter race first, then later as she received her gold medal.

Club Q Shooting: An Egregious Attack on a Sacred Queer Space

LGBTQ+ bars are sacred institutions in our community, places where we go to feel joy and be ourselves -- and that makes the Club Q tragedy all the more horrific.

Georgia Parliament passes package of ‘unbearable’ anti-LGBTQ+ laws

The vote comes against the backdrop of daily protests against the government.

Kyrgyzstan Police Complicit in Violent Attack, Say LGBT Demonstrators

Police were no help when anti-LGBT nationalists attacked an LGBT group on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Kyrgyzstan's capital city.

Hackers Attack Ugandan Government Websites in Protest

Hackers Attack Ugandan Government Websites in Protest

Pride Celebration in Georgia Evacuated After Violent Extremists Attack

Organizers blamed authorities after thousands of extremists attacked.

Man Claiming to Be Gay Violently Threatens Rep. Eric Swalwell

It's not the first time the Democrat and LGBTQ+ ally has received such threats.

Progressive Texas Activist Exposes Terrifying Right-Wing TikTok Videos

The Texas blogger is sounding the alarm and directing the FBI toward far-right extremist videos threatening violence on TikTok.

Bulgarian Priest Urges Violence at Pride Parade

A Bulgarian Orthodox clergyman has said stones should be thrown at parade marchers and that their political allies should be drowned.

Does YouTube Keep Money From Hate Speech?

LGBT content creators say they have gotten caught up in YouTube's crackdown.

Marco Rubio: ‘Gay Community Was Targeted’

The Florida senator talks to The Advocate about what led to the attack.

GOP Candidate Suggested He Saw Combat When He Didn't

The Minnesota Republican is running against the first out LGBTQ+ member of Congress from Minnesota, and this isn't his first time embeleshing his military experience.

These 24 violent extremist & anti-LGBTQ+ advocacy groups pose a danger to LGBTQ+ people

Looking at the groups that threaten drag queens, transgender people and the broader LGBTQ+ community.

Libs of TikTok Temporarily Removed From ADL's Glossary of Extremism Amid Threats

The removal of the anti-LGBTQ+ Libs of TikTok account and its owner Chaya Raichik follows a string of controversies over her bigoted rhetoric.

The Dildo Nazi: Sex Toy-Selling White Supremacist Unmasked

The person who runs one of Telegram's most extreme neo-Nazi groups once sold and reviewed dildos, according to HuffPost.

Fringe political leader defends lynching, calling violence against LGBTQ+ Pride ‘acceptable’

Cody Davis, chair of Florida’s Jeffersonian Party, praised lynching during a Naples City Council meeting.

Libs of TikTok Creator Seems Overjoyed at Report Highlighting Her Dangerous Posts

Chaya Raichik’s posted an image of herself smiling with a copy of USA Today that ran an article on the threats that follow her social media posts.

Fox News and GOP politicians falsely claim Lakewood Church shooter was transgender

The suspected shooter was a 36-year-old who police identified as the mother of a 7-year-old boy who was shot in the incident.