Harvey Fierstein drags Trump-led Kennedy Center, reveals he was banned
The Tony Award-winning actor and writer shared an emotional statement criticizing Donald Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center.
MARCH 18, 2025
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Trump taps gay MAGA loyalist Ric Grenell as interim head of Kennedy Center
The longtime ally was given a title that doesn’t exist at the prestigious performance arts institution.
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No, a transgender military Black Hawk pilot didn’t fly the helicopter involved in the crash near D.C.
Jo Ellis posted a “proof of life” video on Facebook after right-wingers accused her of flying the Black Hawk that crashed into a passenger jet.
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Gay business owners brace for Donald Trump’s return to Washington, D.C.
The second Trump term spells uncertainty for LGBTQ-owned businesses in the nation’s capital.
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Rep. Ro Khanna and transgender activist put Nancy Mace on blast at tech summit
The confrontation came at the end of a week when Mace introduced measures in Congress targeting transgender people.
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DECEMBER 1, 2024
Who is Stephen Miller, the anti-LGBTQ+ white supremacist Trump picked to be a deputy WH chief of staff?
Miller has spent years attacking LGBTQ+ rights and building policies rooted in white nationalist ideology.
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Among many contrasts this election, confederate flags on pointed poles versus American flags on soft sticks
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Drag artists and allies rally against Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ Kennedy Center takeover (in photos)
"This president is demonizing a marginalized community in order to control the arts in America. It’s shameful, immoral, and weak," one performer told The Advocate before the march.
MARCH 10, 2025
Drag group slams Donald Trump for takeover of Kennedy Center board and vowing to end drag shows
Trump said that he was specifically motivated to overhaul the center so he could end the drag shows it occasionally hosts.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Trump’s new White House Press Secretary targets transgender people in first briefing
Karoline Leavitt said that “sanity has been restored” because it only recognizes a gender binary.
JANUARY 28, 2025
Livid Donald Trump demands apology over bishop's 'nasty' National Prayer Service sermon
He called Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon “nasty in tone," said she wasn’t good at her job, and claimed that “she and her church owe the public an apology.”
JANUARY 22, 2025
President Biden to host AIDS Memorial Quilt on White House South Lawn for World AIDS Day (exclusive)
The president and First Lady Jill Biden will host a public display of the Quilt for the first time on the South Lawn that people can visit and view.
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NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Iconic Harris-Walz camo hat costume dazzles D.C.’s pre-Election Day High Heel Race
Tyler Cargill says he constructed the outfit with his partner’s help over several hours.
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Two gay men, a DJ and a model, were assaulted in D.C. on the same night. Police need info (exclusive)
Two assaults against gay men in Washington, D.C. Sunday are raising alarm about the growing number of high-profile cases of violence against LGBTQ+ people in the queer hub.
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Activists arrested at die-in when protesting loss of global HIV funding
The Trump administration is endangering lives with its deep cuts to foreign aid, the protesters said.
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas from U.S. entry
A new state department cable, meant to target transgender athletes, indicates a potential broader application to all transgender visas, which it states must contain "sex at birth."
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Fugitive sex offender posed as LGBTQ+ journalist for years, authorities say
Authorities in California say that George Paul Bishop went by the name Brody Levesque to avoid being arrested.
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FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Gay January 6 rioter doesn't want Donald Trump's pardon; says he deserves punishment
A former MAGA supporter, Jason Riddle now says President Donald Trump is a "narcissistic bully."
JANUARY 28, 2025
As the first out trans person in Congress, Sarah McBride is ready to fight for us
The history-making congresswoman is fiercely focused on the real issues affecting most Americans — and is not deterred by ongoing far-right rhetoric.
JANUARY 21, 2025
Sarah McBride gives moving farewell speech to Delaware Senate as she heads to D.C.
McBride thanked her fellow Delaware representatives for helping her "realize the awesome responsibility and the awesome opportunity that we have to leave this state better and kinder than we found it."
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Donald Trump stuns Washington by nominating Matt Gaetz as U.S. attorney general
The far-right Florida congressman has been the subject of several federal investigations.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2024