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“The lessons I’ve learned are really, really valuable,” Roem tells The Advocate. The Virginia state senator will be one of the people training participants at an LGBTQ+ Victory Institute program for queer candidates.
A measure that would have prohibited the transgender lawmaker from using the women's restroom failed in committee Tuesday, with even several Republicans voting against it.
With X becoming an increasingly toxic wasteland, queer folks are making the move to a different platform, at last
State Rep. Zooey Zephyr had sued over being disciplined in the legislature after she called out GOP lawmakers for attacking gender-affirming care.
Fresh from a controversial legislative session, Zooey Zephyr discusses her commitment to advocacy and representation at the Human Rights Campaign Equality Convention.
It's one of three anti-LGBTQ+ bills the Republican governor signed.
The trans power couple is bringing a lot of people joy online and making right-wingers seethe.
The measure, opposed by transgender state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, failed with a vote of 44 to 55.
These trans politicians are breaking barriers around the nation.
There were some bright spots.
The Human Rights Campaign led an effort to get the White House to clear up its previous statement opposing some treatment options for transgender Americans.
It “is unlikely to survive any level of constitutional review,” a state court judge wrote.
Are recent racist and transphobic moves by state legislatures in Montana, Tennessee and Nebraska a trend?
After Zephyr was barred from the House chamber, she had to work in the hallway, and some women tried to stop her from even doing that.
Montana legislators tabled a resolution against marriage equality with the help of Republicans.
Davante Lewis talks to The Advocate ahead of a vote to remove him from his vice chairman role on Louisiana's Public Service Commission — all for defending former HHS official Dr. Rachel Levine.
Zephyr tells The Advocate about Republicans' Capitol Hill bathroom ban, the state of trans rights, and a new documentary about her censure, Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr.
Republicans voted to bar Zephyr from speaking on the floor of the state legislature in 2023 after she said that conservatives' ban on gender-affirming care for youth would result in “blood on [their] hands.”
Coverage of 2023's onslaught of transphobic legislation also varied widely in terms of tone and time spent, according to the watchdog group, with (surprise!) Fox News often amplifying anti-trans viewpoints.
Out magazine’s annual Out 100 list unveils a tableau of inspiring LGBTQ+ figures from activism, politics, and more, spotlighting their remarkable journeys and indelible impact on the community and society.
There was so much joy on display on the South Lawn where LGBTQ+ people and families were celebrated by the Biden administration.
