Category: The Advocate

Author: Trudy Ring The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to stop Alabama’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors from going into effect. The...

Author: James Duke Mason To The House of Taylor Board of Trustees:  I am reaching out today after several attempts to contact you privately over...

Author: Christopher Wiggins A teacher in South Dakota with more than 30 years of experience is coming under fire one month before his planned retirement...

Author: Rachel Shatto The Star Trek franchise continues to bravely go exactly where we want it to with this new series: into queer inclusivity. This...

Author: Serena Sonoma “Audemus jura nostra defendere” is the state motto for Alabama, which I believe is Latin for “We Dare Defend Our Rights” or...

Author: Trudy Ring Although “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the transgender military ban are history now, LGBTQ+ service members and veterans continue to struggle, according...

Author: Trudy Ring Admiral Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking transgender person in the federal government, will speak on the grave harm done by anti-trans legislation and...

Author: Alex Cooper Police have charged a bouncer at a Philadelphia gay bar in connection with the death of a patron at the bar whoe...

Author: Mikelle Street PFLAG National, the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, their parents, families, and allies, is bringing...

Author: Mikelle Street A man was arrested on Tuesday, April 20, 2022 and charged with making threats against Merriam-Webster, Inc according to a release from...

Author: Donald Padgett Disgraced televangelist and convicted felon Jim Bakker said preachers are being killed in their pulpits over their support of Florida’s “don’t say gay”...

Author: Mikelle Street In a return to large scale events, New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) put on its...

Author: Donald Padgett A Republican in Michigan is using text messages aimed at inspiring transphobic rage to raise funds for his run at the U.S....

Author: Rachel Shatto There is a particular kind of horror that comes from staring at your face on Zoom. It’s as if your visage has...

Author: Mikelle Street Anyone who has even tangentially come in touch with the LGBTQ+ community on a regular basis has likely had at least some...

Author: Jacob Anderson-Minshall Chef Andy Baraghani doesn’t just want to inflame your taste buds, he wants to inflame your curiosity. The gay Iranian-American’s The Cook...

Author: Trudy Ring Florida lawmakers have passed a bill that would dissolve a special district set up for the Walt Disney Co., a move that...

Author: Trudy Ring A host and guest on BlazeTV, a right-wing media outlet, peppered a recent broadcast with jokes about killing transgender children. Elijah Schaffer,...

Author: John Casey Last November, I predicted that Republicans would make mince meat (an expression my grandfather always used) of the LGBTQ+ community in order...

Author: Alex Cooper A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the murders of two men in Sligo, Ireland, earlier this week. Yousef Palani, 22,...