https://www.advocate.com/rss.xml en https://assets.rbl.ms/32874384/origin.png https://www.advocate.com https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/everton-blair-sworn-mike-johnson Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson stood beside Everton Blair Jr. on the House floor Tuesday and swore the Georgia Democrat into Congress, formally making Blair the first out gay Black person from the South to serve in the chamber. The oath was routine. The pairing was anything but.]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:30:04 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/everton-blair-sworn-mike-johnson https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/mount-sinai-abandons-transgender-patients Mount Sinai Health System has agreed to stop providing gender-affirming medical care to minors under a settlement with the Trump administration, making one of New York’s largest hospital systems the latest provider to retreat as federal officials use investigations, subpoenas, and funding pressure to reshape transgender people’s access to health care nationwide.]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:00:02 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/mount-sinai-abandons-transgender-patients https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-9-4-26 Hello and Happy Friday, folks!]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:27:40 EDT Edgar Ramirez https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-9-4-26 https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/arizona-vigil-tucson-hate-crime A vigil for two gay men killed in a hate crime outside an Arizona gay bar drew around 1,000 mourners.]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:01:51 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/arizona-vigil-tucson-hate-crime https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/utah-antigay-stalking-threats A Provo, Utah, man accused of stalking a former high school classmate and threatening to kill him and his family now faces charges carrying hate crime enhancements after allegedly saying he “couldn’t wait to kill a gay person.”]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:39:07 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/utah-antigay-stalking-threats https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-trans-care-lawsuit Nearly two dozen Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Wednesday over a new rule barring federal Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care for transgender youth.]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:59:03 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-trans-care-lawsuit https://www.advocate.com/news/cathy-engelbert-wnba-commisioner-retires This story originally appeared on Them.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert is stepping down, the league announced on Friday.]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:41:42 EDT Samantha Allen https://www.advocate.com/news/cathy-engelbert-wnba-commisioner-retires https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/alabama-libraries-transgender-books The Alabama Public Library Service board recently adopted strict guidelines requiring public libraries to limit young people’s access to books containing material related to gender identity or transgender people.]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:20:27 EDT Desiree Guerrero https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/alabama-libraries-transgender-books https://www.advocate.com/news/education/15-worst-anti-lgbtq-universities The adult entertainment portal Erobella, responsible for the Sexually Liberal City Index, just released a new study ranking U.S. universities by how LGBTQ+-inclusive they are.]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:56:04 EDT Ariel Messman-Rucker https://www.advocate.com/news/education/15-worst-anti-lgbtq-universities https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-9-3-26 Hello and Happy Thursday, folks!]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:46:13 EDT Edgar Ramirez https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-9-3-26 https://www.advocate.com/politics/fox-news-hasan-piker-mentions This story originally appeared on Them.

It’s hard to imagine any topic getting more mentions than transgender people on Fox News. Why deviate from the script when stories about bathrooms, student athletes, and Elliot Page’s casting in The Odyssey can generate so much reliable outrage? Well, as it turns out, a new subject may be at risk of overtaking the trans community as the cable behemoth's object of ire: left-wing political streamer Hasan Piker.]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:45:24 EDT Samantha Allen https://www.advocate.com/politics/fox-news-hasan-piker-mentions https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/texas-am-diversity-course-censorship Texas A&M University could soon remove courses focused on LGBTQ+ people, women, and people of color from its core curriculum as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-diversity push.]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:23:47 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/texas-am-diversity-course-censorship https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/judge-transgender-athletes-california Earlier this week, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department challenging California’s trans-inclusive school sports policies, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. While the ruling does not establish a statewide right for transgender athletes to compete on teams consistent with their gender identity, it rejects the DOJ’s claim that California’s policies violate Title IX.]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:04:37 EDT Desiree Guerrero https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/judge-transgender-athletes-california https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pentagon-pulls-hegseth-testosterone-policy The Pentagon spent nearly two months devising instructions to put Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “High-T” military into practice. The instructions lasted less than a day.]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:02:14 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pentagon-pulls-hegseth-testosterone-policy https://www.advocate.com/opinion/ed-markey-transgender-democrats-strategy For nearly two years, Democrats have been conducting an autopsy on the 2024 election and somehow keep discovering the same convenient cause of death: transgender people.]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:20:01 EDT Josh Ackley https://www.advocate.com/opinion/ed-markey-transgender-democrats-strategy https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/gloria-steinem-dead Gloria Steinem, the journalist and organizer who became one of the most recognizable figures in American feminism and a longtime supporter of LGBTQ+ equality, has died. She was 92.]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:53:23 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/gloria-steinem-dead https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-9-2-26 Hello and Happy Wednesday folks!]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:56:26 EDT Edgar Ramirez https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/advocate-nl-9-2-26 https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/librarian-arkansas-book-ban An Arkansas county has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a librarian who said she was fired for opposing efforts to remove books from the children’s section.]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:47:13 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/librarian-arkansas-book-ban https://www.advocate.com/news/education/lgbtq-friendly-universities-study A new study was just released that provides a comprehensive look at U.S. universities to see how LGBTQ+ inclusive they are. ]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:20:11 EDT Ariel Messman-Rucker https://www.advocate.com/news/education/lgbtq-friendly-universities-study https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/connecticut-gender-affirming-care Lawmakers in Connecticut want more information about a major pediatric hospital’s agreement to end gender-affirming care for trans youth.]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:13:56 EDT Jacob Ogles https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/connecticut-gender-affirming-care