Donald Trump invaded Venezuela and arrested the Latin American strongman Nicolas Maduro on January 3 in an operation that resulted in at least 80 people's deaths. Trump then said that the U.S. is now "in charge" of the country. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg summe...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
An event designed to highlight issues around menstrual equity among trans people as part of Boston's Pride programming has been forced to relocate after backlash from right-wing voices. A story on Fox News and social media posts have included transphobic attacks and claims that t...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
Video captured a MAGA counterprotestor shouting homophobic slur to "No Kings" protestors in Denver, Colorado, shortly before face planting twice on the pavement, causing his face to bleed as other protestors suggest that he leave for his own safety before others possibly cause hi...
Republicans have been making jokes about Senate candidate and Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) being transgender, gay, and "low-T" this past week, an attempt to paint him as too queer for public office, even though he's a straight, cisgender man. But people online are question...
The Southern United States' first out lesbian Episcopal bishop was officially installed as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina last Saturday. The Rev. Sarah Fisher, 54, was elected last November by a simple majority on the third ballot, the Christian Post r...
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
Dmitry Popov faces a hate crime charge for the 2023 murder.
The D.C.-based Wanda Alston Foundation, which provides housing and support services for homeless LGBTQ youth, announced earlier this month that it has joined partner organizations to launch a Queer Love Shouldn’t Hurt campaign aimed at addressing domestic violence within the LGBT...
Bars and restaurants in the surrounding area had been celebrating DC Black Pride throughout Memorial Day Weekend.
May 24 incident took place near Black Pride events on U Street The post Man accused of threatening to shoot D.C. bar employee after making anti-gay slurs appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
The FCC is seeking public comment about possible content warnings for shows featuring trans and nonbinary characters.
Jonathan Fernandez, 38, was arraigned on Tuesday.
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