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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) has won re-election to New York’s 15th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, which called the race at 9 p.m. local time. Torres won 76.84% of the vote over his nearest competitor, Republican candidate Stylo Sapaskis, who won 10.67%. Tor...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Rep. Eric Sorensen, a former TV meteorologist and the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to Congress from Illinois, has won a third term representing the state’s 17th Congressional District.In Tuesday’s election, he faced GOP small busi...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Virginia voters have approved constitutional protections for marriage equality, removing the state’s unenforceable ban on same-sex marriage 20 years after voters added it to the commonwealth’s founding document.Question 2 passed with...
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Virginia voters on Tuesday approved an amendment to the state constitution that will codify marriage rights for same-sex couples. Question 2 passed by a 57.39-42.61 percent margin. "At long last, one more relic of past discrimination is being wiped from the lawbooks, and now marr...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.It was not just a blue wave at the ballot box, but a rainbow wave that voters chose on Tuesday. Here's a look at all of the out queer winners decided in the 2026 midterm election. Sen-elect Chris Pappas (D) New HampshireChris Pappas ...
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Gay Senator-elect Chris Pappas thanked his husband during a speech Tuesday night. "I want to thank the guy next to me, my amazing husband, Vann. He's always been by my side. Win, lose or draw, I'm the luckiest guy because I'm married to a man that I love," Pappas said. Pappas wil...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Delaware state Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall has won a second term representing the coastal communities around Rehoboth Beach, returning an out lesbian and longtime democracy advocate to a legislature grappling with questions about civil r...
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Bentley Hudgins has made history as the first transgender and nonbinary person elected to Georgia's General Assembly. She defeated her opponent, Republican Samantha Boston, Decision Desk HQ announced at 8:19 p.m. local time. Bentley Hudgins is a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist w...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate. Rep. Mark Pocan, one of the longest-serving out LGBTQ+ members of the U.S. House of Representatives, will extend his service.The Democratic U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 2nd congressional district had run unopposed for an eigh...
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Delaware’s incumbent Congresswoman Sarah McBride was re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. She is the first transgender person elected to the federal legislature. McBride maintained control of the state’s single congressional seat, defeating Republican Josep...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Rep. Ritchie Torres has won a fourth term representing New York’s 15th Congressional District, returning the Bronx Democrat to Washington as he presses the Trump administration over its handling of LGBTQ+ housing discrimination compl...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids has won reelection in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District, securing a fifth term in Congress and preserving the historic representation she helped establish as one of the first two Native American w...
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Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper is projected to win his race for the Senate in North Carolina, replacing retiring Republican Thom Tillis. Early in the election cycle, North Carolina was considered a battleground state, but Cooper pulled ahead of his Republican rival, Michael Whatley, t...
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Out lesbian Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has won re-election, the Associated Press has reported. She defeated her competitor, Republican nominee Mike Minogue, a former medical tech executive who spent over $18 million of his own money on his campaign, WBUR reported. In 2022, H...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.JD Ford has made LGBTQ+ history in Indiana with a remarkable upset in the conservative state.The Democrat bested incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz to triumph in the state’s 5th Congressional District, according to Decisi...
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Looks like Darline Graham, who replaced her late brother Lindsey Graham as the Senator from South Carolina, is in for a very tight race. Early results show that Annie Andrews, the Democratic nominee, is doing well in deep red districts. Andrews is doing better than Kamala Harris ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Georgia voters have elected Bentley Hudgins to the state House, making the longtime organizer the first out transgender and nonbinary person elected to the Georgia General Assembly.The Democrat defeated Republican Samantha Boston in ...
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New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas on Tuesday became the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate. The Granite State Democrat defeated Republican John E. Sununu, who represented New Hampshire in the Senate from 2003-2009, by a 56.2-41.9 percent margin. Sununu conceded ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Nonbinary Delaware state representative DeShanna Neal secured their seat for District 13 after running unopposed.Neal was first elected to the Delaware Statehouse in 2022, making them the state’s first-ever nonbinary elected official...
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Out lesbian Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has won re-election, the Associated Press has reported. Read our article about her victory. Check out the latest about America votes in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Join us for 24 hour election coverage. on LGBTQNation.com...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta won reelection to represent Pennsylvania’s 181st District in the House of Representatives, securing a fifth term.The out gay politician made history in 2018 when he became the first out gay Black person elected ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Delaware voters have given Congresswoman Sarah McBride a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, returning the first out transgender federal lawmaker to an institution where Republicans targeted her access to a bathroom bef...
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Anti-trans incumbent Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) is in a close race with opponent Kelly Thompson (D) in what is typically a safe red seat. "This is a safe republican seat, and its down to the wire. WOW," wrote trans journalist Erin Reed on Bluesky. As of now, Stutzman is leading ...
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Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday won re-election after he defeated Republican Dan Cox. Moore defeated Cox by a 62.55-33.17 percent margin. Cox and Moore faced off in the state's 2022 gubernatorial election. Boafo to succeed Hoyer in Congress Lieutenant Gov. Aruna Mil...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Michigan voters have elected Jeremy Moss to the U.S. House of Representatives, sending the state’s first out LGBTQ+ member to Congress after a legislative career that helped secure explicit civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ Michiga...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.New Hampshire voters have elected Chris Pappas to the U.S. Senate, making the Democratic congressman the first out gay man elected to the chamber and preserving a Senate seat for his party.Pappas handily defeated Republican former Se...
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Pro-LGBTQ+ incumbent candidate, US Sen. Jon Ossoff, is the projected winner of Georgia's US Senate election, according to VoteHub. The political publication The Hill also projected him as the winner. While the Associated Press hasn't called the race, its current results tracking ...
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Incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Tuesday defeated Republican Bert Mizusawa. Warner beat Mizusawa by a 61.06-38.67 percent margin. Democrats on Tuesday flipped one Virginia seats in the U.S. House of Representatives: former Congresswoman Elaine Luria defeated U.S. Rep. J...
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Out Vermont Rep. Becca Balint (D) won re-election on Tuesday against her main competitor, Republican candidate Gerald Molloy, the Associated Press (AP) has reported. The AP called the race just before 8 p.m. local time with Balint leading by over 30 percentage points. Read our fu...
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Out trans Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) has become the first trans woman to win reelection to Congress as her state's sole representative, according to a projection by Decision Desk HQ. Republicans have not won Delaware’s single U.S. House seat since 2008. Decision Desk HQ reported M...
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The Associated Press has called the New Hampshire Senate race for gay Democrat Chris Pappas, who will now become the first openly gay man to serve in the U.S. Senate. He was also the first out gay person to represent New Hampshire in Congress. Pappas has so far earned 60.6% of th...
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Democratic candidate for Senate from Michigan, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, published his closing message this afternoon on Fox News, declaring, "I mean it when I say our campaign is open to all who are in search of a better future. As senator, I will always put Michigan first and fight f...
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Standing outside a polling place in Detroit, Michigan, this afternoon, Pete Buttigieg told MS Now why a Democratic majority in Congress would change so much for the next two years, even with Donald Trump still in the White House. "A Democratic majority in Congress would have the ...
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Republicans across the country are being mocked for their closing messages as we inch closer to the end of Election Day – from Donald Trump's decision to stage a press conference on November 2 to praise the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, to conservative lobbyist Matt Schlapp b...
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The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a case that pits religious rights claimed by the Catholic Church in Colorado against the state's declared obligation to protect citizens from discrimination. The religious schools want funds from the...
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CNN's Jake Tapper shared where we can expect to see races called early and what those results can tell us about where the country may be headed overall. Tapper shared that the first polls close in Kentucky and Indiana at 6 p.m. Eastern time, and that a few tight races in those st...
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case examining whether Colorado's exclusion of religious preschools from a publicly funded education program violates the First Amendment's guarantee of religious freedom. In St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, Catholic presch...
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A new ad released just yesterday features former students of Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico – who taught middle school in San Antonia – gushing about how he changed their lives. "If it wasn't for Mr. Talarico, I wouldn't have made it out of middle school," said ...
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Just after Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in her state's Senate race, major Democrats – including Pete Buttigieg, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and outgoing Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) – all voiced their support fo...
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Today is Election Day. Many people have already been voting for weeks, with mail-in ballots or through early voting, and many people voted in person today. We at LGBTQ Nation will be reporting election results relevant to LGBTQ+ people as they come in, both in articles on the web...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The U.S. Supreme Court’s three liberal justices sharply questioned Tuesday whether Catholic preschools should receive taxpayer funding while retaining the ability to reject children of LGBTQ+ parents. However, many of the conservativ...
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“I don’t want to go home.” Imagine a young person in foster care telling their caseworker those words. They don't explain why at first. Maybe they’re afraid. Maybe they’re trying to find the courage to say something they’ve never said aloud. With time and careful questions, the c...
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The leader of a neo-Nazi group that menaced people attending a drag queen story hour event has admitted that the group violated the state’s civil rights law. In a July 30 press release, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella announced that Christopher Hood and 19 members...
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The FDA approved a generic version of lenacapavir, a medication used to prevent the transmission of HIV as a form of PrEP. The medication's price is now expected to drop sharply where it's available. Lenacapavir, marketed as Yeztugo, was approved in 2025 and can protect a person ...
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The singer-songwriter reflects on her queer identity, Filipino heritage, and the experiences behind her new album, In the Living of It. For indie-pop singer songwriter Issadora Ava, the beauty of life are the moments that don’t always make sense. Sometimes, clarity emerges only i...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made clear he will defend transgender rights in an often combative 60 Minutes interview that aired on Sunday.CBS sent conservative columnist Ross Douthat to interview the Democrat ahead of tod...
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Olympic figure skater Amber Glenn is going for gold — and she’s taking us all to the metaphorical gun show while chasing that Dancing With the Stars mirrorball trophy. During the competition show’s Disney Night, which aired on November 2, Glenn performed a quickstep to “A Star Is...
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Three authors have joined an advocacy group in a federal lawsuit challenging the Alabama Public Library Service’s anti-trans book ban. Late last week, legal nonprofit Democracy Forward filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on behalf of auth...
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Chris Gallant, the out Democratic candidate for New York’s First Congressional District, says he’s “not embarrassed or ashamed” of a series of racy photos that recently resurfaced in media reports. Over the weekend, right-wing outlet the New York Post reported that more than a de...
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Actor Ben Wang, star of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, is reportedly in talks to revive a gay hero from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Iceman. Per an exclusive report by Deadline, sources say that Wang is a contender to play the canonically gay X-Men member in an upcom...
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NEW YORK – Before Sterling Tull was creating the makeup for “The Rocky Horror Show” Broadway revival, its mad scientist, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, was watching over her bedroom from a poster on the wall. Purchased by her mother, the poster hung there from the time Tull was 13 until she...
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Out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg mocked Donald Trump for spending so much time talking about other men's bodies these past few weeks. Buttigieg appeared on CNN last night to talk about the midterm elections. He was talking about how, while polling shows that the...
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Election night viewing parties are taking place in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia on Tuesday. The Human Rights Campaign Greater D.C. Steering Committee will hold a watch party at Number Nine (1435 P St., N.W.) from 7-9 p.m. Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th St., N.W.) will have its own pa...
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The city of Dubuque, Iowa, says it had to intervene to stop Donald Trump's team from covering up a diversity mural ahead of a GOP rally. Trump spoke at a rally in Dubuque this past Sunday, and images of the city's "SOLIDARITY" mural being covered with tarps emerged on Saturday ni...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.St. Louis police are investigating the August shooting death of a transgender woman as a homicide after initially classifying it as an apparent suicide. Her mother challenged that finding.Jhené Audrict, 21, was found dead on August 1...
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In huge news for sad gays, indie darling Sufjan Stevens has released his first all-new Christmas song in nearly 15 years. The track, “On This Christmas (It Only Gets Better),” is an apology in musical form, with some characteristically gutting lyrics (“when I wake I still see dar...
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Vice President JD Vance is now claiming he only dressed up as gay wizard Albus Dumbledore for Halloween because he “lost a bet.” And if you don’t know why that’s so funny, then brother, you need to befriend more transgender women.At a campaign rally in Rome, New York on the eve o...
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Pete Buttigieg posted a message on his social media accounts urging his followers to get out and vote. Buttigieg's term as transportation secretary ended in January 2025, and he has spent the past year traveling across the country to build support for Democrats in numerous races....
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“Do you know a child that is interested in gender-affirming surgery? We can help!" claims a text message anonymously sent to Missouri voters last week. "Protecting a child’s right to have this surgery is on the ballot this Tuesday,” the message adds, though the state already bans...
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Poll workers across the country are pulling out the ballots and “I voted” stickers, bracing for one of the most divisive and consequential midterm elections in modern times. Few states have drawn as much media attention, fiery rhetoric, and last-minute political shake-ups as Mich...
