BREAKING: Andry Hernández Romero, gay asylum seeker disappeared by Trump, part of prisoner swap
The gay makeup artist is headed back to Venezuela instead of the U.S., however.
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"Any candidate cynically 'triangulating' on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so," Jennings says.
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The former president appeared on Michelle Obama's podcast and shared his thoughts on why men should embrace the queer community rather than push them away.
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Federal HR office sets deadline for government-wide purge of transgender and nonbinary inclusion
The Office of Personnel Management has become the enforcement arm of Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.
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Wall Street Journal reports Trump once sent Jeffrey Epstein a 'bawdy' birthday letter
Trump has denied writing the letter, which the Journal says contains a sketch of a naked woman.
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Why a bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding Trump save the LGBTQ+ 988 crisis lifeline
One lawmaker called the administration's explanation for cutting the service “insufficient and dangerous.”
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Trevor Project condemns end to federal LGBTQ+ youth crisis line, stresses its services will go on
"This administration has made a dangerous decision to play politics with real young people’s lives," Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black said.
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Ric Grenell’s rogue diplomacy stalls Marco Rubio’s Venezuela prisoner deal
The gay Trump loyalist and special envoy is ruffling feathers in Washington.
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Donald Trump’s election triggered transgender people to contemplate DIY hormones & suicide: study
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July 16 2025 11:00 AM
U.N. draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'
The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”
July 15 2025 4:47 PM
Trump administration stops abuse protection for transgender detainees in ICE custody
Since 2015, detention facilities had to take into account the gender identity of trans migrants. Not any more.
July 15 2025 11:34 AM
Trump poised to make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness
Trump's plan to gut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is expected to disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people.
July 14 2025 4:23 PM
Florida Republican official suspended for social posts mocking Pulse murder victims
Groveland Councilwoman Judith Fike claims a post was means as "support of the [LGBTQ+] community."
July 14 2025 11:41 AM
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Drag artists who survived violence and harassment tell The Advocate about resources to protect other performers.
July 14 2025 6:00 AM
Bombshell records expose political plot to oust rural Georgia librarian over LGBTQ+ book
Behind the scenes, Pierce County officials shared conservative social media posts and strategized LaVonnia Moore’s removal after she displayed a book about a trans child at the public library.
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Delta passenger recounts harrowing JFK-bound flight’s emergency landing in remote North Atlantic islands
Ken Elder set out for a vacation in Spain. He didn’t expect to spend 30 hours stranded on his way back.
July 12 2025 6:00 AM
Judge won't lift her block on Trump admin's anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Justice Department had asked U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick to lift her injunction in light of the Supreme Court's ruling allowing states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
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Health experts warn Trump’s new policies for HHS teen pregnancy program could reverse decades of progress
“What young people want is to talk about decision-making and relationships. They want to know how to take care of themselves,” one expert said. “We can trust young people with information. But only if we treat them with respect.”
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FTC hosts anti-trans workshop LGBTQ+ advocates call ‘government-sponsored disinformation’
“[Transgender lives have] been made a political and ideological issue,” Dr. Rachel Levine told The Advocate.
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