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This morning, the Supreme Court knocked down President Donald Trump’s arbitrary international tarrifs. He responded by holding a press conference in which he openly fantasized about a “very powerful, strong man” wanting to kiss him. During his press event, Trump claimed that, while giving a speech at a factory that makes steel products, “a very

A gay couple from Azerbaijan is suffering the current administration’s crusade against immigrants from two sides of a heavy glass partition at an ICE detention facility in Georgia. “He’s inside, but I’m outside, but I’m living the same situation,” Samir Gadirov, 30, told the Advocate of his husband held in detention. “I’m experiencing the same

California Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar’s campaign is facing criticism for a memo suggesting that an LGBTQ+ candidate can’t win in a newly drawn Congressional district. As The Advocate reports, Campa-Najjar’s campaign recently circulated a seven-page document that included a section on Palm Springs. The community, long considered both an LGBTQ+ mecca and a reliable Democratic stronghold,

The European Parliament agreed to a resolution that says that trans women are women last Wednesday. The resolution was to adopt recommendations concerning the European Union’s priorities for the 70th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, which is set to take place next month in New York. The U.N. Commission on

The case of the Wyoming sorority that admitted a transgender member several years ago — which was twice dismissed — keeps on giving, now in an Ohio federal court. An aggrieved and dissident group of sisters in the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) first made headlines in 2023 when they sued the Greek organization for

Argentine transgender couple Solange Ayala and her trans male fiancé Isaías were delighted when José Adolfo Larregain, a friar in the parish of Our Lady of Pompeii, located in the local Catholic diocese of Corrientes, gave them his holy blessing to get married. The friar said that he consulted with Archbishop José Adolfo Larregain, who

Fox host Jesse Watters has been brutally mocked for claiming Bad Bunny’s halftime show was “foreign” and an invasion of the United States, considering Puerto Rico is a part of it. “I like the Super Bowl not to be an international event,” he ranted, becoming one of many right-wingers having on-air tantrums about the fact

According to one longtime politico, team MAGA is not doing well. Rick Wilson – author, political consultant, lifetime conservative, and co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project – said we need look no further than Super Bowl weekend to observe “the rotting carcass of the MAGA era, its shrieking insecurities, its pathetic resentments, its festering hatreds,

Democrats in both the House and Senate have reintroduced the Transgender Bill of Rights, calling on the federal government to “codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.” The effort is being led by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep.

Authorities in Washington, D.C., have dropped a hate crime charge from a case involving a suspect who allegedly assaulted a gay man while using homophobic slurs. As the Washington Blade reports, D.C. police initially arrested 26-year-old Dean Edmundson on February 7, charging him with simple assault with a hate crime designation. Related In a February

New analysis from trans journalist and researcher Jessica Kant has found that Fox News publishes more articles about trans people than any other media outlet in the country. And that includes LGBTQ+ publications. The findings bolster what Democrats have long argued, that it’s actually Republicans who are obsessed with trans people and not the other

Gay former New York City Council member Erik Bottcher (D) clobbered his Republican opponent in a recent special election for New York State Senator last week – and he has already cast his first vote. With 88% of the votes counted, Bottcher defeated Charlotte Friedman, receiving 91.8% of the vote to her 7.5%. Friedman’s campaign

Donald Trump has called on the GOP to nationalize elections, which are currently run by states, as mandated in the Constitution. Many are alarmed by the president’s words, considering his continued quest to consolidate power and his inability to accept the results of free and fair elections. In short, his desire to nationalize seems like

A successful, and undocumented, Irishman living in New York was taken away at gunpoint after his longtime romantic partner called ICE to the couple’s Tribeca triplex. Eight officers burst into the condominium after the man’s boyfriend unlocked the doors from a remote location; he’d told ICE that his partner was an undocumented meth dealer. Related

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) voted against a $1.2 trillion 5-bill minibus to reopen the government after a nearly four-day partial shutdown. Boebert said the minibus included $1.3 billion for “child transgender surgeries.” The minibus package, which also included a continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until February 13, narrowly passed the

The Winter Olympics kick off this Friday in Northern Italy, and it will feature a single out trans athlete. Elis Lundholm, a freestyle mogul skier representing Sweden, will compete in the female category despite being a transgender man. 24-year-old Lundholm says he has “always been treated well” by the women he competes alongside. Related Nevertheless,

Billie Eilish is facing right-wing backlash for comments she made criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Grammys. While accepting the award for Song of the Year at Sunday night’s 68th Annual Grammy Awards, Eilish called on opponents of federal agents’ brutal enforcement tactics — which have already led to the deaths of at

Elon Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Wilson says her father was in the Caribbean around the time emails included in the latest Epstein files release appear to show he was trying to set up a visit to the convicted sex offender’s private island. As has been widely reported, at least two email exchanges apparently between Musk

With all the horrors unleashed by Donald Trump since the beginning of the year, it’s hard to pick the worst. Certainly, the armed occupation of Minneapolis deserves all the attention it is getting. The execution of American citizens,the kidnapping of children,and theweaponization of the lawagainst anyone who isn’t MAGA is a four-alarm constitutional crisis. Already,

Malaysia’s religious affairs minister has been the subject of widespread ridicule on social media this week for claiming that workplace stress can turn people gay. As multiple local outlets report, Zulkifli Hasan, Malaysia’s Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) made the bizarre statement in a written reply to a lawmaker from the Southeast

A broad coalition of 47 anti-LGBTQ+ organizations announced this week the launch of a campaign to end marriage equality in the U.S. As People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch reports, the coalition announced their explicitly anti-equality “Greater Than” campaign on Wednesday via the Heritage Foundation’s The Daily Signal. Related Insights for the LGBTQ+

As part ofLGBTQ Nation’sJanuary issue, we asked readers to tell us how one year of the second Trump administration has affected their lives and what they hope LGBTQ+ leaders and allies do differently in 2026. We received dozens of submissions and will be sharing them throughout the month. Related Kyla, a 36-year-old bisexual woman, wrote

As part ofLGBTQ Nation’sJanuary issue, we asked readers to tell us how one year of the second Trump administration has affected their lives and what they hope LGBTQ+ leaders and allies do differently in 2026. We received dozens of submissions and have been sharing them throughout the month. Related Megan Neff, a 39-year-old lesbian, wrote

Hip-hop megastar Nicki Minaj made an appearance at an event to announce Section 530A retirement accounts (which the administration is calling “Trump Accounts”), a project to which she is donating between $150,000 and $300,000. “I am probably the president’s number one fan and that’s not going to change,” she said as she took the stage

The now-former Assistant Attorney General at New York’s Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau has lashed out at pro-transgender New York State Attorney General Letitia James for allegedly firing her because she opposes gender-affirming health care for trans youth. In an almost 500-word rant on social media, lesbian Glenna Goldis blasted James for supporting trans youth

Nicolás Maduro, the recently ousted president of Venezuela, rose to power as a socialist promising greater financial security and progressive public policies to strengthen his country. However, U.S. economic sanctions and failed financial policies have turned Venezuela into one of the poorest South American countries, as well as one with the fewest protections for its

In early 1980, President Jimmy Carter called for a boycott of the Moscow SummerOlympicsin response to the Soviet Union’s illegal invasion of the sovereign nation of Afghanistan. Carter argued that the United States would not send a team unless Soviet troops withdrew within a month — he also favored relocating or canceling the Games. Carter