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USNS Harvey Milk during acceptance trials alongside Adam Schiff in 2023

Sen. Adam Schiff blocked in effort to keep Harvey Milk's name on Navy ship

A Republican senator objected, keeping Schiff's resolution from winning unanimous consent.

Karine Jean-Pierre at a White House press briefing last October

Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, becomes independent

That's one of the revelations in the former White House press secretary's latest book, due out in October.

Trump’s deranged robot Biden rant was fueled by Jake Tapper’s hypocrisy and Karoline Leavitt’s lies

Trump’s deranged robot Biden rant was fueled by Jake Tapper’s hypocrisy and Karoline Leavitt’s lies

Opinion: Tapper's sensationalism and Leavitt's smears propel Trump’s wacko conspiracy theory, writes John Casey.

Nick Offerman arrives for HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ premiere, January 9, 2023, in Los Angeles

Note to Michael Flynn Jr.: Ron Swanson was no homophobe, and neither is Nick Offerman

Flynn Jr., son of the former national security adviser, posted a doctored Parks and Recreation clip on X making Swanson appear anti-LGBTQ+.

Harvey Milk outside his Castro neighborhood camera shop in San Francisco in 1977; USNS Harvey Milk

For Pride Month, homophobe Hegseth orders Navy to strip Harvey Milk's name from ship

An official with the Department of Defense said the timing during Pride Month was intentional.

concerned patient with nurse at doctors appointment reviewing results

Why experts say Trump's budget bill strips health care from nearly all transgender people

The Republican-passed House bill goes beyond limiting access for Medicaid recipients.

Harvey Milk alongside nephew Stuart San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk seen outside his camera shop after his 1977 election to the Board of Supervisors

Harvey Milk Day is a day for both activism and celebration, says nephew Stuart Milk

Stuart Milk, cofounder of the Harvey Milk Foundation, talks to The Advocate about his uncle's legacy and the foundation's work.

Joe Biden alongside group of queer people transgender women gay men people with prostates

Here's what queer, transgender, and intersex people should know about prostate cancer after Biden's diagnosis

After President Joe Biden's stunning cancer diagnosis, The Advocate asked medical experts what the LGBTQ+ community should know about this disease.

Frank Kameny speaking at a podium during street dedication ceremony June 2010

Remembering Frank Kameny: Here's why he was a gay rights pioneer

Kameny sued the federal government after he was fired for being gay, picketed the White House, and did much more to advance the movement. Here's what you need to know about the queer rights icon.

Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month

The short answer is Stonewall, but there's more to Pride history.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mehmet Oz, and Casey Means

Trump’s three stooges of U.S. health care: a skeptic, a quack, and a huckster

Opinion: These three aren’t a joke. They’re a warning, and if they exert their power, the consequences of their actions could be fatal, writes John Casey.

Rachel Levine former Assistant Secretary Department of Health and Human Services confirmation hearing 2021

Rachel Levine led fights against HIV & STIs at HHS. Now Trump’s undoing that progress, and she’s speaking out

The former assistant secretary for health is breaking her silence on the damage Trump's HHS is doing.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp being interviewed by the press after a legislative breakfast, February 2024

Gov. Kemp signs bill banning gender-affirming care for trans inmates

The state's abysmal treatment of incarcerated trans people was the subject of a scathing Department of Justice report last year that was withdrawn last month by the Trump administration.

Robert Garcia Oversight Committee

Gay Democratic rising star Robert Garcia eyes House Oversight Committee leadership role

Inside the Oversight Committee, Garcia has carved out a role as one of the most consistent and unapologetic critics of right-wing extremism.

World Health Organization builing (L); Young children eating USAID rations (C); Plane taking off behind barbed wire (R)

Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far

Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.

Kentucky Rowan County Clerk of Courts Kim Davis smiles and waves after being released from Carter County Detention Center to crowd surrounded by locals with white crosses

Kim Davis, who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses, will appeal case to Supreme Court

The Kentucky clerk who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses is trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality.

Lindsey Graham press conference at the US Capitol building 2022 US President Donald Trump is seen dozing off in a blue suit during the funeral of Pope Francis Rome Italy April 2025

Lindsey Graham, the monsignor of MAGA, in his most offensive capitulation yet, says Trump should be pope

Opinion: Graham’s moral collapse is no longer a slow drip; it's a tidal wave of unholy water gushing at the devil incarnate that is the fiery Trump, writes John Casey.

Montpelier Vermont USA March 2025 anti trump 50501 protest on International Womens Day Vermont State House

100 days of erasure: Connecting the dots of Trump’s relentless war on LGBTQ+ lives

Opinion: In just three months, LGBTQ+ equality has crumbled as Pride flags fall, protections vanish, and queer survival is once again a daily fight, writes John Casey.