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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg brings another antigay hate crime case after beating of 12-year-old boy

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A New York City man has been indicted on hate crime charges after prosecutors say he attacked a 12-year-old boy with a belt while repeatedly calling him gay at a Lower East Side playground. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday that Kevin Maxwell, 37, faces charges including second-degree assault as a hate crime, third-degree assault as a hate crime and endangering the welfare of a child. He was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon and aggravated harassment. Maxwell, a Brooklyn resident, was arrested on July 5.  Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your […]

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Gay Dem Jeremy Moss Wins Michigan House Primary

The Michigan Advance reports: State Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield) has emerged victorious in a four-person race which will more than likely determine who will fill U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens’ empty congressional seat come 2027. The Associated Press called the race for Moss at 9:31. As a safe blue seat, the Democratic nominee is likely to prevail in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District. Troy Mayor Ethan Baker was the sole Republican candidate on the ballot, and will face Moss in November’s general election. A state lawmaker first elected to the state Legislature in 2015, Moss is the first openly gay member of the Michigan […]

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New study challenges claim that trans teens later regret gender-affirming care

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A new study, published this month in the Journal of Adolescent Health, shares data that suggests trans teens who receive gender-affirming care aren’t very likely to regret doing so down the line. The study uses data gathered from 445 young people diagnosed with gender dysphoria under the care of four clinics in Canada between 2012 and 2017.  The clinics were Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Diversity Clinic, IWK Trans Health Clinic at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, BC Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic, and Alberta Children’s Hospital Metta Clinic. Of the sample group, 331 participants were assigned female at birth, and […]

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These LGBTQ+ Virginia kids found support and community in school. Then, bigoted adults took that away

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I grew up unable to say the word “pee.” If it slipped out, I had my mouth washed out with soap. I couldn’t swear until I was 18. I’d get slapped in the face if I did. I’ve thought about that a lot over the years, because now I curse like a sailor, and I’ve come to believe that’s not a coincidence. When you suppress a kid, when you tell them, over and over, in ways big and small, that who they are or what they say or how they exist is wrong, it doesn’t disappear. Stay up to date with the […]

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MAGA Trolls To Declare For WNBA Draft As Trans

The New York Post reports: Former NBA player Royce White plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft — the second former pro to test the league’s policy on trans athletes. White, 35, a Republican candidate for US Senate who only played three games in his short NBA career, made the announcement on Friday on the heels of former first round draft pick and Knicks center Enes Kanter Freedom’s declaration earlier in the day. “I’m transgender. I’m a woman… I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purposes of… professional basketball,” White told Fox News. Earlier in the day, Freedom said […]

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Teens detained after gay man beaten to death in Bulgaria

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Police are investigating whether a fatal attack on a gay man in Bulgaria was motivated by his sexual orientation. Georgi Kuzev, 31, was found seriously injured near Youth Hill in Plovdiv at around 5:20pm on Tuesday (4 August), according to Bulgarian outlet Novinite. He was discovered by parents on their way to collect their children from a nearby nursery, who found him lying helpless and alerted emergency services. Kuzev was rushed to hospital with severe head trauma, multiple fractures and extensive internal injuries, but died despite doctors’ efforts to save him. Several teenagers, including minors, have been detained as the investigation […]

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Connecticut Children’s Medical Center caves to Trump DOJ on gender-affirming care

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A Connecticut hospital has agreed to Trump administration demands to stop providing gender-affirming care to minors, leaving transgender youth and their families scrambling amid concerns about continuity of care. The Justice Department announced Friday that Connecticut Children’s Medical Center had agreed to cease what the department calls “sex-rejecting procedures on minors,” making it the third medical institution to enter into a settlement agreement with the administration. The hospital will also pay a penalty and set aside $500,000 to provide care for individuals who say they were harmed by gender-affirming care they previously received. “The Department of Justice will stop at nothing to protect America’s children,” said Associate Attorney […]

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Court Again Blocks HUD’s Homelessness Overhaul

Politico reports: A federal judge on Friday once again struck down an effort by the Trump administration to dramatically restructure $4 billion in federal funding for people experiencing homelessness. The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s efforts to modify the so-called Continuum of Care Program aims to shift much of the funding, which is distributed to local organizations, from permanent housing assistance to temporary housing and services. The new funding model being championed by HUD Secretary Scott Turner is a shift from a decadeslong “housing first” policy. McElroy wrote in the Friday ruling that the court’s review found that HUD’s issuance […]

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Lesbian couple sue casino after alleged brutal anti-gay attack

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A married lesbian couple is suing MGM Resorts International after a brutal anti-LGBTQ+ assault outside the MGM Grand Detroit allegedly left one woman with a traumatic brain injury; they allege security staff stood by and did nothing to help. According to the lawsuit, Chelsi Way, her wife Celia Haueter, and Way’s brother and his partner were waiting for valet service after a concert in June 2025 when they were approached by two men. One of the men allegedly began filming the group before shouting homophobic slurs, mocking pronouns, and launching a violent attack. Haueter was knocked unconscious for around five […]

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Rudy Giuliani launches bizarre anti-trans rant over Zohran Mamdani’s child care plan

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The name on every disgraced politician’s lips is gonna be … Mamdani.  In a nonsensical rant worthy of an IRL “alright, grandpa, let’s get you to bed,” former New York City mayor and flop presidential also-ran Rudy Giuliani used his soap box (also known as his web show America’s Mayor Live) to lambast current mayor Zohran Mamdani. In a segment uploaded on August 5, 2026, Giuliani suggested that Mamdani’s plan for expanding universal pre-K was actually a ploy to turn children transgender.  (That’s actually putting it delicately. In reality, Giuliani, like manyRepublicans, made explicit and violent references to children’s genitals in order to […]

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