Christopher Wiggins

/ /

The New York Times rarely quotes transgender people in trans stories

,

The debate over how The New York Times covers transgender people is intensifying again, this time around a basic journalistic question: Who gets quoted when stories are about them? A new analysis published by Assigned Media found that while the Timesproduced more transgender-related coverage than any other outlet examined, it was the least likely to quote transgender people or trans advocacy organizations in stories primarily focused on transgender issues. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. The report reviewed articles published between January 1 and April 25 across 10 major news outlets. According to the analysis, […]

/ /

Trump-backed House candidate tied to New Mexico church with extreme anti-women & anti-LGBTQ+ views

,

A Republican candidate for Congress in New Mexico is running on a platform shaped by a megachurch that condemns same-sex relationships, rejects transgender identities, and calls abortion murder. Greg Cunningham, backed by former President Donald Trump, has cast his campaign in explicitly ideological terms. Cunningham has called advancing the national Republican agenda his “number one priority” and has repeatedly framed his candidacy as rooted in faith, crediting his pastor with helping him enter politics. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. That pastor, Steve Smothermon, leads Legacy Church, an Albuquerque-based megachurch whose official doctrine […]

/ /

HRC uses Grindr to target Washington’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner power crowd

,

As Washington’s political and media class descends on the capital for White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend, the Human Rights Campaign has a message for some of them on Grindr: “F*** Around and Find Out.” The LGBTQ+ advocacy group launched a geofenced ad campaign Friday and Saturday around the Correspondents’ Dinner and a Grindr-hosted party in Georgetown, targeting users who open the app near the weekend’s most visible gatherings. The ads link to HRC’s “My Body, My Health” campaign page and its broader “100 Days of Healthcare” initiative, which focuses on HIV prevention, access to care, and fighting stigma. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email […]

/

For 26 years, an Ohio drag queen has hosted a local TV show. A proposed drag ban could end it

,

As Ohio lawmakers advance a bill that could reshape where and whether dragcan be performed, The Advocate spoke this week with a performer who has spent more than a quarter century bringing the art form into local living rooms. Darryl Bohannon, known as Ms. Demure, has built something both hyperlocal and quietly historic: a public-access show that has aired for decades, weaving together drag, conversation, and community storytelling in a format that predates the current political backlash. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “I’ve been doing my TV show for 26 years […]

/ /

Former Biden HHS leaders hail syphilis breakthrough as Trump dismantles the system behind it

,

A cheap antibiotic that has been sitting in medicine cabinets for decades is suddenly doing something remarkable: helping reverse one of America’s fastest-growing sexually transmitted infections, and offering one of the clearest measurable successes of a Joe Biden-era LGBTQ+ public health initiative just as President Donald Trump’s administration dismantles many of the federal systems that made it possible. A new University of Washington study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and highlighted recently by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy found that doxyPEP, short for doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, is sharply reducing syphilis infections after federal health officials issued prescribing guidelines in 2023. Stay up to date with the latest […]

/ /

Pete Buttigieg hints at 2028 presidential run: ‘Save me a seat’

,

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg may not have formally entered the 2028 presidential race, but on Friday in New York, he came closer than ever to saying aloud what many Democrats have long suspected: he is preparing to run again. The clearest signal came near the end of his appearance at the National Action Network’s 35th annual convention, where civil rights icon and MS NOW host Rev. Al Sharpton asked the question hanging over Buttigieg’s reemergence onto the national stage. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “When you ran […]

/ /

The Trump administration is paying trans troops not to work

,

A ban on transgender military service ordered by President Donald Trump within days of taking office, the second time, has left thousands of service members in an unusual and costly limbo. They are still on the payroll but barred from performing the jobs they were trained to do. For Sabrina Bruce, a Space Force master sergeant who led a cybersecurity team protecting classified satellites, the impact was immediate and operational. Bruce was removed from her post and left on the personnel rolls, meaning her position could not be filled even as critical national security work continued. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news […]

/ /

South Carolina man faces hate crime charges after shooting into Myrtle Beach LGBTQ+ nightclub

,

A South Carolina man has been charged under a local hate crime ordinance after authorities say he fired multiple gunshots into a well-known LGBTQ+ nightclub in Myrtle Beach, according to The Sun News. Timothy James Truett, 37, was arrested Thursday and charged with assault or intimidation based on political opinions or the exercise of civil rights, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and discharging a firearm into a dwelling, Myrtle Beach police told the outlet. The charges stem from a Wednesday morning shooting at Pulse Ultra Club, an LGBTQ+ nightclub that has served the community for nearly 15 years. The venue is not affiliated with Pulse […]

/ /

Boston University removed Pride flags. Backlash forced its president to back off

,

Boston University has paused enforcement of a policy that led to the removal of Pride flags from campus offices, stepping back after weeks of escalating protests and faculty warnings that the school was suppressing free expression. In a letter to the campus community on Monday, Boston University President Melissa Gilliam said the school would temporarily halt the removals and acknowledged the harm the policy had caused. “Our university and our policies exist within a larger social context, one that is dynamic and complex,” Gilliam wrote. “I have heard how difficult and painful that has been. I am deeply sorry.” Gilliam described the decision not as a […]

/ /

House Republicans push bill forcing states to stop acknowledging trans people in schools

,

When Congress returns to session next week, Republicans in the House of Representatives are expected to move forward on a bill that would give the federal government unprecedented power to pressure public schools into removing books and materials that acknowledge the existence of transgenderpeople. H.R. 7661, introduced by GOP Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois and titled the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act,” is claimed by its supporters as a measure to shield children from inappropriate content. But buried in the text is language that has alarmed educators, librarians, and LGBTQ+ advocates. The bill defines “sexually oriented material” to include anything that “involves gender dysphoria or ‘transgenderism.’”  Detractors use that term to […]

«‹ 2 3 4 5›»