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LGBTQ+ group backs Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan for Senate over lesbian Rep. Angie Craig

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The Christopher Street Project has endorsed Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in the state’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, choosing a longtime LGBTQ+ ally over lesbian Rep. Angie Craig. The national political organization that supports pro-trans rights candidates said its decision rested in part on Craig’s failure to co-sponsor the Trans Bill of Rights, along with Flanagan’s support from transgender and queer leaders in Minnesota. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “The congresswoman has yet to sign on to that bill, and that for us is a pretty clear line,” Tyler Hack, the Christopher Street Project’s executive […]

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Gen Z women moving away from heterosexuality, study shows

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A new study has shown that more and more Gen Z women are moving away from heterosexuality and identifying as LGBTQ+. Researchers for The Conversation have been tracking patterns in their Human Sexualities Research Lab since 2011. In a recent study, they asked whether “young women and men are changing in similar ways across three measures of sexual orientation”. The three measures included sexual attraction, sexual behaviour and self-identification. “Our findings suggest they are not,” the report states. “In our analysis, this gender gap is not only about who claims an LGBTQ+ identity; it is also about how the boundaries of heterosexuality are changing.” […]

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In a viral post, transgender author alleges anti-LGBTQ+ senator Lindsey Graham hired her for sex work

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After longtime U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, reportedly from aortic dissection, the reaction from the LGBTQ+ community was immediate. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. The South Carolina Republican had served in the U.S. Senate since 2003, spending his final years as a loyalist to President Donald Trump despite having run against him in the 2016 Republican primary. Throughout his tenure, Graham was a staunch opponent to the advancement of LGBTQ+ civil rights, opposing marriage equality; advocating against the 2011 repeal of “Don’t […]

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Lindsey Graham, Trump ally who opposed LGBTQ+ rights and consistently denied being gay, dies at 71

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As questions swirl around Washington about the health status of Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been hospitalized for weeks after emergency responders went to his house for a patient in cardiac arrest, the political world woke up Sunday morning to news of another high-profile lawmaker’s death. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a foreign policy hawk who evolved from one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican critics into one of the president’s most dependable congressional allies, died Saturday evening after what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness.” He was 71. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, […]

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Trump judges allow Christians to sue Alaska Airlines for firing them over anti-LGBTQ+ statements

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A U.S. Appeals Court with three Donald Trump appointees decided on Wednesday to overturn a decision by a lower court throwing out a suit by two Alaska Airlines employees who sued the company over charges of religious discrimination, Reuters reports. The plaintiffs claim that they were fired for expressing anti-LGBTQ+ views, which they say was an act of religious discrimination. The women are represented by the right-wing “religious freedom” legal organization First Liberty Institute. “You cannot be fired because ​your employer does not like your religious beliefs,” Stephanie Taub, the group’s senior counsel, said after the reversal. Alaska Airlines claims religious beliefs […]

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USPS worker arrested by FBI after alleged mass violence threat at Texas Pride event

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A US Postal Service employee was arrested Sunday (28 June) after allegedly posting threats online targeting a Pride parade in Texas, according to the FBI. Michael Thompson, from Clovis, New Mexico, is accused of threatening a mass shooting at a Lubbock Pride event and was taken into custody after authorities received a tip on Saturday (27 June) about the posts. Investigators alleged in a Monday (29 June) criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of New Mexico that Thompson made and deleted several comments on a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Facebook post about a Pride event. According to the complaint, […]

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Officials who freaked out over library’s Pride display may have broken the law in quest to remove it

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In the small town of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, a city council member accused staff at the public library of grooming kids with a Pride Month display in the children’s section, which librarians titled “Love is Love.” The councilman may have broken the law in his crusade to have it removed. On June 19, council member Bill Krut reposted a photo from the Monroeville Library’s Facebook page, showing the books on display, including “I Am Perfectly Designed” by Karamo Brown, “The GayBCs” by M.L. Webb, and “Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle” by Nina LeCour. Krut captioned the repost with […]

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Philly Cops: Murder Suspect Is Targeting Gay Men

Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate reports: A suspect in three shootings — two of which were deadly — in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park community targeted his victims because they were gay, law enforcement sources told NBC10. On Thursday morning, police said that investigators are hoping to track down 21-year-old Jahylin Melchur, in connection with a pair of deadly shootings — as well as a third shooting in which a victim survived — that happened over the span of a few weeks. The three incidents, officials said, happened between Friday, May 29, 2026, and Saturday, June 20, 2026, all in the area of Hunting Park. […]

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The Trump administration is excluding The Trevor Project from the 988 service it helped create

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Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced plans to restore a specialized LGBTQ+ option for young people who use the national 988 crisis intervention hotline. But the organization that created and helped manage “Press 3,” The Trevor Project, may now be shut out of the revived service, ABC News reported Friday. “Press 3” was added to the intervention service in 2022 by The Trevor Project, which gave 988 callers the option to reach counselors specially trained to work with LGBTQ+ youth in crisis by entering the number 3. Users could also text “PRIDE” to access care or participate in online chats. Stay up to […]

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REPORT: Idaho Official Runs Nazi, Anti-LGBTQ Accounts

Investigate West reports: Sam Wolkenhauer, an economist and research analyst supervisor at the Idaho Department of Labor, has often served as the face of the state’s agency for worker welfare. He regularly delivers presentations to local civic groups, hosts webinars on workforce statistics and gives media interviews to regional news outlets. But online researchers recently identified Wolkenhauer as the anonymous poster behind large Substack and X.com accounts that drive thousands of dollars in subscriptions each month with pro-Russian commentary that often traffics in Nazi imagery and amplifies far-right organizations. Wolkenhauer’s Big Serge account on X, formerly known as Twitter, has more […]

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