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New limited-edition T-shirt Collection Supports Amor Para Todos

My distributor has officially launched a limited-edition line of T-shirts featuring my original artwork. It’s been a long process getting everything ready, and I’m thrilled that it’s finally here. The artwork is inspired by the enduring fight for justice and the promise of the 14th Amendment, an important reminder that the pursuit of equal protection under law, dignity, and belonging for all Americans is alive today in the midst of the challenging times we find ourselves living in, and that the freedoms we hold as citizens are not something we take for granted but principles we must continue to defend […]

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Equality California Condemns Final CMS Rule Blocking Medicaid and CHIP Funding for Transgender Healthcare

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Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, released the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized a rule ending federal Medicaid funding for both medically necessary care for transgender youth under 18 and federal Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for youth under 19. The rule is scheduled to take effect October 13, 2026: “Today, the Trump administration finalized a cruel and discriminatory rule that blocks federal Medicaid and CHIP payments to providers for medically necessary healthcare for transgender young people, putting their access to care at risk. This is a […]

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Equality California Announces Latest Pro-Equality Endorsements Ahead of 2026 Midterms

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Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, today announced the endorsements of five candidates running for Congressional and state offices ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. “Our slate of pro-equality candidates continues to grow as we head towards November’s crucial midterm elections,” said Executive Director Tony Hoang. “LGBTQ+ people deserve representatives who will speak for them at all levels of government, from Sacramento to Washington D.C. We are confident that LGBTQ+ and pro-equality representation will grow across the board come November.”  The full list of new endorsements can be found below: U.S. Congress: California State Senate: California Statewide Office: […]

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Record number of US adult population are LGBTQ+, census data suggests

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There are an estimated 26.5million LGBTQ+ adults in the US (Image: Getty Images) LGBTQ+ people now make up 12% of the adult population in the US, according to a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation analysis of US Census Bureau data, estimating roughly 26.5million people nationwide. The analysis drew on more than 2.4million entries from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, collected between 2021 and 2024. HRC president Kelley Robinson said in a statement, as per Them: “LGBTQ+ Americans are everywhere,” adding: “There are 25million of us across the country, and we now have critical mass in almost every state in the nation. We’re not […]

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Former CIA officers warn Trump’s administration is reviving the Lavender Scare, endangering national security

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Three former CIA officers are warning that President Donald Trump’s campaign against diversity initiatives and transgender federal employees threatens to recreate one of the darkest periods in the history of the nation’s intelligence agencies. In a historical account published Thursday by Lawfare, Trace Ballard, Julia Curlee, and Todd Johannessen trace the CIA’s transformation from an agency that hunted and expelled gay employees to one that openly recruited LGBTQ+officers and then began dismantling that infrastructure after Trump returned to office. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. The authors bring roughly eight decades […]

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A feminist lesbian retreat opened in 1993 Mississippi. Its enemies became friends.

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A dead dog draped over their mailbox. A tampon shot through with a bullet. Gunshots in the night, and shouts of “Damn queers!” from passing cars. Those were some of the greetings Wanda and Brenda Henson earned when they opened Camp Sister Spirit in Jones County, Mississippi, in 1993. The “married” pair had moved from Gulfport, about a hundred miles south, after years helping women victims of domestic abuse and racism find resources. Their camp, 120 acres on the site of a former pig farm, would be a retreat with the ambitious mission “to eradicate hatred and differences through education and interaction […]

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179 lawmakers tell SCOTUS not to let taxpayer money-accepting religious preschools reject LGBTQ+ families

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The Congressional Equality Caucus said Monday that 179 members of Congress, including 13 senators, had signed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve Colorado’s power to prevent publicly funded preschools from denying admission to children because they or their parents are LGBTQ+. The brief in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy is led by U.S. Rep. Mark Takano of California, the caucus chair, with Democratic Sens. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsinand Jeff Merkley of Oregon. Its signers include Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, Nancy Pelosi, and every Equality Caucus co-chair. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “In […]

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LGBTQ Americans Enshrined in Presidential History

As the U.S. marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence this year, LGBTQ history is being fully embraced in presidential history. Advancements in LGBTQ equality and the contributions of LGBTQ Americans are incorporated into the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, and were celebrated at the Center’s grand opening on Juneteenth. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama included the progress made for LGBTQ people during his two terms as president in their remarks at the ceremony. Mrs. Obama paid tribute to her husband’s achievements including “rescuing the economy, ending a war, ordering the bin Laden raid, […]

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South Florida husbands among Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash

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A married gay couple from South Florida were among seven people killed Wednesday when a helicopter carrying tourists crashed in northern Kenya. Adam Hlavaty, 42, and Henry Parra, 55, lived in Coral Gables and married in 2017 at the city’s historic Biltmore Hotel. Friends remembered them as generous community members who built a life around family, travel, and service. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “They were a loving couple who cherished their time together, especially traveling, making memories, and enjoying life with their family and […]

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Ghana Anglican Church officially speaks out against country’s new anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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The leader of Ghana’s Anglican Church has officially opposed harsher anti-LGBTQ+ laws that will soon be introduced in the West African country. Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith spoke out against the impending laws last week while speaking to the BBC. The Draconian law will make simply identifying as anything under the LGBTQ+ umbrella a criminal offence. The bill also criminalises the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities, and introduces a “duty to report” acts that go against the law. Anyone that identifies as an ally to the community can also face imprisonment. Exemptions would be made for those who work in the legal, media and healthcare sectors […]

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