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At the UN, Plans for a Global Coalition to Attack LGBTQ and Reproductive Rights

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On Sept. 17, while the United Nations (U.N.) was hosting its annual General Assembly for diplomats and leaders from all over the world, several key figures filled a room across the street at the Millennium Hilton in Midtown Manhattan. Attendees included Trump administration officials, leaders of Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-LGBTQ hate groups, far-right politicians from Latin America and reporters from far-right media. These people were meeting for the Global Forum for Life, Family and Freedoms, a two-day summit of right-wing leaders with an ambitious goal to create a new “pro-life and pro-family” Core Group at the U.N. Since 2008, the U.N. has had […]

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GOP Airs False Anti-Trans Ad About Sherrod Brown

Cleveland’s ABC affiliate reports: In an attack ad against U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a woman accuses the Democrat of pushing transgender surgeries on minors “like her.” As it turns out, she isn’t from Ohio and didn’t have surgery until she was an adult. The Senate Leadership Fund has created multiple ads about former Sen. Sherrod Brown. In them, the political action committee accuses him of “forcing childhood sex change surgery.” Two of their most recent ads feature a woman and social media influencer Soren Aldaco. “Sherrod Brown supports sex changes for minors, irreversible surgery on kids like me,” Aldaco says. […]

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Schools Saw Record 12,000 Book Bans In Last Year

PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of the increase, coupled with the use of artificial intelligence to remove books en masse including popular manga series and other graphic novels. In a report released to coincide with Banned Books Week, the latest accounting of book bans increased to 34,000 instances since PEN America began documenting the spreading book censorship crisis in schools in 2021. Texas recorded the largest number of book bans during the 2025-2026 school year […]

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Fox pundits enraged that Obama praised women leaders without being transphobic

A Fox News commentator slammed former President Barack Obama for saying women should run the world because he “has never for us defined what a woman is.” Political analyst Katie Zacharia told Fox Host Laura Ingraham that Obama has no business complimenting women’s leadership skills when “his administration was quite hostile toward biological women.”  His trans-inclusive policies, she claimed, negate his ability to respect and believe in the power of women.  “So I want to first ask, what is a woman, Barack Obama? And who are you gonna put up as a woman? What if it’s a man who identifies […]

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Florida trans woman and her partner attacked while walking to work by women in a car

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A Florida transgender woman and her partner were assaulted on a Miami street Sunday night while walking to work. Video footage shows the confrontation. Felyz Rodriguez and Davin Lopez told South Florida NBC affiliate WTVJ that women in a passing car yelled at them for walking in the road. Lopez said he gestured toward the car, its driver turned around, and the confrontation became physical. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “It was all unprovoked. We were just walking,” Rodriguez, who is trans, told WTVJ. Lopez said one of […]

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Federal court rules against voluntary “X” gender markers because they could out nonbinary people

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The First Circuit Court of Appeals is denying accurate gender markers for nonbinary people born in Puerto Rico, with new reasoning that has not been seen in other trans rights cases. The ruling claims to protect the privacy of nonbinary people by denying them accurate gender markers on birth certificates. Critics say the ruling might do the opposite and lead to the erasure of nonbinary people instead.  The case was sent back to the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico for further debate. “This case is about the fact that every person should have access to government-issued identity documents that […]

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Pro-LGBTQ+ Senate candidate Mary Peltola denies using anti-gay slur around staff

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Pro-LGBTQ+ Senate candidate Mary Peltola has denied an allegation that she used the anti-gay slur “f*****”, after a New York Times investigation detailed claims from former staffers about angry outbursts and offensive language. The Alaska Democrat, who is running for the US Senate, was accused by former aides of using slurs during workplace blow-ups. Four former staffers reportedly told the Times they personally witnessed Peltola use “f*****” over the years they worked for her, sometimes referring to staff members. The report was based on interviews with nine former staff members and included references to text messages and photos which were seen by […]

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Gay Dutch prime minister & Zohran Mamdani visit LGBTQ+ archive — and hear from young New Yorkers it serves

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Rob Jetten, the gay prime minister of the Netherlands, met with New York CityMayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday afternoon for a visit to a historic LGBTQ+archive and community center in Manhattan. The Advocate was invited to tag along. Jetten, the nation’s youngest and first out gay prime minister, is currently visiting New York for the United Nations General Assembly. He has also made visiting LGBTQ+ cultural institutions a visible part of his trip. Earlier this week, Jetten stopped by the Stonewall Inn, which is widely regarded as the birthplace of the gay rights movement. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in […]

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In Democratic-led Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh hospital caves to Trump. Trans kids lose care for a decade

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Pennsylvania trans rights activists protested the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s agreement to stop providing gender-affirming medical care to patients under 19 for the next decade. About 20 people protested outside UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in Lawrenceville on Sunday, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The protest came after UPMC agreed to pay the federal government $950,000 to resolve an investigation into alleged billing practices related to gender-affirming care for minors. The settlement also includes protections for patients’ private medical information. UPMC denied any wrongdoing. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five […]

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A school board passed a blanket ban on rainbow imagery in schools. Students are suing.

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Two students are suing their Minnesota school district over a recently adopted policy banning Pride flags, rainbow stickers, and other symbols of support for the LGBTQ+ community. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota last week on behalf of the students and their parents, claims the Detroit Lakes Public School District and four members of the district’s school board violated the students’ rights to free speech and equal protection under the state constitution and that the policy violates the Minnesota Human Rights Act’s prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. According to the ACLU, […]

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