Rep. Eugene Vindman spent part of this spring praising a gay farming couple in rural Virginia as proof that LGBTQ+ people belong everywhere in his congressional district and in American life.

On Wednesday, Vindman voted for a bill critics say tells transgender children the opposite.

The first-term Virginia Democrat is facing fierce backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates after joining Republicans in…

Lisa Rinna has never been especially interested in softening her language. Two years ago, she warned that the United States was flirting with authoritarianism. Now, she says, it’s no longer flirting.

“We’ve ended up in a really bad place,” Rinna told _The Advocate_ in an interview on Tuesday.

Rinna and her husband, actor Harry Hamlin, will be honored this summer with the 2026 Nancy Pelosi…

The federal government’s chief workplace civil rights agency has reversed course on one of its most consequential transgender rights precedents, allowing federal agencies to bar trans employees from using restrooms that align with their gender identity.

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