As the Trump administration seeks exhaustive and unprecedented access to transgender youth medical records, families are taking to court to fight back.
Families in New York and California recently sued to block major hospital systems from complying with federal criminal subpoenas ordering the release of medical information around gender-affirming care for trans minors. Two separate lawsuits…
A New York man who killed a gay dancer voguing outside a gas station claimed in court he acted in self-defense.
Dmitriy Popov also denied hurling racist and anti-gay slurs before fatally stabbing O’Shae Sibley, a key factor in prosecutors charging him with second-degree murder as a hate crime.
“I was scared that I was going to get hurt,” Popov testified in trial, according to _The New York…
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg secured an indictment of a 26-year-old man on hate crime charges. The prosecution is moving forward after a years-long gap between Tavaughn Thompson, a Bronx resident, allegedly beating a man while hurling anti-gay slurs at a Harlem subway station, and his arrest earlier this year.
“New Yorkers deserve to be safe using our transit system without fear…
Maureen McNamara has participated in AIDS Walk New York since the walkathon began 41 years ago. In the 1980s, McNamara watched the AIDS epidemic claim the lives of friends and community members in New York. For her, trekking through Manhattan each year has become an act of remembering.
“I had a really good friend who had been in the hospital in those days. … Nobody would touch him, so it was…
Federal attorneys are demanding that a transgender health program in New York City turn over sensitive records concerning youth patients, including medical assessments, intake forms, insurance claims, and “documents sufficient to identify each patient,” according to a subpoena made public this week.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas subpoenaed NYU Langone Health…
The 33-year-old son of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul allegedly hurled antisemitic language at a non-Jewish member of Congress, then apologized for calling him Jewish. New York Rep. Mike Lawler, also a Republican and the lawmaker targeted in the exchange, later alleged that Paul also made homophobic remarks.
William Paul, in view of a reporter from NOTUS, allegedly accosted Lawler at a…
Elected officials and LGBTQ+ organizers gathered near New York City Hall on Wednesday morning, urging a major hospital system to reject what advocates described as an illegal subpoena seeking medical records for transgender youth.
NYU Langone Health announced last week that it was one of several hospitals nationwide to be subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of…
Democratic congressional candidate Jack Schlossberg is unveiling a national proposal on Sunday to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for HIV prevention drugs while accusing his cousin, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., of dismantling federal HIV prevention efforts.
The 33-year-old grandson of President John F. Kennedy, running in one of the most closely watched Democratic congressional…
As the race to represent New York City’s 10th congressional district approaches, both Democratic candidates say that their track records on LGBTQ+ rights make them the best fit for office.
In the June 23 primary election, Democrats in the district will vote to advance either incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman or progressive challenger Brad Lander — a former New York City comptroller and city…
Carl Wilson, the former chief of staff for New York Sen. Erik Bottcher, has declared victory over a New York City Council seat in a district seen as the birthplace of the gay rights movement, local news outlets have reported.
Wilson will serve as the fifth consecutive gay representative for Manhattan’s 3rd District in the New York City Council. The district, which includes Stonewall Inn, as…
As residents of a historically LGBTQ+-friendly part of Manhattan head to the polls this week, they will vote not just on who takes a vacant seat on the New York City Council, but also on how integral LGBTQ+ political representation is to advancing their community’s needs.
Tuesday marks a special election for Manhattan’s 3rd District in the City Council, encompassing lower Manhattan…
Vaughn Hillyard stepped outside for an interview with _The Advocate_ so the baby would not wake. “I just had a son born on Saturday out here in the desert,” MS NOW’s senior White House reporter said, beaming with pride.
It was an early April morning in Arizona, the sky just beginning to burn gold at its edges. Inside, his son, less than a week old, was asleep. Hillyard moved in the careful…
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 most powerful out transgender official in the New York City government is stepping into a new role with a dual mandate: respond to escalating political attacks on transgender people while dismantling long-standing inequality.
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Taylor Brown, a civil rights attorney appointed…
Following a controversial Supreme Court decision striking down Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, advocates gathered in solidarity at the site of America’s most famous LGBTQ+ protest.
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Many of New York’s most prominent activists, from conversion therapy survivors to celebrated drag…
Le triste accident mortel survenu à l’aéroport LaGuardia de New York impliquant un avion d’Air Canada et un camion de pompier est sur toutes les lèvres depuis dimanche soir. L'identité du pilote et de son copilote, seules victimes de la tragédie, ont été identifiées.
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In the middle of a busy New York City street, dozens of people lay still atop the pavement on Saturday afternoon. ACT UP, one of the world’s most prominent HIV advocacy groups, organized the demonstration outside Palantir, a software company that develops surveillance technology and contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Maine, abruptly canceled a campaign event at a New York City gay bar this weekend shortly after The Advocate reached out to inquire about the event.
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The reasoning behind the event’s cancellation is unclear, and Platner’s…
A New York judge has come under fire for repeatedly declining to seal records for transgender people legally changing their names.
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New York State Supreme Court Justice James Walsh has, over the past two years, declined to seal records, including once for a 13-year-old, only to see…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to sign an executive order today at the Brooklyn Community Pride Center in Crown Heights that will officially establish the first-ever Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs. Mamdani will also appoint attorney Taylor Brown as the office's inaugural director, making her the first transgender person in history to lead a New York City office or…
Mathew Shurka says it’s time for a conversion therapy survivor to serve in Congress. Shurka is the cofounder of the anti-conversion therapy project Born Perfect.
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The 37-year-old gay activist is running for the Democratic nomination in New York’s 12th Congressional…
Weeks after the removal and restoration of the LGBTQ+ Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument in New York City, one activist has launched a GoFundMe campaign to fund a camera installation to monitor the site.
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Michael Petrelis, an AIDS and LGBTQ+ rights activist, _launched…
New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered a New York City hospital to resume providing gender-affirming care to minors, arguing that the program’s recent closure violated state nondiscrimination laws.
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NYU Langone, a major health provider based in Manhattan, closed…
As President _Donald Trump_ prepped for his second term, Tyler Hack was getting ready, too. Just before the inauguration, they launched a new political action committee called the _Christopher Street Project_. It aims to get pro-trans candidates elected to federal office — a “direct response” to the Trump administration’s “attacks on the trans community,” they said.
Staff, supporters, and…
The top Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Thursday called on Republicans to subpoena President Donald Trump to testify in their investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein files, arguing that the current president appears more frequently in the records than former President Bill Clinton.
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New York City families say that trans teens have been cut off from gender-affirming care in the Mount Sinai hospital system, local news outlet Gothamist reported on Saturday.
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Parents said they were notified over the phone that their teens could no longer access…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has drafted a bill to authorize the display of Pride flags at national park sites, including _Stonewall National Monument_.
Schumer _announced plans_ to codify protections for the Rainbow Pride Flag during a press event at the monument on Sunday. Schumer is drafting the legislation alongside Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Dan Goldman, all of them…
As local leaders raised _a new Pride flag_ at Stonewall Thursday afternoon, Kiki Ball-Change watched through sunglasses, bundled up in a matching fur coat. Replacing it was one piece of the puzzle, she said. More important was that hundreds of people rallied against the federal crackdown on LGBTQ civil liberties.
“It’s bigger than a flag,” said the drag queen. “What we’re seeing now is the…
The New York City Council has advanced a resolution urging Congress to protect LGBTQ history at Stonewall National Monument after the Trump administration ordered Pride flags to be _removed from the site_.
_Resolution 1255_ passed the council’s cultural affairs committee 6-0 on Wednesday morning, and now awaits consideration from the full chamber. Lead sponsor Chi Ossé told __The Advocate__…
The New York City Council on Tuesday pressed the National Park Service to restore the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, escalating a dispute that has turned one of the most hallowed sites in LGBTQ+ history into a fresh battleground with the Trump administration.
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In a letter…