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For Pride Month, SAGE, the world’s largest advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ elders, donated $75,000 to the three leading national trans organizations to help the trans community fight back
The director of The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, David France, and producer Sara Ramirez discuss why the story of an LGBT pioneer's loss matters in modern times.
What advancing equality in 2016 means for the trans woman known for interrupting President Obama during a Pride reception last year.
Johana Medina died in ICE custody after being denied asylum.
She was shot to death Saturday night at a downtown homeless encampment.
Activists refuse to let the shooting tear their community apart. They want it to bring them together.
The battle never ends, only evolves.
The National Center for Transgender Equality and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund will merge to form a new organiation.
Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and many other trans people were part of the modern queer rights movement that started with Stonewall.
Difficult discussions and thick skins are necessary as we navigate these perilous times.
A calculated alliance based on transphobia is fueling the fight against the Equality Act.
The Movement for Black Lives was founded in response to the police shootings of black Americans, but Monday the group released a policy agenda that outlines other areas where members hope to make a difference.
Lawyer Phyllis Frye, one of our people of the year, is more than just the first out trans judge.
If conservative politicians aren't scared of Emmelia Augusta Smith Ruiz Talarico yet, they should be.
After famously calling out President Obama, Jennicet Gutierrez is preparing for a battle royale with Trump.
Kris Hayashi has been a stalwart advocate in the LGBTQ+ movement for years.
The organizers behind last year's Gender Liberation March tell The Advocate about how they're fighting back now.
The Cecilia Gentili grant will assist groups aiding trans women of color, sex workers, immigrants, and the formerly incarcerated.
Was Creating Change 2016 really more volatile than in years past, or was that frustration simply the result of a movement trying to find its footing after symbolic, but limited, victories?
