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Recap: Election Day 2024 coverage of LGBTQ+ issues

Donald Trump elected president again, defeating Kamala Harris

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With a Trump victory, America now has a permission structure to vilify the LGBTQ+ community

Despite toxicity that will engulf us, we are heroes, we always have been, and we’ve always come out on top. We will get through this, John Casey writes.

Donald Trump’s criminal record slips through the cracks

His indictments, convictions, liability for sexual abuse, and impeachment were barely mentioned.

John Fetterman tells The Advocate he's confident Harris will win Pennsylvania

The longtime LGBTQ+ ally also had some choice words about the GOP trans attack ads during a recent CNN interview.

If the Iowa poll is right, pollster Ann Selzer will be the most popular political forecaster in the country

If Harris wins Iowa, will the blue spread to neighboring states like Nebraska and Missouri?

The test of contracting out canvassers — like Elon Musk in Pennsylvania — will fail

People with perseverance and passion for the candidate go door-to-door, and not for a paycheck.

Rudy Giuliani’s daughter Caroline opens up on how to mend fences with family after the election

Trying to understand others in the context of the environments that shaped them might pave the way for some empathy, Caroline Giuliani suggests.

7 things to watch for in tomorrow’s House and Senate races

Based on extensive conversations with elected officials, pollsters, strategists, and former Trump official, here are some variables that might affect down-ballot races.

Lincoln’s ‘better angels’ will prevail in electing Kamala Harris the next president of the United States

On Tuesday, our "better angels" will help voters cast their ballots for the vice president, writes John Casey.

Here's how DNC pollster Celinda Lake sees the 2024 election shaping up for Tuesday

“I’m cautiously optimistic that Harris’s current momentum is a sign of strength, though momentum can shift quickly,” Lake, who was a top pollster for President Biden in 2020, warned.

Among many contrasts this election, confederate flags on pointed poles versus American flags on soft sticks

When Harris was finished on Tuesday, the crowd left the Ellipse peacefully, returning to their cars, their buses, their homes, and their lives — with hope, John Casey writes.

Nancy Pelosi on who will win, Mike Johnson’s threat to ax Obamacare, and the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ hate

Pelosi also said that the sentence her husband’s attacker received was a “very, very good decision,” but that the family continues to suffer from the horrible incident.

Madison Square Garden, an NYC oasis, became the real 'island of garbage' yesterday

For someone living in NYC for over 30 years, Madison Square Garden has always been a happiness and excitement destination — until yesterday, writes John Casey.

In a critical election, the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times endorse fascism

The silence of major media outlets serves not as impartiality but as complicity in the erosion of democratic values and the rise of fascism, writes John Casey.


Maine Rep. Charles Skold opens up about fighting for his community and his prized Beyoncé crop top

Skold’s transformation from Christian conservative to out and proud gay Democrat is rooted in his deep ties to his family and community.


Why Nate Cohn, Joe Scarborough, Steve Kornacki, and James Carville keep me up at night

I am consumed with worry and fret about the election, which means you must be too, writes John Casey

Vermont house candidate Will Greer represents the next generation of queer leaders


Greer’s campaign for state representative offers a new era with a younger candidate who happens to be gay.

Lincoln Project cofounder Rick Wilson on the org's new trans ad and its strategy for the next 13 days

"We’ve got a lot of work left to do in these final days, but we’re feeling good about where we stand," he tells John Casey.

Trump smears icon Arnold Palmer as unhinged athletes Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell endorse him

The homophobic Brown and the entitled and grievance-filled Bell underscore Trump’s worst traits, writes John Casey.

LGBTQ+ ally and billionaire Mark Cuban on why Harris is far and away better for the U.S. economy

Trump is truly “the Grinch that wants to steal Christmas,” Cuban says.

A simple question for Trump and the GOP — ‘Do you see me as a human?’ — has an unsettling answer

It took one nonbinary student to distill all the hateful anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and ads into the most consequential question for us in this election, John Casey writes.