Advocate NL 11/10/26

Hello and Happy Tuesday, folks!Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez here, back in your inbox with another exclusive from The Advocate's Christopher Wiggins.Delaware voters gave Sarah McBride, who made history in the last election as the first out transgender member of Congress, another term, with more than 64 percent of the vote against Republican Joseph Arminio. She even carried Sussex County, the conservative southern county she lost in 2024, with about 53 percent.With Democrats taking back the House, McBride will return with two years of relationships and legislative experience — and an opportunity to show what she can do in the majority.“My theory of change has always been about building relationships and trust, and through those relationships and that trust, opening hearts and changing minds and encouraging people to do the right thing,” McBride says.Don't miss this exclusive interview here.Until next time!NEW! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to The Advocate Journalism Project to directly support LGBTQ+ journalism. Help us expand our Washington, D.C., bureau to bring you more breaking news from the nation's capital and fund crucial investigative reporting, compelling video reports, and sustain our 60-year print archive, a history of the queer civil rights movement.Sarah McBride didn’t give them the fight they wanted. She won anywayAtlanta approves demolition of home where a gay man’s arrest changed LGBTQ+ historyCop tells 15-year-old he’ll be ‘glad’ to jail him at 18, then calls the boy an antigay slur. It’s all on videoDoug Jones’ gay son pens heartwarming note after his dad’s election loss: ‘You fought the good fight’As SNAP benefits run low, people with HIV can struggle to stay on treatmentRanking the 11 best European cities for gay travelers by costHow do ordinary people change the world? These New York City AIDS activists left a recordFor these LGBTQ+ youth organizers, election night felt like vindicationTrans ally Danie