50 Years, 50 Heroes: Mary Lambert, Jamie Babbit on Melissa Etheridge

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        50 Years, 50 Heroes: Mary Lambert, Jamie Babbit on Melissa Etheridge
    For The Advocate's 50th anniversary, singer Mary Lambert and film director Jamie Babbit honor the Oscar- and Grammy-winning musician.
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50 Years, 50 Heroes: Mary Lambert, Jamie Babbit on Melissa Etheridge

For The Advocate's 50th anniversary, singer Mary Lambert and film director Jamie Babbit honor the Oscar- and Grammy-winning musician.

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TN Republican demands official probe after calling Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show 'gay pornography'

“Depicting gay pornography on prime time has no place in our culture,” Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles bizarrely said, after seeing two men dancing and Ricky Martin singing.

Mamdani, Schumer & NYC Council demand National Park Service return Pride flag to Stonewall National Monument

“New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

I fell for an AI—and then it rejected me

What started as curiosity and flirtation turned into something far more unsettling when Randell Smith’s digital companion suddenly decided he’d crossed a line.

Newly elected N.Y. State Sen. Erik Bottcher: state must be a bulwark against Trump

Bottcher, a gay Democrat, easily won the state Senate seat last week.

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50 Years, 50 Heroes: Mary Lambert, Jamie Babbit on Melissa Etheridge

For The Advocate's 50th anniversary, singer Mary Lambert and film director Jamie Babbit honor the Oscar- and Grammy-winning musician.

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“Depicting gay pornography on prime time has no place in our culture,” Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles bizarrely said, after seeing two men dancing and Ricky Martin singing.

“New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

What started as curiosity and flirtation turned into something far more unsettling when Randell Smith’s digital companion suddenly decided he’d crossed a line.

Bottcher, a gay Democrat, easily won the state Senate seat last week.

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It was supposed to be the event's 35th anniversary in June.

Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.

Turning Point USA is organizing a show headlined by Kid Rock for right-wingers upset with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Pascal Kaiser was attacked by three men outside his house just days after his public proposal.

A Capitol Hill staffer called the exchange "gay on gay violence."

Opinion: Bad Bunny proved through color, dance, and inclusion that love is more powerful than hate, writes John Casey.