Right-wing extremists force cancellation of LGBTQ+ book event in Alabama
The event, scheduled initially at a brewery, was rescheduled at a Books-A-Million store in Mobile.
July 15 2024 10:29 AM
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If the only lesbian book you've heard about is The Price of Salt--popularized through the 2015 film Carol--then you're seriously missing out. The genre is expansive in theme and history, ranging from Sappho's poems to pulp novels in the 40s, vampire stories, diaries of aristocratic women, poetry, graphic novels, and more. Learn more about the works of Audre Lorde, Alison Bechdel, Sarah Waters, and others, as this thriving genre evolves into new territories while still celebrating the beauty of love between women.
The Advocates 2024: Drag king Mark Anthony
The U.K. performer is creating visibility and inclusivity for fellow cabaret artists who don't necessarily fit the mainstream mold.
June 28 2024 1:36 PM
Here are 15 books you should read this Pride Month
From books about trans identity to queer history, here are some of the best books to help understand and revel in LGBTQ+ identity and its intersections. What books would you recommend?
June 22 2024 11:30 AM
Yvie Oddly spills the tea on 'All Stars' season 7 and toxic fans in new memoir (exclusive)
The RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 winner tells The Advocate about her new memoir All About Yvie: Into the Oddity and all the drama it dishes.
June 14 2024 10:19 AM
Indiana’s school censorship law threatens a small bookstore's future
A bookstore in South Bend may be shutting its doors after schools stopped shopping in the wake of new restrictive content law.
June 08 2024 11:00 AM
It's now illegal for Minnesota libraries to ban LGBTQ+ books under this new law
The North Star State has officially banned book bans.
May 24 2024 12:30 PM
Doug Emhoff at NYC event: Book banning ‘erodes our democracy’
He warned about the dangers of Republican book bans.
May 23 2024 9:21 PM
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to tackle Republican book bans at Manhattan roundtable discussion (exclusive)
He will talk about the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to fight these threats to students’ civil rights.
May 22 2024 6:00 AM
Chasten Buttigieg calls Republican politicians ‘bad actors’ during South Bend book event
The author and father didn’t hold back in his evaluation of conservative theatrics lawmakers employ instead of getting things done for their constituents.
May 20 2024 5:20 PM
Billie Jean King says a Massachusetts challenge to a kids book about her is ‘so very sad’
A mother has asked her child’s school to remove the book because it mentions LGBTQ+ people and divorce. The lesbian tennis legend had thoughts.
May 16 2024 5:18 PM
David Duke's godchild comes out as transgender in new memoir about leaving white nationalism
R. Derek Black, the former poster child for white nationalism, shares their journey of gender identity and ideological transformation in their upcoming book.
May 10 2024 12:05 PM
This queer author is teaching kids to be kind: 'There is nothing political about kindness'
Jackson Cooper tells The Advocate about his new book, A Kids Book About Kindness, and its universal message everyone needs to hear.
May 09 2024 8:02 AM
Nico Tortorella was changed by fatherhood. His new album is all about it (exclusive)
Nico Tortorella told The Advocate how fatherhood inspired him to break his hiatus and release a new album of his own.
April 30 2024 6:00 AM
George Takei releases kids' book about his childhood in internment camp
My Lost Freedom tells the story of a shameful chapter in American history.
April 17 2024 3:18 PM
There have already been 4,000 instances of book banning in America this school year: report
PEN America’s latest findings shed light on the targeted censorship of content related to race, sexuality, and violence, sparking advocacy and resistance across the nation.
April 16 2024 2:16 PM
The 10 most challenged books of last year
Book-banning efforts have been aimed primarily at books with LGBTQ+ content and those by or about people of color. Here are the top 10 books that were targeted.
April 13 2024 10:06 AM
These are the most challenged library books in America — yes, most are LGBTQ+
Gender Queer, All Boys Aren't Blue, and This Book Is Gay lead the American Library Association's list of the 10 most challenged books of 2023.
April 08 2024 8:31 AM
Rare pre-Stonewall ‘Gay Cookbook’ on sale in NYC this weekend
The hilarious but authentic collection of international recipes by former Advocate food columnist Lou Rand Hogan was available at the ABBA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.
April 05 2024 3:40 PM
3 books to read before the November elections
These political reads examine the current state of facism, religion, transphobia, and more in the U.S.
April 04 2024 9:38 AM
Visit Casa Susanna, a secret house of trans women in the 1960s
A house in the Catskill Mountains once served as a refuge of joy and liberation. Now, a new book brings Casa Susanna back to life.
March 31 2024 9:00 AM