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For nearly 60 years, The Advocate has documented LGBTQ+ history while reporting the stories shaping our lives now. Your support helps keep that journalism strong, accessible, and ready for what comes next.
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The magazine's important history
As the clock struck midnight on New Year's Day 1967, gay patrons of the Black Cat Tavern in Los Angeles shared simple celebratory kisses, unaware that undercover officers were watching. Being queer was illegal in most states, and police routinely raided gay establishments. Once those patrons kissed, police moved in, arresting and beating customers and employees in a bar bust that changed history.
The events and protests that followed led to the formation of gay rights organizations and a newsletter called The Advocate, published by a group called P.R.I.D.E.: Personal Rights in Defense and Education. That newsletter grew into The Advocate magazine, which is now the oldest, largest, and leading publication and voice for the queer community.
The Advocate is the only surviving national print and digital magazine of its kind, founded before the 1969 Stonewall riots and protests in Manhattan against similar police brutality. The publication and its journalists have chronicled history-making moments and covered important issues like the AIDS crisis, crimes against the LGBTQ+ community, prime-time actors and sports stars coming out, the legalization of same-sex marriage, and transgender lawmakers elected to federal office.
The Advocate serves as a historic treasure trove of nearly 60 years of the queer community’s civil rights movement
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Journalism that helps a community navigate change
Telling LGBTQ+ stories is needed now more than ever. Help us sustain and expand this work and continue reporting these important stories for future generations.
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Future journalists
Create fellowships and internships that train the next generation of LGBTQ+ reporters
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“Every day, our team of journalists reports on critical stories, often sharing life-changing, even life-saving information.” — Mark Berryhill, CEO of OUT, The Advocate, and THEM
Recognition
Award-winning journalism, on the frontlines
The Advocate's journalists bring depth, accountability, and lived understanding to politics, public policy, culture, health, and the stories that define LGBTQ+ life.
The Advocate GLAAD Media Award
Outstanding Magazine · 2025, 2023, 2022, 2020
The Advocate GLAAD Media Award
Outstanding Print Article · 2025, 2021
The Advocate Legacy Award
Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists · 2024
The Advocate GLAAD Media Award
Outstanding Online or Print Journalism Article · 2026
Advocate Originals Communicator Award
Out100 Special · 2025
Advocate Originals Telly Awards
Out100 Special and Nowhere to Go · 2025
Advocate Originals Best Broadcast Packaging Award
Out100 Television Special · The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists · 2026
Reporting from Washington, DC
Christopher Wiggins
Politics & News Editor of The Advocate
Wiggins leads The Advocate's editorial team. He is also a credentialed White House and congressional reporter covering the intersection of queer public policy and politics. His profile of Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride won a 2026 GLAAD Media Award, and his reporting has been cited in the Columbia Journalism Review and by a federal judge in a court ruling.
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Independent Arts and Media
(EIN: 94-3355076),
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