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Macho man JD Vance says he hates ‘good-looking guys with beards’ during weird manufacturing speech

The vice president admired another man’s appearance while visiting Maine — and added to his administration’s growing catalog of hypermasculine body talk.

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179 lawmakers tell SCOTUS not to let taxpayer money-accepting religious preschools reject LGBTQ+ families

The justices will decide whether religious schools may accept public preschool funds while turning away children because they or their parents are LGBTQ+.

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Gay New Jersey detective says supervisor groped him — and bosses did nothing

Russell Kingsland is seeking $1.5 million, alleging years of homophobic harassment and retaliation inside the state Attorney General’s Office.

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Nancy Pelosi on AIDS, trans rights, the legacy she resists claiming — and why Democrats must ‘win big’

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Nancy Pelosi is The Advocate's September-October cover star.

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Tourists are already taking photographs outside Nancy Pelosi’s office when I arrive at the Longworth House Office Building at 10:30 on a Thursday morning with photographer Mike Nelson. Keep Reading →

Mermaids are here and queer—just ask Chè Monique

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In her youth, Chè Monique remembers the life-changing experience of watching the 1989 animated Disney film The Little Mermaid. “I would love to be part of that world,” Monique recalls thinking of that underwater fantasia and its magical finned denizens. Afterward, she felt a special connection with water and the ocean — and also something of a pull. Keep Reading →

The Stonewall National Museum, overflowing with LGBTQ+ history, seeks a bigger space

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Ravi Roth and Robert Kesten

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One of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ archives is overflowing with queer history. Literally. CEO Robert Kesten says shelves have been added to every office of the Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library. What’s left over has been shipped to off-site storage units. Keep Reading →

Jim Obergefell: ‘It breaks my heart’ that marriage equality could be overturned

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Jim Obergefell speaking to the press in 2015

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More than a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex couples’ ability to marry nationwide, Jim Obergefell still sounds slightly startled when he hears his own name — especially now that conservatives are openly discussing overturning the ruling that bears it. Keep Reading →

Discover Jack Cole, the gay man behind Marilyn Monroe's most iconic numbers

Discover Jack Cole, the gay man behind Marilyn Monroe's most iconic numbers

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Even if you’ve never seen a Marilyn Monroe movie, you’ve probably, at some point in your life, viewed vintage film clips of the star’s iconic “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” performance from 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. In addition to Madonna paying homage to it decades later in her “Material Girl” video, that image of Monroe — dressed in skin-tight pink satin, drenched in jewels, and surrounded by gorgeous male dancers — might be one of the most famous pop-culture moments in history. But many don’t know the renowned queer choreographer behind the legendary number, Jack Cole. Keep Reading →
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