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The Advocate's coverage explores issues of race, ethnicity, and national origin, as they relate to and intersect with LGBT identities and the ongoing struggle for equality.

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Crime

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes reached record-highs last year in this gay haven

In one of the friendliest cities for LGBTQ+ people, hate crimes based on gender identity reached a "record-high" last year.

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News

HIV-positive men stage 'Kiss-In' protest at U.S.-Mexico border (in photos)

Here's why HIV-positive men met at the border between the United States and Mexico to kiss.
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Politics

DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more

Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.

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News

How community 'goodwill' helped open a new shelter for LGBTQ+ young adults in Harlem

Here's how the Ali Forney Center's new shelter for LGBTQ+ youth in Harlem came together after five years.

Vigil for murdered transgender teenager Brianna Ghey
News

Transgender Day of Remembrance: What it is and how to observe it

Transgender Day of Remembrance honors those we've lost while celebrating what they've accomplished.

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News

Texas A&M bans teaching 'race or gender ideology' at universities

The Texas A&M Board of Regents banned professors from discussing "race or gender ideology" in its 12 universities.

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Politics

Katie Miller, Stephen Miller's wife, calls Karine Jean-Pierre 'evidence DEI doesn't work'

Katie Miller, a podcast host, has claimed that Karine Jean-Pierre, an Ivy League graduate, was a "DEI" hire.

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Crime

Texas police arrest suspect in 2021 murder of transgender woman Kier Solomon

Police have charged a suspect in the murder of 21-year-old transgender woman Kier Soloman after a four-years-long investigation.

​Grand Marshal Miss Major rides in the 2024 NYC LGBTQIA Pride March
News

Stonewall vet Miss Major Griffin-Gracy 'surrounded by love' as she enters hospice care

Miss Major has entered hospice care, but "is comfortable and surrounded by love," her partner says.
Nick Fuentes Podcast
News

16 heinous quotes from anti-LGBTQ+ white supremacist Nick Fuentes

Nick Fuentes isn't just conservative — he's so far-right that even Republicans have expelled him from their events.

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News

String of bomb threats force evacuations at HBCUs & DNC HQ after Charlie Kirk shooting

The DNC and several HBCUs have evacuated or been placed on lockdown after receiving threats.

LGBTQ+ publications are losing advertisers amid DEI purge
News

LGBTQ+ publications are losing advertisers amid DEI purge

Even journalism is suffering as conservatives wage war on DEI.

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News

Here's how many trans adults and kids live in the U.S., according to a new report

Young people ages 13 to 24 are "significantly more likely" to identify as trans, a new report shows.

Gerika Mudra video Defending Victims of Anti Transgender Bathroom Panic
News

Lesbian teen cornered by server in bathroom and forced to prove gender files charges

Gerika Mudra, 18, says a Buffalo Wild Wings waiter made her show her breasts to prove she could use the women's restroom.

​International Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Union Square New York City 2025
Politics

22 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2025 so far

Here are all the anti-LGBTQ+ laws that have been passed so far in 2025, and which states they come from.

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News

David Geffen sued by estranged husband Donovan Michaels, accused of 'exploitation'

Michaels, 32, alleges that Geffen, 82, exploited a “vulnerable, marginalized young gay Black man.”

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Politics

Women’s contributions and men’s racism erased from history of national monument

NPS removed historical information about women and race from signs at the Muir Woods National Monument.

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News

Chicago restaurant parodies Chick-fil-A with 'Chick-Feel-Gay' Pride Month sandwich

Void's "Chick-Feel-Gay" event pledged 20 percent of proceeds to Brave Space Alliance, an LGBTQ+ group that shares a building with Chick-fil-A.
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News

'Hetero Awesome Fest' in Idaho concludes with fighting, low attendance, and racism scandal

A so-called "Hetero Awesome Fest" in Idaho managed to draw attention over the weekend for all the wrong reasons.

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Politics

California police accused a lawmaker of DUI when she was sober. She says she was targeted because she's queer

Law enforcement has still refused to release the records from Sabrina Cervantes' DUI arrest, despite tests proving she was sober.