D.C. bar owners say Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown is killing their business
“This is not sustainable,” Dave Perruzza, a gay business owner in D.C., told The Advocate.
August 16, 2025
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Rally and march against antigay attacks in New York City
A rash of antigay attacks in New York, including the beating of gay singer Kevin Aviance (pictured), have prompted a rally and march on Saturday.
June 17, 2006
March for Antigay Crimes in DC Draws Large Crowd
Approximately 700 people marched in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night to stand up against crimes committed on LGBT people within a recent two-day period.
March 21, 2012
Lordy Lordy, Look Who’s 40: NYC Celebrates Stonewall
Check out events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.
May 6, 2009
NYC to Landmark Historic LGBTQ Buildings, Incl. James Baldwin’s Home
The city hopes to protect structures that played a role in queer history and culture, including a restaurant where gay theater flourished.
May 16, 2019
Trump says he’d consider banning LGBTQ+ Pride flags in alarming Oval Office exchange
The president was responding to a question by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend, Brian Glenn, who said many people were “threatened” by the inclusive banner.
September 16, 2025
5 Facts About the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
While it’s had some mishaps along the way, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has still managed to go on almost every year for nearly a century.
November 23, 2023
Federal grand jury rejects DOJ indictment effort in D.C. Subway sandwich-throwing case
Sean Dunn, the gay man at the center of the case, has become a kind of folk hero.
August 27, 2025
Laverne Cox Is Done Debating Whether Trans Is Real
The actress and icon talks about how much has changed for trans people since Orange Is The New Black premiered.
June 30, 2020
Excerpt: Trading a Fab NYC Life for Tennessee
Jordan Nasser was an executive at H&M but gave it up to write a novel mirroring his experiences as a gay man reconciling with his Southern heritage. Read an excerpt from Home Is a Fire below.
July 7, 2015
The Most Important Lesbian Writer Never Heard Of
This author of pulp fiction, mystery, and YA literature forever changed perceptions of same-sex love and desire.
March 10, 2016
50 Years After 'The Homosexuals'
Decades after the airing of an antigay documentary that shocked the nation, one man tells his story.
January 2, 2017
D.C.’s newest LGBTQ+ bar, District Eagle, invites patrons to ‘let their freak flag fly’
The space embraces a “kink-forward” mindset, managing partner Zach Renovátes told The Advocate.
January 22, 2025
PHOTOS: N.C. Protests 'Tyranny of the Majority'
Protesters marched through the streets of Raleigh on Monday to express outrage over Amendment One, a constitutional ban on same-sex unions that North Carolina voters overwhelmingly approved, and they plan to march every 14th to change hearts and minds.
May 15, 2012
Miami Beach Pride 2025: a wonderland of LGBTQ+ joy & inclusion
Miami Beach Pride has united the LGBTQ+ community for 17 years, with this year's festivities starting on March 27.
March 27, 2025
5 Must-See Shows: What's Gay Off-Broadway
Planning to see theater in NYC? Check out these five new LGBT-inclusive shows.
October 22, 2014
Exploring Beauty and Hell With Gay Artists SUPERM
A new show from the two men behind SUPERM took their inspiration from "the first punk, a century before punk was invented."
November 29, 2012
PHOTOS: The Golden Age of Brad Gooch
A visual guide to Brad Gooch's beautiful but heartbreaking memoir of New York in the '70s and '80s.
April 15, 2015
The NRA Takes Aim at Us
The National Rifle Association's latest ad is tantamount to a declaration of war on people of color and the LGBT community.
July 11, 2017
Trans Woman Nedra Sequence Morris Found Dead in Florida
Morris's relatives say she was shot in the head and her body dumped on a street in Opa-locka.
May 17, 2022