Thriving Under 30: Celebrating 10 Young LGBTQ+ Trailblazers
These 10 young artists, athletes, and activists aren’t waiting around for change. They’re making it happen.
October 25, 2024
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30 under 30
A Brighter Future: Meet The Advocate's '30 Under 30'
We're celebrating 30 amazing LGBTQ+ young people who are blazing a trail toward a better, brighter future for all!
August 2, 2023
Gay Cofounders of LGBT Youth App Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 List
Distinc.tt cofounders Thomas McAfee and Michael Belkin came in at lucky #13.
January 4, 2016
Lucy Jones Designs for Disability
Named one of Forbes' 30 under 30, Lucy is transforming the catwalk and is featured in the new MTV #SeeHer campaign.
March 7, 2017
Abortion is the most important issue for women under 30 in the election: survey
Nearly two out of every fice women under the age of 30 (39 percent) said abortion is the most important issue for their vote in November.
October 11, 2024
Forty-Year-Old Version's Radha's Gay Best Friend Tells It Like It Is
Radha Blank wrote, directed, and stars in the acclaimed film produced by Lena Waithe.
October 14, 2020
YouTube Marketing Maven Starts His Own LGBT Channel
Raymond Braun, the young man behind some of YouTube's successful campaigns, is starting his own channel for LGBT youth.
April 30, 2015
Move Over, Kylie: The Beauty World Has a New Star
This out Hawaiian teen has a global following and flourishing makeup line.
July 24, 2018
LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Face Violence at Home, Derision in America
New legislation could force the Trump administration to start taking LGBTQ asylum seekers seriously, writes Sayid Abdullaev.
December 10, 2019
Why Raymond Braun Went to Orlando
The out social media personality usually reports from joyous moments around the world but is in Orlando looking for a way for our community to react.
June 17, 2016
Op-ed: What Barney Frank Still Gets Wrong on ENDA
Former congressman Barney Frank is sticking by the decision to exclude transgender workers from protection under ENDA in 2007. Here's why that's still problematic.
October 1, 2014
Raymond Braun Grows Up
One of the world's leading social media influencers, Raymond Braun uses his following for good.
November 21, 2017
2016 Needed 2018 Taylor Swift But She Couldn't Come to the Phone
The Instagram post is great, but excuse this Swifty fan for being cynical about the pop icon's motives.
October 8, 2018
White House Blasts Online Harassment of Federal Employee by Hate Group Libs of TikTok
Libs of TikTok sent random tweet after random tweet targeting a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior.
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October 6, 2023
Dear Thought Catalog, I Am Not a 'Mentally Ill Gay'
Against my better judgment, I gave the purveyors of relevant thinking a second chance. Now, along with 50 others, I'm asking for my work to be permanently deleted from the site.
August 19, 2014
STUDY: 1 in 3 Young Adults in U.S. Identify as Bisexual
A new study finds 31 percent of Americans under 30 say they are not '100% heterosexual.'
August 20, 2015
Young Repubs Express Big Support for Marriage Equality
Sixty-one percent of GOPers under 30 endorse equal marriage rights, in marked contrast to their elders, according to a new poll.
March 12, 2014
Poll: Youth Support for Marriage Equality, Abortion Rights Offer Republican Stumbling Block
A new poll from Bloomberg confirms the ongoing trend that people under 30 overwhelmingly support marriage equality, while a majority of Republicans oppose it.
September 29, 2013
How LGBTQ Magazines Help Us Find Community
Reading on paper stimulates visual memory, helping your brain map out information to remember later.
June 10, 2019