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thousands marching through Washington DC in protest of Donald Trump

What is antifa, and can Donald Trump label it a 'terrorist' group?

Here's what you need to know about antifa; what it is, what it isn't, and what Trump could do.

Lesbian couple Robin Tyler and Diane Olson are joined in marriage the first legally recognized samesex marriage in Los Angeles County at the Beverly Hills courthouse June 16 2008 alongside book cover heroic stories of marriage equality

Reflecting on 10 years of marriage equality: Frankie Frankeny on the stories behind the movement

"These aren’t just love stories. They’re blueprints. They’re battle cries. They’re reminders that when we tell the truth about our lives, we change the world," photographer Frankie Frankeny tells The Advocate of her book LOVE: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality.

Frank Kameny speaking at a podium during street dedication ceremony June 2010

Remembering Frank Kameny: Here's why he was a gay rights pioneer

Kameny sued the federal government after he was fired for being gay, picketed the White House, and did much more to advance the movement. Here's what you need to know about the queer rights icon.

2025 LGBTQ+ demonstrators reenact historic 1965 White House protest

LGBTQ+ demonstrators reenacted historic White House protest

The Rainbow History Project marked the 60th anniversary of the first White House protest for queer rights.

Human Rights Campaign Stages Die-In in front of the Department of Health and Human Services to Protest Trump Health Care Cuts

Activists hold 'die-in' at HHS to protest Trump health care cuts: in photos

At the die-in, while a narrator slowly read through a list of devastating health outcomes that HHS funding cuts will have on the LGBTQ+ community.

A street of people in Chicago holding different placards supporting trans rights, immigrants, and more.

Visions of Solidarity: Lesbian writers on how we save the world from fascism

New books by Sarah Schulman and the late Urvashi Vaid offer a blueprint for a common movement to fight against American authoritarianism and the rise of fascism worldwide.

Raquel Willis from GLM Gender Liberation Movement Grand Marshall 2024 NYC LGBTQIA Pride Festival

Meet Raquel Willis, the transgender activist who's one of TIME's Women of the Year

"This honor was validating for my career and for my passion, but not for my womanhood," Willis tells The Advocate.

holocaust prisoners in striped uniforms bearing triangular badges on parade in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp near Berlin Germany 19th December 1938 while Nazi officers stand guard alongside Representatives of the ACT UP Dublin group walking with banners in the Dublin LGBTQ Pride Festival in 2019

What is the pink triangle? How a Nazi symbol became an emblem of LGBTQ+ rights

The pink triangle, used to identify LGBTQ+ prisoners in concentration camps, has since been reclaimed by queer activists.

GoFundMe web page headers Jordan Celotto Mickey Harmon

Gay artist-activist couple killed in upstate New York; suspect charged with murder

Prominent Buffalo couple Mickey Harmon and Jordan Celotto were found dead in their home Tuesday.

Ed Sedarbaum

Ed Sedarbaum, veteran Queens, N.Y., gay activist, has died at 78

Sedarbaum, the widower of cartoonist Howard Cruse, has been called the grandfather of the Queens LGBTQ+ movement. He worked against hate crimes and for inclusive education.

Anita Bryant Covered in Pie

Why did a gay man throw a pie in Anita Bryant's face, and who was he?

Gay activist Thom Higgins "pied" the antigay crusader during a press conference in Des Moines in 1977 as part of his considerable career as an LGBTQ+ rights advocate. Here's the whole story.

This long-term HIV survivor says testosterone therapy 'saved my life.'

This long-term HIV survivor says testosterone therapy 'saved my life.'

Nelson Vergel's been on a lifelong mission to educate people about hormone therapy since it helped him survive the AIDS crisis in the early 1990s.