'Drag Race UK' star Zahirah Zapanta discusses showmance rumors & Asian drag domination with 'Pride'
Zapanta also tells Pride about the Drag Race queens who changed her life when she was just a queer kid.
October 23, 2024
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asian movement
'Queer Japan' Shows the Asian Nation's 'LGBT Boom' in New Trailer
A new documentary by Graham Kolbeins showcases out leaders in the Asian nation's rainbow movement.
October 29, 2020
How a Canadian Manga Lover Made a Must-See Doc on 'Queer Japan'
Documentarian Graham Kolbeins discusses his journey of chronicling the LGBTQ movement in the Asian nation.
October 24, 2019
'Out in Mumbai' Director Adele Tulli on India's Queer Future
The documentarian discusses LGBT life in India after the repeal of the country's most notorious antigay law.
March 28, 2013
Japanese Companies Endorse Digital Same-Sex Partnership Certificates
The Asian nation does not legally recognize same-sex marriage, but a growing movement in the business community has devised a work-around.
April 29, 2020
LGBTQ+ Asian Artists Share Stories of Pride And Strength in Lockdown
Hosted by activist Amazin LeThi, The Advocate's Instagram Live series celebrated Asian artists and entertainers.
July 2, 2020
Honor for Film Focused on Gay, Lesbian Asians
Richard Fung brought attention to the largely unknown communities of Canadian Asian lesbians and gays of the 1980s.Â
December 11, 2015
How Queer Asians Can Be Good Allies to Black Brothers and Sisters
A plea for LGBTQ Asians to stand in solidarity with the queer Black community.
February 27, 2019
Report Finds U.S. Hate Crimes Laws Inconsistent, Lack Impact
Judy Shepard, whose son Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered in a hate crime, wrote the forward for the report.Â
July 29, 2021
LGBTQ People Must Condemn Violence Against Asian-Americans
Asian-Pacific Islanders are facing bigotry related to the current health crisis, and we must stand up for them, Emmett Schelling writes.
April 21, 2020
Obama, Tell the Department of Homeland Security: End Profiling Now
A very time-sensitive plea.
January 4, 2017
Trans Actor Leo Sheng on J.K. Rowling, Racism & 'The L Word' Season 2
The L Word star talked to activist Amazin LeThi about the intersections of race and gender in our latest Instagram Live discussion.
June 10, 2020
The Garden of Eden, Only Queer
This dance film considers a gender-free beginning. Â
September 12, 2018
Grindr's 'Kindr' Is 'First Step' in Fighting 'Sexual Racism'
The gay dating app is preparing a new initiative against racism, transphobia, and body-shaming.
August 1, 2018
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.
April 25, 2025
We 55 respectfully disagree
In an "open letter" to The Advocate and to LGBT people everywhere, more than four dozen prominent activists of color take issue with Jasmyne Cannick's commentary calling for LGBT equality to take priority over rights for illegal immigrants. Quoting Audre Lorde, they remind us, "There is no hierarchy of oppression."
April 11, 2006
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, California AG Rob Bonta receive awards from Victory Fund
The two were recognized as allies to the LGBTQ+ community.
April 28, 2025
Riley Shows His Range
Renowned composer Terry Riley uses the sound of children's toys and the spirit of Native American rituals in his latest work The Cusp of Magic. Ironically it is one of his most accessible works to date.
February 20, 2008