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Spring Awakening

Road Awakening

Title VII Awakening

While the advancement of transgender Americans has sometimes been viewed as dependent upon the success of the broader LGBT movement, workplace protections are one place where trans Americans are pioneering a whole new area of the law--and lesbians, gays, and bisexuals appear to be following their lead.

Awakening the Woman Inside

One woman recounts the period when, after leaving her abusive husband, she realized she was a lesbian.

Behind the Asian Awakening Happening In Film

An unprecedented amount of LGBT art and activism is coming out of China, Taiwan, and Singapore.

7 Tweets Showing RuPaul’s Political Awakening

The Emmy-winning mastermind behind Drag Race once gave off a nonpolitical vibe. Things have changed a bit since November.

Spring Awakening's Jonathan Groff & Lea Michele on Their Chosen Family

The best friends chat with The Advocate about the smash musical's anniversary concert and documentary, and how its themes are still critical 15 years later.

Excerpt: Big Freedia's Sexual Awakening, in Her Own Words

Big Freedia is the queen of bounce music, patron saint of New Orleans, and star of her own reality show. She's also an author, describing her amazing rise in her new memoir, God Save the Queen Diva!

How Adam Rippon's 5th-Grade Sexual Awakening Led to His Coming Out

Read the Olympic medalist's coming out story in this excerpt from his memoir, Beautiful on the Outside.

'Baby Reindeer's Jessica Gunning celebrates Pride by coming out as a 'big old gay'

Kissing Cate Blanchett was the first step in her gay awakening — relatable.

A Gay Love Letter to Barbie on Her 60th Birthday

Alexander Modiano pays tribute to the doll that sparked his queer awakening.

Kanye West Joins Evangelical Summit Starring Antigay Hate Leaders

The musician will speak at Awaken 2020, which gives a platform to dangerous homophobes and transphobes.

The Family Tragicomic That Could Change Broadway Forever

The story of the sexual awakening of a young, butch lesbian is the most honest thing Broadway has seen on LGBT lives.

Coretta's Confidante, Pillar of Gay Atlanta Winston Johnson Has Died

Johnson's friendship with the civil rights icon coincided with his own political awakening, which included work for the NAACP and the HRC.