Police rule out terrorism in chemical agent release at Baltimore Pride Festival
On Saturday, revelers panicked after many couldn’t breathe and began to experience burning eyes after two groups got into a fight.
June 17, 2024
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LGBTQ+ Pride Events Place Abortion Rights Front and Center Nationally
Pridegoers protested for reproductive freedom after the Supreme Court stripped Americans of a right for the first time in history.
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June 27, 2022
70 photos of the city of Baltimore celebrating 50 years of Pride
Baltimore marked its 50th anniversary with a huge Pride celebration!
June 26, 2025
The best of 2024 LGBTQ+ news and events in images
An overview of the news, parties, and events, The Advocate and its sibling publications covered this year. Check them out!
December 31, 2024
Protestors Clash Over Library's Drag Queen Story Hour
While it wasn't the first time the library has hosted a drag queen story hour, it was the first time it was protested against.
January 16, 2023
Pride Flag Burned Outside of Baltimore Shop Investigated as Hate Crime
Police are looking for two supsects in connection with the crime that occurred outside of the LGBTQ boutique Same Gender Love.
May 10, 2019
Iowa Man Arrested for Vandalizing Pride Flag
Blazing Saddle owners publicly released surveillance video of the crime.
November 8, 2019
100 pics from NYC Pride Parade 2025 that prove Pride is still a protest
Queer joy is radical in the big apple.
June 30, 2025
Amy Sherald's trans Statue of Liberty heads to Baltimore after Smithsonian controversy
In July, Sherald cancelled an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery over disagreements about the painting, Trans Forming Liberty. Now, it and the show's other works are on their way to Baltimore.
September 4, 2025
Brian Cashman and the Yankees turned my childhood dream into something even better
Opinion: On Pride Night at Yankee Stadium, I stepped onto the field as a gay man and finally felt like I’d made it to the big leagues, writes John Casey.
June 18, 2025
David Mixner Among Honorees for Ali Forney Center Fund-raiser
The longtime activist will be among one of the honorees at a benefit for the nation's largest services and advocacy organization for LGBT homeless youth.
October 1, 2012
50 photos of San Francisco Pride that prove The City is still a beacon of queer joy & resistance
We’re here, queer, and not going anywhere!
July 3, 2025
Kiev Activist: Life 'Dangerous' for LGBT Ukrainians
Activist Globa Bogdan, who had his hopes for Kiev Pride dashed this year, says the culture of machismo threatens LGBT Ukrainians.
July 9, 2014
O'Malley Highlights LGBT Record in Run For White House
The former governor and early proponent of same sex marriage is challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
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May 30, 2015
Interns' Questions on LGBT Rights Throw Jeff Sessions Off Balance
Irritation and condescension were among Sessions's reactions to the interns' pointed questions.
December 7, 2017
Why Police Should Have a Place at Pride
Banning bad cops from Pride celebrations is understandable, but banning all cops isn't, writes Amanda Kerri.
June 19, 2018
Methodist Minister, Removed Over Same-Sex Wedding, Is Reinstated
Frank Schaefer was defrocked in December for having performed his son's same-sex wedding, but an appeals panel has returned him to the ministry.
June 25, 2014
Legendary 1970 Gay Dance Party Honored by Chicago Pride Concert
Renaissance One will showcase of-the-minute artists in an event paying homage to the city's first public same-sex dance.
June 26, 2019
A New Model for LGBT Organizing
While venerable equality groups are shuttering, three scrappy Marylanders are launching one — and utilizing thoroughly modern ideas to succeed.
July 5, 2016
Atlanta the new mecca for black gays
The Atlanta region now is home to the biggest concentration of black same-sex couples in the South, with nearly as many as the Chicago area, which has more than four times as many blacks.
August 15, 2005
Killed in Broad Daylight
Sacramento has long been considered a tolerant city, but a gay man's violent death has exposed the wide divide between LGBT residents and the area's Slavic evangelical Christians.
November 16, 2007