Ben & Jerry's founder Jerry Greenfield resigns, says he's 'been silenced' over LGBTQ+ rights
Jerry Greenfield said Ben & Jerry's parent company wouldn't let him defend "the rights of immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ community."
September 17, 2025
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These 25 major companies still have DEI practices
While some large corporations are ending DEI programs due to conservative backlash, these companies are staying strong.
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April 2, 2025
In the aftermath of Kirk’s killing and Kimmel’s silencing, where do we go from here?
Opinion: Each wave of violence, vengeance, and censorship washes away at our democracy, leaving us worried and fearful about the future, writes John Casey.
September 19, 2025
BREAKING: Senate Approves ENDA on Initial Vote
For the first time in U.S. history, the Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, by a bipartisan vote of 64-32, sending the legislation to the House of Representatives.
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November 7, 2013
Resisting the Christian Right in Orlando
The National Religious Broadcasters group has ambitious plans to roll back LGBT rights. Its annual convention is coming up, just miles from the Pulse nightclub.
February 23, 2017
Op-ed: Six Reasons Why it Sucks to Be a Gay Man
Sure, there have been countless advancements for LGBT rights, especially in the last few years, but there are just a couple of realities that make everyday life a bit of a pain.
March 29, 2013
One Million Moms Is a Secretive Antigay Group That Can't Stop Failing
This inflated offshoot of the American Family Association works (unsuccessfully) to punish pro-LGBTQ companies.
October 21, 2019
What LGBTQ+ audiences should see at the TCM Classic Film Festival
Musicals, divas, a bathhouse comedy, drag queens, and more!
April 24, 2025
Idol Gives Back Nobody
This week you're asked to donate what you can to end poverty. And if you're one of Ellen DeGeneres's friends, then you had especially better pony up the cash. There's also some singing...
April 30, 2007
Seat Filler April
The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene wraps up another season with visits to 20 shows, including The Normal Heart, Sister Act, Anything Goes, Catch Me If You Can, Wonderland, War Horse, High, and more.
May 11, 2011
Lambda Literary Award Finalists You Must Read
In celebration of the 2013 finalists, we review five nominated works of LGBT literature that should be at the top of you must-read list.
March 7, 2013
Reason to Have Pride: WNBA's Seimone Augustus
We came out, we saw ourselves in media, and we conquered hearts and minds in the last year. From major wins to small victories, here is the first of four parts of 181 reasons to feel proud of not being straight and narrow.
May 15, 2012
Chronicling the LGBT Familes Who Used the Court System for Change
Author Carlos A. Ball chronicles the stories of LGBT parents who have fundamentally changed how American law defines and regulates parenthood in this excerpt from The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood.
September 27, 2012
Where to Shop, Not Shop
Donald Trump had a big effect on where LGBT people should shop this holiday season.
November 25, 2016
19 Shows LGBT Viewers Can't Miss This Fall
The Advocate staff picks our favorite inclusive shows that make up fall 2014’s must-see LGBT TV.
September 22, 2014
49 Victims' Names Released in Pulse Shooting
City officials have released the names of 49 people killed at the gay nightclub in Orlando Sunday.
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June 12, 2016