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Target foot traffic down for 10th consecutive week amid boycott over DEI abandonment

Meanwhile, Costco — which rejected calls to abandon its DEI efforts — marked its sixteenth straight week of increasing foot traffic.

Nonbinary Artist Amani Lewis Shows Google the Way

The Baltimore-based artist recently teamed with Google Shopping for its new page featuring Black-owned businesses.

Black Nonbinary Artist Amani Lewis Paints Path to Black Business

The Baltimore-based artist recently teamed with Google Shopping for their new visually stunning and empowering page featuring Black-owned businesses.

Shop these Black queer-owned brands this Black History Month

Do you have a favorite Black queer-owned business to recommend? Share the love and let's continue spreading support and diversity together.

25 Queer-Owned Bookstores to Know and Support

In the face of books bans targeting LGBTQ+ subjects and authors, here is one way to support queer books.

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.

Democrats target GOP’s Project 2025 in Milwaukee amid Republican National Convention

They highlighted the dangerous platform Republicans envision for the future of America under another term under Donald Trump.

Target ending DEI proves when you follow Trump, on anything, you always lose in the end

Opinion: Gone, and perhaps irretrievably so, are the days when Target was at the forefront of corporate inclusivity, writes John Casey.

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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Queer Network Revry to Air Select Episodes of Inside with the Advocate

Revry is providing The Advocate with a free month of commercial-free streaming. Enter the discount code to claim it! 

It's time to build a sustainable future for LGBTQ+ advocacy work. Here's why

As attacks on LGBTQ+ rights continue, perhaps it's time to rethink our approach to the nonprofit sector, writes Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Calls Out Homophobia in City Council

Lightfoot received a standing ovation after blasting the tone of the debate over contracts for LGBTQ-owned businesses.

Ted Cruz and the Fallout for Fire Island

The fallout from the Ted Cruz dinner, hosted by a pair of gay real estate magnates, washes onshore at the Fire Island Pines.

13 Ways to Queer Your Black Friday

Need some ideas on how to spend Black Friday? We got you covered.

Business Advice From the Bay Area's Coffee Queens

Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell's Equator Coffee just became the first LGBT-owned company to be named the nation's Small Business of the Year. The ladies share the secret of their success and how they deal with homophobia at work.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian Woman Harasses Teens in Viral TikTok Clip

"You guys aren't like, girlfriends, are you?"

Op-ed: As a Lesbian in Hip-Hop, I'm Living 'Empire'

Melantha Hodge has worked closely with many successful artists, so she's familiar with the deep current of homophobia that still exists in hip-hop and R&B.