Iowa Mayor Approves LGBTQ+ Pride Month After Residents Speak Up
Residents and city council members criticized the mayor for forcing his religious views on the public before he changed his mind.
MAY 5, 2023
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WATCH: Transgender, Lesbian Students Crowned Homecoming Royalty
Students around the nation continue to use races for homecoming court to make a statement about LGBT rights. This weekend saw winners in Iowa and on Long Island.
OCTOBER 13, 2013
Discover Why Wanting in Arabic Is This Year's Best Transgender Fiction
The Lambda Literary Foundation named Trish Salah's first book, Wanting in Arabic, the best work of transgender fiction produced this year. Read an exclusive excerpt from the book below.
JUNE 30, 2014
Last Words With RuPaul's Drag Race's Kennedy Davenport
The Advocate spoke with RuPaul's Drag Race's Kennedy Davenport after she sashayed away.
MAY 29, 2015
Opinions vary over Logo's rejection of UCC ad
Did Viacom's GLBT network do the right thing in rejecting a pro-gay church's ad on the grounds that it disparages other faiths? Our readers weigh in.
APRIL 14, 2006
Arrest Made Police Say Iowa Man Was Beaten With Bat
Police have made an arrest in the case of Marcellus Andrews, a Waterloo, Iowa, man who was beaten to death on a friend's front porch while being called antigay slurs.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
11 Trans Kings and Queens Who Ruled the School
Those crowns never looked better than on these inspiring transgender students, making history on homecoming and prom courts across the country.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Explores Asian Men Leaving Gay Racism Behind
Asian men falling in love and discovering themselves -- outside of the idealized white stereotype.
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Real L Word's Kacy Boccumini on Transitioning in Your 40s
For this former reality star, happiness is finally coming into focus.
AUGUST 26, 2021
Lance Loud: A death in An American Family
Just days before he passed away on December 22, Lance Loud completed an essay about his life for The Advocate's year-in-review issue, written from the hospice in which he lay dying. "For years I had told myself that all my unbridled drinking, drugging, and unsafe sex were going to lead exactly here," he wrote. "But I'd never really believed it."
JANUARY 22, 2002
Trump Supporters Vandalize Openly Gay Candidate’s Home With 'Death Threat'
The attack amounts to a hate crime, according to the victim.
OCTOBER 28, 2016
Antigay Iowa Lawmaker to Investigate LGBT Youth Event
Supporters of the Iowa Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ Youth say right-wing forces are on a 'witch hunt' against it.
JANUARY 19, 2016
Results: 30 LGBT Races to Watch
Read up on the queer candidates who ran for their political lives.
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NOVEMBER 7, 2016
After declaring run for presidency, Obama talks faith, other issues in Iowa
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think voters have a litmus test on religion, whether evangelical Christianity or his childhood years in a largely Muslim country.
FEBRUARY 12, 2007
Seasons change
Crystal meth addiction doesn't follow the rules of traditional rehabilitation. New Seasons clinic in California looks inside the brains of addicts to crack the code.
MARCH 26, 2007
