80 years after Hiroshima, Trump’s ‘gut’ is in charge of the nuclear codes, and it's dangerous
Opinion: In 1945, the world crossed a line. In 2025, one man might erase it altogether, writes John Casey.
August 6, 2025
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In a real-life 'War of the Worlds,' the alien OAN will take over a civilized Voice of America
Opinion: Trump’s autocratic propaganda machine Is about to swallow America’s global voice and scare the daylights out of the world, writes John Casey.
May 10, 2025
Estonia Legalizes Marriage Equality
Despite the vote, anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments remain in the Baltic country.
June 20, 2023
Gay Love in the Time of Cold War
In his new novel, Goodbye Heiko, Goodbye Berlin, Stonewall veteran Owen Levy explores a bittersweet gay romance amid the chaos of post-World War II Germany.
August 10, 2017
Cold War: The Catholic Church and LGBTQ+ Believers
This year, the Vatican continued its mixed messages about queer equality and dignity. Is our patience worn thin?
December 24, 2020
Tension Builds Between Military Men in Cold War Film 'Firebird'
The lush film Firebird has its North American premiere at Frameline this weekend. And The Advocate has an exclusive clip.Â
June 22, 2021
Firebird's Out Star Tom Prior on the Cold War Gay Romance's Relevance
The actor and cowriter of the sweeping true queer love story in authoritarian Russia chats with The Advocate about the film's subjects' courage.Â
April 26, 2022
Watch 'Firebird' Trailer: Film About Forbidden Gay Cold War Romance
The project is based on a true story.
March 15, 2022
It's Official: Patty Jenkins Will Direct "Wonder Woman" Sequel
The follow-up will also reportedly take place during the Cold War with Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman once again.
September 11, 2017
Mikhail Gorbachev, Former Soviet President, Is Dead at 91
(CNN) The man credited with introducing key political and economic reforms to the USSR and helping to end the Cold War had been in failing health for some time.
August 30, 2022
Purging the gays McCarthy style
The scapegoating of gay people in light of the scandal surrounding disgraced former congressman Mark Foley is nothing new. It is a tactic honed in the dark days of the Cold War during the McCarthy-led "purge of the perverts."
October 25, 2006
Lessons Learned: Roy Cohn, Trump's Gay Mentor, Shows the Importance of Community
What Roy Cohn's legacy as a communist-hunter can teach us today.
January 18, 2017
WATCH: Remembering Gay Pianist Van Cliburn
The American-born pianist became a beacon for positive U.S.-Soviet relations when he won first place at a Soviet Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow in 1958.
February 28, 2013
Obama Addresses 'Gay Rights' in Cuba Speech
The U.S. president cited equality for historically disadvantaged groups as one of the "enormous gains" of democracy.
March 22, 2016
Ryan Murphy Teases 'American Horror Story' Season 4 Details
The out producer talks about the next season of the hit series and hints at star Jessica Lange's next role.
January 16, 2014
The Lavender Scare's New Relevance
The Human Rights Campaign is calling on the State Department to apologize for all the gays and lesbians it fired in the 1950s.Â
January 3, 2017
Confederate or not? Army bases revert to names of rebels but supposedly honor others
Military Times has dubbed this "a workaround" of a law against naming bases for Confederates.
June 12, 2025