Mary’s House provides a safe living space for LGBTQ+ seniors
The Washington D.C.-based housing project is a first of it's kind.
June 23, 2025
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National Park Service reverses Pride ban for employees in uniform after backlash from LGBTQ+ community
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland reversed an earlier policy forbidding employees from participating in uniform, which caused uproar.
May 25, 2024
LGBTQ+ Community Centers: Invaluable, Imperiled
As other queer spaces shutter, community centers offer services, camaraderie, and respite.
August 7, 2023
LGBTQ+ Elders Face Decades of Discrimination. Republicans Don’t Care
Cutting eldercare -- especially services for LGBTQ+ elder communities -- from the American Jobs Plan would be inhumane.
June 21, 2021
Election season got you down? This crisis line is soothing LGBTQ+ mental health (exclusive)
As lawmakers target the community, the need for mental health services skyrockets. FOLX Health CEO Liana Douillet Guzmán tells The Advocate about a new service that's helping.
March 26, 2024
50 Years of Pumps & Circumstance: S.F. Imperial Court
The Imperial Council of San Francisco, the 2nd largest LGBT group in the U.S., marks 50 years of glitter, grandiosity, and community service.
February 25, 2015
Watch: Barack Obama's Message in Honor of Stonewall Day
The 44th president will be part of a star-studded virtual fundraising event benefiting groups that provide sorely needed services to the LGBTQ+ community.
June 23, 2020
Why Brotherhood, Inc. Will Never Stop Serving LGBTQ+ People in Need
For nearly 25 years, the agency has provided outreach to the LGBTQ+ community, housing services to those living with HIV, and low income housing to those experiencing homelessness in New Orleans.
December 30, 2020
Democrats and rights groups accuse Trump's Justice Department of ignoring hate crimes
More than 100 members of Congress have written to Attorney General Pam Bondi about the situation, while 11 community organizations are suing over the loss of a conflict resolution service.
November 26, 2025
This Activist Organized a Powerful Vigil for Trans Day of Remembrance
As a part of her Point Foundation Community Service Project, University of Souther California student and 2017 Point Scholar Kerri Cecil organized a memorial honoring the 2,609 trans people murdered since 2008.
November 22, 2017
Eric Himan’s Battle Cry
Striking, gay, tattooed pop-rocker Eric Himan has amassed a loyal following at his club dates across the country. But it's his activist lyrics and take no prisoners attitude that has gay service men, the trans community and practically everyone who ever longed for a musician to empathize with their feelings that has fans lining up around the block.
September 5, 2008
United Methodist Church ends 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The church has long been divided into factions over its stance on homosexuality and gay clergy and even weighed splitting into two separate churches over the issue.
May 1, 2024
Gay members of Congress worried about mpox outbreak ask for data in letter to Joe Biden (exclusive)
Reps. Ritchie Torres and Mark Pocan sent a letter to the president and Health and Human Services Secretary to learn what the administration is doing to prepare against a potentially worse mpox outbreak.
June 27, 2024
Kelly Clarkson chats with Laverne Cox and LGBTQ+ center CEO: 'It's getting a little scary now'
The musician hosted transgender actor and icon Laverne Cox on Thursday's episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, alongside Carla Smith, CEO of the LGBT Community Center in New York City.
February 7, 2025
You won't believe the meaning of The Rock's beige handkerchief in 'GQ' cover
Dwayne Johnson wore a beige handkerchief in his back pocket – here's what that means in the Hanky Code.
November 12, 2024