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Here are all the wins for LGBTQ+ artists and allies at the 2025 Grammys

The 67th Grammy Awards was one of the gayest award shows of all time — and we're celebrating.

Ariana Grande; Chappell Roan; Billie Eilish; Beyoncé

Too soon? Our early 2025 Grammy predictions

The 67th Grammy Awards will be very competitive. Here's our list of early predictions.

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Celebrating Pride Month and democracy with the Human Rights Campaign’s leader, Kelley Robinson (exclusive)

The history-making president opens up about her role in an exclusive interview with The Advocate.

Early morning view of shrimp boats in Biloxi harbor

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Queer survival in Mississippi and the bars that saved us

On Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, gay bars weren’t just nightlife but sanctuaries where queer Southeners risked everything to exist, to dance, and to be seen, writes Mark Burr.

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Here are all the wins for LGBTQ+ artists and allies at the 2025 Grammys

The 67th Grammy Awards was one of the gayest award shows of all time — and we're celebrating.

Too soon? Our early 2025 Grammy predictions

The 67th Grammy Awards will be very competitive. Here's our list of early predictions.

How Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter advances equality

The hit album is much more than simply a genre detour for the superstar.

Celebrating Pride Month and democracy with the Human Rights Campaign’s leader, Kelley Robinson (exclusive)

The history-making president opens up about her role in an exclusive interview with The Advocate.

Iconic Harris-Walz camo hat costume dazzles D.C.’s pre-Election Day High Heel Race

Tyler Cargill says he constructed the outfit with his partner’s help over several hours.

Piers Morgan says Beyoncé is 'culturally appropriating Marilyn Monroe'

The TV personality reacted to Beyoncé's recent Levi's commercial.

10 queer slang words that defined the internet in 2025

The dictionary wishes it were this gay.

Queer survival in Mississippi and the bars that saved us

On Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, gay bars weren’t just nightlife but sanctuaries where queer Southeners risked everything to exist, to dance, and to be seen, writes Mark Burr.

2025 Grammy nominations for the gays: Pop girls battle for gold

The Grammy nominations have arrived and they are so gay.

'Designing Women' Made You Gay

The shoulder-pad sisterhood of ladies from Atlanta that paved the way for Sex and the City is now on DVD -- and Dave White is all over it.

Too Girly to Be Girls?

Once averse to the boob tube, author T cooper is now in love with TV -- specifically with the hair-extended, acrylic-nailed sort, a la Rock of Love .

Brokeback backlash in full force

The Academy Awards may have marked a "maverick year," but Oscar voters still felt more comfy with a movie about racism than with one depicting gay sex. So maybe they're not so "out of touch" with mainstream America after all

The Oscar Nominations Are Here and (a Little Bit) Queer

Kristin Stewart and Ariana DeBose are among the handful of LGBTQ+ folks to receive a nod at this year's Academy Awards.

42 LGBTQ Valentine's Day Movies for Every Mood

Committed? Single? Cynical? Randy? We got you covered.

The 25 best queer films of the century so far

From But I'm a Cheerleader to Brokeback Mountain to Bottoms, the first 25 years of the 21st century have witnessed a sea change in LGBTQ+ films like trans stories starring trans people and queer movies becoming major awards contenders. Here are the best ranked.

20 Must-Read Books We Missed Last Year

So many books, so little time. But these little LGBT-penned miracles -- which run the gamut from crime and mystery to coming out, religion, politics, sex, the Mafia, and identity -- belong on summer reading lists.

The Advocate's 27 Favorite Films of Outfest 2014

This year's Outfest features more than 150 films. The Advocate has chosen 27 of our favorites.

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The 67th Grammy Awards was one of the gayest award shows of all time — and we're celebrating.

The 67th Grammy Awards will be very competitive. Here's our list of early predictions.

The hit album is much more than simply a genre detour for the superstar.

The history-making president opens up about her role in an exclusive interview with The Advocate.

Tyler Cargill says he constructed the outfit with his partner’s help over several hours.

The TV personality reacted to Beyoncé's recent Levi's commercial.

The dictionary wishes it were this gay.

On Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, gay bars weren’t just nightlife but sanctuaries where queer Southeners risked everything to exist, to dance, and to be seen, writes Mark Burr.

The Grammy nominations have arrived and they are so gay.

The shoulder-pad sisterhood of ladies from Atlanta that paved the way for Sex and the City is now on DVD -- and Dave White is all over it.

Once averse to the boob tube, author T cooper is now in love with TV -- specifically with the hair-extended, acrylic-nailed sort, a la Rock of Love .

The Academy Awards may have marked a "maverick year," but Oscar voters still felt more comfy with a movie about racism than with one depicting gay sex. So maybe they're not so "out of touch" with mainstream America after all

Kristin Stewart and Ariana DeBose are among the handful of LGBTQ+ folks to receive a nod at this year's Academy Awards.

Committed? Single? Cynical? Randy? We got you covered.

From But I'm a Cheerleader to Brokeback Mountain to Bottoms, the first 25 years of the 21st century have witnessed a sea change in LGBTQ+ films like trans stories starring trans people and queer movies becoming major awards contenders. Here are the best ranked.

So many books, so little time. But these little LGBT-penned miracles -- which run the gamut from crime and mystery to coming out, religion, politics, sex, the Mafia, and identity -- belong on summer reading lists.

This year's Outfest features more than 150 films. The Advocate has chosen 27 of our favorites.