Meet the 21-year-old Rhodes Scholar fighting for the wrongfully incarcerated
In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates, like Jenna Smith, who are already changing the world.
August 19, 2025
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Celebrating pride and resilience in The Deep South
In the face of new legislative challenges, the LGBTQ+ community of Birmingham, Alabama, celebrates the 46th anniversary of Pride with reinforced solidarity and unwavering commitment to equality, unity, and love.
June 10, 2024
Stop Saying the Deep South Is a Lost Cause
Black women saved us from Roy Moore, but even white men are open to change if the message is right.
December 18, 2017
HRC Sets Its Sights on the Deep South
The LGBT rights organization is opening offices in Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi.
April 26, 2014
A Trans Woman Talks Family and Transitioning in the Deep South
Jheri Jones, featured in the documentary The Joneses, looks back on the challenges of transitioning and reconnecting with her children.
November 20, 2018
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Sweet Pride Alabama: Celebrating LGBTQ+ lives in the Deep South
Central Alabama Pride has been awarded The Advocate’s inaugural Communities of Pride Award.
June 11, 2025
Gay Chorus Deep South Breaks Hearts With Stories of LGBTQ Resilience
The trailer has dropped for the documentary that chronicles the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus offering hope for LGBTQ audiences in the South.Â
October 8, 2019
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WATCH: Daily Show Names Ala. and Miss. Gayest States
Watch what happens when two actors pose as a gay couple in the deep south.
October 30, 2013
Op-ed: The Accidental Activist in You and Me
Kristen Becker never thought her comedy career would lead to a fight for equality in the Deep South.
April 25, 2014
HIV Stops With Me: Khafre Kujichagulia Abif
Author and activist Khafre Abif helps young bi and gay black men address HIV in the Deep South — and in their own lives.
April 9, 2018
Out on Parole, Ashley Diamond Speaks
As her lawsuit against Georgia's state prison system moves forward, Ashley Diamond reflects on being black, trans, and low-income in the Deep South.
September 29, 2015
A Forbidden Kiss
An actor unlucky in life goes back home to the deep South in the film Counting for Thunder. Check out an exclusive clip from this little-seen gay gem.
May 2, 2017
Sweet Home Alabama (and Georgia and Mississippi, Too)
Author and activist Khafre Abif helps young bi and gay black men address HIV in the Deep South -- and in their own lives.
April 9, 2018
Julie Johnson Running to Be Texas's First Out Member of Congress
Johnson, currently a Texas state legislator, is so far the front-runner in the 32nd Congressional District.
July 21, 2023
32 LGBTQ+ Documentaries to Watch for LGBTQ+ History Month
We've assembled 32 films to recommend, from 1977's Word Is Out to 2021's Pieces of Us.
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WATCH: This Trans Christian Is Fighting for Miss. Equality
In a possible first for trans visibility in a televised public education campaign, Blossom Brown shares her story with HRC's 'All God's Children' series.
December 3, 2014
WATCH: Bringing Marriage Equality to Mississippi?
The Campaign for Southern Equality has a solution for discrimination facing LGBT people in the South. And it doesn't involve moving northward to friendlier territories.
July 1, 2013
Trump Leads S.C. in Supporters Opposed to Gay Immigrants
A new poll says the Republican is not only the front-runner in South Carolina but has more supporters than his opponents who are opposed to immigration by gays.
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