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Gov. Gavin Newsom Appoints California's Highest-Ranking Trans Official
JP Petrucione will be the governor's director of digital media, one of several LGBTQ appointees named by Newsom.
February 15, 2019
California's Top Trans Official Is Out, Proud, and Loud
JP Petrucione, Gov. Gavin Newsom's director of digital media, talks about the importance of transgender visibility in a threatening time.
February 19, 2019
Glenn Greenwald Announces New Magazine, Focusing on NSA Documents
The out journalist teamed up with his fellow freedom of information advocates to publish a new digital magazine through First Look Media.
February 7, 2014
LGBTQ+ people have been arrested through social media. Meta must protect them, says human rights groups
Human Rights Watch and other LGBTQ+ rights groups are calling on Meta to prevent social media from being used against queer people, particularly in places where their identities are criminalized.
January 25, 2024
From legitimacy to uncertainty, Advocate readers reflect on 10 years of marriage equality and what comes next
The Advocate asked the community to tell us how the Obergefell ruling impacted them and their relationships. Here's what they said.
June 26, 2025
Failing President Announces Reelection Effort
Brad Parscale, named to head Trump's 2020 effort, ran digital strategies in 2016, a part of the campaign currently under investigation by a Special Counsel, who's already indicted dozens.
February 27, 2018
Elon Musk Threatens Lawsuit Against Firm that Monitors Hate Speech
The billionaire seems to be morphing into a cartoon villain.
July 31, 2023
'Don't Say Gay' Law Fuels Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotry Online: Report
Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook stood idly by and allowed right-wing users to attack LGBTQ+ people as "groomers."
August 10, 2022
Raymond Braun Grows Up
One of the world's leading social media influencers, Raymond Braun uses his following for good.
November 21, 2017
Companies Pull Ads From Facebook to Combat Racist, Homophobic Speech
After years of anti-queer, anti-trans, and racist rhetoric, companies are placing billions of their ad dollars elsewhere. But will it last?
June 30, 2020
The Advocate's Parent Company Is Now Under New, Queer Ownership
Pride Media was acquired by Equal Entertainment, which has become Equal Pride.
June 21, 2022
Actor and Family Man Cheyenne Jackson on Balancing it All
The entertainer and our January/February cover star opens up about juggling a bustling career, happy marriage, and two precocious kindergartners.
January 18, 2023
Kristi Noem is running a digital marketing agency touting her beauty and idiocy while ignoring U.S. security
Opinion: Instead of protecting the homeland, Noem has turned one of America’s most serious departments into her own taxpayer-funded video production company, writes John Casey.
October 16, 2025
Yes, Playboy Supports Emerging and LGBTQ+ Artists
Playboy is launching a new NFT grant exhibition series that gives emerging and underrepresented digital artists new opportunities.
September 1, 2021
Anti-trans queer journalist Bari Weiss named editor in chief of CBS News
The announcement comes as Paramount Skydance buys her independent media company for $150 million.
October 6, 2025
Chasten Buttigieg, Gracing Our Pride Cover, Talks Pence, Pete, and Being a Daddy
Some political spouses shy away from controversy, but Chasten is no shrinking violet. He’s passionate, caring, and pissed off — and ready to stand up to bullies.
May 16, 2023
Conversion therapy content is being banned by social media companies thanks to the work of LGBTQ+ group
Promoting the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy now violates several companies’ content policies. Some companies say it's thanks to GLAAD's recommendations and research.
January 16, 2024