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Talap Mamyrkanov fixes Nolan Hanson's glove at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn

News

This transgender boxer is fighting to save his mentor — and unlikely friend — from ICE captivity

Trans boxer Nolan Hanson tells The Advocate about his fight to get his mentor, Talap Mamyrkanov, out of ICE detention.

News

Meta appoints anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor

Robby Starbuck has been appointed as an AI bias advisor at Meta with the goal of making the company's chat bot less "woke."

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Arts & Entertainment

This new true crime documentary shows how Furry sleuths exposed an animal abuse ring

Watch a clip from The Furry Detectives: Unmasking A Monster exclusively shared with The Advocate.

Arts & Entertainment

Why HBO's 'Enigma' is a must-see doc for trans young people

Zackary Drucker's new documentary examines the lives of two trans women who took very different paths to survival, and offers a path forward for all of us.

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Arts & Entertainment

Sally Ride told her partner it was OK to come out 10 days before her death

“We had a wonderful relationship from the time we were kids until we became lovers,” Tam O'Shaughnessy said.

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Top 11 LGBTQ+ true crime docs and how to watch them

Step the shocking and bizarre world of queer true crime in these gripping documentaries.

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Health

Her partner of 45 years developed Alzheimer’s. She's sharing their story to 'take away fear'

Sue began showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease about ten years ago. Since then, Janice has had to balance her work with caring for the love of her life.

Transgender Journalist Erin Reed and her fiancee trans Montana State Rep Zooey Zephyr talk with Ruth Belay of Los Angeles during a Pride Celebration on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington DC

Politics

Zooey Zephyr calls on trans people to 'plant the flag of joy' against Donald Trump (exclusive)

Zephyr tells The Advocate about Republicans' Capitol Hill bathroom ban, the state of trans rights, and a new documentary about her censure, Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr.

A young smiling Alan Turing and friends wearing shorts and boating shoes on a small dock surrounded by small boats

film

‘Forgetting the Many’ remembers WW2 hero Alan Turing and other gay men like him

The documentary Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing examines Turing and other gay men convicted under the U.K.’s 1885 anti-homosexuality law. It opens for a one-week run in NYC on Dec. 6.

television

Tegan Quin exposes the dark side of stan culture

Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan & Sara paints an absorbing and shocking portrait of the pitfalls of superstardom that hide in plain sight: "Our society is f*cked."

Ryan Murphy speaks onstage panel FX FEUD Capote Vs The Swans Trial of the Menendez brothers in Los Angeles Erik Menendez and his brother Lyle Menendez

television

Ryan Murphy snubs Menéndez brothers

"What would I ask them? I know what their perspective is," Murphy said.

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Cynthia Lee Fontaine está contando la historia de esta histórica reina del drag de Texas en un nuevo documental (exclusivo)

La ganadora del premio a la Miss Simpatía de la temporada 8 de RuPaul's Drag Race le cuenta a The Advocate sobre un nuevo documental en el que participa que sigue la vida de la leyenda del drag Barbette.

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The national organization dedicated to supporting friends and families of LGBTQ+ folks is betting on people’s intellectual humility.

Trans boxer Nolan Hanson tells The Advocate about his fight to get his mentor, Talap Mamyrkanov, out of ICE detention.

Robby Starbuck has been appointed as an AI bias advisor at Meta with the goal of making the company's chat bot less "woke."

A new documentary explores how, in a Trump-era America where queer symbols have been weaponized, LGBTQ+ people are reclaiming the country's flag.

The film, Heightened Scrutiny, follows Chase Strangio as he prepares to argue in favor of gender-affirming care access for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti at the high court, and captures the quiet radicalism of showing up.

Watch a clip from The Furry Detectives: Unmasking A Monster exclusively shared with The Advocate.

Zackary Drucker's new documentary examines the lives of two trans women who took very different paths to survival, and offers a path forward for all of us.

“We had a wonderful relationship from the time we were kids until we became lovers,” Tam O'Shaughnessy said.

The new documentary premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday.

Step the shocking and bizarre world of queer true crime in these gripping documentaries.

Sue began showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease about ten years ago. Since then, Janice has had to balance her work with caring for the love of her life.

Opinion: The groundbreaking documentary comes at the right time in our country’s history, writes Alex Schmider.

Zephyr tells The Advocate about Republicans' Capitol Hill bathroom ban, the state of trans rights, and a new documentary about her censure, Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr.

The documentary Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing examines Turing and other gay men convicted under the U.K.’s 1885 anti-homosexuality law. It opens for a one-week run in NYC on Dec. 6.

Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan & Sara paints an absorbing and shocking portrait of the pitfalls of superstardom that hide in plain sight: "Our society is f*cked."

"What would I ask them? I know what their perspective is," Murphy said.

In the documentary Unfightable, MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin pursues her dream of competing professionally.

In a clip from Seeking Mavis Beacon, director Jazmin Renée Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross interview a documentary subject about what the Haitian model who inspired the titular AI character in early tech's "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" meant to them as a Black woman.

La ganadora del premio a la Miss Simpatía de la temporada 8 de RuPaul's Drag Race le cuenta a The Advocate sobre un nuevo documental en el que participa que sigue la vida de la leyenda del drag Barbette.

Netflix's Will & Harper documents the journey that the longtime friends and collaborators embarked on after Steele's later-in-life transition.

Dozens of scholars lend to the theory that President Abraham Lincoln was gay in the documentary Lover of Men.