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Panic at the disco: A new novel examines the queer mid-life crisis in a uniquely beautiful way

I Make Envy on Your Disco follows a gay man navigating an existential crisis against the lush, electric backdrop of Berlin.

Lance Bass Honors LGBT Fans During NSYNC Walk of Fame Induction

Bass regrets not being out when the boy band ruled the charts in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

England's New Prime Minister Evolved on LGBT Rights

Theresa May has said she would've voted differently on antigay legislation from the early 2000s.

Lesbian TV Psychic Miss Cleo Dead at 53

A fixture of late night infomercials in the late '90s and early 2000s, Miss Cleo succumbed to cancer a decade after coming out.

Pete Buttigieg explains to Fox News viewers how electric vehicle opposition is like cell phones and landlines

The transportation secretary said resistance to embracing EVs reminds him of people who clung to landlines over cell phones in the early 2000s.

Elton John Defends Kevin Spacey at Sexual Assault Trial

The legendary gay singer and his husband brought evidence before the court on behalf of the defense.

Kristen Stewart to Star in Clea DuVall's Gay Rom-Com Happiest Season

Stewart's casting comes at a perfect time when the conversation about casting queer people in LGBTQ roles is heightened. 

Perez Hilton On the Gawker Scandal: 'Aspire Higher'

Once the king of outing celebs, gay blogger Perez Hilton tells The Advocate he agrees that Gawker needed to pull its recent story outing a media executive.

Former MLB Player Mike Piazza: No, Really, I'm Not Gay

The baseball player refutes rumors from the 2000s.

New Pence Chief of Staff Once Called Gay Sex 'Repugnant,' 'Perverted'

Marc Short says his views have changed since he wrote those words in college in 1992.

Oklahoma City Gay Club Vandalized With Food Two Nights in a Row

Video surveillance showed someone hurling food from a truck.

Japan's First Out Gay Lawmaker Vows Same-Sex Marriage 'Will Happen'

Taiga Ishikawa believes his historic election represents a sea change in public support of LGBTQ issues.

This was always going to be a generational fight for transgender people

The fight for rights is seldom straightforward; success does not come without setbacks. For trans people now, that is abundantly true. That fight is not over, writes Erin Reed.

Singer Aaron Carter Comes Out as Bisexual on Twitter

Carter wrote a heartfelt post about how he'd been carrying a weight for half of his life. 

Shirtless Lil Nas X teases new song and album 'dreamboy' release

"Be patient, I'm fighting generational trauma," the rapper shared on social media.

Evangelical Tony Perkins Goes Nuclear Over Karen Pence Criticism

The Family Research Council president derides anger over anti-LGBTQ policies as "attacks on Christian education by the mainstream media."

GOP Candidate Claims Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Not Gay, Is Abuser

Danielle Neuschwanger, who hopes to win the Republican nomination to face Gov. Polis in 2022, has made a series of outlandish and false statements about him.

POLL: Americans More Accepting of Gay Sex Than Ever

This represents 'the biggest leftward shift' on any of the 19 issues covered in Gallup's Values and Beliefs Survey.

Sharon Gless (Finally) Goes Gay

She's best known for playing the role of an outspoken, eccentric, overbearing PFLAG mom on Queer as Folk, a tough cop named Cagney on Cagney & Lacey, and most recently the mouthy mother on Burn Notice. But Sharon Gless has returned to gay and lesbian audiences playing a new kind of role: an actual lesbian.

'Brokeback Mountain' has phenomenal opening

Open in just three cities so far, Ang Lee's cowboy love story broke box office records and took home critics' awards over the weekend.