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Sports

NWSL supports Barbra Banda after Fox News guest calls her 'a male'

The National Women's Soccer League is calling out "hateful attacks" against Barbra Banda amid a trans panic ignited by NWSL player Elizabeth Eddy.

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Voices

Horrifying: Having a Stake In #Taylorgate

These are the people we obsess over when we're not fighting about Hillary or Trump? This really is the end of days.

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Theater

The Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds

In this archival interview, the legend gabs with Greg Archer about her return to the stage, her loyal gay fans, and how Hollywood has changed since her heyday.

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People

Eddie Izzard Shares New Feminine Name in Revealing Podcast Interview

The trans comedian has wanted to use the name since she was 10 years old.

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Arts & Entertainment

How a Mean Girls Teen Became an HIV Activist

The Looking actor plays one of television's few HIV-positive characters.

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television

Looking's Legacy Surprised Even Its Creator

At the Looking movie’s Outfest screening, creator Michael Lannan and actor Daniel Franzese said they were proud the HBO show educated its audience about PrEP and HIV.

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Arts & Entertainment

Can a White Actor Play Michael Jackson?

The casting of Joseph Fiennes as the black singer has reignited debate over the importance of identity and authenticity in acting roles.

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Marriage Equality

Guam's Attorney General, Governor Lock Horns Over Marriage Equality

The U.S. territory's top legal official wants same-sex couples to receive marriage licenses, but the governor says the matter should be put to a vote.

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Voices

Why The Oscars Now Needs a Gay Host

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Crime

How The Richest Woman in U.S. Got Away With Murdering Her Gay Designer

 For more than 50 years, the real truth behind what happened to Eduardo Tirella has been hidden. Until now.

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Arts & Entertainment

'The Departed' wins Best Picture Oscar on a night heavy with gays

Martin Scorsese's mob epic The Departed won Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday and earned the filmmaker the directing prize that had eluded him throughout his illustrious career.

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Arts & Entertainment

Gay faves Hudson, Streep, Dench, and Mirren nab noms

Dreamgirls led Academy Awards contenders Tuesday, with Golden Globe winner and Advocate cover girl Jennifer Hudson (pictured) honored for her turn as Effie. Babel and The Queen also nabbed multiple nods.

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Arts & Entertainment

Daniel Franzese Talks Love, Looking, and God

The Mean Girls actor tells us about his boyfriend, a higher power, and the Looking movie, which he calls "a beautiful little romantic comedy."

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film

Hugh Better Work!

Whether he's playing a man with Asperger's syndrome in the recent film Adam or bringing down the house on Broadway wearing nothing but a towel, Dancy always dazzles like a royal jewel.

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film

Amy Heckerling Vamps It Up

Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High director Amy Heckerling is back with Vamps, a fun new take on vampires.

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Voices

We 55 respectfully disagree

In an "open letter" to The Advocate and to LGBT people everywhere, more than four dozen prominent activists of color take issue with Jasmyne Cannick's commentary calling for LGBT equality to take priority over rights for illegal immigrants. Quoting Audre Lorde, they remind us, "There is no hierarchy of oppression."

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Theater

Seat Filler June 2010 The Advocates Guide to Theater

From Edie Falco as a butch ex-con to Reichen Lehmkuhl's underwear in My Big Gay Italian Wedding, your man on the New York theater scene takes in the greatest and gayest shows off-Broadway.