Cynthia Erivo dazzles the 2024 Out100 event with powerful speech
The Wicked actress was honored as the 2024 Out100 Icon of the Year.
December 11, 2024
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Sheryl Lee Ralph accepts the Advocate of the Year Award at Out100
“To be named Advocate of the Year is an honor I carry on behalf of every individual who has fought for love, for identity, for visibility, and for freedom,” Ralph said.
December 11, 2024
Meet the celebs and honorees walking the Out100 2024 red carpet
The Out100 honors those making a difference in our community and beyond.
December 12, 2024
Out100 2024 party pics from Roland Fitz
The stars gathered to celebrate those making a difference in the community.
December 12, 2024
20 Game-Changing Queer Women to Celebrate Women's History Month
From Gladys Bentley to Mercedes de Acosta, here are 20 queer women who paved the way in their fields of work.
March 8, 2023
Images: How this gay man's passion for LEGO won him a place of honor in Dulles Airport
“As a kid, LEGOs were a way for me to express myself artistically but also definitely a way to sort of escape a little bit and a way to decompress,” Richard Paules recalls.
May 20, 2024
Op-ed: They're Trans, Hispanic, and Changed This World
Sylvia Rivera. Diego Sanchez. Pat Cordova-Goff. Carmen Carrera. The list goes on and on...
September 22, 2014
James Bidgood, Creator of Film 'Pink Narcissus,' Has Died
Bidgood was also famed for his erotic photographs of young men for gay publications.
February 1, 2022
Oprah Winfrey and Niecy Nash-Betts to be honored at GLAAD Media Awards
The ally and the out performer will both be recognized for their visibility and activism.
February 20, 2024
'Letters From Young Gay Men' Illuminates Life in a Hostile World
A new play features the real-life correspondence between queer youth and older mentors trying to offer perspective on growing up gay in America.
March 10, 2017
Carmen Carrera Becomes Lightning Rod in T-Word Debate
In the debate over whether words like the t-word are transphobic, attacks are increasingly focusing on Carmen Carrera.
May 28, 2014
Hate in "My Holler?" How JD Vance’s rhetoric clashes with Appalachian roots
Can the Republican vice presidential candidate, once queer-friendly, reconcile his past with his harmful policies?
October 1, 2024
The gay film festival in my living room
No fest and barely an indie film in your home town? That's why Netflix exists. And frankly it's less embarrassing seeing America's too-often sex-obsessed gay male movies in privacy.
July 25, 2005
Detroit trans woman Karmin Wells shot and killed
Wells, a popular ballroom performer, was shot to death May 25, and her killer remains at large.
July 16, 2025
From Meta to X, most major social media companies are failing LGBTQ+ users: GLAAD
Most of the top social media companies got an 'F' grade on GLAAD’s 2024 Social Media Safety Index. Of the major platforms, TikTok was the only one to pass with a dismal D+ grade.
May 21, 2024
Dylan Mulvaney Is Trevor Project's Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year
Mulvaney is “a beacon of trans joy, positivity, and inspiration for the LGBTQ community,” the Trevor Project says.
September 29, 2023
Is the T Word the New N Word?
RuPaul's Drag Race alumnae and transgender women Carmen Carrera and Monica Beverly Hillz argue that the t word is always a slur that should be stricken from the LGBT vocabulary.
April 17, 2014
The Sissy Awards
Every year we have to endure our fair share of idiots, but this year takes the cake. So we here at The Advocate have reinstated our annual sissy awards, recognizing those who show arrogant stupidity, dishonesty, or just a severe lack of spine. From Paris Hilton to Peter Pace, let's give it up for this year's winners losers.
December 14, 2007
WorldPride organizers urge global unity amid calls to boycott U.S. LGBTQ+ celebration
"I want you to know that we are working tirelessly with agencies and advocates to ensure that you are able to safely and securely travel to and from the U.S.,” Capital Pride executive director Ryan Bos said
March 20, 2025
Big Gay Following: Patrick Dempsey
The McDreamy Made of Honor star opens up about his feminine side and why -- at least when it comes to People's Sexiest Man Alive -- he's always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
May 7, 2008