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Texas city cancels 2026 Pride after local council rescinds LGBTQ+ protections

Arlington Pride has suspended its 2026 events after the city council revoked antidiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people.

Texas Shop Tells Mom: Girl Wearing Suit Is 'Child Abuse'

Mother Rachel Giordano stands by her 5-year-old 'tomboy' daughter Maddie, after being told by a salesperson that her support promotes the girl's 'wrong behavior.'

Out Teen Pelted with Juice Boxes While Boys Screamed Antigay Slurs

Sixteen-year-old Logann Pruneda has been bullied since she came out in 7th-grade, but this was the first violent incident. 

Op-ed: HIV Positive and Squeaky Clean

When being HIV-positive is all about coming clean to yourself and to others.

Advice: Short Sale Long Process

A short sale may sound like an easy option for buying or selling a home, but it could be more than you bargained for.

Here and now

Do you want the new gay and lesbian TV channels--Here and the soon-to-be Logo--to be the best thing ever? Good. Then it's time for all of us to bite our tongues and start supporting them. Now

Why 'Openly Gay' Is an Offensive Term

News outlets routinely use this phrase to describe LGBTQ+ people, but they should stop and use a more prideful alternative.

Vida, Which Changed TV With Queer Latinx Representation, Says Farewell

The cast and creator of the groundbreaking Starz drama reflect on the third and final season.

Texas AG: Trans Guidelines Let Students Flip-Flop Genders

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went on Fox News to explain why his state, along with 10 others, is suing the Obama administration over a trans student guidance. 

5 Absurd Quotes From La. Supreme Court's Marriage Tantrum

Nationwide marriage equality is 'legal fiction' that enacts 'so-called civil liberties,' makes a 'mockery' of civil rights, and apparently emboldens pedophiles, according to two of Louisiana's top jurists.

Lesbian Approved to Foster Children by Catholic Bishops After Suit

In 2020, Kelly Easter was denied a foster care opportunity because she is a lesbian, but now Catholic bishops say they approve.

Going the Distance

The Advocate's new resident marathoner shares the intricacies and the joys of training for the Los Angeles Marathon (his fourth!) as an HIV positive man.

Drag Race’s Jaremi Carey and Friend on Dragging Out the Vote

How Drag Race alum Jaremi Carey and gal-pal Jackie Huba are using drag to get queers and young people to the polls this November.

Bully pulpit

On Saturday, July 22, at 8:30 p.m., Broadway star Billy Porter will protest in song outside Focus on the Family as Soulforce completes its 1,000-watt March, Vigil, and Concert, confronting the antigay bigotry of James Dobson. As Porter prepares for the demonstration, he looks back at how Christianity affected his younger self.

Author Conversation: Taking Inspiration From Lesbian Novels

Two award-winning authors of lesbian novels discuss the different inspirations and tribulations behind their writing.