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These Indiana Events Need to Relocate to a New State

It's not just Gen Con and the NCAA. Indiana is home to lots of major events -- or at least, it was.

RENAISSANCE A Film by Beyoncé; Eileen; Saltburn

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What to Stream This Month: 24 LGBTQ+ Movies & TV Shows & Where To Watch Them

All Us Strangers, Our Son, Maestro, Rebel Moon, and a whole lot of queer holiday movies are headed our way this month.

Voices

22 times Donald Trump has dumped a number 2 on America

Opinion: The real sludge is not the one coming from Trump’s hideous AI plane, it’s the excrement that sits in the White House, trying to clog up democracy, writes John Casey.

World

Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

Former senator Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists, and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. ''It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the mold of those great men,'' said former North Carolina GOP representative Bill Cobey.

crowd holds a VOTE sign during a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris at University of Pittsburgh PA

Election

For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change everything

Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.

Politics

future farmers of america

Tractor Supply caves to far-right homophobia and bigotry and drops all LGBTQ+ support

The seismic shift in attitude comes after 3 weeks of attacks by far-right extremists.

Teens Waving MAGA Flags Confront Students After GSA Meeting

Students chanted "this is right" while waving a 'Make America Great Again' banner

Oregon Trans Teen Dies After Abduction, Suspect Charged

Oliver "Ollie" Taylor, 17, died of a gunshot wound after having been kidnapped.

These Indiana Events Need to Relocate to a New State

It's not just Gen Con and the NCAA. Indiana is home to lots of major events -- or at least, it was.

We’re Here. We’re Queer. We’re Invisible

Loren Olson (left) moved from the big city to start a farm in Iowa with his husband. Gay life is where you find it, he writes.

Theater of the Unheard

Watch Live State of the Union

The media and Democrats address Trump with a tired checklist when the moment calls for a full-on body check

The CEO of Media Matters on missteps by the media and Democrats, and how America is becoming inured to the danger of Trump’s constant chaos.

What to Stream This Month: 24 LGBTQ+ Movies & TV Shows & Where To Watch Them

All Us Strangers, Our Son, Maestro, Rebel Moon, and a whole lot of queer holiday movies are headed our way this month.

22 times Donald Trump has dumped a number 2 on America

Opinion: The real sludge is not the one coming from Trump’s hideous AI plane, it’s the excrement that sits in the White House, trying to clog up democracy, writes John Casey.

I Finally Found My American Dream in the Power of My Community

The stereotypical image of the American Dream as a white, heterosexual couple with the kids, the dog, and the picket fence was lost on this little gay girl growing up in the '70s.

How a Gay Man Helped Make an Impossible Mural

The story of how California's most innovative marketplace came to be demonstrates the necessity of art in an era when it's under attack.

Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

LIVE: 2024 presidential election

Keep it here for updates from The Advocate as our senior national reporter, Christopher Wiggins, covers the DNC from the event.

Fit to serve

Openly gay sergeant Robert Stout has served his country to the fullest: He was injured during an attack in Iraq and awarded the Purple Heart. Now he's at the center of a congressional effort to repeal "don't ask, don't tell"

Putting on an LGBTQ Film Festival in the South

Steel magnolia Jim Farmer runs Atlanta's Out on Film -- he tells us what it takes to get Georgians to embrace queer movies.

A Tribute to a Midwestern Bard

This week's William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence, Kan., will celebrate the life and work of a great gay 20th-century playwright.

The Year in Queer

A month-by-month breakdown of the important LGBT news events of 2008.

Video The Speech You've Been Waiting For

For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change everything

Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.

Why lesbian Rep. Angie Craig says she's ‘ready for the fight’ in her run to be Minnesota’s next U.S. senator

“We’re in the fight of our lives,” Craig said in an interview with The Advocate. “But I’m holding up pretty well, and I’m up for the fight.”

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future farmers of america

The seismic shift in attitude comes after 3 weeks of attacks by far-right extremists.

Students chanted "this is right" while waving a 'Make America Great Again' banner

Oliver "Ollie" Taylor, 17, died of a gunshot wound after having been kidnapped.

It's not just Gen Con and the NCAA. Indiana is home to lots of major events -- or at least, it was.

Loren Olson (left) moved from the big city to start a farm in Iowa with his husband. Gay life is where you find it, he writes.

The CEO of Media Matters on missteps by the media and Democrats, and how America is becoming inured to the danger of Trump’s constant chaos.

All Us Strangers, Our Son, Maestro, Rebel Moon, and a whole lot of queer holiday movies are headed our way this month.

Opinion: The real sludge is not the one coming from Trump’s hideous AI plane, it’s the excrement that sits in the White House, trying to clog up democracy, writes John Casey.

The stereotypical image of the American Dream as a white, heterosexual couple with the kids, the dog, and the picket fence was lost on this little gay girl growing up in the '70s.

The story of how California's most innovative marketplace came to be demonstrates the necessity of art in an era when it's under attack.

Keep it here for updates from The Advocate as our senior national reporter, Christopher Wiggins, covers the DNC from the event.

Openly gay sergeant Robert Stout has served his country to the fullest: He was injured during an attack in Iraq and awarded the Purple Heart. Now he's at the center of a congressional effort to repeal "don't ask, don't tell"

Steel magnolia Jim Farmer runs Atlanta's Out on Film -- he tells us what it takes to get Georgians to embrace queer movies.

This week's William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence, Kan., will celebrate the life and work of a great gay 20th-century playwright.

A month-by-month breakdown of the important LGBT news events of 2008.

Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.

“We’re in the fight of our lives,” Craig said in an interview with The Advocate. “But I’m holding up pretty well, and I’m up for the fight.”