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The wonders of the female hormone

For male-to-female transsexuals, estrogen can deliver soft skin, sensuous curves, and a profound sense of harmony--but it's no magic bullet.

Starbucks Expands Transgender Health Care Benefits

The health care policy will include transition-related procedures that were previously considered to be cosmetic.

Starbucks Accused of Threatening Gender-Affirming Health Care Benefits

Employees made the allegations in a complaint filed with the U.S. labor board.

Masculinity, in 'crisis'? Or just a spectacle?

Opinion: Is masculinity — the normative social roles, behaviors, and actions perceived as attributes of men — in crisis? Or is the crisis actually the steadily growing realization that masculinity is just spectacle?

Starbucks Argues Trans Woman's Misgendering Isn't Bias

The company contradicts its own employee guidelines by arguing that calling someone by the wrong pronoun doesn't constitute harassment. 

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Dolly Punches In to Broadway

9 to 5 The Musical isn't a gold mine of social commentary, but it sure is a fun show.

Nails, gowns, and resistance: Creators who are fighting back against anti-drag laws

Opinion: Beneath the rhinestones and wigs lies a robust network of resistance, with entrepreneurs making drag safer, louder, and more defiant than ever.

Why Are There No Gay Bars in Santa Fe?

A gay traveler finds unexpected treasures in New Mexico's capital -- which do not include go-go boys.

Outfest 2007

Advocate film critic Kyle Buchanan's reviews from the Outfest film festival in Los Angeles. Check back regularly for updated reviews and the latest in gay cinema.

Reclaiming lesbian: Why the label ISN'T problematic & the TERFs can't have it

Two proud lesbians take on the most complicated debates around the L word and explain why they will never give it up.

Meet the indies

We'll see these films roll out all year--and some of us will be lucky enough to remember their very first screenings

Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz on a Queer Reading of Greta

Greta stars Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz speak with The Advocate about their new thriller. 

LGBT Seniors Share 9 Tales of Young Love

Nine residents of Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing share stories of love from the past and present.

Seat Filler: NYC Theater Guide for August 2012

Our man on the New York theater scene brings it on with Broadway's first transgender teen, goes into Central Park's woods with Denis O'Hare, finds a gay skeleton in John Stamos's closet, pops in on Marilyn Monroe in purgatory, and much more.

Hot Sheet: April 11, 2014

Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include the armed, dangerous, and Divine. Oh, also Beyonce remixes, Coachella, and the MTV Movie Awards.

26 of the Best LGBTQ Novels We Discovered This Year

They had us discovering queer romance in Israel, Greenland, France, and our own backyards.