Playing for both teams: 6 LGBTQ+ spies from history
From the world wars and Red Scare to the fight for Irish independence, here are some queer spies worth knowing.
October 13, 2025
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LGBTQ+ People Are Running for School Board Seats in Historic Numbers
The number of out LGBTQ+ people running for school board seats has doubled since 2018.
October 28, 2022
Harlem Goes to Polls (Video)
Here's a look at the mood in the historic neighborhood as people headed to the polls.
November 8, 2016
History's Most Diverse Congress Lauded as 'Trump's Worst Nightmare'
Social media celebrated the 116th Congress, which includes a historic number of women, people of color, and LGBTQ people.
January 3, 2019
LGBT People of Faith: Why Are They Staying?
On the eve of the pope's historic U.S. visit, a new study on LGBT people and religion shows surprising results.
September 17, 2015
LGBT Groups React to Charleston Tragedy
Three of the most powerful LGBT organizations in the nation condemned the murder of nine people at a historically black church in South Carolina.
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June 18, 2015
LGBTQ+ and other leaders call Pope Francis progressive and transformative
“Pope Francis was a transformational leader who included LGBTQ people in historic ways," said Sarah Kate Ellis of GLAAD.
April 21, 2025
No LGB without the T — queer community protests Trump's transgender erasure at Stonewall
The Stonewall Inn held a rally Friday to protest the Trump administration's erasure of transgender people from the historic landmark's website.
February 14, 2025
Here are the victories for transgender people's rights in 2024
2024 was a historically difficult year for transgender people, but there were some major victories. Erin Reed lists the biggest ones here.
January 1, 2025
California assembly scales back gay-inclusive textbook bill
California lawmakers on Monday gutted a bill that would have required state textbooks to include the historical contributions of gay people
August 8, 2006
Jill Soloway Jokes That Heterosexuality Is 'Disgusting'
The Transparent creator also honored their "transcestors" in a speech about the historic erasure of LGBTQ people at Equality California's Equality Awards.
September 30, 2019
Bryan Fischer: Teach Sodom & Gomorrah in California Schools
'Gay history starts with Sodom and Gomorrah,' Fischer said in a rant against a law requiring California schools to teach about the historic contributions of LGBT people.
December 12, 2014
Anti-transgender hate crimes spike, leading to calls for a public health emergency
An Advocate data analysis found that in Los Angeles County and across the country, hate crimes against transgender people are reaching historic highs.
March 20, 2024
An Honorable Republican: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fought for immigrants and LGBT people during her historic House career, writes Mary Ann Gomez Orta of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute.
April 10, 2018
Effort to Kill Calif LGBT Education Act Ramps Up
An effort to kill the California law that mandates the teaching of historical contributions by LGBT people moves closer to qualifying for the ballot as opponents now have until June to collect half a million signatures.
January 27, 2012
Chad Griffin on Trans Inclusion, ENDA, and Michael Sam
Interviewed just hours after his historic apology to trans people at the Southern Comfort conference, Griffin talks to Advocate contributor Rebecca Juro about HRC's plans and priorities.
September 8, 2014
Chile Passes Historic Law Protecting Trans and Nonbinary Citizens
The law guarantees that trans and nonbinary Chileans over the age of 14 can update their names on legal documents.
passed a historic law protecting transgender and nonbinary people over the age of 14.
November 28, 2018
How a historic meeting in 1977 between gay activists and Jimmy Carter's administration paved a way forward
On President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday, one of the few people left from a historic White House meeting in 1977 talks about Carter acknowledging the existence of the queer community. “It started the ball rolling for gay rights, because back then, we had no rights," says activist George Raya.
October 1, 2024
Kamala Harris Emphasizes Diversity, Confronting Global Challenges at Historic West Point Graduation
The vice president was the first woman to give the school’s commencement address.
May 28, 2023
Watch Candace Owens Call Native Americans ‘High’ and ‘Cannibals’ While Denying Two-Spirit Existence
The far-right commentator dismisses the historical existence of transgender people while disparaging Native American culture.