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Aide to N.J. mayor loses job over support of anti-LGBTQ+ sister running for Missouri office

“Different beliefs shouldn't divide us,” Jonathan Gomez-Noriega said in a statement.

LGBTQ Centers Band Together, Urge Congress to Up Financial Support

Over 160 LGBTQ centers are asking leaders not to forget the nearly 40,000 people they serve each month. 

LGBTQ Voters Could Decide Close Elections in Arizona, Florida, N.J.

Politicians, aware the queer electorate could swing their races, are specifically reaching out to LGBTQ voters.

Christine Quinn: NYC to Offer Free Self-Defense Classes

The announcement from the out council speaker and mayoral candidate comes after dozens of antigay attacks in the city this year.

Pride Is Growing, With Some Pains

Record-breaking attendance at L.A. Pride is evidence of greater political forces at work.

Finding Love in L.A. as AIDS Decimates the City

For World AIDS Day, don't miss this excerpt from Christopher Zyda's heart-wrenching memoir, The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation.

Lordy Lordy, Look Who’s 40: NYC Celebrates Stonewall

Check out events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.

Hollywood's Jake Picking: 'Nothing Has Changed' Since Rock Hudson

Picking plays Hudson in Hollywood, which portrays abuse of power in the movie industry but also imagines a successful rebellion against its homophobia, racism, and sexism.

Your NYC WorldPride Calendar of Events Is Here

"Siri, put the rally on my calendar for... "

Better seen and not heard?

High school students across the country are running into the same roadblocks, no matter where their beliefs fall: Must they leave their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate?

Yogi Berra, Baseball Legend and LGBT Ally, Dead at 90

Berra partnered with Athlete Ally, a group working for LGBT equality, and was a consistent champion of the underdog.

15 Pride products from brands that actually give back to the LGBTQ+ community

These brands are putting their money where their mouths are this Pride Month.

Dancing without the drink, how queer sobriety became a revolution of joy

Opinion: LGBTQ+ nightlife doesn’t have to mean excess. Gay & Sober’s global movement proves that recovery can look — and feel — like liberation.

New York Republican Mike Lawler declares trans community is 'not an enemy or a threat'

"LGBTQ+ people are our equals and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect," he wrote in a Facebook statement that has proved divisive.

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Cynthia Nixon is leaning into queer joy, art, and family between protests

The Gilded Age and And Just Like That... star graces the cover of our annual Pride issue and opens up about balancing career, family, and fighting for equality.

Kit Conner's Coming Out Is None of Your Business

The 18-year-old Heartstopper actor was forced to come out as bisexual and the world is seemingly behind him.

17 Essential Black Queer Films

Celebrate Black history and culture with these tales of the Black LGBTQ+ experience.

Where we live

As the country opens its arms to openly gay and lesbian people, the places we call home have grown beyond urban gay ghettos. The Advocate welcomes you to this new American landscape.

A Day in Gay America 2011 Work

Gay people really do have all kinds of jobs. When we asked readers to send in their photos for A Day in Gay America, the diversity of your workplaces became clearer than ever.

LGBTQ+ Film Festival Frameline Announces Lineup for its 47th Year

This year's festival will host special guests Taylor Mac, Alaska, and Sofia Coppola.

Welcoming workplaces

In 2005 a record number of Fortune 500 companies are offering protections to gay and lesbian workers and their spouses. Here are 10 shining examples of the best employers