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Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts

Far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ Project 2025 will continue into 2026

But the Heritage Foundation, the group behind the conservative blueprint, has troubles of its own.

Jordan Wood Maine gay man seeking Susan Collins senate seat

A gay Maine man seeking Susan Collins’s senate seat says he isn’t buying Graham Platner’s redemption story

“I believe deeply in second chances,” Democrat Jordan Wood told The Advocate. “But what I saw was someone who doesn’t understand what’s wrong with these statements."

bearded man in prayer position with a rainbow prism of light across his head and hands

What are LGBTQ+ people's views on religion in the U.S.?

Less than half of U.S. adults who are LGBTQ+ (48 percent) say they identify with a religion, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.

TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart preaching at Flora Blanca Stadium in March 1987 and in tearfully asking for God forgiveness as he resigns from his ministry due to allegations of sexual misconduct in February 1998

Who was Jimmy Swaggart, the late, anti-LGBTQ+, disgraced televangelist?

Swaggart, who was involved in scandals with female sex workers, was as homophobic as any of his ilk, once saying he'd kill a gay man who looked at him with romantic intentions.

Arts & Entertainment

All the LGBTQ+ highlights of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

An Orthodox rabbi who's also a drag queen, lesbian songstress Janis Ian, and gay Beatles manager Brian Epstein are among the subjects of films in the fest.

Imam Husham Al-Husainy, Rabbi Ari Berman of Yeshiva University, Franklin Graham with Donald Trump, and Cardinal Timothy Dolan

The anti-LGBTQ+ clergy who'll be praying at Donald Trump's inauguration

The lineup includes homophobes and transphobes from a variety of religions.

Jeanne Pepper mother of Blaze Bernstein murdered gay son with family

A mother reflects on justice days after her gay son’s murderer was sentenced to life without parole

Jeanne Pepper, the mother of Blaze Bernstein, sat down with The Advocate to talk about what it means for her family that Samuel Woodward’s anti-Semitism and homophobia got him locked up for the rest of his life.

Kamala Harris Melania Trump

On the failed X chat with Musk, Trump let slip that Harris is as beautiful as…Melania?

The conversation between the two rich, bigoted, and idiotic white men was everything you can imagine it would be, writes John Casey. Well, with a couple of surprises.

Maryland Delegate Joe Vogel

Gay Jewish Lawmaker's Apartment Targeted With Anti-Semitic Graffiti

Maryland Delegate Joe Vogel’s vandalized residence reflects a grim ripple effect as experts warn of escalating inter-community conflicts with the ongoing Middle East turmoil.

Chaya Raichik, Libs of TikTok and Elon Musk

Elon Musk Agrees to Libs of TikTok Request for X ‘Data Dump’ on Anti-Defamation League

The owner of the platform formerly known as Twitter continues to engage with the hate account.

A Holocaust memorial in Berlin.

Holocaust Monument for LGBTQ+ Victims Vandalized in Berlin

The public prosecutor is investigating it as a potential hate crime.

Johann Mauler, a gay German man who was imprisoned and executed at Auschwitz concentration camp for being homosexual.

Auschwitz Museum Remembers Gay Men Who Were Murdered in the Holocaust

Between 77 and 200 estimated prisoners were persecuted for their sexual orientation, scholars believe.

Gay men during the Holocaust, lined up wearing prison jumpsuits with upside-down pink triangles (the photo is black and white)

LGBTQ Holocaust Victims Remembered for First Time by German Parliament

For the first time, the German Bundestag dedicated its annual Holocaust remembrance to LGBTQ+ people who were killed under Hitler's rule.