Lillian Bonsignore will be first out gay Fire Department of New York commissioner
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Bonsignore's appointment Tuesday. She will also be the second woman in the post.
December 23, 2025
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After 30 years in uniform, a veteran in Nebraska who survived ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is running for Congress
Kishla Askins was investigated several times for being a gay woman while serving in the military. Now she's running for Congress to make those she lost on deployment proud.
December 18, 2025
California councilmember blames daughter becoming a lesbian on sexual trauma
Lincoln councilmember Holly Andreatta said her daughter became a lesbian because of "trauma as a child."
December 17, 2025
Lesbian federal worker pleads for answers about wife trapped in immigration detention limbo
Grazi Chiosque and Xiomara Suarez are stuck between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
December 16, 2025
Gen Z women are more likely to identify as bisexual but still embrace lesbian label: study
Around 45 percent of Gen Z women ages 20 to 29 use the bisexual label, compared to 42.2 percent who use lesbian.
December 16, 2025
Rachel Maddow on standing up to government lies and her Walter Cronkite Award
The out MS NOW anchor spoke with The Advocate about being honored with a journalism award and her podcast, Burn Order, which traces how government lies led to the detention of Japanese Americans during World War II.
December 15, 2025
Rachel Maddow snags 2025 Walter Cronkite Award for excellence in political journalism
The accomplished lesbian MS NOW anchor will be honored with the award in Washington, D.C., alongside NBC’s Peter Alexander, CBS’s Scott Pelley, and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.
December 10, 2025
Colin Allred targets first LGBTQ+ congresswoman from Texas for House seat as Jasmine Crockett runs for Senate
It's a variable musical chairs of Democratic political campaigns in the aftermath of recent mid-decade Republican gerrymandering.
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December 8, 2025
Three lesbian attorneys general beating back Trumpism in court warn of marriage equality’s peril
"The only thing a bully like Donald Trump and his administration understands is fighting back with everything that you have,” AG Dana Nessel said.
December 5, 2025
Tig Notaro is working on a 'hot lesbian action' movie with Zack Snyder
The comedian talked about the project during a recent episode of Kara Swisher's podcast.
December 4, 2025
Charlie Kirk’s widow set to join out CBS News chief Bari Weiss for televised town hall
The out editor-in-chief of the once highly-regarded news operation will talk with Erika Kirk on December 13.
December 4, 2025
The South’s first out LGBTQ+ congresswoman is fighting a GOP effort to cut her out of Congress
Democrat Julie Johnson was elected to serve her North Texas constituents. Now Republicans are fighting to draw her out of the electoral map.
November 21, 2025
Susan Powter says she's a 'huge lesbian,' gives her biggest bit of dating advice
1990s fitness icon Susan Powter is now a "total lesbian" having "great love affairs, many girlfriends, big fun."
November 20, 2025
9 tips for becoming a better pillow princess from sex experts
Sit back, relax, and get ready to for some sexy tips and tricks!
November 18, 2025
The lesbian tool
Two women left behind a garden cultivator as part of an estate sale, and a quiet testament to queer endurance. Decades later, Scott Terry reflects, their legacy still digs deep.
November 17, 2025
Meet the lesbian minister whose church clapped back at Texas's ban on rainbow crosswalks
Volunteers at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas have painted the steps in rainbow colors as a sign of welcome to all.
November 11, 2025
Lesbian Texas state rep running for Congress says she’s ‘running for the people, not the powerful’
Jolanda Jones doesn't wait for permission to speak her mind.
November 3, 2025
Lesbian Georgia legislator, first LGBTQ+ person elected in the South, is still showing up 25 years later
State Rep. Karla Drenner, who was once told she “wasn’t worthy of being known,” reflects on 25 years of being “the first” and why she’s still serving in an interview with The Advocate.
October 31, 2025
5 things sapphics need to know about sex with an Older Wiser Lesbian, according to sex experts
Our sex experts weigh in on how to have mind-blowing sex with an older queer woman.
October 30, 2025
Donald Trump's East Wing demolition trashes First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's queer legacy
Eleanor Roosevelt, who was likely queer, held the first press conference by a first lady in the East Wing, and the wing became a base for her activism.
October 24, 2025
Pete Buttigieg responds to Tucker Carlson’s ‘very specific questions about gay sex’ on Kara Swisher’s podcast
“I suppose it’s a sign of progress that their idea of a conspiracy is that I’m actually secretly straight,” the former transportation secretary said.
September 24, 2025