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Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month

The short answer is Stonewall, but there's more to Pride history.

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Winter Party Festival 2025 returns to Miami Beach, championing LGBTQ+ joy & resistance

Join thousands of international attendees for the 32nd annual festival in South Florida to raise funds for queer advocacy!

Reflecting on 10 years of marriage equality: Frankie Frankeny on the stories behind the movement

"These aren’t just love stories. They’re blueprints. They’re battle cries. They’re reminders that when we tell the truth about our lives, we change the world," photographer Frankie Frankeny tells The Advocate of her book LOVE: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality.

Winter Party Festival 2025 brought dance revolution & sizzling queer heat to Miami

Winter Party Festival 2025 brought dance revolution & sizzling queer heat to Miami

10,000+ revelers, iconic venues, & a cause worth fighting for — here’s your backstage pass to the fiercest festival of the year!

LGBTQ+ Orgs: We Must Do More to End Racism, Racial Violence

More than 70 groups signed on to an open letter in light of the death of George Floyd and other recent horrific incidents.

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to replace JD Vance in the U.S. Senate

The Republican's LGBTQ+ rights record is not great.

Pride Event Draws Vicious Opposition in Tennessee City

A Pride festival has been held in Franklin for the past two years, but this year anti-LGBTQ+ residents are accusing organizers of "grooming" children and seeking to destroy the nation.

David France on Documenting Chechnya's LGBTQ+ Resistance

Risking his life, a director and his camera went underground in Chechnya to document the horrific realities facing LGBTQ+ people.

Activists Light Up Mormon University's Iconic Y With Rainbow Colors

The action was an act of resistance against anti-LGBTQ+ policies at Brigham Young University.

The best way to fight fascism? Throw a damn Pride parade

Recalling the spirit of Stonewall, guest writer Shaley Howard urges a return to the roots of the resistance.

LGBTQ Activism Is the New Communism, Catholic Archbishop Says

Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski of Krakow calls the LGBTQ movement "totalitarian" and a "great threat to our freedom."

‘Love, Me’ Empowers LGBTQ+ People Living With Depression

With Pride Media's Love, Me series, LGBTQ+ celebrities share their experiences with depression to help others.

LGBTQ+ History Month’s Founder Urges Unity Over Division

Rodney Wilson, the educator who envisioned LGBTQ+ History Month, delves into evolving inclusivity, tackling exclusionary trends, and the dire need for continuous education amid a changing political landscape.

Republicans' unprecedented anti-LGBTQ+ attacks highlighted in new HRC Congressional Scorecard

But Democrats and independents were able to turn back these efforts.

Faith as a beacon of Black resistance and LGBTQ+ liberation

From the church pews to the streets of protest, faith has been our sanctuary and source of strength.

Respect for Marriage Act Key to Resisting Threats to LGBTQ+ Equality

"The stakes for our country could not be higher. Now is the time for us to take swift action in every part of our lives."

Coming Out? Here Are Some Resources to Help

“The most powerful act of resistance as an LGBTQ+ person is to live our life loudly in a world that tells us to be quiet,” says HRC President Kelley Robinson.

From Stonewall to now: LGBTQ+ elders on navigating fear in dark times

LGBTQ+ elders share what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice to young people right now.

Republicans running for governor are some of the most extremist candidates in the country. Here they are

The Advocate reviewed the anti-LGBTQ+ records of some of the country’s most prominent GOP candidates for governor. It's not pretty...or accepting.

Why queer Democrat Emily Randall says she walked out of Trump’s presidential address

U.S. Rep. Emily Randall also wondered why JD Vance stood behind the president “palms up in the air as if trying to get a crowd to rise.”

Ronan Farrow to Present Peabody Award to 'Welcome to Chechnya'

The 2020 HBO documentary documented the horrific state-sponsored gay purge taking place in the Chechen Republic.