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San Francisco green lights affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors

Nearly two hundred affordable housing units for low-income LGBTQ+ seniors are being developed in San Francisco

Affordable LGBTQ+ senior housing in San Francisco's Castro denied funding

The planned 187-unit complex would have overlooked the Castro.

City Grant to Help Build Housing for LGBT Seniors in SF

The project had been stalled for some time, but the grant promises to revive it.

In the wake of Kerrville, how so-called Christian Mike Johnson is leading a satanic cycle of suffering

Opinion: With huge cuts to NOAA, climate initiatives, Medicaid, and rural hospitals, those in harm's way of nature’s fury have little hope, writes John Casey.

Lesbian Teacher, Fired From Catholic School, Invited to White House Reception for Pope

Margie Winters and her wife don't expect to talk to the pope, but they say their presence at the reception will have symbolic importance.

WATCH: Gay Man Holding Knife Killed by San Diego Cops

Police say the man was holding a butcher knife, which he'd earlier held against his boyfriend's neck, then 'lunged aggressively' at officers. 

Flight 93 hero's mom opposes death for Moussaoui

Alice Hoagland, the mother of gay rugby star Mark Bingham, who with fellow passengers sacrificed his life preventing United Flight 93 from being flown into the White House on September 11, 2001, tells The Advocate she opposes the death penalty for 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

The Animal Rights Movement Gives a Gay Man Lessons in Activism

In his book Mercy for Animals, Nathan Runkle explores the connections between gay activism and his mission to fight for animal rights.

I Don't

Why one Californian, delighted with his newfound right to marry, won't dare walk down the aisle again.

Pat Robertson Blames Health Crisis on Marriage Equality, Abortion

God won't heal the land because we haven't repented of those sins, says the extremist preacher.

Guillermo Diaz Pinup Boy

Actor Guillermo Diaz bares his soul and more as he takes on yet another dangerous character in the new series Scandal.

Congress Loses Memo on Chick-fil-A

Hungry politicians ordered food during their sit-in for gun control, but did it need to come from a chain run by a homophobe?

Gayness Overload

When You're 18, You're Out

There seems to be a huge divide between parents who allow their young adult children to live with them at home and those who don't. Our parenting writer, Frank Lowe, has his own theories as to what is the best way to prepare your kids for reality.

LGBT Youth at NYC's Ali Forney Center Get Thanksgiving Visit From Madonna

The music star praised the work of the center, which provides services to homeless LGBt young people at several sites around New York City.

Clinton Urges Sweeping Action on AIDS During Church Talk

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton used a Thursday appearance in Lake Forest, Calif., at one of the nation's largest evangelical churches, to sketch a broad agenda to take on disease around the globe, calling it ''the right thing to do.'' The centerpiece of a speech laced with biblical references and reflections on her own faith was a call to spend billions of dollars to combat AIDS and other infectious diseases at home and abroad.

Bishop Budde is unapologetic about confronting Trump over his treatment of LGBTQ+ people and immigrants

“It wasn’t like I was talking about people I don’t know,” Budde told The Advocate.

Roundup: Obama, DeLay,

Excerpt: In 'Doubting Thomas,' Soccer Practice Sparks Gay Lust & Pain

A student-athlete confronts internal and external homophobia in this passage from a novel by Matthew Clark Davison.