Meet the 21-year-old Rhodes Scholar fighting for the wrongfully incarcerated
In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates, like Jenna Smith, who are already changing the world.
August 19, 2025
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Montana Should Be Proud of This Queer Nonbinary Activist
Zuri Moreno is making the world a better place for queer, nonbinary, and two-spirited people in their home state.
July 16, 2019
Queer Environmental Activist Killed by Police in Atlanta
Police say Manuel Esteban Paez Terán was killed after shooting and wounding an officer, but others are questioning that account.
January 26, 2023
Queer Activist Shines Spotlight on Missing LGBTQ+ People
"They don't listen when they go missing, or they end up unidentified and no one knows who they are. No one really cares, and it is such an injustice."
December 21, 2021
Why This Queer Black Activist Interrupted Hillary Clinton
The activist reveals to The Advocate why they asked Hillary Clinton to apologize for referring to some young men of color as 'super-predators' in the 1990s.
March 8, 2016
Stacey Milbern, Queer Disability Rights Activist, Remembered on Doodle
"Stacey was a pioneer for disability justice and intersectionality. Her life experiences led her to empower and revitalize others," her sister said.
May 20, 2022
How Polish & Hungarian Activists Are Helping Queer Ukrainian Refugees
Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes to neighboring countries as Russia's invasion of the country continues.
March 14, 2022
Republican-Introduced LGBTQ Act a Flop With Dems, Queer Activists
Pitched as a compromise alternative to the Equality Act, the newly introduced bill includes broad religious exemptions.
December 6, 2019
Queer Activists Cautiously Optimistic About Gun Control Win
The Democrat-controlled House approved background check legislation, the first major gun control bill to pass the chamber since 1994.
February 28, 2019
Dancer, Professor, Queer Activist Angela Bowen Dead at 82
A true Renaissance woman, Bowen packed five lives into her one.
July 22, 2018
Queer, Black, Cyclist, Activist: The Inspiring Journey of Tamika Butler
Tamika Butler was the executive director of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. She's also a queer activist and ready for her new journey helping low-income communities of color.
July 27, 2017
Cyndi Lauper hailed as a pioneering activist for queer people in a new documentary
The documentary Let the Canary Sing outlines Cyndi Lauper's rise to fame in the 1980s along with her early activism for LGBTQ+ people, reproductive freedom, and more.
May 11, 2024
Activists Throw a Queer Dance Party Outside of Mike Pence's House
One protester twerked on the roof of a car in front of Mike Pence's D.C. home.
January 19, 2017
How One Queer Muslim Activist Combats Islamophobia After Orlando
Mirna Haidar would like to help LGBT people heal after Orlando. Instead, she says, Islamophobia is keeping her and fellow LGBT Muslims busy.
June 20, 2016
Queer Christian Loses Book Deal After Coming Out
Brandan Robertson's book deal was reportedly iced after he refused to sign an antihomosexuality statement.
February 24, 2015
Here's the Advice Angela Davis Gave a Queer Black Lives Matter Activist
Jasmine Richards relayed the encouraging words of legendary activist Angela Davis that helped her survive a month in jail for "felony lynching."
July 14, 2016
LISTEN: Meet Ian MacKinnon, Performance Activist and Queer Sex Time Traveler
On this week's Sewers of Paris, performance activist Ian MacKinnon explores the connection between gay sex and gay liberation.
May 14, 2015
Marcia Gay Harden on how her three queer kids made her an activist
"I'm learning on a daily basis ... from all of the kids,” the acclaimed actor says.
February 20, 2024
Pulse Survivor, Queer Muslim Activist Call Out Tucker Carlson at GLAAD Awards
Brandon Wolf and Blair Imani blame the Fox News host for inciting his viewers' hateful messages.
May 8, 2018