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The City of Angels was having its own LGBTQ+ awakening years before Stonewall.
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He was the author of The Advocate's definitive history and a number of books about LGBT culture.
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NLGJA Announces 2012 Awards
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15 Old-Timey Names for 'Gay'
Before 'gay' became common and accepted parlance, the world invented its own unofficial terms for men who dug men. Some names were self-created and others were thrust, often cruelly, upon gay, bi, and queer men.
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21 Words the Queer Community Has Reclaimed (and Some We Haven't)
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The Trouble With Harry
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Op-ed: I Met My Best Friend on Grindr
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April 20, 2015
Op-ed: Labor Rights Are LGBT Rights
It is time to renew the historical (and oft-forgotten) relationship between the LGBT and labor movements.
September 22, 2014
Op-ed: Where Have All the Butches Gone?
In defense of resilient butches or effeminate fairies.
January 14, 2013
The Getty Goes Gay Cruising the Archives
Funded in part with a $50,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation and curated from the gargantuan collection of the One National Gay and Lesbian Archives, this eclectic, poignant, and most often whimsical exhibition is spread over three venues.
January 20, 2012
Katrina Update: Where Are They Now?
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Back then, we spoke to LGBT residents struggling to rebuild their lives; we caught up with two of them to see what their lives are like a decade after the storm.
August 28, 2015
Being Sex-Positive in a World of Brett Kavanaughs, Donald Trumps
Assault and abuse aren't sex, Alexander Cheves writes.
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Seat Filler January 2011
The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene sought warmth onstage throughout a snowy January with drag divas, lesbian campers, and tragic Tennessee Williams heroines.
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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.
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Hot Sheet: Week of June 7
This week's installment of what's hot in books, music, DVDs, film, and theater includes Maya Rudolph, a controversial film from Singapore, and a smart look at barebacking.
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