7 lesbian-coded characters who made history in Hollywood's pre-Code era
They're lesbians, Harold!
April 4, 2025
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Without a Date: Being Poz at 67
At this age, I’m closer to death from old age than from HIV complications.
May 5, 2016
Love Stories Leigh Grode and Joan Spitler
The first meeting of performance artist Joan Spitler and filmmaker Leigh Grode was right out of a romantic comedy. It was 1993, during the Los Angeles gay and lesbian film festival Out on the Screen. Spitler, a lissome redhead, was sitting alone in the festival's cafe when a tall, butch, and handsome stranger walked in.
October 8, 2008
Lady of the Night
After coming out as a lesbian in 2006, Batwoman finally gets her own comic book series -- and this time, she's out, proud, and here to stay.
June 18, 2009
Romancing Emma Stone
The star of Easy A and The Help breaks down her soft spot for tough girls and tomboys.
July 7, 2011
Why 'The Bionic Woman' Resonates With Queer, Feminist Audiences
A new book explores the show and its title character as queer icons.
May 15, 2020
The intersection of CEOs' glee at layoffs and the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle 'gene' ad
Opinion: There is a collision of corporate indifference, lack of empathy for employees, and no awareness of how tone-deaf branding alienates customers, writes John Casey.
July 30, 2025
Op-ed: Conservatives Should Be Careful What They Wish For
Religious exemption laws and the dismissive attitude toward federal law are setting up seriously scary precedents.
March 18, 2015
Intersex People Can No Longer Be Sidelined in the LGBTQ+ Movement
Intersex people make up nearly 2 percent of the population -- why are their lives so often invisible?
November 8, 2021
Big Gay Following: Chelsea Handler
Comedian and former Mormon Chelsea Handler is a fan of the gays -- but she's no Tori Spelling.
December 3, 2008
Good Golly, Miss Molly
Molly Ringwald discusses her new ABC Family series, her daughter's gay godfather, her obsession with eBay, and why Andie could never have ended up with Duckie
June 25, 2008
How This Trans Author Came to Terms With His Acne
Peyton Thomas, the writer of Both Sides Now, delves into the value of judging his book by its cover.
September 24, 2021
How gay is Superman?
Read the Advocate cover story that has Warner Bros. nervous about whether the gay appeal of Superman Returns is good for the box office. As featured in the Los Angeles Times and on the Drudge Report.
June 2, 2006
Why We Must Dismantle the Intersex Closet
Intersex people must come out in order to show the world they're happy as they are, writes Hida Viloria.
February 16, 2017
Ahead of the Curves
If you're still not watching the Emmy-winning AMC drama Mad Men, get ready to meet your new girl-crush.
October 12, 2009
Keeping It Fresh
Dixie Longate hits the road with her Tupperware Party, talks about her life in prison, what she keeps in the modular mates under her bed and why the girls in the OC know how to party.
August 19, 2009
'I want to start out famous'
The sixth season of American Idol begins with weeping and gnashing of teeth. And that's just the singing.
January 19, 2007
Marcia Cross: Desperate rumors
It's the little rumor that could: "Marcia Cross is coming out in The Advocate!" Here's how mainstream media gossips took an anonymous Internet posting and had many people believing it--until the Desperate Housewives star herself was forced to deny it
March 15, 2005
Its good to be mutant
The movie X-Men: The Last Stand is all about whether "abnormal" people should be cured. Great! Cure the crazy fundamentalists, the greedy mega-SUV drivers, the liars and cheats. But leave my gayness alone, thanks. It's who I am.
June 2, 2006