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Trevor Project and Puma Team Up to Provide Free LGBTQ+ Inclusivity Training in Sports

The self-paced online training is designed for coaches, athletic directors, and other adults who work in youth sports.

Vico Ortiz Slams Buenos Aires Government Over Gendered Language

The Our Flag Means Death star is vocally pushing back against a recent decision to ban the use of inclusive language in Buenos Aires schools.

We Have Many Enemies. Janelle Monáe Is Not One of Them

Some objected to Moonlight star's proposal of a sex strike for women's rights, chiding it as heteronormative. Writer Erica M. Hart heartily disagrees, saying Monae should be commended for using her platform to criticize the patriarchy.

Donald Trump orders Women’s History Museum to remove trans people or lose funding

Trump has declared the accomplishments of trans people are “improper ideology.”

Spain's Pro-Gay Marriage Socialists Win Reelection

Socialist prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero won reelection Sunday in a clear endorsement of a record of social change including the legalization of gay marriage and on-demand divorce, reforms once unthinkable in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Spain. Zapatero also shifted Spanish foreign policy by pulling troops from Iraq in his first term, which he won three days after Islamic militants killed 191 people in a string of bombings against commuter trains. Voters handed Zapatero his second term despite worries about a slumping economy, immigration, and resurgent Basque separatists, blamed for gunning down a member of the prime minister's party on Friday -- timing that recalled the March 11, 2004, Madrid attacks.

Marriage equality or same-sex marriage? Why the language matters

This is why The Advocate uses "marriage equality" over "same-sex marriage" or "gay marriage."

Gay People Do Not Have License to Weaponize Homophobic Slurs

Antigay names sting even when it's LGBTQ+ people using them.

24 New Year’s Resolutions for 2024 to Support Your LGBTQ+ Loved Ones & Friends

Here's some recommendations on supporting your queer community as we head into 2024. What's your resolution for supporting LGBTQ+ lives?

D.C. Republican Committee Adopts Gay-Inclusive Platform

The D.C. Republican Committee adopted language inclusive of "sexual orientation" in its platform.

Op-ed: Born a Man? No, Born a Baby

When people say transgender women were 'born as men,' it creates an inaccurate image.

NBC anchor misgenders trans Rep.-elect Sarah McBride on TV. Here’s what newsrooms should do when that happens

“Mistakes happen on the air and in everyday conversation, and the best course is to apologize, correct, and move on, then work to not repeat it,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate.

Why We Are Still Failing LGBTQ Students

Stopping bullying is not enough, says education activist Sabia Prescott.

Draft Republican Platform Ratchets Up Defense of Marriage

Platform language advancing in Tampa reaffirms the party's support for a federal constitutional amendment and blasts the "open defiance" of the Obama administration against DOMA.

Don't Let the Language Police Get You 'Butthurt'

When people use offensive words, it often comes from a place of privilege — not malice — writes Kit Williamson.

Massachusetts Schools Roll Out Comprehensive LGBT Curriculum

Teachers assembled lessons that will include LGBT history and explore the works of writers like Willa Cather and Langston Hughes.

Dictionary.com Capitalizes 'Black' & 'Pride' in 'Biggest Update Ever'

In a major change, homosexuality is now an "outmoded" term that has been replaced with other language.

Pope Francis changed the conversation on LGBTQ+ Catholics—will the next Pontiff hit mute?

Opinion: Pope Francis's lasting legacy is his transformative embrace of LGBTQ+ Catholics, which ignited hope for inclusion in the Church.

25 Years Ago, Rita Hester Was Brutally Stabbed in Her Apartment. Her Family is Still Seeking Closure

Hester’s murder sparked Transgender Day of Remembrance and inspired community action in her hometown of Boston