National Park Service removes pages for transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
NPS removed the pages shortly after scrubbing transgender people from other government websites.
March 6, 2025
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rewriting history
Rewriting history
This month our career advice columnist helps a store manager move onto another career and helps a gay couple navigate the world of gay expo events
September 9, 2005
HUD Rewrites History in Trump’s 'Fake News' Administration
There are very real repercussions when departments like Housing and Urban Development drop their commitment to fair policies.
March 13, 2018
WATCH: Nancy Grace Attempts to Rewrite Gay History
The CNN host claimed that Anita Bryant was a 'sweet lady.'
June 6, 2014
Op-ed: The High Stakes of Bad History
A book chronicling the movement toward marriage equality seems to be rewriting history.
April 23, 2014
Democrats Introduce Bill to Support LGBTQ & Women’s History in Schools
The bill comes at a time when Republicans are trying to erase and rewrite certain histories.
June 22, 2023
Boebert: 'Disgusting' to Criticize Me for Colorado Springs Rampage
The far-right Colorado congresswoman tries to rewrite history in the wake of the Club Q mass shooting.
November 23, 2022
Far Right Host: Unvaccinated Are More Ostracized Than AIDS Patients
The anti-LGBTQ+ media personality attempted to rewrite history by claiming those with HIV and AIDS in the '80s weren't treated as pariahs.
November 9, 2021
Kamala Harris's allies rip into Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation
“These guys are rewriting quite literally history books. They’re going after and attacking vulnerable communities. It’s a sign of desperation," California Gov. Gavin Newsom told The Advocate before the debate.
September 11, 2024
Why LGBTQ+ history matters
Opinion: "When we present young people with a version of history from which they are completely absent, they have trouble envisioning a positive future for themselves," writes Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings.
March 17, 2025
Trump erased trans & queer history from Stonewall. Lawmakers are fighting to get it back
In an exclusive interview, Rep. Dan Goldman tells The Advocate the National Park Service’s actions are “shameful and outrageous.”
October 17, 2025
Why a 73-Year-Old Gay Pool Party Shook Us to the Core
LGBT people have always existed, though society has long tried to hide that fact. It's time we reclaimed our history.
January 31, 2018
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.”
April 9, 2025
Marsha P. Johnson's family fights for trans legacy at Stonewall
“This is not just an erasure of words — it is an erasure of history," Johnson's cousin says of the removal of "transgender" and "queer" from the website for the Stonewall National Monument.
February 19, 2025
More Activists Dispute Hillary Clinton's DOMA History
The way the Clintons talk about the passage of DOMA in 1996 has activists disappointed.
October 26, 2015
GOP Candidate Slammed for His Schools' Homophobic Curriculums
A new attack ad blasts the Trump-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate's extremist private school curriculum that compares queer people to "child molesters and rapists."
October 7, 2022
Outfest Slams Gay White Men Who 'Co-Opted' Trans History
In honoring a short on Marsha P. Johnson, a juror at the LGBT film festival sent a strong message about authority in the arts.
July 23, 2018
Trump’s chilling accusation against Obama will have cataclysmic consequences
Opinion: The man who rose on a racist conspiracy is now dangerously accusing America’s first Black president of treason, writes John Casey.
July 24, 2025
Gallup: 3.2% of Americans Identify as LGBT
A Gallup poll identified 3.2% of Americans as LGBT and discovered surprising trends in demographics.
October 18, 2012