Here's how to save the lives of Black LGBTQ+ youth
Opinion: What young people need isn’t more silence or shame, it's affirmation, Trevor Project's Jaymes Black and activist Quintessa Swindell write.
September 22, 2025
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Adult LGBTQ+ role models are instrumental to queer youth's mental health. Here's how
Two-thirds of LGBTQ+ young people (67 percent) report having at least one older LGBTQ+ adult role model in their day-to-day lives. Here's why that's important.
May 16, 2024
Pittsburgh’s gay police chief is stopping crime and living proud (exclusive)
“I am always so appreciative of those that have actually struggled, those before someone like me, who were the pioneers and were ahead of their time and sacrificed so much,” Chief Larry Scirotto said.
May 9, 2024
5 questions for the 4 new queens of 'We're Here'
Season 4 stars Jaida Essence Hall, Sasha Velour, Priyanka, and Latrice Royale talk about what life is really like for LGBTQ+ folks in small town America — and why it's important to keep fighting extremist opposition.
April 26, 2024
Role Model
Jack Mackenroth of Project Runway season 4 unveiled his new HIV/AIDS education campaign on Monday night at the Gay Men's Health Crisis Fashion Forward benefit in New York City. Called "Living Positive by Design" and sponsored by Merck and Co., the initiative seeks to combat the stigmatization of people living with HIV.
November 13, 2008
Kelly McGillis Is Not a Role Model
Returning to the silver screen in the vampire thriller Stake Land, Kelly McGillis reveals the even scarier responsibilities that come with coming out.
June 9, 2011
Kelly McGillis Is Not a Role Model
Returning to the silver screen in the vampire thriller Stake Land, Kelly McGillis reveals the even scarier responsibilities that come with coming out.
April 21, 2011
Jim West as a role model
The antigay, long-closeted, recently outed Spokane, Wash., mayor is one big bad apple, but he's still one of us. We should condemn his hypocrisy, sure, but let's also try to learn from his actions
June 16, 2005
We Must Be the Role Models We Lack
Being a mentor to young LGBTQ people is all our responsibility, writes the out dean of Golden Gate University School of Law.
June 21, 2018
Rahne Jones on the The Politician's Queer Utopia & Being a Role Model
The out star of the Netflix series chats with The Advocate about her journey working for Homeland Security to being on one of TV's queerest shows.
July 16, 2020
The NFL's Pioneering Gay Cheerleader Is Happy to Be a Role Model
Napoleon Jinnies is embracing his position as one of only three male cheerleaders in the NFL.
February 11, 2019
Op-ed: Entering Manhood With Zero Male Role Models
Boys Do Cry: Many LGBT people growing up in dysfunctional homes will relate to this trans man's harrowing tale of abuse and survival.
August 20, 2015
Right-Wingers Claim Gay Republicans Fundamentally 'Wrong'
Two gay candidates for the U.S. House and a gay-friendly nominee for the Senate are 'wrong on critical, foundational issues,' say the archconservative organizations.
October 1, 2014
Op-ed: Steve Grand Is The Role Model That Gay Youth Need
The singer of the summer, Steve Grand, was the musical disruption we all needed.
July 23, 2013