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Anti-diversity crusader Robby Starbuck to headline Society for Human Resource Management convention

The right-wing extremist has a long anti-LGBTQ+ history.

The High Cost of Gender-Confirmation Procedures

The bills can run into the tens of thousands of dollars, and insurance coverage remains rare. 

7 Reasons To Be Hopeful in 2015

While the world offers many examples of persecution and injustice, there are reasons to expect the next generation will be better off, and the next, and the next.

The urgent question about AI: How will replaced workers make a living?

Opinion: The AI era is likely to hurt lower-wage workers. We need a plan to support them, writes Michael Dru Kelley.

Why a White-Led LGBTQ+ Org and a POC-Led Queer Group Are Teaming Up

SAGE and GRIOT Circle are pooling resources to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ seniors -- the heads of both groups explain why more queer organizations should follow suit.

How IBM Transformed Itself Into an LGBTQ-Inclusive Company

A longtime IBM employee shares how his employer helped him be fully himself, at work and outside of it.

Why Every City Needs an LGBT Job Fair

Finding and keeping work remains perilous for many LGBT people. But an event in one of the nation's biggest cities is helping queer folks find employment and climb the ladder.

Connecting Communities – How to Manage Your Finances for the Future

Simply knowing and understanding the financial world will help you to prepare.

L.A. Mayor Backs National Monument Status for Stonewall

This status "would honor LGBT history," Mayor Eric Garcetti tells President Obama.

Women’s contributions and men’s racism erased from history of national monument

NPS removed historical information about women and race from signs at the Muir Woods National Monument.

'Schitt's Creek,' Post-Melancholy Queerness, and Pandemic Escape

Missed this now-iconic comedy on its first go round? Now's the perfect time to see what you missed.

One Gay Actor Shifts to Winemaking in Uncertain Times

Massimo Dobrovic's wine company gives back to the community, though the former Euros of Hollywood star admits it's been a struggle to keep afloat during a pandemic. 

Read a Ugandan Trans Woman's Courageous Letter to Parliament

The woman asked her members of Parliament to reject the so-called "kill the gays" bill.

Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze

Gender-based violence organizations have begun to self-edit their public-facing media out of fear they will lose federal grants essential to the provision of life-saving services.

Gay Grief Is Different

On this 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, Sue Rakowski explains how LGBTQ mourning is singular.

We 55 respectfully disagree

In an "open letter" to The Advocate and to LGBT people everywhere, more than four dozen prominent activists of color take issue with Jasmyne Cannick's commentary calling for LGBT equality to take priority over rights for illegal immigrants. Quoting Audre Lorde, they remind us, "There is no hierarchy of oppression."

The Intersection of Queer Identity and Atheism

Writer Camille Beredjick investigates the thorny relationship between spirituality and LGBT equality in the upcoming book Queer Disbelief. Read an exclusive excerpt below.

All The President's Women and Men

If election 2008 sweeps a Democratic administration into office, who in our community might be walking the halls of the White House and weighing in on key policy decisions? The Advocate takes a look at some potential power players.