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Meet Michols Peña – the new gay manager steaming up 'Southern Hospitality'

The workplace humidity just got spicy in Charleston, and Ricky Cornish reveals all the juicy bits.

What to Stream This Month: 24 LGBTQ+ Movies & TV Shows & Where To Watch Them

All Us Strangers, Our Son, Maestro, Rebel Moon, and a whole lot of queer holiday movies are headed our way this month.

North Carolina's Entire History of Homophobia in 90 Seconds

What happened to Southern hospitality?

Remembering Conservative Lesbian Florence King

Her subject matter ran the gamut: politics, British royalty, Southern hospitality, and everyday life.

19 LGBTQ+ movies & TV shows coming in January 2025 & where to watch them

With The Traitors, XO, Kitty, Severance, and more gay faves returning, one thing’s for sure, this year is starting out with a bang!

Two Gay Men Attacked in Possible Hate Crime in D.C.

The assailants shouted homophobic slurs while attacking the couple, who were wearing T-shirts bearing the name of an LGBTQ sports league.

Out Anchor Robin Roberts Is Miss. Tourism's Cover Girl

Mississippi lawmakers passed a law that allows them to discriminate against LGBT people, but the state's official tourism guide features out lesbian anchor Robin Roberts on its cover. 

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A Southern Strategy: Meet the Neighbors

As marriage equality sweeps across the nation, progress remains glacially slow in one region: the South.

Christian-Owned Wedding Venue Turns Away Gay Couple

"God says in the Bible that marriage is between a man and a woman," Highgrove Estate said in a statement.

Rebuilding our city

The gay and lesbian survivors of Hurricane Katrina are vowing to return to New Orleans and make it more fabulous than ever

Inn Your Dreams

Credit the cubicle with inspiring throngs of gay people to dream of opening a bed-and-breakfast. But for those who actually ditch their 9-to-5 jobs for wake-up calls, the innkeeper life has its share of nightmares. Meet four gay couples from Connecticut to California who are living the dream.

A Love Letter to Mississippi

Why I feel a bittersweet homesickness for Jackson

Rebuilding Our City — the LGBT Heroes of Katrina

In our 2005 cover story, The Advocate followed survivors of Hurricane Katrina fighting to keep the legendary gay mecca of New Orleans alive. Read the inspiring stories of resilience below.

Drag Icon Lady Bunny Knows Laughter Trumps Hate

The drag icon isn't holding back in her new show at the historic Stonewall Inn and hopes to prove that "the best humor comes from the worst tragedy."

Woman allegedly kills wife, stabs mother-in-law with samurai sword

Video shows a bloodied victim staggering in the street with the reported killer katana.

I Lost My Legs to Meningitis, But You Don't Have To

Unbowed by a disease that appeared out of nowhere, Dell Miller shares his story in hopes that other gay and bi men pay attention and get the meningitis vaccine.

Hospital Canceled Hysterectomy for Trans Man Minutes Before Surgery

Oliver Knight is now suing the Catholic hospital in northern California.

Some Fla. Republicans Support LGBT Rights Bill

Bucking tradition, Sunshine State Rep. Holly Raschein and other members of her party have come out in favor of protecting LGBT people from discrimination.

For Families in the South Struggling to Find Gender-Affirming Care, Small Grants Make a Huge Difference

Across the South, families of transgender youth who want to find gender-affirming care for their children are wading through a morass of pending legal cases and being turned away at pharmacies without crucial information on what their rights are.

Trans Scientist and Ted Talker in Critical After Animal Attack

Kate Stone, a research engineer at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Manufacturing, and founder of the technology company, Novalia, was gored by a wild buck in freak attack.