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Chest binder vendors respond to 'absurd' FDA warning letter: 'Clearly discrimination'

The FDA warned companies selling chest binders to register their products as medical devices. Here's how they're responding.

Women's sports bars are on a winning streak and 'slaying the trolls'

When Jenny Nguyen opened The Sports Bra in 2022, she started a movement: Bars that only show women’s sports. Now, fandom and pay are rapidly growing — and it’s time for the Olympics.

Op-ed: Why We Need Sports

Participating in a team sport can instill responsibility and confidence in a young person. It can also save that person's life.

Florida's new Attorney General sues Target for selling products for LGBTQ+ youth

The Ron DeSantis appointee said the retailer's policies crashed its stock price and hurt Florida's pension fund.

Female couples are helping to keep Portland queer

Multnomah County, Ore., which includes Portland, has the largest proportion of female couples of any large or medium-sized county in the U.S.

Exercise on the Cheap

Why even sliding-scale membership isn't worth the trip to the gym.

Masculine and Pregnant? Give 'Alternity Wear' a Try

Pregnancy clothing steps out of the realm of the ultrafeminine with a line of 'alternity wear' from new company Butchbaby & Co.

Trump's FDA sends warning letters to companies selling chest binders

Trump's FDA claims that companies selling chest binders have "misbranded" medical devices.

Girls' Guide to Dinah Shore

Did you hear the fire alarm? Yes, that pulsing, clamorous pull toward the desert? It's that time again -- Dinah Shore weekend, complete with three different promoters clamoring for your attention.

Coming Out to Yourself

Realizing you're LGBT may be the scariest moment of all.

TV's First Trans Reality Star: Katelynn On Caitlyn

The first transgender woman to have cameras follow her every move was Katelynn -- not Caitlyn -- on MTV's The Real World.

How the World's Most 'Bro' Sport Is Making Space for LGBTQ People

As the 2019 Crossfit Games kick-off, we dive into how the "masc4masc" sport has seen LGBTQ inclusion explode. 

I didn’t just run the world’s major marathons. I changed them

What it took for nonbinary transmasculine athlete Cal Calamia to challenge exclusion, dismantle myths, and make history at the most prestigious races on earth.

“Thanks, Mrs. A!”

Chris's natural talent for dressing drag queens finally gets a chance to breathe freely as the designers make stripper gear for lady wrestlers.

'What We Do in the Shadows’ Star Harvey Guillén Is Not That Innocent

The breakout star of our favorite vampire comedy channels Britney on The Advocate's year-end cover -- and proves that big, brown, and queer is also sexy as hell. 

Lea T Makes History at Opening Ceremony

"Brazil is a vast country and all its diversity should be somehow represented in this event," said the model.

Woman Dragged From Bathroom for Looking 'Like A Man' Sues

Cortney Bogorad says an innocent trip to the bathroom ended with public humiliation and injuries from being physically thrown onto the street by a security guard.

How Masculine Stereotypes Fuel Mass Shootings

Men who feel they can't measure up to society's expectations often respond by killing themselves or others, writes Kurt Niece.

Short Is the Length of My True Love’s Hair

For many queer women, how we wear our hair is more than just a matter of convenience — though for others it’s precisely that.

Op-ed: What Happened When I Met Dave Kopay

A chance meeting with gay football legend Dave Kopay changed the meaning of pride for one man.