Jason Collins, first out gay NBA player, reveals he has 'deadliest form of brain cancer'
Jason Collins, the first out gay player in the NBA, recently revealed he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma.
December 12, 2025
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Pennsylvania fines gay grandpa with stage 4 cancer $16k for protesting trans youth suicide
James Lantz glued his hand to a railing inside the Vermont Senate after lawmakers refused to meet with him about trans youth suicides.
July 9, 2025
Milwaukee Celebrates HIV Activist Ronnie Grace During Cancer Battle
Grace, a longtime HIV educator and LGBTQ+ advocate, is being treated for stage 4 liver and bile cancer.
August 30, 2023
This gay grandpa was fined $16k for protesting trans youth suicides, and he would 'do it again'
James Lantz tells The Advocate about his arrest for gluing his hand to a Capitol railing while protesting trans youth suicides.
July 11, 2025
A Gay Romance Comes to a Crossroads in Short Stage Play ‘Sweet, He’
Jeff Locker's acclaimed gay romance makes its digital debut on The Advocate.
July 2, 2020
Tell her about it
How do you stay close, stay hot, and keep bed death away from your door? Try this secret weapon: Tell the truth.
July 18, 2005
Duran Duran Signs Petition Against HB 2 Onstage at N.C. Show
The band signed a petition against North Carolina's anti-LGBT law onstage and urged fans to do the same.
April 18, 2016
Life In Drive
To quote a Tinseltown proverb: You can live in your car, but you can't drive your house. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. But the point is, your wheels say a lot about you. Gaywheels.com's Joe Tralongo picks the cars that make the man (or woman) at four distinct stages of gay life.
October 19, 2007
David Dean Bottrell to Donate Show Profits to JD Disalvatore
Proceeds from the final performance of the solo show will help Disalvatore cover medical costs in the wake of her recent cancer diagnosis.
August 23, 2012
Op-ed: Are You There, Judy? It's Me, Cancer
Second City's Judy Fabjance shares her story of fighting breast cancer... twice.
October 17, 2014
New Mexico Marriage Plaintiff Dies at 44
Jennifer Neuman-Roper, one of the plaintiffs in the case to establish marriage equality in New Mexico, has died.
November 12, 2013
Here's what queer, transgender, and intersex people should know about prostate cancer after Biden's diagnosis
After President Joe Biden's stunning cancer diagnosis, The Advocate asked medical experts what the LGBTQ+ community should know about this disease.
May 20, 2025
Carmen Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning Star and Ballroom Icon, Dies at 62
Her House announced Carmen Xtravaganza's passing on Friday.
August 5, 2023
Antigay Reality Star Pardoned by Trump Challenges Rep. John Lewis
Angela Stanton-King, running against the civil rights icon, has said that supporting young people's LGBTQ identity amounts to pedophilia.
March 11, 2020
Seat Filler The Advocates Guide to Theater
Your man on the New York theater scene looks back at gay love and self-loathing in the '40s, '50s, and '60s before shamelessly lusting after Broadway stars Liev Schreiber, Victor Garber, and High School Musical hunk Corbin Bleu.
February 23, 2010
Jill Sobule Kissed a Girl First
More than a decade before Katy Perry "Kissed a Girl," Jill Sobule made waves with her song of the same name. Now she's back with a new studio album paid for by her fans.
May 11, 2009
Gay vets’ benefits at risk?
As many as a million gay and lesbian veterans depend on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for health care--including many who can't get HIV/AIDS care anywhere else. It's reason enough for GLBT activists to keep an eye on the Bush administration's coming cutbacks
February 1, 2005
Married Lesbian Couple Who Met, Fell in Love on Jeopardy! Shares Story
The women who wed in 2012 told their story on Twitter as an ode to Alex Trebek.
January 23, 2020
Donald Trump just spent a week showing us how much he despises children
Opinion: He's ruining Christmas, deporting American kids (one with cancer), endorsing conversion therapy and more discipline in schools, threatening Sesame Street, and eliminating a youth suicide hotline, writes John Casey.
May 3, 2025
Illinois governor says don’t blame trans kids for losses by ‘do-nothing Democrats’ in fiery speech
The Democrat, J.B. Pritzker, took his party to task in the wake of Donald Trump's authoritarianism.
April 30, 2025