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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The untold story behind the first National Coming Out Day
How Jean O’Leary and a community of visionaries turned courage into history.
October 11, 2025
21 LGBT Biographies or Memoirs You Should Read Now
From German counts to Utah cave-dwellers, there's something for every reader on this list.
August 13, 2012
Op ed How to Prove Lesbians Are More at Risk for Cancer
Paula Ettlebrick died of ovarian cancer last week.
October 12, 2011
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
A trans woman's cancer symptoms were almost missed — until gender-affirming care saved her life
Here's how gender-affirming care can save your life too.
December 15, 2025
Will Democrats lose control of Senate before they even get it?
Democratic U.S. senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota suffered what may have been a stroke on Wednesday, imperiling the scheduled Democratic takeover of the Senate.
December 13, 2006
Civil rights, medical groups sue FDA over ‘almost unconscionable’ delay in banning menthol tobacco products
Over a 20-year period, a ban could lower health care costs among all adult smokers by about $1.62 billion, a recent study found.
April 4, 2024