The 20+ best LGBTQ+ historic sites and artifacts to add to your bucket list
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November 19, 2025
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Trump erased trans & queer history from Stonewall. Lawmakers are fighting to get it back
In an exclusive interview, Rep. Dan Goldman tells The Advocate the National Park Service’s actions are “shameful and outrageous.”
October 17, 2025
NYC's West Village was the birthplace of Pride. Now it's a battleground for survival.
New York City’s West Village has long been a haven for queer people, but gentrification threatens to displace those elders who helped it thrive.
August 19, 2025
After trans people, Trump now erases bisexual people from Stonewall National Monument
The "History and Culture" page no longer includes bisexual rights.
July 10, 2025
16-year-old girl in critical condition after shooting after New York Pride
Police said it is too early to know if the shooting after NYC Pride was a hate crime.
June 30, 2025
Marriage equality history in photos: Images of celebration and hope after Obergefell
Ten years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for nationwide marriage equality.
June 26, 2025
As companies stop sponsoring Pride, this NYC brewery is giving money directly to trans people
"We want to be very clear: our support isn’t conditional, and it’s not new," Brooklyn Brewery President Robin Ottaway tells The Advocate.
June 23, 2025
Yankees and Stonewall Scholarship Initiative celebrate Pride by honoring LGBTQ+ student leaders
Five students, one from each New York City borough, were awarded scholarships during the Yankees' annual Legacy of Pride Night.
June 17, 2025
11 historic photos of New York's LGBTQ+ history from the book Queer Happened Here
Marc Zinaman's Queer Happened Here "celebrates the indelible relationship between people and place, honoring the transformative power of pride, unity, and love." Check out select historic images from the book.
May 26, 2025
National Park Rangers rebel against queer erasure on Trans Day of Visibility
Over 1,000 off-duty, fired, and retired National Park Service employees launched a new initiative to preserve transgender people in history.
April 1, 2025
Harvey Fierstein drags Trump-led Kennedy Center, reveals he was banned
The Tony Award-winning actor and writer shared an emotional statement criticizing Donald Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center.
March 18, 2025
National Park Service removes pages for transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
NPS removed the pages shortly after scrubbing transgender people from other government websites.
March 6, 2025
A queer filmmaker led Kamala Harris’s video team at the White House. Azza Cohen shares what that was like
This queer woman kept her eye and camera trained on the most powerful woman in the world for history.
February 18, 2025
No LGB without the T — queer community protests Trump's transgender erasure at Stonewall
The Stonewall Inn held a rally Friday to protest the Trump administration's erasure of transgender people from the historic landmark's website.
February 14, 2025
'Transgender' references erased from Stonewall National Monument website
The monument, in Greenwich Village, represents a milestone in the fight for gay rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2025
Stonewall Inn Brick Awards Gala to honor Billy Porter with Peppermint, Punkie Johnson, Dominique Jackson, Alaska & more
Join the 2nd Annual Stonewall Inn Brick Awards Gala as it returns to New York City on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024!
November 11, 2024
Why The Advocate endorses Kamala Harris for president
Harris has brought a long and strong record of LGBTQ+ rights support to the White House, and promises to do even more.
October 15, 2024
How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used were steeped in science, stigma, and religious language
How people talked about and named the AIDS crisis shaped how it was viewed and either fostered or countered a culture of stigma, writes historian Anthony Petro.
September 30, 2024
70 photos of NYC Pride 2024 that show New Yorkers know how celebrate queer joy
Thousands took to the streets of Manhattan over the weekend to celebrate LGBTQ+ lives.
July 2, 2024
What you need to know about the Stonewall uprising, which began 55 years ago
Some of the details are disputed, but here's what we know about what happened at the Stonewall Inn in 1969.
June 27, 2024
New York City subway station to be renamed in honor of Stonewall
A bill passed by the state legislature now awaits the governor’s signature.
June 10, 2024