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Will Ferrell and Billy Eichner are 'Loud White Men For Kamala' in hilarious new video

“Would you have sex with a Trump voter?” Billy on the Street is back to answer the hard-hitting questions one week out from the elections.

Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's record on gays questioned

Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's beliefs on gay issues are under scrutiny after the reemergence of a letter he wrote during his 1994 run for U.S. Senate in which he promised a gay Republican group he would be a stronger advocate for gays than Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Suspects Charged in Attack on Brooklyn Trans Woman

Two men have been arrested in the October attack on Kimy Hartman(pictured), which left her with permanent brain injuries.

Anne Heche Has Been Taken Off Life Support

The actress had been declared brain dead, but she was kept on life support for a time for the purpose of organ donation.

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Coming Out to My Dad in a Fake Bavarian Village

In her new memoir, The Clancys of Queens, Tara Clancy explores her upbringing in a converted boat shed in working-class Queens, a geriatric commune of feisty Brooklyn-born Italians, and a sprawling Hamptons estate she visited every other weekend.

People of the Year: Anthony & the Supremes

While Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy deserves special notice for his poetic opinion for the majority, it was the entire court’s role in marriage equality that had the greatest impact on LGBT lives in 2015.

How LGBTQ+ Candidates Can Win in Swing Districts

It's not only deep-blue areas that elect out candidates -- some have succeeded in purple districts, and more are seeking to join them.

Jon Stewart makes fun of gay-baiting politics at Ohio appearance

Jon Stewart and staff from Comedy Central's The Daily Show fielded questions from Ohio State University students at a special appearance, but the comedian also had a query of his own: ''A buckeye is a gay acorn, right?''

Fox News poll: Voters trust Kamala Harris more than Donald Trump on transgender issues

The poll is the latest evidence that anti-trans attack ads may not help Republicans in 2024.

Trump Hopes for a Chance to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Supreme Court

Or Anthony Kennedy, sources say, as both LGBT-supportive jurists are in their 80s.

The Trans Ban Ruling Shows the Right Wing's Long Game Is Working

Evangelicals and conservatives banded together to vote for a man they likely found repellent. That coalition will pay them dividends for generations.

Kristen Stewart to play lesbian astronaut Sally Ride in 1st lead TV role

Kristen Stewart is headed to outer space in this new limited series.

Evangelical Tony Perkins Goes Nuclear Over Karen Pence Criticism

The Family Research Council president derides anger over anti-LGBTQ policies as "attacks on Christian education by the mainstream media."

Love at first site: Patton

We asked Advocate readers to share their true stories of Internet dating and found out that going online was a great way to meet the love of your life. That is, if he or she wasn't lying to you.

Adult film stars go hard-core with anti-Trump ads

Project 2025 is coming for your junk. The film pros say to keep your "hands off my porn."

Mass. lawmakers nix anti–gay marriage ballot measure

Massachusetts lawmakers blocked a proposed ballot measure Thursday that would have let voters decide whether to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage in the only state that allows it.

Episcopal Church may elect second openly gay bishop

The openly gay dean of St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, the Very Reverend Robert Taylor (pictured), and the lesbian rector of All Saints' Church in Chicago, the Reverend Bonnie Perry, are among five finalists for the position of bishop of the diocese of California.