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Introducing The Advocate capsule collection: A celebration of LGBTQ+ legacy & pride

Discover the new Advocate capsule collection at The Pride Store and celebrate LGBTQ+ history, pride, and community with iconic designs from The Advocate's legacy!

L Word's Jillian Mercado on Repping Queer Disabled Latinx Visibility

The Hollywood newcomer went from being a model to a beloved character on Generation Q

Artists behind Target's Pride collection claim they've received 'no compensation'

Three artists who worked on Target's LGBTQ+ Pride collection are accusing the company of withholding payment after they were suddenly "dropped."

Whitney Houston (Finally!) Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The gay icon takes her place in the annals of music history.

Nicky Doll: 'I Would Have Won' 'Drag Race' If I Had English Fluency

And for the Parisian drag performer, it would be an "honor" to host a version of RuPaul's Drag Race in France.

Jon Stewart wants everyone to 'stop pretending' corporations can support Pride

The Daily Show host is celebrating Pride Month, also known as "that time of year when corporations get together and financially exploit the decades-long struggle of gay people."

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.

Drag Race's Aiden Zhane Has a Message for Her Haters

"Drag is for everybody," said the performer following a season where she faced some hostility from competitors.

Regardless of corporate retreat from Pride, queer businesses are still here for LGBTQ+ communities

Opinion: "When our representation depends on a quarterly risk report to shareholders, we must recognize that we are line items in their marketing budgets, not living, breathing human beings deserving of dignity, visibility, and respect," writes David Lauterstein, CEO of Nasty Pig.

Target becomes latest corporation to nix DEI programs after once being a champion of equality

The retailer will sunset its REACH program focused on racial fairness and stop participation in HRC's Corporate Equality index.

Jason Aldean Dropped From PR Firm After Wife's Transphobic Comments

And Brittney Kerr Aldean is trying to defend them...yet again.

LGBTQ+ education nonprofit GLSEN lays off 60% of staff in major relaunch

“Our opposition has endless money; they get to try things, fail, and keep going [while] organizations like GLSEN are forced to make impossible choices,” executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers told The Advocate.

How Lesbian Singer Norma Tanega Took Hollywood by Storm

A friend of the lesbian folk legend Norma Tanega, whose song 'You're Dead' has a second life in What We Do in the Shadows, shares memories from her career and old gay Hollywood.

Target's CEO to step down after store's sluggish performance — and amid pro-LGBTQ+ pushback

The company made the announcement Wednesday, following continued struggles to keep up with retailers like Walmart and TJ Maxx.

Mike Lindell’s Pillow Talk With Trump Ends in a Bad Dream

When cuddling up next to Trump, you always end up kicked out of bed.

7 Republican Attorneys General Probe Target’s ‘Obscene’ LGBTQ+ Pride Merchandise

They claim the store’s Pride gear was sexualizing kids.

How the era of 'men were men' birthed America's first drag superstars

In the 1910s and 1920s, drag musicals were just as popular as football on college campuses and in male-only social clubs, writes historian Andrew Erdman.

How dark will our skies be on July 4, 2026?

Opinion: Could this be our last Fourth of July celebrating what's left of a true democracy? writes John Casey.

Club Q Victims, Heroes Identified by Colorado Springs Police

Law enforcement officials in Colorado Springs released the names at their third press conference in two days to update the public on developments in the mass shooting.

Why Are Lesbian Bars Special?

For LGBTQ+ History Month, the author of Moby Dyke discusses why lesbian bars are so sacred — and why it's so hard to find info on them online.

Target dropped DEI, so Minnesota’s largest Pride festival dropped Target's sponsorship — and raised even more

After rejecting Target's pledged $50,000, Twin Cities Pride executive director Andi Otto tells The Advocate how his organization raised more than double that in less than 24 hours.