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Which Democratic U.S. Senators Have the Gayest and Least Gay Staffs?

Democratic senators have released their annual survey of staff diversity, and LGBTQ+ representation has risen.

Black Gay 'Slave Play' Writer Jeremy O. Harris Makes Tony History

LGBTQ+ and queer-led productions, including The Inheritance, received much love this year.

PHOTOS: The First Same-Sex Marriages in Wyoming

Wyoming's attorney general opted not to appeal a district court ruling in favor of marriage equality, and that cleared the way for these images of happy couples marrying on Tuesday.

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Church of England Votes to Condemn 'Ex-Gay' Therapy, Welcome Trans Members

These are positive moves, but the church still won't perform same-sex weddings or ordain partnered gay clergy.

The Top Five

The best of gay entertainment in 2008.

Laphonza Butler, first Black lesbian U.S. senator, steps down from office for Adam Schiff

She called on her colleagues to plant seeds of love and inclusivity.

Finding Love in L.A. as AIDS Decimates the City

For World AIDS Day, don't miss this excerpt from Christopher Zyda's heart-wrenching memoir, The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation.

Big Gay Following Milo Ventimiglia

Why we love the often shirtless and always absorbing Milo Ventimiglia.

Hot Sheet: Week of May 11-15

This week's round of what's hot in entertainment includes Catholic conspiracies, some good old girl-punk, and a ton of theatrical events across the country.

The Best Queerish Animation to Watch Today

Not looking forward to the all day marathons of A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life that happen on Christmas Day? Then skip 'em and spend a few hours getting to know the funniest, LGBT-adjacent, and politically incorrect animated TV shows now available on DVD, Blu-ray, and on-demand streaming.

Seat Filler June 2010 The Advocates Guide to Theater

From Edie Falco as a butch ex-con to Reichen Lehmkuhl's underwear in My Big Gay Italian Wedding, your man on the New York theater scene takes in the greatest and gayest shows off-Broadway.

Seat Filler December 2010

The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene turns off the dark of Broadway's gay-friendly closings with festive queer holiday shows from Justin Bond, Mimi Imfurst, Moisty the Snowman, and many more.

Hot Sheet: August 29, 2014

Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include the youth noir, Jamie Marks Is Dead, Patricia Clarkson in Last Weekend, and Lady Gaga with Tony Bennett.

The Secret Drama Behind Repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Alexander Nicholson shares the back-and-forth that went on behind the scenes between gay activists, Congress members, the Pentagon, and the president in the months leading up to the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell."

How One Trans Couple Keep Their Fire

Sean Dorsey and Shawna Virago fueled a creative insurgency and, in effect, kept their relationship young.

Here are the 31 transgender Americans lost to violence in 2024

The epidemic of fatal violence against trans people in the U.S. continues.

Seat Filler: Holidays 2012 NYC Theater Guide

The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene unwraps 10 festive shows worth warming up to this Christmas and Chanukah.

The 15 Best LGBT Summer Reads: Anne Rice, Kevin Sessums

On the beach or the plane, chances are you'll want a good book to go with you. These are some of the season's most engaging reads.