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LGBTQ+ festival fights back after Trump's cuts National Endowment for the Arts funding

Here’s how you can support the Criminal Queerness Festival at NYC Pride 2025, showcasing LGBTQ+ playwrights from oppressed countries.

HRC's Sarah McBride, Who Made Trans History at DNC, Running for Office

McBride -- the first openly trans person to speak at a major political convention and currently the press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign -- throws her hat in the ring.

Your Team Can't Handle a Gay Player? Then Your Team Sucks

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe makes the case for athletes -- competing now in Sochi, and everywhere else -- to come out.

Golden Globes Honors Renée and Taron for Playing Gay Icons

The awards ceremony gave top honors for the Elton John and Judy Garland biopics.

Politics and Progress With Patti LaBelle

The last time girl-group Labelle dropped an album, the thought of a black president or same-sex marriage seemed as "far-out" as the band's disco-spacewoman suits and fusion of disco, rock, and soul. But the button-pushing, soul-singing trio has reunited, and on the heels of Prop. 8 passing and Barack Obama being elected president, Patti LaBelle talks to The Advocate about the mix of emotions she's dealt with over the past few weeks.

Tri another day

Pierce Brosnan leaves 007 way behind as a "trisexual" hit man in the saucy new comedy The Matador

We Must Be the Role Models We Lack

Being a mentor to young LGBTQ people is all our responsibility, writes the out dean of Golden Gate University School of Law.

The Night the American Dream Was Shattered in Orlando

This is how Siclaly Santiago-Leon honors the life of her beloved cousin Dani and the American dream he was denied.

California Supreme Court makes honest woman of Melissa Etherdige

The singer talks to The Advocate's Arts & Entertainment Editor Corey Scholibo on the morning of the court's ruling in favor of gay marriage rights

Chechnya's President Claims He Is Under 'Attack' as Journalists Flee for Their Lives

Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that he is the victim of a smear campaign by human rights groups. Meanwhile, Chechen religious leaders are urging followers to "massacre journalists." 

Op-ed: Reluctant Words of a Newly HIV+ 20-Something

What runs through the mind of a 28-year-old newly diagnosed with HIV?

​The confessions of a retired gas-lighter

Coming out in the 21st century is hard not because of others, but because of our own struggle to accept ourselves, writes George del Junco.

Heather and Caroline: Tying the Knot, Choosing the Bling

At a same-sex wedding expo, Heather Matarazzo and Caroline Murphy tell how their romance got started, why tuxes on women are sexy, and why both partners should get to propose.

Why My Music Video Celebrates Same-Sex Senior Couples

Singer Tom Goss wanted to show queer people the beauty of long-term love instead of short-term lust.

David Miranda, Gay Politician and Husband of Journalist Glenn Greenwald, Dies at 37

Greenvwald announced his husband’s passing on Twitter to an outpouring of support.

YouTube Star Jessie Paege Comes Out as Bisexual

The social media influencer and author discusses her journey of revealing herself to the world.

You Never Stop Coming Out When You're Bi

"Do I tell him on the first date? Do I disclose to her after our first kiss?" The answers are never simple, writes Ariel Sobel.

After 'Love, Simon,' Keiynan Lonsdale Is Shedding All His Skins

Keiynan Lonsdale, the multitalented artist from down under, is now riding high.

Tales of Coming Out

On October 11 millions of openly gay Americans will reflect on the day they took those brave first steps out of the closet, providing support and encouragement to others who have yet to find their voice. In day one of our series on coming out, Lair star David Moretti (pictured), Big Brother's Marcellas Reynolds, and New York LGBT Community Center executive director Richard D. Burns share their stories.

Tab Hunter, Gay Actor Who Became '50s Heartthrob, Dies at 86

Hunter came out publicly in a 2005 autobiography.