David Geffen sued by estranged husband Donovan Michaels, accused of 'exploitation'
Michaels, 32, alleges that Geffen, 82, exploited a “vulnerable, marginalized young gay Black man.”
July 23, 2025
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Ask Auntie: Outing your MAGA trade–is it ever okay?
Is it ever okay to out them, or does that cross a boundary? Advice from your Lovable Trans Auntie.
February 26, 2025
GOP Threatens to Kill Trade Bill Over LGBTQ Protections
A pro-LGBTQ provision in a trade agreement between North American nations incites a Republican riot.
November 18, 2018
Land O'Lakes' Beth Ford Becomes First Out Woman to Run a Fortune 500
Ford is also only the third gay person and the 25th woman to run a Fortune 500 company.
July 30, 2018
Lessons From the Ed Murray Tragedy
We'll never know if Seattle's gay mayor is a sexual predator -- and that's just one of many systemic problems this scandal brought to light.
May 15, 2017
WATCH: Gay Man's Grandfather Came Out to Him at 90
Five months before he died, artist Grant Rehnberg's 90-year-old grandfather decided to live openly and came out of the closet to his grandson.
March 10, 2014
Out actor Mike Heslin dies at 30
His husband, Scotty Dynamo, who he married less than a year ago, shared the news on social media.
July 8, 2024
Watch Nathan Lane Sing About His 'Gay Old Life' and Sewer Monsters
"It's a gay old life being queer," Lane sings in the new comedy Dicks: The Musical.
September 28, 2023
Fox News Clings to Term 'Homosexual' in Covering LGBT Issues
Despite a shift to other terminology by most news outlets, Fox persists in its use of 'homosexual' when covering stories about gays and lesbians.
March 27, 2014
WATCH: Janet Mock Flips the Script on Cisgender Host
Turning the tables on Fusion's Alicia Menendez, trans author and activist Janet Mock assumed the role of interviewer to demonstrate the invasive and inappropriate questions trans women regularly face in the media.
April 29, 2014
Jamie Lee Curtis to Bring LGBTQ-Supportive Mom's Story to Screen
Curtis has bought the rights to a memoir by Sara Cunningham, who offers to be a stand-in mom for same-sex couples whose parents won't attend their weddings.
January 10, 2019
Op-ed: Hold Your Head Up, Young One
To the young LGBT kid stuck in a small town and feeling alone.
October 24, 2013
Rough trade
When TV's Wife Swap landed an ultraconservative Texas homemaker in a two-mommy household in Arizona, the homophobia flowed hot and heavy. How did it feel to be in the direct path of the bigotry? The Advocate talks to lesbian mom Nicki Boone
February 8, 2005
Bigoted Christians Are the Most Special Snowflakes
The Religious Right likes to say that LGBT people are now granted "special rights," but they're actually the ones getting exceptional treatment by the government.
April 11, 2017
Donald Trump and J.D. Vance should try these Haitian dishes instead of chewing on fake news
Republicans are resorting to baseless claims about Haitian immigrants, perpetuating harmful stereotypes. Instead of spreading lies, why not savor Haiti's rich culture through its delicious dishes?
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September 10, 2024
How LGBT Liberation Connects to the Oldest Profession
Rather than ignore the centuries-long relationship between sex work and queer liberation, we should embrace it, writes editor at large Diane Anderson-Minshall.
July 15, 2015
The Night Being an African Lesbian Mother Became a Crime
By daring to speak and live her truth as a lesbian, Zimbabwean immigrant and mother of two Ruth Marimo knew she was endangering her life.
July 23, 2014
Jamie Lee Curtis is Our Advocate of the Year
The Oscar-winning icon opens up about growing up in Hollywood, her passion for helping others, and learning to be the best parent she can to her trans daughter.
October 19, 2023
