Gay Olympian and world champ pole vaulter Shawn Barber is dead at 29
Barber, who won medals in several international competitions, came out in 2017.
January 19, 2024
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Mailing Seeks Catholic Contributions for Marriage Amendment
The Minnesota Catholic Conference is spending $100,000 to ask for donations in support of the anti-marriage equality measure, in an appeal unusual in scope and specificity.
September 25, 2012
Ohio senator flip-flops on same-sex marriage ban
Facing a tough reelection campaign in November, Mike DeWine, Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, said he will take the lead in pushing for a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
March 31, 2006
This Gay Muslim School Board Member Knows How Much Education Matters
N.J. Akbar, newly elected to Akron, Ohio's school board, reflects on childhood struggles with learning and the diversity he brings to his work.
November 25, 2019
Tucker Carlson Says Hospitals Should Expect Threats Over Trans Care
The Fox News entertainer says that those who provide gender-affirming care should expect threats, and an Ohio hospital is the latest to experience just that.
September 23, 2022
Ohio universities are closing their LGBTQ+ centers to comply with a state DEI ban
Ohio's ban on DEI prohibits public universities from endorsing "any controversial belief" — including LGBTQ+ existence.
June 4, 2025
Right-Wingers Harass Vanderbilt U. Hospital Over Gender-Affirming Care
Some politicians in Tennessee are now calling for a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in light of a conservative blogger's posts.
September 23, 2022
Medical Associations Request Probe Into Gender-Affirming Care Threats
After far-right online influencers aimed their thinly veiled bigotry at hospitals across the country, trolls directed attacks at those facilities.
October 4, 2022
Artist Spotlight James Gobel
James Gobel wanted his latest bear-centric work to be more cuddly. "An artwork that you could conceivably snuggle up to seemed a good place to start."
February 11, 2012
Philly Man Charged in Trans Woman's Murder
A day after her death, London Chanel's suspected murderer has confessed to fatally stabbing her in what police believe was a 'domestic' altercation.
May 20, 2015
Victim Number 10: Another Trans Woman Murdered
India Clarke was found beaten to death in a Tampa park. Who killed her remains a mystery.
July 22, 2015
Religion Is the Biggest Bully of Them All
Gay Arkansas writer Kurt Niece considers the outsize role other people's religion has in his life and the world.
October 6, 2016
Victim Number 13: Trans Woman of Color Murdered in Dallas
The body of Shade Schuler turned up weeks ago in Dallas, but her remains were difficult to identify.
August 13, 2015
Victim Number 12: Detroit Trans Woman Murdered
A university student was found shot and killed in an area notorious for hate crimes against transgender women.
August 10, 2015
Two Stories of Rising Above the Down Low
A new MTV special profiles two young, black men in Ohio who are living secretly queer lives. Before the True Life episode airs Wednesday, both men reached out to The Advocate to share their stories.
May 17, 2013
I Have a Nightmare
Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of freedom in America for "all of God's children" is being defiled by the president-elect and his bigoted Cabinet picks.
January 16, 2017
Obama Makes LGBT Push, Hillary Pushes Back
The LGBT community becomes a battleground as Obama tries to undercut Hillary's gay support.
March 4, 2008
Trans Murder Victim Number 11: Woman In Fresno
Local trans activists held a vigil Thursday night for K.c. Haggard, who was stabbed to death on the street in an altercation caught on a security camera.
July 24, 2015
The 21 Trans Women Killed in 2015
As a new year dawns, activists continue to decry an 'epidemic' of fatal violence directed at transgender women.
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July 27, 2015