Keith St Clare, pioneering gay magazine publisher, dead at 79
St Clare published the San Francisco-based magazine Vanguard, took in many foster children, and produced a youth-oriented TV show.
April 14, 2025
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Meet Four of The Advocate's Vanguard
These are the LGBT people at the cutting edge of business, science and technology, and activism.
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On the Red Carpet at the L.A. LGBT Center's Vanguard Awards
We caught up with participants of the 48th Annual Gala Vanguard Awards, including super agent Ariel Emanuel and Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri Jean.
September 26, 2017
PHOTOS: Racy, Experimental Art From Trans Vanguard
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August 2, 2014
Kacey Musgraves to Receive GLAAD's Vanguard Award as LGBTQ+ Ally
Musgraves has been one of the most outspoken allies in country music.
March 8, 2022
Selena Gomez to Star as Vanguard Gay Mountaineer Silvia Vásquez-Lavado
Vasquez-Lavado is the first gay woman to complete the Seven Summits.
November 12, 2020
PHOTOS: L.A. LGBT Center Vanguard Awards
The To Be Takei star was honored alongside Marvel Entertainment and L.A. County supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky at the LGBT group's annual fundraiser.
November 15, 2014
Drag Race Winner Violet Chachki Shares New 'Vanguard' Video
The season 7 queen shows off her aerialist skills, and a little skin, in her latest video.
June 30, 2015
L.A. LGBT Center Honors Ricky Martin, Greg Berlanti, and Robbie Rogers
The Los Angeles LGBT Center is honoring the big names at the upcoming Gala Vanguard Awards.
August 14, 2018
Toronto Reminds Us That Pride Is a Protest
A Black Lives Matter shutdown and the presence of its prime minister proves Canada is on the vanguard for organizing an LGBT rally and celebration.
July 4, 2016
Project Runway's Justin LeBlanc and the Strength of Disability
Project Runway's Justin LeBlanc and other LGBT people with disabilities on television are in the vanguard of a new generation of advocates.
October 4, 2013
Beyoncé Dedicates Album 'Renaissance' to Late Gay Uncle
The music icon previously spoke about her relationship with her uncle Johnny when accepting the Vanguard Award at the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in 2019.
July 28, 2022
Watch: Dee Rees's Inspiring Acceptance Speech at Sundance NEXT Fest
The queer Pariah director Dee Rees turned her acceptance speech for the 2017 Sundance Institute Vanguard Award into a must-see act of resistance.
August 16, 2017
Freeheld Writer: My Project Was 'De-Gayed'
Ron Nyswaner gave a passionate speech at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Vanguard Awards about the need to fight against the normalization of LGBT characters in film and TV.
November 9, 2015
Trans Businesswoman Angelica Ross Tells All
The former lounge singer tells The Advocate how she survived sex work and a suicide attempt, found spirituality, and made peace with her mom. She's one of this issue's Vanguard.
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September 1, 2015
Queer directions
Cui Zi'en is infamous in China for being at the vanguard of LGBT portrayal in Chinese cinema. To date, he is the only director in the media conservative country tackling gay issues in his movies. The Advocate sat down with Cui Zi'en to talk about being outspokenly gay, his upcoming projects, and what advice he has for his fans.
March 21, 2007
California Library Gets Bomb Threat After Kicking Out Transphobic Group
After a library official kicked out a speaker who kept misgendering trans women and video of the incident got spread online, somebody called in a bomb threat.
August 26, 2023
