How drag artists can protect themselves from the far-right attacks
Drag artists who survived violence and harassment tell The Advocate about resources to protect other performers.
July 14, 2025
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Club Q, Pulse, and an Ohio firebombing: Why these drag queen survivors are sharing their stories (exclusive)
Drag queens who survived the Club Q mass shooting, the Pulse Massacre, and a Ohio church firebombing tell The Advocate about a coalition they've formed to support drag artists in the face of violence.
May 29, 2024
Ohio man sentenced to 18 years in prison after firebombing church for hosting drag events
Aimenn D. Penny admitted to attacking the Community Church of Chesterland on March 25 using homemade Molotov cocktails, citing anger at two upcoming drag events.
February 1, 2024
Neo-Nazis Chanting ‘Sieg Heil’ Target Drag Queen Story Event
Hundreds of white supremacists converged with Christian groups to protest drag queens reading to children.
March 13, 2023
White Lives Matter Now an Official Hate Group
The Southern Poverty Law Center places the organization alongside the nation's most racist and homophobic groups.
August 31, 2016
Dear White LGBT People, Prove Black Lives Matter
Activists Cleve Jones and Liz Highleyman on the ways white LGBT people can do their part to end an HIV crisis in the black community.
September 25, 2015
'Black Lives Matter' Painted on D.C. Street Leading to the White House
The mayor directed the city to paint the streets days after Trump forcefully removed peaceful demonstrators to get a photo-op.
June 5, 2020
Teen Threatened LGBTQ People, Minorities in White Lives Matter Rant
"Wanna hear what is oppressed? My shot gun ammo because I am wasting it on minorities like you."
September 24, 2019
These 24 violent extremist & anti-LGBTQ+ advocacy groups pose a danger to LGBTQ+ people
Looking at the groups that threaten drag queens, transgender people and the broader LGBTQ+ community.
November 1, 2024
Breonna Taylor Fell Victim to Gunfire—and a Nation Built on Racism
We say "Black Lives Matter," but the people who pull the levers of power don't agree.
September 24, 2020
How Black Lives Matter Toronto Is Fighting Racism in the Great White North
Black Lives Matter Toronto is ready for a fight -- and is uniquely prepared to make a difference in Canada and beyond.
July 20, 2016
Paul LePage Is Apologizing, But Not for Homophobia or Racism
Maine's governor says an angry voice mail was a mistake, but only because he lost his temper.
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August 30, 2016
Didn't Want to Cause Panic? No, Trump Loves to Cause Panic
Donald Trump wanted us to panic about immigrant caravans and Black Lives Matter protesters but not about COVID.
September 10, 2020
Alicia Garza: Taking Black Lives Matter to Another Dimension
Black Lives Matter has always been intended to be a declaration that includes transgender people, says one queer woman who helped create the movement.
December 9, 2015
STUDY: Half of Black Gay Men Will Test HIV-Positive
A new CDC report shows alarming HIV rates in the black and gay communities.
February 23, 2016
Neo-Nazis Parade Around Florida Chanting ‘Jews Will Not Replace Us’
Some of the neo-Nazis took their hatred on the road to the Sunshine State from Ohio, Wisconsin and Maine.
September 5, 2023
Obama Meets DeRay Mckesson at White House
The out Black Lives Matter activist and candidate for mayor of Baltimore was invited with other civil rights leaders to attend a Black History Month event.
February 18, 2016
Latest in Virginia: 3 Dead, Hit and Run Driver Arrested
Three people have died since hundreds of racists and homophobes descended on Charlottesville, Va. on Friday night.
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August 12, 2017
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Firebombing Church Over Drag Queen Events
The arsonist admitted to the FBI he “would have felt better” if he had “burned the entire church to the ground.”
October 25, 2023
Identifying a Lawful Rally From a Violent Angry Hate Mob
Universities are being pitted against the First Amendment as racists and homophobes scramble for attention on America's college campuses.
August 22, 2017