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Meet 'The Advocates' of 2024

'The Advocates' list celebrates 10 artists, activists, and allies who are dedicated to making the world a better place for all.

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The Advocates 2024: Ally and activist Willie Nelson

The country legend has always stood up for what he believes in, and his recent queer-themed cowboy duet with Orville Peck proves it.

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Arts & Entertainment

Folk Uke's hilarious new love song to each other 'Gay for You' has a twist ending

Folk Uke is celebrating Pride with their new comedic love song to each other, "Gay for You."

Music

Gay Pop Legend George Michael to Be Immortalized in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Michael died in 2016 at 53.

World

Trevor Project Scores Big With Cracked Xmas

California's passage of the same-sex marriage ban Proposition 8 was a recurring theme running through Cracked Xmas 11, the annual holiday fund-raiser for the teen help line the Trevor Project. Newly out comedian Wanda Sykes got a standing O, Anne Hathaway auctioned herself off for a night of drinking, and Fantasia stomped her way through the audience in song.

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Meet 'The Advocates' of 2024

'The Advocates' list celebrates 10 artists, activists, and allies who are dedicated to making the world a better place for all.

The Advocates 2024: Ally and activist Willie Nelson

The country legend has always stood up for what he believes in, and his recent queer-themed cowboy duet with Orville Peck proves it.

Folk Uke's hilarious new love song to each other 'Gay for You' has a twist ending

Folk Uke is celebrating Pride with their new comedic love song to each other, "Gay for You."

Gay Pop Legend George Michael to Be Immortalized in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Michael died in 2016 at 53.

Willie Nelson

Gay country music lovers received a special valentine from superstar Willie Nelson this year.

Willie Nelson: 'I'd Never Marry a Guy I Didn't Like'

How Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter advances equality

The hit album is much more than simply a genre detour for the superstar.

Brandi Carlile & the Highwomen Set the Patriarchy on Fire in New Video

Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires, and Natalie Hembly have formed a supergroup of roots musicians with a mission of amplifying women's voices.

Welcome to Dallas’s only LGBTQ+ country dancing bar

Explore the LGBTQ+ country dance scene in Dallas through the eyes of a visiting Londoner.

It’s finally happening: Beyoncé will join Kamala Harris at Texas-sized rally in Houston

Queen Bey’s involvement has been long-awaited.

Trevor Project Scores Big With Cracked Xmas

Hot Sheet Harry Potter Burlesque Rihanna

Forget blue Think red

In an open letter to the leaders of LGBT organizations, a Birmingham, Ala., resident urges a new strategy for equality: Remember the civil rights struggles of the 1960s and take the fight to the places that most need to be educated--the South and the Midwest

Op-ed: Growing Up Gay in the South Doesn't Have to Be Horrible

Hailing from South Carolina, GLAAD executive Zeke Stokes couldn't reconcile his childhood dreams of country music stardom with the fact that he was gay.

Don't Mess With Patti LuPone

Broadway's beloved gay icon disses social media and reality TV, but she always commands respect.

Something to Be

First he called Pat Robertson the devil. Then he used Huffington Post to call for an end to same-sex marriage bans. Rob Thomas is an ally -- one who didn't sleep with Tom Cruise, but loves that you think he might have.

What’s You and Your Partner’s Song?

It's time to slow dance (or bump and grind...).

Jitterbug!

Turns out that "vocal perfection" is not what text message voters are interested in on this week's American Idol.

Goodbye, last interesting person

It's week 14 of American Idol. That means you've been watching this show for almost four solid months. A little sad, isn't it?

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'The Advocates' list celebrates 10 artists, activists, and allies who are dedicated to making the world a better place for all.

The country legend has always stood up for what he believes in, and his recent queer-themed cowboy duet with Orville Peck proves it.

Folk Uke is celebrating Pride with their new comedic love song to each other, "Gay for You."

Michael died in 2016 at 53.

Gay country music lovers received a special valentine from superstar Willie Nelson this year.

The hit album is much more than simply a genre detour for the superstar.

Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires, and Natalie Hembly have formed a supergroup of roots musicians with a mission of amplifying women's voices.

Explore the LGBTQ+ country dance scene in Dallas through the eyes of a visiting Londoner.

Queen Bey’s involvement has been long-awaited.

In an open letter to the leaders of LGBT organizations, a Birmingham, Ala., resident urges a new strategy for equality: Remember the civil rights struggles of the 1960s and take the fight to the places that most need to be educated--the South and the Midwest

Hailing from South Carolina, GLAAD executive Zeke Stokes couldn't reconcile his childhood dreams of country music stardom with the fact that he was gay.

Broadway's beloved gay icon disses social media and reality TV, but she always commands respect.

First he called Pat Robertson the devil. Then he used Huffington Post to call for an end to same-sex marriage bans. Rob Thomas is an ally -- one who didn't sleep with Tom Cruise, but loves that you think he might have.

It's time to slow dance (or bump and grind...).

Turns out that "vocal perfection" is not what text message voters are interested in on this week's American Idol.

It's week 14 of American Idol. That means you've been watching this show for almost four solid months. A little sad, isn't it?