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Winter Party Festival 2025 returns to Miami Beach, championing LGBTQ+ joy & resistance

Join thousands of international attendees for the 32nd annual festival in South Florida to raise funds for queer advocacy!

Dive into these 69 sizzling pics from Winter Party Festival 2024

The annual Miami Beach festival is ready to welcome everyone in the LGBTQ+ community.

Winter Party Festival 2025 brought dance revolution & sizzling queer heat to Miami

Winter Party Festival 2025 brought dance revolution & sizzling queer heat to Miami

10,000+ revelers, iconic venues, & a cause worth fighting for — here’s your backstage pass to the fiercest festival of the year!

Join the fun at Whistler Pride 2025

Barry Hoy reveals why this LGBTQ+ celebration on high is the season’s must-attend event.

Get ready for Aspen Gay Ski Week 2025

The nation’s longest-running Gay Ski Week returns January 12-19 for its 48th year, but tickets are going fast.

Here are the 15 gayest travel destinations in the world: report

A new ranking revealed some favorite queer travel destinations for 2024.

Central Oregon celebrates Winter Pride with skiing, comedy, drag, and more

Out Central Oregon's Winter PrideFest promises many good times.

California Gov. Newsom is considering a presidential run. Here's his LGBTQ+ rights record

Gavin Newsom has been known as a champion of LGBTQ+ rights, but recent actions have some questioning his commitment to the transgender community.

Megyn Kelly and other conservatives attack lesbian fire chief and DEI for Los Angeles wildfires

While scientists cite an unusually dry winter combined with strong winds as the fuel behind the rapid spread of the fires, right-wing figures are instead blaming diversity, equity, and inclusion.

LGBT Organization Plans Protest of Coca Cola Over Olympics

Queer Nation is asking the Coca Cola Company to stop sponsoring hate with a protest planned for August 28 in Times Square.

When Texans desperately sought higher ground, Ted Cruz climbed to the Parthenon in Greece

Opinion: If Texas wants to avoid natural disasters in the future, it should first get rid of the do-nothing lyin’ Ted Cruz, writes John Casey

LIVE: 2024 presidential election

Keep it here for updates from The Advocate as our senior national reporter, Christopher Wiggins, covers the DNC from the event.

Animals Should Be Out of the Closet Too

As the Oscar week fashion bonanza arrives, pay attention to who's wearing dead animals on their back and who's not, writes PETA's out exec Dan Mathews.

How I Reclaimed Christmas

Despite the anti-LGBT hate spouted by right-wing self-proclaimed Christians, this holiday-loving guy believes the reason for the season makes room for queer people too. 

Why Russia's Antigay Ways Didn't End With Communism

Russia may have adopted a few modern trappings, but this in-depth look examines how LGBT lives there have only gotten worse in the last several decades.

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Behind the Story With DOMA Defeater Roberta Kaplan

In this exclusive excerpt from Roberta Kaplan's forthcoming book, the trailblazing attorney describes her attachment to Edie Windsor and tense phone calls with Obama's right-hand men.

If You Ask These Queens, Sochi's Gay Scene Is No Drag

While in Russia, we explored the short history of Sochi's drag culture and the queens who started it.

The Films of NewFest 2013

New York's premier LGBT film festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with a diverse and compelling collection of narratives, documentaries, shorts, and parties.

This Week in LGBT TV

Seven things you shouldn't have missed on TV last week from Matt Bomer's crack abs to Jane Lynch's new gig, gay dudes on soaps, new shows from Kathy Griffin and Lisa Vanderpump, and David Burkta's sexy, sexy dreams.

Past '40 Under 40' Honorees Are Still Changing The World

Past honorees of The Advocate's '40 Under 40' continue to prove themselves as agents of change. Take a look at where they are now.

Champions of Pride

We recognize amazing LGBT leaders from across the country.