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Google Calendar removes Pride Month and Black History Month shortly after dropping DEI

Google's changes also removed Women's History Month, National Native American Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Month, and Holocaust Remembrance Day.

When Bono Is a Woman of the Year, We Have a Problem

Is it that there aren't enough men recieving awards and Bono has truly gone unrecognized?

This out women's soccer player is celebrating Pride without labels: 'You're good just where you are'

Washington Spirit defender Anna Heilferty tells the Advocate about growing LGBTQ+ representation in women's soccer.

Democratic Lawmakers Introduce LGBTQ+ & Women’s History Education Bill

New York Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Ritchie Torres, and at least 50 House Democratic co-sponsors introduced the LGBTQI+ and Women's History Education Act today.

Historic Sorority Bans Transgender Women

Zeta Phi Beta, begun in the 1920s at Howard University, specifically limits membership to cisgender women.

Bill Burr's 'SNL' Monologue on Pride Month: Hilarious or Homophobic?

Reactions to the Saturday Night Live bit were divided.

Which Women's College to Welcome Trans Students?

The Boston school has become the third U.S. women's college to clarify its stance towards trans women and men amidst heated conversations about the future of single-gender institutions.

Lawsuit Reveals Vice's Toxic Culture Includes Massive Gender Pay Disparity

Vice has fostered a culture of sexual harassment and gender disparity for years, and now it could be open to several class action suits. 

Women Who Paved the Way: Dolly Wilde

Today's woman you should know: Oscar Wilde's lesbian niece. 

Men Accused of Bad Acts Were Still Front and Center at the Oscars

In a year that was supposed to be about empowering survivors of harassment and abuse, men accused of rape and domestic violence won Oscars. 

Women Who Paved the Way: Journalist Lorena Hickok

Today's queer woman to know for Women's History Month is best known for her close relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, but she's so much more than that. 

Every Gay Film Needs a Gay Diva: "Birthday Cake" Has Three

Jane Badler, Lee Meriwether and Helen Shaver round out the all-star cast that is "Birthday Cake."

National Park Service removes pages for transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera

NPS removed the pages shortly after scrubbing transgender people from other government websites.

Which country is about to implement a nationwide transgender bathroom ban?

The U.K. is set to ban trans people from single-sex facilities — even some that match their biological sex.

EEOC Files Landmark Lawsuits Against Trans Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed two federal lawsuits alleging employers in Florida and Michigan broke the law when each fired a transgender woman.

Women Who Paved the Way: Author Carson McCullers

Today's queer woman to know was one of the greatest authors of the 20th century. 

Donald Trump's East Wing demolition trashes First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's queer legacy

Eleanor Roosevelt, who was likely queer, held the first press conference by a first lady in the East Wing, and the wing became a base for her activism.

Chasten Buttigieg Powerfully Responds to Mike Pence’s Homophobia

The husband, father, educator, and author took to his keyboard and clapped back at the former Republican vice president for using the Buttigieg family as a punchline.

Martina Navratilova says trans people weren't involved in the early gay rights movement. She's wrong

Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and many other trans people were part of the modern queer rights movement that started with Stonewall.

California Marriage: Yesterday, Today, and Beyond

On June 17, history is made in California as hundreds of gay and lesbian couples throughout the state line up to wed. The Advocate was at the heart of the celebrations: covering the weddings, talking to politicians, and analyzing the road ahead. Keeping in mind that marriage is more than a photo-op, we continue our marriage equality coverage with exclusive interviews, insights from the community, and scenes from the front lines of the fight to beat a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the Golden State.