Trailblazing women in politics: A historical perspective
As Kamala Harris makes history in her current run for the presidency, we reflect on some previous female candidates who also threw their hats in the ring.
September 06 2024 9:00 AM
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In The Advocate's Women section, readers can find out the latest news and updates that are important to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women. Discover articles related to politics, arts and entertainment, health, parenting, business, travel, and more. Find out about women from all spheres of influence who are working toward advancing the LGBT rights movement like Tammy Baldwin, Guinevere Turner, Gloria Steinem, Ellen Page, Laverne Cox, and Diana Nyad. Watch videos, read articles, and stay up-to-date on all issues related to gay women.
How 'Skincare' tackles women's aging, consent, and othering a queer-coded Latino
Elizabeth Banks and Luis Gerardo Méndez play rival estheticians in the layered film Skincare, inspired by a true story.
September 04 2024 8:00 PM
Melissa Etheridge's Chappell Roan mash-up is the lesbian anthem we didn't know we needed
Rock legend Melissa Etheridge mashed up one of her classic songs with Chappell Roan's hit "Red Wine Supernova" in a magical coalescence of lesbian icons' music.
August 30 2024 8:50 PM
Watch: Queer filmmakers search for typing teacher Mavis Beacon in new doc
In a clip from Seeking Mavis Beacon, director Jazmin Renée Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross interview a documentary subject about what the Haitian model who inspired the titular AI character in early tech's "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" meant to them as a Black woman.
August 30 2024 12:12 PM
Inside the massive protest against Project 2025 and anti-trans laws coming to D.C. (exclusive)
A renowned organizer for the upcoming Gender Liberation March tells The Advocate how you can attend — and why you should.
August 30 2024 10:05 AM
Michigan's Dana Nessel: Republicans 'can pry this wedding band from my cold, dead, gay hand'
Nessel said that Kamala Harris' actions as Attorney General of California over 13 years ago "meant a lot" to her, as Harris "was fighting for families like mine."
August 22 2024 1:55 PM
Here's what Democrats promise to do for LGBTQ+ people in their 2024 platform
The DNC has released its full platform for the next four years, which features dozens of policies that would improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
August 21 2024 10:43 AM
American Airlines banned a lesbian for having sex with a man on a plane. She's confused, too (exclusive)
TikToker Erin Wright tells The Advocate about her bizarre and frustrating experience being wrongly put on American Airlines' no-fly list.
August 16 2024 3:58 PM
Holland Taylor on 'generational difference' and future with girlfriend Sarah Paulson
The actor recently told Andy Cohen that she "worries" about the 32-year age-gap between her and Paulson.
August 09 2024 4:12 PM
What are 'transvestigations'? The 'hate-driven conspiracy theory' explained
From Algerian boxer Imane Khelif to figures like Taylor Swift and Michelle Obama, "tranvestigations" are a particularly bizarre form of hatred hitting public figures.
August 08 2024 1:52 PM
NC Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson, who called abortion 'genocide,' took his wife to get one
That's not a leak — Robinson said it himself in a new ad.
August 05 2024 11:47 AM
'Cat Ladies for Kamala Harris' are campaigning AND shading JD Vance
Women have put up with Republican attacks on their rights for decades — but they're drawing a line at attacks on their pets.
August 01 2024 7:11 PM
Fox News host Jesse Watters thinks men who vote for women ‘transition’ to women
Even the other hosts on Fox News' The Five thought Waters went off the deep end with his recent comments.
August 01 2024 3:30 PM
'Devastated:' A six-week abortion ban will go into effect in Iowa next week
Health care practitioners in the state decried the ruling as a decision that "will push abortion care almost entirely out of reach in Iowa."
July 23 2024 2:28 PM
Megan Rapinoe shuts down period stigma, Republicans, and homophobic soccer players (exclusive)
Megan Rapinoe tells The Advocate about her campaign with Knix to end period stigma, and the state of LGBTQ+ acceptance in women's soccer.
July 18 2024 8:00 AM
Lesbian reveals the reality of being LGBTQ+ in Cameroon after president's daughter comes out
After the coming out of Brenda Biya, the president of Cameroon's daughter, one lesbian in the country opens up about being “afraid for my life every day."
July 15 2024 1:00 PM
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.
July 15 2024 9:50 AM
A lesbian couple was brutally beaten by group of men in Halifax. Police still haven't filed charges
Two LGBTQ+ women are seeking justice after a group of men violently assaulted them over the weekend.
July 03 2024 2:56 PM
Cameroon president's daughter comes out, reveals relationship with Brazilian model
LGBTQ+ relationships are criminalized in Cameroon, carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison.
July 03 2024 11:35 AM
All Republican women in the South Carolina Senate lost their primaries — Here's why
Three women GOP State Senators joined Democrats last year to block an extreme conservative-backed bill.
July 01 2024 12:08 PM