Town’s first openly gay mayor resigns after harassment, abuse and threats
Author: Lily Wakefield Adam Graham, former mayor of the Oklahoma town The Village. (Facebook/ Mayor Adam Graham) The first openly gay mayor of a small...
July 22, 2022
Women’s March refuses to back down after aggressive anti-trans pile-on
Author: Lily Wakefield Women’s March in Brussels, January 2017. (AFP via Getty/ EMMANUEL DUNAND) The feminist organisation Women’s March has received extreme backlash on social...
July 22, 2022
Monkeypox: CDC slammed for ‘acting too slowly’ to protect queer folk
Author: Maggie Baska A coalition of LGBTQ+ organisations have called on the CDC to expand monkeypox testing and rename the virus to reduce stigma. (James...
July 22, 2022
Bananarama on gay bars, LGBTQ+ fans and the 80s: ‘Cher booted us off stage’
Author: Patrick Kelleher Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward performing at Diamond Awards Festival in Belgium in 1992. (Gie Knaeps/Getty) During her headline set at Primavera,...
July 22, 2022
Support for trans rights ‘eroding’ thanks to ‘hostile government and media’
Author: Josh Milton A survey by Britain’s top poster found support for trans rights is being ‘eroded’. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) While the majority...
July 22, 2022
These LGBTQ activists are leading the charge in some of the most LGBTQ hostile countries on Earth
Author: Sarah Ashton-Cirillo and Sayantan Datta Some of the countries most hostile to LGBTQ people are in the Middle East and Africa. But instead of...
July 17, 2022
Ted Cruz Targets Marriage Equality: SCOTUS Was ‘Clearly Wrong’
Author: Jacob Ogles U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said plainly that he believes the Supreme Court should overturn the landmark decision that established marriage equality in all...
July 16, 2022
Judge Blocks Biden Admin’s Guidance on Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination
Author: Trudy Ring A federal judge in Tennessee has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s guidance on two federal laws aimed at preventing discrimination against LGBTQ+...
July 16, 2022
Ricky Martin Denies He Had Sexual Relationship With Nephew
Author: Alex Cooper Out popstar Ricky Martin has denied being in a romantic and sexual relationship with his nephew after media outlets reported this week...
July 16, 2022
Nintendo announces it will recognize same-sex partnerships even though Japan doesn’t
Author: Daniel Villarreal Even though Japan doesn’t have legalized same-sex marriage, the Japanese video game company Nintendo has announced that it will extend marriage benefits...
July 16, 2022
Mother accuses school of doing nothing to stop rampant bullying that led to her son’s suicide
Author: Sayantan Datta On February 24 this year, Arvey Malhotra, a 15-year-old student of Delhi Public School, Faridabad, India died by suicide, allegedly after anti-LGBTQ...
July 16, 2022
Brittney Griner’s Defense Says WNBA Star Had Cannabis Prescription
Author: Trudy Ring Above: Brittney Griner being placed in the defendant’s cage in a Russian court Friday Basketball star Brittney Griner’s trial on drug charges...
July 15, 2022
D.C. Mayor Bowser: Not a Closeted Lesbian But a Proud Straight Ally
Author: Trudy Ring Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is not a lesbian but is “proud to be a straight ally of the LGBTQ community,” she...
July 15, 2022
Mary Trump on Donald Waiting in the Mar-a-Lago Cafeteria Line
Author: John Casey I have been writing for The Advocate for three years this month, crafting an estimated two columns per week, so there’s quite...
July 15, 2022
Embattled Gay Va. LGBTQ+ Advisory Board Member Casey Flores Resigns
Author: Christopher Wiggins A controversial appointee to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Board is out of the position before even beginning. The Republican chosen...
July 15, 2022
Meet More LGBTQ+ Advocates for Change Working to Better Queer Lives
Author: From the Editors of The Advocate We’re thrilled to introduce our inaugural Advocates for Change, 20 groundbreaking LGBTQ+ activists who are engaged in critical...
July 15, 2022
Ricky Martin Reportedly Accused of Incest in Domestic Abuse Case
Author: Alex Cooper Earlier this month, out global popstar Ricky Martin was issued a restraining order over domestic violence allegations. Puerto Rican paper El Vocero reports Martin,...
July 15, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ+ Calif. Congressman Changes Tune When Facing Gay Challenger
Author: Trudy Ring A Republican congressman from Southern California is shifting from his anti-LGBTQ+ views — at least publicly — as redrawing of boundaries has...
July 15, 2022
Gay tech CEO charged for the third time in 1992 murder case
Author: John Russell Readytech’s president and CEO John Kevin Woodward has been arrested and charged with the 1992 murder of 25-year-old Laurie Houts. This is...
July 15, 2022
Piers Morgan slams Franklin Graham for calling gay people “sinful”
Author: Greg Owen “It’s a sin.” That’s the message from anti-LGBTQ evangelical leader Franklin Graham about same-sex relationships, same-sex marriage, and sex between two men...
July 15, 2022
