Category: The Advocate

Author: Alex Cooper Tech company Samsung has pulled an ad in Singapore showing a Muslim mother supporting and hugging her son, who is dressed in...

Author: Advocate.com Editors Jasmyne Cannick, the journalist who brought national attention to the killings committed by Ed Buck in West Hollywood, is releasing a new...

Author: John Casey Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas introduced a bill today that would require the Bureau of Prisons to house inmates according...

Author: Trudy Ring The National Collegiate Athletic Association has revised its policy on transgender athletes, letting the governing body for each sport set standards for...

Author: Rachel Shatto Elliot Page and Lilly Wachowski Join the Fight Against an Anti-Trans Health Care Ban Elliot Page and The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski...

Author: Tracy E. Gilchrist This week’s Saturday Night Live was the most exciting for queer women since Kristen Stewart and Vanessa Bayer made out soaking wet...

Author: Advocate Contributors When Tyler Johnson was called into Tully High School’s principal Mike O’Brien’s office on January 6, he was caught off guard. Johnson...

Author: Trudy Ring South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has released a national ad promoting the transgender-exclusionary sports bill that’s just been introduced in the state....

Author: Rachel Shatto When you think of an ’80s-style teen sex comedy, the phrase “so modern” is probably not the first thing that comes to...

Author: Rachel Shatto 2022 is just underway, but this year is already shaping up to be one for the books in terms of queer cinema...

Author: Alex Cooper LGBTQ+ rights groups and health centers are honoring the pioneering work of British activist and health professional David Stuart who reportedly coined...

Author: John Casey President Biden, during his speeches at Statuary Hall in the Capitol on January 6 and in Georgia on Tuesday, sais some were...

Author: Alex Cooper Duval Princess, a 24-year-old Black transgender woman from Jacksonville, Fla., was found shot to death in her car at a shopping center...

Author: Alex Cooper Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of Jorge Diaz-Johnston, an LGBTQ+ activist who won a landmark court case in Miami-Dade County...

Author: Trudy Ring With a national blood shortage due to COVID-19, U.S. senators are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to lift restrictions on...

Author: Trudy Ring Above: A protest against anti-transgender legislation in South Dakota last year, photographed by Greg Latza/ACLU After a year in which state lawmakers...

Author: Alex Cooper Software engineering manager Amy Schneider on Friday became the first woman to surpass $1 million on Jeopardy! She’s the show’s fourth contestant...

Author: Alex Cooper On her now-private TikTok account, Caroline Cruz, 13, shared a video recently telling her viewers what it’s like being the daughter of...

Author: Alex Cooper Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield has been accused by his sister-in-law of allegedly sexually assaulting her starting when she was a...

Author: Alex Cooper Earlier this week, a California state senator withdrew a bill that would have banned medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children. The bill...