Category: The Advocate

Author: JD Glass German pop star Kim Petras, who broke a record with collaborator Sam Smith to become the first trans and non-binary artists, respectively,...

Author: Christopher Wiggins A central Texas LGBTQ+ bar’s owner abruptly fired all employees on New Year’s Day and shuttered the business, leaving a community devastated...

Author: John Casey It was April in 2008, and I was walking down first avenue in Manhattan, when I was stopped by the police at...

Author: Alex Cooper Former pope Benedict XVI died at the age of 95 at a monastery in Vatican City on Saturday. He had been in...

Author: John Casey If I ever get married, I’m going to ask President Joe Biden to perform the ceremony.  The chances of that happening are...

Author: Simone Pathe (CNN) — There’s a cloud hanging over Republicans’ takeover of the House next week — and for once, it’s not former President...

Author: Dan Heching (CNN) — This was a doozy of a year, admittedly made even more overwhelming by the ever-expanding glut of content you know...

Author: Trudy Ring Political observers were predicting a red wave in the midterm election in November — a tsunami of Republicans winning office, as the...

Author: Advocate.com Editors Possibly the biggest party for gay and bisexual Jews outside Israel took place on Christmas Eve/the seventh night of Hannukah in New...

Author: Alex Cooper The administration of Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has been called out for sending letters to several bars and venues that had...

Author: Alex Cooper One of the incoming ministers of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government indicated that doctors in Israel should be allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ+ patients...

Author: Dustina Haase-Lanier Imagine a world where a parent, upon seeing their young child moving in and out of the gender binary, becomes excited and...

Author: Michael MacBride Italian band Equipe 84 above at a bar in 1968, the same time period police were raiding bars that gay and bi+...

Author: Andrew Sciallo Less than a week after two people were arrested for trespassing at the apartment building of gay New York City Council member...

Author: Mey Rude photo credit: Tasos Katopodis for Getty Images Sam Smith’s highest charting song since “Stay With Me,” and Kim Petras’ debut on the Hot 100...

Author: Alex Cooper Lesbian WNBA champion Brittney Griner posted a holiday message to supporters this week, urging them to write to Paul Whelan, an American...

Author: Sandra Gonzalez (CNN) — Ellen DeGeneres fought back tears in her first public video statement since the death of beloved talk show personality and...

Author: Advocate.com Editors Emmy-winning TV icon and Drag Race legend RuPaul got in on all of the gay cheer by releasing her very own special holiday special...

Author: Advocate.com Editors Grindr has revealed its “Unwrapped” annual showcase of what’s been trending on the hookup app. The company’s informal report includes data like...