Category: The Advocate

Author: Laurie Marhoefer In the fall of 2022, a German court heard an unusual case. Laurie Marhoefer is a professor of history at the University...

Author: Jacob Ogles A progressive poll found most voters don’t believe state legislatures have the right to ban abortion or gender-affirming care. The Data For...

Author: CNN Wire By Thomas Schlachter, CNN™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved. MIKE JOHNSON’S AMERI...

Author: Christopher Wiggins In an alarming development for the LGBTQ+ community in Kansas, the public library in St. Marys has removed all youth-oriented LGBTQ+ books...

Author: Christopher Wiggins Charles Moran, the president of the Log Cabin Republicans, has offered a candid look into his group’s relationship with the new speaker...

Author: Christopher Wiggins,Nikki Aye Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock Image:...

Author: Christopher Wiggins Images: Instagram @anitalonyc; Instagram @chefmelissaking; Instagram @ricardomzarate As you celebrate Thanksgiving, here are some innovative and inspiring queer chefs we think you...

Author: John Casey When I drank, it was epic. Humility aside – if there is such a thing about humbly telling drunk stories – I...

Author: Trudy Ring A legal group headed by former Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller is representing an Arizona school board member her fight against transgender-supportive...

Author: Christopher Wiggins Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, a long-standing advocate for mental health, caregiving, and women’s rights, died at her home in Plains, Ga.,...

Author: Alex Cooper COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Two shots of Fireball whisky sat on stages Friday and Saturday night — the drink of choice of...

Author: Jess Reynolds,Alex Cooper The Bob Mizer Foundation is looking to raise funds through a Kickstarter campaign to help digitize Image: Courtesy bobmizer.org Image: Courtesy...

Author: John Casey Back when I was starting to come out, and more people discovered I was gay, occasionally someone would say to me, “I...

Author: Mary Bonauto Today marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that led to the first same-sex couples being able...

Author: Trudy Ring November 18, 2003, was a momentous date in the movement for marriage equality. That’s the day the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued...

Author: Donald Padgett Russia’s Ministry of Justice announced today it petitioned its country’s Supreme Court to declare the “international public LGBT movement” an extremist element...

Author: Trudy Ring The Mike Johnson hits keep on coming — in early October, the soon-to-be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives took part...

Author: Trudy Ring Two transgender boys have sued the University of Missouri over its denial of gender-affirming care. A recently enacted Missouri law bans most...

Author: Christopher Wiggins In what is shaping up to be a defining moment for the U.S. House of Representatives, members are preparing for an unprecedented...

Author: Trudy Ring An upstate New York man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the 2022 death of transgender woman Ahsid Hemingway-Powell, also known...