Sweet Pride Alabama: Celebrating LGBTQ+ lives in the Deep South
Central Alabama Pride has been awarded The Advocate’s inaugural Communities of Pride Award.
June 11 2025 5:40 AM
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History
The untold story of Sally-Tom, who legally changed her gender in the 1860s
This excerpt from Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History by Eli Erlick dispels the myth that transgender people are somehow a new phenomenon.
June 08 2025 6:00 AM
11 historic photos of New York's LGBTQ+ history from the book Queer Happened Here
Marc Zinaman's Queer Happened Here "celebrates the indelible relationship between people and place, honoring the transformative power of pride, unity, and love." Check out select historic images from the book.
May 26 2025 1:50 PM
Jim Obergefell & other leaders honor LGBTQ+ rights icon Frank Kameny at U.S. Supreme Court (in photos)
The group also celebrated 10 years of marriage equality.
May 22 2025 6:50 PM
Remembering Frank Kameny: Here's why he was a gay rights pioneer
Kameny sued the federal government after he was fired for being gay, picketed the White House, and did much more to advance the movement. Here's what you need to know about the queer rights icon.
May 20 2025 5:30 AM
Paris unveils memorial to LGBTQ+ victims of Nazi atrocities
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo unveiled the sculpture, reminding Parisians not to forget LGBTQ+ history.
May 19 2025 3:09 PM
Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month
The short answer is Stonewall, but there's more to Pride history.
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May 17 2025 7:37 AM
Their LGBTQ+ book is the most challenged in America. Here's why they aren't giving up
George M. Johnson's novel All Boys Aren't Blue released five years ago. Since then, it has become the most banned book in the country.
April 29 2025 1:41 PM
Marriage equality or same-sex marriage? Why the language matters
This is why The Advocate uses "marriage equality" over "same-sex marriage" or "gay marriage."
April 16 2025 6:00 AM
Donald Trump orders Women’s History Museum to remove trans people or lose funding
Trump has declared the accomplishments of trans people are “improper ideology.”
April 09 2025 10:45 AM
From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality
Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.
April 09 2025 10:15 AM
These three gay men began dating in 1970. Here are 50 Polaroid photos from their lives
A collection of over 9,700 Polaroid photos capturing the lives of a historic throuple has been unearthed.
March 31 2025 2:36 PM
Trump's DOD censored the Enola Gay. Here's 11 things his moronic DEI purge could also remove
Just what is next after censoring the Enola Gay? We have some predictions equally ridiculous to real life.
March 20 2025 9:49 AM
What is the pink triangle? How a Nazi symbol became an emblem of LGBTQ+ rights
The pink triangle, used to identify LGBTQ+ prisoners in concentration camps, has since been reclaimed by queer activists.
March 17 2025 6:00 AM
Defense Department to remove photos of WWII plane Enola Gay because it has 'gay' in its name
No, this isn't a joke.
March 07 2025 12:24 PM
What is woke and what does it really mean?
"Woke" is a term appropriated from Black communities and has now been used by the right against them and other groups.
March 07 2025 6:00 AM
National Park Service removes pages for transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
NPS removed the pages shortly after scrubbing transgender people from other government websites.
March 06 2025 1:04 PM
No LGB without the T — queer community protests Trump's transgender erasure at Stonewall
The Stonewall Inn held a rally Friday to protest the Trump administration's erasure of transgender people from the historic landmark's website.
February 14 2025 6:30 PM
'Eat a fruit for Anita:' 10 historic Anita Bryant protest photos
Here are some historic photos of the activists who fought Anita Bryant's anti-queer crusade every step of the way.
January 10 2025 11:58 AM
From Saturnalia to Santa, is Christmas just drag in disguise?
Uncover the hidden queer roots of Christmas, where societal norms were flipped and fluidity reigned supreme.
December 20 2024 4:44 PM