Trans icon Candy Darling's story is coming to the big screen
Fifty years after her death, the legendary actress and Andy Warhol museis having a moment — and we’re so here for it.
October 30 2024 12:56 PM
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Books
If the only lesbian book you've heard about is The Price of Salt--popularized through the 2015 film Carol--then you're seriously missing out. The genre is expansive in theme and history, ranging from Sappho's poems to pulp novels in the 40s, vampire stories, diaries of aristocratic women, poetry, graphic novels, and more. Learn more about the works of Audre Lorde, Alison Bechdel, Sarah Waters, and others, as this thriving genre evolves into new territories while still celebrating the beauty of love between women.
Tourmaline to release historic biography about Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson will be the first full-length biography of the queer icon ever to be published.
October 27 2024 9:49 AM
U.S. public schools lost $3.2 billion fighting conservative culture wars: report
Public schools have been forced to spend billions on security, public relations, and legal assistance combating right-wing attacks for supposedly teaching about race and LGBTQ+ identities.
October 23 2024 12:24 PM
Explore LGBTQ+ history with these must-read banned books
From intimate memoirs to gripping novels, these reads offer a roadmap through LGBTQ+ history and self-acceptance.
October 07 2024 3:20 PM
The 10 most challenged books of 2023
Book-banning efforts have been aimed primarily at books with LGBTQ+ content and those by or about people of color. Here are the top 10 books that were targeted.
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September 26 2024 4:37 PM
Over 30 celebrities join auction to put LGBTQ+ books in classrooms (exclusive)
Pride and Less Prejudice's auction features items donated by celebrities such as singer Janelle Monáe, actor Daniel Radcliffe, interior designer Bobby Berk, and many more.
September 26 2024 12:02 PM
LGBTQ+ book clubs bring lit-loving queers together
"Book clubs create an opportunity for queer people in particular...to access stories about our realities that are similar to us and access stories about people in our community that are different from us," one book club manager told The Advocate.
September 24 2024 5:27 PM
'You could ban our books, but you can’t ban the story': Authors speak out at Rep. Pressley event on book bans
“We have to fight for our freedom to read,” Pressley told the audience.
September 19 2024 4:52 PM
Being Donald Trump’s niece drove Mary Trump to ketamine therapy
She writes about seeking help for depression in her new memoir. The news after she criticized Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit.
August 30 2024 4:19 PM
Chasten Buttigieg’s new children’s book celebrates LGBTQ+ families like his
The author, former educator, and father of two unveiled the cover of Papa’s Coming Home.
August 15 2024 4:13 PM
Right-wing extremists force cancellation of LGBTQ+ book event in Alabama
The event, scheduled initially at a brewery, was rescheduled at a Books-A-Million store in Mobile.
July 15 2024 10:29 AM
The Advocates 2024: Drag king Mark Anthony
The U.K. performer is creating visibility and inclusivity for fellow cabaret artists who don't necessarily fit the mainstream mold.
June 28 2024 1:36 PM
Here are 15 books you should read this Pride Month
From books about trans identity to queer history, here are some of the best books to help understand and revel in LGBTQ+ identity and its intersections. What books would you recommend?
June 22 2024 11:30 AM
Yvie Oddly spills the tea on 'All Stars' season 7 and toxic fans in new memoir (exclusive)
The RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 winner tells The Advocate about her new memoir All About Yvie: Into the Oddity and all the drama it dishes.
June 14 2024 10:19 AM
Indiana’s school censorship law threatens a small bookstore's future
A bookstore in South Bend may be shutting its doors after schools stopped shopping in the wake of new restrictive content law.
June 08 2024 11:00 AM
It's now illegal for Minnesota libraries to ban LGBTQ+ books under this new law
The North Star State has officially banned book bans.
May 24 2024 12:30 PM
Doug Emhoff at NYC event: Book banning ‘erodes our democracy’
He warned about the dangers of Republican book bans.
May 23 2024 9:21 PM
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to tackle Republican book bans at Manhattan roundtable discussion (exclusive)
He will talk about the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to fight these threats to students’ civil rights.
May 22 2024 6:00 AM
Chasten Buttigieg calls Republican politicians ‘bad actors’ during South Bend book event
The author and father didn’t hold back in his evaluation of conservative theatrics lawmakers employ instead of getting things done for their constituents.
May 20 2024 5:20 PM
Billie Jean King says a Massachusetts challenge to a kids book about her is ‘so very sad’
A mother has asked her child’s school to remove the book because it mentions LGBTQ+ people and divorce. The lesbian tennis legend had thoughts.
May 16 2024 5:18 PM