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
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'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
Pioneering trans soul singer Jackie Shane honored with historical marker in Nashville
Shane was a soul and R&B singer in the 1950s and 1960s credited with helping to pioneer the Toronto Sound.
September 18 2024 4:23 PM
Who was James Baldwin? A look at the Black gay writer and civil rights activist's life and legacy
James Baldwin's work remains relevant today, on what would have been his one-hundredth birthday.
August 02 2024 4:11 PM
Senate seeks formal apology for decades of LGBTQ+ discrimination in the federal government
For many years, members of the LGBTQ+ community who worked for the federal government faced persecution for their sexual orientation.
June 20 2024 11:35 AM
Rep. Robert Garcia: 'The Army that defeated Hitler and saved the world included drag queens'
The California Democrat expertly demolished a Republican proposal to ban drag shows on military bases — but it passed the House of Representatives anyways.
June 14 2024 12:14 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
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
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
13 LGBTQ+ scientists you should know
From the first woman in space to recent Nobel Prize winners, we're celebrating some of the queer pioneers who have expanded our knowledge across the years.
November 18 2024 5:58 PM
Stonewall veteran Miss Major endorses Kamala Harris for president
The Stonewall veteran and activist announced that she is supporting Harris' campaign in light of her long pro-LGBTQ+ record.
July 29 2024 5:55 PM
Cynthia Lee Fontaine is telling this historic Texas drag queen's story in a new documentary (exclusive)
The RuPaul’s Drag Race season eight Miss Congeniality winner tells The Advocate about a new documentary she's part of that follows the life of drag legend Barbette.
June 20 2024 10:16 AM
Harvey Milk's original Advocate obituary from 1979
The gay rights icon was memorialized in the January 11, 1979 issue of The Advocate. Read the obituary below.
May 22 2024 1:47 PM
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
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
Poland's first-ever LGBTQ+ museum opens: 'For you and about you'
QueerMuzeum opened in Warsaw Friday, becoming the first LGBTQ+ museum in Poland, the first in post-communist Europe, and the fifth in the entire world.
December 10 2024 5:34 PM
‘Forgetting the Many’ remembers WW2 hero Alan Turing and other gay men like him
The documentary Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing examines Turing and other gay men convicted under the U.K.’s 1885 anti-homosexuality law. It opens for a one-week run in NYC on Dec. 6.
November 15 2024 10:52 AM
How the era of 'men were men' birthed America's first drag superstars
In the 1910s and 1920s, drag musicals were just as popular as football on college campuses and in male-only social clubs, writes historian Andrew Erdman.
August 21 2024 4:04 PM
Democrats commemorate LGBTQ+ rights movement with Stonewall Day resolutions (exclusive)
The resolutions recognize the legacy of the Stonewall Uprising, which ignited the push for equal rights for queer folks.
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June 21 2024 11:33 AM