Months after election, gay House candidate Evan Low will be on November ballot. Here's what happened
Low, currently a member of the California Assembly, is running for a U.S. House seat from Silicon Valley.
May 15, 2024
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Watch Sherry Cola passionately defend LGBTQ+ youth: 'Queerness is such a superpower' (exclusive)
The Joy Ride and Good Trouble star got emotional while talking to The Advocate about coming out and the new GLAAD campaign #ProtectThisKid.
May 3, 2024
LGBT Asian-American groups protest immigration reform
As Congress reconvenes this week after its spring recess, Senate majority leader Bill Frist, House speaker Dennis Hastert, and President Bush were put on notice by a coalition of LGBT Asian-American groups--led by the Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York--that the immigration reform bill currently pending is largely unacceptable.
April 25, 2006
In a First, Asian-American Lesbian Confirmed to Ambassador-Level Post
Chantale Wong, confirmed as U.S. director of the Asian Development Bank, is the first out lesbian and first LGBTQ+ person of color in an ambassador-level position.
February 8, 2022
Gay Asian-American Lawmaker Sacked From Business Committee
California Assemblymember Evan Low had chaired the committee for the past five years.
November 23, 2021
LGBTQ People Must Condemn Violence Against Asian-Americans
Asian-Pacific Islanders are facing bigotry related to the current health crisis, and we must stand up for them, Emmett Schelling writes.
April 21, 2020
Affirmative Action Helped Me Succeed as a Gay Asian-American
Glenn D. Magpantay, the executive director of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, says affirmative action helped course correct years of discrimination.
October 16, 2018
'Spa Night' Puts Gay Asian-Americans Front and Center
The Advocate spoke with gay filmmaker Andrew Ahn about his deeply personal coming-of-age film set in the spas of Los Angeles's Koreatown.
August 26, 2016
Roy Moore Uses Racist Terms, Decries 'Sodomy'
Moore used offensive terms for Native Americans and Asian-Americans at a Sunday rally.
September 18, 2017
LGBTQ+, Asian-American Groups Oppose Andrew Yang for NYC Mayor
The former presidential aspirant delivered "pandering" remarks to the Stonewall Democratic Club, members say.
April 23, 2021
LGBTQ Asian-American Org.: Brunei Stoning Law 'Vicious,' 'Abhorrent'
The National Queer Asian Pacific Alliance wants to know why the Sultan of Brunei passed the most dehumanizing antigay law in decades.
April 7, 2019
Gay Asian American Candidate Benjamin Chou Calls Opponent's Ad Racist
Chou says a doctored image in rival Lesley Briones's ad "seeks to reinforce negative stereotypes" of Asian Americans. View it below.
May 19, 2022
Florida City Elects High School Teacher as Its First Out Mayor
Ty Penserga will also be the state's first LGBTQ+ Asian-American mayor.
March 10, 2022
Glenn Magpantay Is One of the Most Powerful Asian American Gay Men in the Nation
Now advising President Biden and Congress, Magpantay is helping America live up to its promise.
May 17, 2023
Activist Amazin LeThi Is Fighting for Asian Inclusion in Sports
This weight training maven is breaking down barriers facing Asian-American LGBTQ athletes.
October 1, 2019
Op-ed: 'Big Gay Love' Advice for Asians in America
The director of Big Gay Love shares the struggles of being an Asian man in the American gay community.
November 12, 2014
WATCH: George Takei Takes on Oscars Over Asian Jokes
The Broadway star and Star Trek legend joins a group of Asian Americans in complaining about racial stereotyping in the Oscars broadcast.
March 18, 2016
Vincent Rodriguez III Is a Gay Actor Playing a Straight Heartthrob
The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star broke ground for Asian-American men on TV. Now he wants to be a superhero.
January 8, 2019
Asian LGBT Community: End Trump's Muslim Ban
Asian-Americans are familiar with our nation's history of travel bans, which included Chinese immigrants and anyone with HIV. This latest ban is just as horrible.
April 25, 2018
Meet the Asian Beauty Gurus Queering the Cosmetic Industry
Asian-American social media stars -- many of whom are LGBTQ+ -- are changing the once-homogenous beauty industry as well as the young people who look to it for validation.
February 8, 2022
Wash. Supreme Court Gets First LGBT Justice
Justice Mary Yu was appointed to the Washington State Supreme Court Thursday, making her the first openly LGBT, Latina, and Asian-American person to sit on the high court.
May 1, 2014