Felice Picano, acclaimed gay author, has died at 81
Picano's works included novels such as The Lure, Onyx, and The Book of Lies, plus memoirs, poetry, nonfiction, and plays.
MARCH 13, 2025
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Sheldon 'Turner' Freeman, gay D.C. librarian and activist, dead at 64
Freeman started a Black History Month film series and LGBTQ-inclusive programs in the Washington, D.C., library system.
JANUARY 8, 2025
Dorothy Allison, revered and award-winning lesbian feminist author, has died
Allison was the acclaimed author of Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller, and more.
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
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
How JD Vance went from thinking he was gay and changing his name twice to being an anti-LGBTQ+ extremist
Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick has reinvented himself repeatedly.
JULY 23, 2024
The gay author of the smash book 'Apprentice in Wonderland' on the dangers and deficiencies of Donald Trump
Ramin Setoodeh met with Trump six times and reveals his faulty memory, obsession with himself and ratings, his one reference to Melania, and the danger of underestimating his likability, charm, and intelligence.
JUNE 21, 2024
Transgender author Jennifer Finney Boylan: The fight is not over
Boylan talks to The Advocate about her new book, Cleavage, and navigating a dark time.
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Jennifer Beals's 'The L Word: A Photographic Journal' is a gift to fans and a part of queer history
During the six seasons Jennifer Beals played Bette Porter on the original The L Word, she chronicled her time taking analog photographs of the women who made up TV's most famous lesbian friend group. She chats with The Advocate about sharing those memories for a new generation.
DECEMBER 10, 2024
After a dark week, we can all use some light and love from Shirley MacLaine
In a warm and engaging new book, the iconic actress takes the reader through her personal photo album, documenting an incredible life along the way.
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
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
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
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
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
Supreme Court will rule on allowing parents to ban students from LGBTQ+ lessons
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could allow guardians to prohibit students from hearing lessons or using books involving LGBTQ+ identities.
JANUARY 21, 2025
Panic at the disco: A new novel examines the queer mid-life crisis in a uniquely beautiful way
I Make Envy on Your Disco follows a gay man navigating an existential crisis against the lush, electric backdrop of Berlin.
JANUARY 17, 2025
Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival returns to L.A. just in time for the holidays
For the first time, the international festival takes place concurrently with CLAW’s Leather Thanksgiving celebration.
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! opens new Gallery Café in London
BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Gallery Café is a new cultural hub to promote queer and gay fine art photography.
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Read Susan Stryker's foreword to Nico Lang's book on trans youth, American Teenager (exclusive)
"Lang offers space for [trans youth] to tell their own stories while providing helpful context for the audience. The stories Lang’s subjects tell are heartbreaking, sweet, infuriating, and inspiring in equal measure," writes trans studies scholar Susan Stryker in the foreword to Nico Lang's book American Teenager.
OCTOBER 8, 2024
'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
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