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Dorothy Allison, revered and award-winning lesbian feminist author, has died

Allison was the acclaimed author of Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller, and more.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.


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.

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.

Mark & Scott Hoying have an exciting update on their path to fatherhood (exclusive)

The adorable husbands are ready for the next step in their family.

'Ghost' screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin on coming out: 'I've never not been gay'

Rubin has opened up in his just-published memoir, It’s Only a Movie.

Doug Emhoff at NYC event: Book banning ‘erodes our democracy’

He warned about the dangers of Republican book bans.

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.

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.

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.