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'Drag Race UK' star Zahirah Zapanta discusses showmance rumors & Asian drag domination with 'Pride'

Zapanta also tells Pride about the Drag Race queens who changed her life when she was just a queer kid.

Second Suspect Arrested in Attack on NYC Trans Filmmakers

David Gonzalez is accused of dousing the filmmakers with an unknown liquid while making anti-LGBTQ remarks.

When You Grow Up Your Heart Dies

We interrupt this column about television to talk about old John Hughes movies on television.

123 men were arrested in Florida for human trafficking — Not one was a drag queen

Social media users are making fun of Florida after a sting operation in the state implicated 123 men on human trafficking, but not one drag queen.

Berlin Arts and Culture

Berlin offers over 100 museums, including institutions devoted to dogs, sugar, and hairdressing. Many are part of the vast Museum Island complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Lena Waithe & Alana Mayo Were Married in Front of Harvey Milk's Bust

Waithe spoke with John Legend on Ellen DeGeneres's show about how she and her wife were privately married in San Francisco surrounded by LGBTQ history. 

Three’s Company?

On Fox Reality Channel's The Search for the Next Elvira, the original goth queen searches for her understudy. She's aided in her hunt by two flamboyant sidekicks who gave us quite a scary interview.

Florida Seeks Hotel Liquor License After ‘Drag Show Christmas’

The hotel has noted that it didn’t even host the show; it just served as a vendor for the event.

Last Words With April Carrion

The Advocate talked with RuPaul's Drag Race's April Carrion after he sashayed away.

A Conversation With Coco Peru

Coco Peru, the longtime drag creation of writer-performer Clinton Leupp, has a priceless way with words -- and hairspray. 

My Kid Is My Beard

It's funny how much a child can alter the perception people have of you. Our parenting writer, Frank Lowe, discusses the changes that came with fatherhood.

Joe: Butch Queen, First Time in Drags at a Ball

Yes, Joe. Lone hetero Joe. Bitchy, complainy, catty, drama-starting Joe. Wins the drag queen challenge. Bizarro.

Gay Journalist Glenn Greenwald: A Falling Star?

A Politico article posits that Greenwald has peaked and has nowhere to go but down -- but others beg to differ.

LGBTQ+ Cold Case Files: What Really Happened to Marsha P. Johnson?

More than three decades after her murder, Johnson’s case remains unsolved.

Gag reflex

Gays have been on multiplex screens plenty lately--but usually just so they can creep out the straight guys

There’s A Reason Why Queer Folks Love Halloween So Much

Here's why Halloween is basically a national LGBTQ holiday.

The Rich Queer History of American Drag Queens

The art form will likely outlast attempts to restrict it.

What you need to know about the Stonewall uprising, which began 55 years ago

Some of the details are disputed, but here's what we know about what happened at the Stonewall Inn in 1969.

Legendary 1970 Gay Dance Party Honored by Chicago Pride Concert

Renaissance One will showcase of-the-minute artists in an event paying homage to the city's first public same-sex dance.