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Hockey Is Cracking Down on Cancer Support and Native Heritage After Banning Pride

Following the NHL's crackdown on Pride nights, players now risk fines if they show support for other causes such as Indigenous Heritage and Hockey Fights Cancer.

Climate change is the great equalizer, yet it's the lives of the most vulnerable who are most affected

Opinion: Mother Nature doesn’t care about where you live, what you do, and who you are, but it's still the most vulnerable that will face her wrath, writes John Casey.


Shepard Smith: Trump Created Fake News With Sharpie

The out anchor denounces the president's doctored hurricane map.

How to help women, children, and LGBTQ+ people impacted by Hurricane Helene

LGBTQ+ people and women face unique needs after climate disasters that are often ignored by federal disaster response. Here's how you can help.

Asheville LGBTQ+ bar destroyed by Hurricane Helene is reopening 'twice as big' (exclusive)

Day Trip had to close after just 31 days in business, leaving its owners with over $200,000 in loans and no source of income. Now, Brandon Davis tells The Advocate about their new location.

Pete Buttigieg defends Biden’s Hurricane Milton response & blasts Trump’s dangerous relief misinformation

The transportation secretary has appeared on television networks to provide truthful information after the spread of unprecedented lies.

No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the government can’t control the weather

She claims that Democrats are aiming hurricanes at Republicans.

An LGBTQ+ cocktail bar was open in Asheville for 31 days. Now it's in ruins (exclusive)

Small business owner Brandon Davis tells The Advocate about the "soul crushing" loss of his bar, Day Trip, and what he needs to rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

Marjorie Taylor Greene bizarrely claims FEMA 'hates Christians' because it aids trans women

The conservative is mad that FEMA is using Hurricane Helene relief resources to "house migrants." Her evidence? A discussion panel from a year and a half ago.

Two Orlando Pride Events Canceled Due to Hurricane Matthew

Organizers have called off Thursday and Friday events as the storm approaches but still hope to hold the parade and festival Saturday.

Anti-LGBT N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory Signs Bill to Curb Successor's Powers

Democrat Roy Cooper, the incoming governor, says Republicans are engaging in a "partisan power grab."

North Carolina GOP Lawmakers Seek to Limit New Governor's Power

Pro-LGBT Democrat Roy Cooper faces resistance from legislators before he is even sworn in.

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For This Lesbian Physician Assistant, Being Out at Work Is Essential

Being closeted is a non-starter for this woman in the center of the COVID storm.

Climate change is disrupting access to HIV treatment

A new analysis finds that the parts of the country where HIV prevalence is high are also some of the most at-risk areas for climate disasters.

N.C. Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mark Robinson used clumsy euphemism in place of antigay slur (exclusive)

The North Carolina Republican lieutenant governor and gubernatorial hopeful has a long record of making dehumanizing, transphobic and homophobic posts on social media. Donald Trump has called Robinson "better" than Martin Luther King Jr.

John Edwards Ends Presidential Bid

Democrat John Edwards left the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid that tried to put progressive politics in the spotlight.

Puerto Rico's Gov Urged to Resign Over Antigay, Sexist Remarks

Transcripts from a chat program revealed homophobic, misogynistic messages exchanged by the governor and other territorial officials.