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Dominic DuPree, Gender-Nonconforming Entrepreneur, Gunned Down in Chicago

DuPree is one of many victims of gun violence among the trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming population.

Molding the Next Joan Jett

The new documentary Girls Rock traces a group of mini-rockers honing their craft at camp and serves as an entertaining reminder that empowerment doesn't always mean shedding clothes

35 transgender and nonbinary people who died by violence in 2023

The epidemic of fatal violence against transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people continues.

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Protests Welcome Controversial Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Office

LGBTQ activists are among the most visible criticizing the new British leader, who installed an anti-human rights Cabinet as he took office.

As Chinese Directors Go Mainstream, Gay Issues Go Bye-Bye

When Zhang Yuan released East Palace, West Palace in 1996, its bold exploration of the power play between a police officer and a gay man set off alarms among China's highly sensitive censors. Authorities confiscated his passport to prevent him from promoting the film overseas, and the movie was never shown on the mainland.

The Milk Effect: It Does a Neighborhood Good

With interest in the movie at a fever pitch in the Castro, businesses are taking advantage -- just as the man himself would've wanted.

Yes, We Cannes

The annual Cannes Film Festival never fails to combine a sampling of the best in cinema with the not-as-great.

Winning Bette

The legendary Bette Midler holds forth on art, illusion, marriage, kids, and the eternal lure of Las Vegas.

Carolina de Robertis On Familial Homophobia: Not Everyone Comes Around

"If we all wait for all the homophobic people to come around, we're going to give up our whole lives," the author says.

Op-ed: RIP Gay Clubs and Their Affirming Debauchery

Dance palaces for us are shuttering from Moscow to Vegas, and it's not just bad House music we're losing.

Viennas Got Balls

I encountered a city determined to maintain its rich cultural heritage all the while forging the foundation for a modern European center, fostering young artists, and rolling out the red carpet for tourists, especially LGBT visitors.

The art of loving Switzerland

The Swiss adage "es stimmt" means, roughly, "it fits." When an Advocate editor goes in search of artistic and architectural delights--and maybe a gay Swiss miss or two--she indeed finds "es stimmt." What better recommendation for a travel destination?

Reflecting on Queer Cinema's Golden Age: The Gay '90s

A New York film festival reminds us how wide the celluloid closet busted open 20 years ago. The Advocate's editors look back at how these movies changed history and their own identities.

The Mid-Century Paradise of George Quaintance

The everyday life of one of the greatest erotic artists of the last century is revealed in an excerpt from a new biography.

A Taste of Spain

The queer and cultural offerings of Madrid, Barcelona, and Sitges start with a good meal -- and don't end until dawn.

The Golden Age of Denial: Hercules, the Bisexual Demigod

Hercules has been the icon of alpha-masculinty for centuries -- do you know about his gay love life?