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Lesbian

Here's why Trump's win is turning some straight women to political lesbianism

After a tsunami of misogyny, transphobia, and orange hair, some straight women are considering a more sapphic political point of view.

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Election

Iowa LGBTQ Activists Leaning Toward Warren, Buttigieg

The Advocate asked some politically active LGBTQ Iowans who they'll be caucusing for Monday night.

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Arts & Entertainment

Samira Wiley: Handmaid's Tale 'Is No Doubt a Feminist Work'

Wiley defended the series as "feminist" in no uncertain terms in an interview with The Advocate.

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Voices

Marching on Washington: 'A Continuation, Not a Commemoration'

It's more important than ever to stand with LGBTQ+ people and other marginlized groups, writes Kierra Johnson, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force.

Taylor Swift's Political Instagram: Just Another Picture To Burn
Voices

2016 Needed 2018 Taylor Swift But She Couldn't Come to the Phone

The Instagram post is great, but excuse this Swifty fan for being cynical about the pop icon's motives.

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Women

Feminist Germaine Greer Slams Survivors of Sexual Abuse for Not 'Stopping' It

The author of The Female Eunuch, recently infamous for transphopic comments, is currently writing a book titled On Rape. 

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Voices

The Women's March Left Trans Women Behind

The protests this weekend were still a success, writes Evan Greer, but activists need to improve inclusion as we battle Trump.

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Music

WATCH: Sabrina Chap Sings for Equality

Sabrina Chap talks with The Advocate about her latest album, We Are the Parade, and the rerelease of the book Live Through This.

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Voices

I Finally Found My American Dream in the Power of My Community

The stereotypical image of the American Dream as a white, heterosexual couple with the kids, the dog, and the picket fence was lost on this little gay girl growing up in the '70s. 

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Arts & Entertainment

Tatiana Maslany and the Enduring Sisterhood of 'Orphan Black'

The sci-fi series that has its star playing nearly a dozen clones ends this weekend, but its feminism lives on. 

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Women

8 Celebrities Surprisingly Skeptical of #MeToo, Time's Up

Ostensibly progressive people like Matt Damon and Margaret Atwood are oddly conflicted about the movement for consent.

Political Divas
Women

The New Divas: Maxine, Kamala, Hillary and the Women of D.C.

Obsessing over pop stars is so yesterday -- it's the female politicians challenging Trump who have our eternal devotion. 

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World

The Year In Hashtags

Or, the three words that defined 2014, according to our entirely unscientific research.