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Dynamic duo Jinkx & BenDeLaCreme return for holiday show

Two of the world's most iconic drag queens are making the yuletide gay at a time it's needed most.

Drag Queens Ring in the Holidays With Wickedness and Cheer

Enormous wigs, hideous sweaters, raunchy caroling, and a striptease: These are the holiday traditions of your friendly local drag queen.

Op-ed: Spread Cheer, Not STIs, This Holiday Season

The Los Angeles LGBT Center offers three resolutions to keep you healthy during the holidays.

Even a Grinch Can Find Holiday Cheer in 'Elf'

Will Ferrell's 2003 Christmas comedy delivers holiday hilarity on stage, but lacks the wintertime magic it needs to soar.

Naughty holiday cheer as Santa's Secret lands in West Chelsea

Journey to the best elfing speakeasy this side of the North Pole. Here’s everything you need to know.

Rainbow Cards Project Brings Holiday Cheer to Isolated LGBTQ People

A young queer woman from the U.K. created the project to send holiday cards to people who were disowned by their families after coming out.

Bubly and 11 Drag Performers Drop Sparkling Video for LGBTQ+ Elders

The sparkling water brand donated $25,000 to SAGE and collaborated on a holiday-cheerful music video.

G.B.F. Star: It Will Be a 'Gay Teen Movie Thanksgiving'

The creators of the gay teen comedy G.B.F. promise plenty of holiday cheer.

Hot Sheet: December 20, 2013

The top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include a sleigh full of holiday cheer and New Year's hope.

Dancer's Drag, Xmas Tree Transformation Will Make Your Yuletide Gay

Mark Kanemura spread some queer holiday cheer in a viral video set to the tune of Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath the Tree."

39 Festive Holiday White House Images That Show 'Magic, Wonder, and Joy'

The Advocate was invited to experience the White House holiday decorations and they did not disappoint.

Hallmark Casts Mean Girls' Jonathan Bennett in 1st Gay Christmas Movie

The Christmas House is one of several LGBTQ+ holiday movies this season. 

Mariah Carey Saves Christmas in NYC on 'Billy on the Street'

The diva made a special holiday appearance on Billy Eichner's comedic game show.

Merry Xmas, Reverend Grinch

The religious right's outrage over the greeting "Happy Holidays" is Grinch-like in its obsession with the trappings of Christmas instead of its meaning. As a gay Muslim, the author finds the season's true spirit in respectful pluralism

Making LGBT Spirits Bright This Holiday Season

No matter where you fall under the LGBTQ rainbow, Your Holiday Mom and The December Project want to warm your heart during these chilly winter months.

Hannah Waddingham on Making Her Holiday Special Extra Merry and Gay

The Ted Lasso star tells the Advocate Channel that it was crucial and personal to her that Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas has loads of LGBTQ+ visibility.

Jonathan Bennett and the Holiday Queerness of 'Christmas House 2'

The out Mean Girls star discusses the chemistry with his Hallmark film family, queer expectations, and his engagement to Jaymes Vaughan. 

How Happiest Season's Clea DuVall & Kristen Stewart Queered Christmas

The Advocate's cover stars Clea DuVall, Kristen Stewart, and Mackenzie Davis discuss what queering the holiday rom-com means to them.