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A brief history of LGBTQ+ representation on Broadway

We've always been key creators, but in recent years we've been seen more onstage.

​Dr. Fauci Calls Out Homophobic Lawmakers: 'The Antigay Attitude of People Is as Bad' As He's Ever Seen

On World AIDS Day, the world’s foremost authority on the disease says it’s time for us to be "very, very, very aggressive on pushing back" against the dangers caused by the extreme right.

Michael Denneny, Pioneering Editor of LGBTQ+ Books, Dead at 80

Denneny published works by Larry Kramer, Paul Monette, Randy Shilts, Edmund White, and many more.

Celebrating classic gay literature: The best LGBTQ+ books

Is the gay novel truly dead? The Advocate and select Lambda Literary Award winners disagree, showcasing a list of classic gay and queer novels that prove LGBTQ+ literature is alive and well.

Pioneer, Prophet, Provocateur Larry Kramer Revealed

A new HBO documentary debuting June 29 focuses on the life and work of the one and only Larry Kramer, the firebrand at the center of HIV/AIDS activism.

Dr. Fauci on Larry Kramer, Reagan, and Pandemic Parallels

America's doctor, who fought HIV in the '80s and is now battling COVID-19, discusses viruses then and now for our digital cover story.

Larry Kramer's Loud, Proud Activism Remains Necessary

We need positive disruptors to remind us the status quo isn't working.

Larry Kramer Wasn't Kind and Cuddly. He Was Effective

He was also a survivor, a Cassandra, and a legendary hero.

Larry Kramer's Anger Is Essential in Historic 'Plague' Speech

In 1991, Kramer delivered a now-famous speech about apathy in the face of the AIDS epidemic. 

Larry Kramer on Stonewall: 'Don't Listen to the Crazies'

The HIV activist advised the gay filmmaker to take criticism and a threat to boycott the film with a grain of salt.

'Genocide Is Being Inflicted on Gay People'

The HIV activist gave an impassioned speech calling for a cure for the virus at a Gay Men's Health Crisis gala.

Read Peter Staley's Brutally Honest Eulogy for Larry Kramer

"To this day, gay men carry the added burden of a society that sexually shames us. Larry played a part in this."

Beware the Pitfalls of Estimating the Number of LGBT People

The author on a Williams Institute study of the size of the LGBT population explains why the numbers have set off such a firestorm.