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The protester shoved by an Orlando police officer in a viral clip tells The Advocate what happened at the Queers for Palestine rally, and what comes next.
Antigovernment protests forced out a prime minister. Now demonstrators hope for progress on equality.
Maggie is a transgender refugee from Lebanon whose performance art fuels her identity, as it fueled her nightmarish journey to the West.
Despite a police order against any public protests, a group of about 200 gay rights activists held a vigil in a central Jerusalem park on Thursday, the fifth day of WorldPride events in the city.
The Lambda Literary Foundation named Trish Salah's first book, Wanting in Arabic, the best work of transgender fiction produced this year. Read an exclusive excerpt from the book below.
Sounding the alarm on a drug favored by terrorists.
Human Rights Watch and other LGBTQ+ rights groups are calling on Meta to prevent social media from being used against queer people, particularly in places where their identities are criminalized.
Following a revolution, a crisis, a pandemic, and an explosion, LGBTQ+ people are suffering disproportionately in the city of Beirut.
With the crisis in the Middle East approaching an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, organizers of WorldPride in Jerusalem have announced the cancellation of the pride parade in August. But organizers vow that other events in the festival will go on as planned.
Resistance by the nation's most vehemently antigay groups could not keep the National Day of Silence from garnering a record number of participants this year. More than 8,500 middle schools, high schools, and colleges in the United States participated in the 12th annual day of action on April 25, which is coordinated by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network to promote safe school environments for LGBT and ally students.
Survivors of sexual violence during Syria's civil war detail their sufferings in a new Human Rights Watch report.
There is much yet to be done in the region, but advances in four countries offer reason for hope, says a new report.
There are more than 60 places in the world where it’s illegal to be gay.
The brave new book Bareed Mista3Jil (a Lebanese Arabic phrase that means "Express Mail") documents queer women's stories for the Arab world.
Tarek Zeidan of Helem describes a desperate situation in Beirut, especially for LGBTQ+ people.
As Israel massed tanks and troops on the Lebanese border Friday in readiness for a likely ground invasion, a Lebanese member of Helem--an Arabic acronym for Lebanese Protection for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgender People--made time for a short interview with The Advocate's sister Web site, Gay.com, about the current situation in Beirut.
