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Drive-Away Dolls’ stars on their 'very gay' love letter to ’90s lesbians and bars

The stars of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s Drive-Away Dolls, Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, spoke with The Advocate about researching queer history, lesbian bars, and nostalgia for the 1990s.

'Booksmart' Is 'The Breakfast Club' for a Queer-Inclusive Generation

The Advocate speaks with Booksmart's Olivia Wilde, Beanie Feldstein, and Kaitlyn Dever about the film that stars a lead lesbian character in a major teen movie. 

Girls5eva's Paula Pell on season 3's lesbian 'Trampage' and finding her people

Girls5eva's lesbian star chats with Advocate Channel about how the new, very queer season gets its specific lesbian references so right. .

Rachel Maddow Joins the CW's 'Batwoman,' Making It Even Queerer

The out MSNBC host will play a key role in multiple episodes of the Ruby Rose-led superhero series. 

Creating Films That Ace the Bechdel Test

Women and queer people shape director Ed Gaffney's life. Why would he not put reflections of them on screen?

Hollywood’s Lesbian Moment

Queer women are all the rage on TV and film, but which flick is getting it right?

10 LGBTQ+ films to watch this Memorial Day weekend

We've seen some stellar queer films this year already. Here are 10 you should check out this weekend.

10 queer films of 2024 you have to see

Some must-see LGBTQ+ films of the year include the homoerotic Challengers and the Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian neo-noir lesbian flick Love Lies Bleeding. And those are just the beginning of a 2024 movie binge.

Anne+ Is About to Be a Women-Loving-Women Global Phenomenon

The queer Dutch web series you didn't know you needed is now a film.

Clea DuVall Brings Her Long LGBTQ+ History to 'Happiest Season'

DuVall was a lesbian icon paving the way for queer representation at a time when doing so was still considered risky.

​20 Times Ellen DeGeneres Was an Outspoken Activist

Twenty years ago this week DeGeneres came out, and she's been an advocate ever since. 

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.

Grey's Boss Rebuts Notion That Jessica Capshaw's Exit Is Due to Pompeo's Raise

News broke that beloved actress Capshaw, who played the history-making lesbian character Arizona, has been cut from Grey's Anatomy, and the internet blamed it on lead Ellen Pompeo's raise. 

Amber Benson on Queer Rep and the 'Buffy' Reboot at Outfest

At a screening of the documentary Queering the Script at Outfest, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star spoke about being one of the first to play queer on TV. 

ABC's 'All My Children' to introduce transgender character

In a story unusual even for a soap opera and believed to be a television first, ABC's All My Children this week will introduce a transgender character who is beginning to make the transition from a man to a woman.

No Antitrans Bias Intended in 'Lost Girl,' Say Producers

They say an apparently female character who is attacked when revealed to be male represents a mythological shapeshifter, not a transgender person.

Hightown's Monica Raymund on Playing a Fully-Realized Lesbian Lead

The out star of STARZ's new series set in Provincetown chats with The Advocate about playing a woman grappling with addiction who is also trying to solve a murder.