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“It’s already enough being Black and facing discrimination,” Kalaya Morton told The Advocate. “Now I have to worry about being harassed just for needing to pee?”
In this piece written exclusively for The Advocate, Angelo Pezzote -- advice columnist and author of the new book Straight Acting: Gay Men, Masculinity and Finding True Love -- examines the gay community's obsession with the idea of being "straight-acting" and how destructive it is for gay relationships and one's psyche.
The best-selling author and Instagram star talks lesbian stereotypes and gender presentation.
One very special child's family shows how precious unconditional love is for gender-variant children.
Is Trenton Makes just another in the long line of problematic representations of transness?
This stiletto-rocking, Lebanese-American, nonbinary author talks gender policing, straight men's jealousy, and getting laid.
George C. Wolfe’s Rustin opens the LGBTQ+ film festival while the Annette Bening-starrer Nyad is named U.S. Centerpiece.
The new novel When Katie Met Cassidy lets everyone identify with a masculine-presenting queer woman.
The Advocate spoke with viral TikTok star Leo Macallan on transitioning, masculinity, and just being yourself.
A personal reflection on the intersecting dynamics of race and gender in recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility.
Protesting transphobic laws with selfies of burly trans men in women's bathrooms packs a punch, but doing so could make it even harder for gender-nonconforming folks to pee in peace.
The out lead of Lena Waithe's hilarious series about working in Hollywood appears on Inside With the Advocate.
A Year Without A Name is Cyrus Grace Dunham's debut memoir.
After facing backlash for passing a law eliminating all local protections against LGBT discrimination, legislators dig in their heels with a new website applauding the governor.
The research shows the insidious effect of misogyny and homophobia on all facets of society.
Opinion: Is masculinity — the normative social roles, behaviors, and actions perceived as attributes of men — in crisis? Or is the crisis actually the steadily growing realization that masculinity is just spectacle?
Watch an exclusive clip from the Lena Waithe comedy starring Jonica T. Gibbs.
This was a movie made for cisgender people by cisgender people, Julia Williamson writes.
A court rules that discrimination against lesbian security guard Jameka Evans doesn't violate existing law.
