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Backyard Slights Are Pulling Us Down

Microaggressions are those barely-there slights, they're the many tiny slights that grate across our days.

The Hate Lobbed at Angelica Ross, Meghan Markle Is Familiar to All Black Trans Women

Deciding how to handle microaggressions — and overt ignorance — is a full-time job for trans women of color.

Was Ellen's Post Innocent or Casually Racist?

A social media post from Ellen DeGeneres of her riding Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has some finding humor and others crying racism. 

Study: Most LGBTQ+ Adults Have Faced Threats of Violence

Researchers say it is the first nationally representative dataset focusing on LGBTQ+ people survey of its kind.

#LoveTravels ... Unless the Right Wing Pays More

When pro-LGBT values and principles get in the way of a media market worth billions, a queer faith and social justice organizer learns they’re easily cast aside.

Janelle Monáe, Kiersey Clemons on Antebellum's All-Too-Real Monsters

Monae, Clemons, and the cast and creators spoke with The Advocate about the film and how casting Black queer women in leads was "intentional." 

LGBTQ+ Professionals Fear New Laws Could Jeopardize Their Careers: Report

As many queer people escape GOP-led state legislatures passing anti-LGBTQ+ bills, a new report indicates LGBTQ+ professionals worry about what their professional life holds.

The Psychology of Hateful Words

The words of Barry Humphries, a.k.a. Dame Edna, on transgender women reflect a disturbing ignorance.

Right-Wing Nutjob Thinks Pop Culture is 'Mass Producing' LGBTQ People

Catholic League president Bill Donohue says the entertainment industry is driving the LGBTQ agenda and enticing adolescents to "experiment." 

How Trauma Increases Suicide Risk in LGBTQ+ Youth

A new study from the Trevor Project documents the high level of trauma experienced by LGBTQ+ youth and how that puts them at risk.

Don't Let the Language Police Get You 'Butthurt'

When people use offensive words, it often comes from a place of privilege — not malice — writes Kit Williamson.

One Trans Woman's TSA Horror Story

A trans woman live-tweeted the shameful treatment she says she experienced at the hands of the Transportation Security Administration. But the TSA says its agents followed procedure.

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How This 'Ungrateful Black Writer' Is Rewriting Culture

The executive editor of culture at BuzzFeed has ignited a passionate conversation in the literary world about minority representation.

'Outer Range's Tamara Podemski Takes On the American West

The actor behind Outer Range's gay Native American sheriff talks representation, family, and why the Western genre is due for an update.

Are You With RuPaul or Asia O'Hara?

The drag performers' responses to the Vixen's departure on the Drag Race reunion represent opposing worldviews.

Meet Brielle Harrison, Apple's New, Inspiring Transgender Programmer

Brielle Harrison helped Facebook introduce 58 gender options for users. Now she's making the tech industry even more trans-inclusive.

Are You Prepared for the Next Anti-LGBT Backlash?

We're still dealing with the simmering resentment over marriage equality, and now the White House's pro-transgender stances are bound to elicit their own angry reactions.

Working With Laverne Cox, in Solidarity with Trans Women of Color

L'lerret Jazelle Ailith wowed audiences with her powerful participation in Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word. We spoke with the trans youth advocate to learn more about her activism and getting to work with her hero.