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Here's why Trump's win is turning some straight women to political lesbianism

After a tsunami of misogyny, transphobia, and orange hair, some straight women are considering a more sapphic political point of view.

'And Then We Danced' Incited Protests in Georgia and an LGBTQ Movement

Director Levan Akin discussed how Sweden's controversial Oscars entry on gay dancers changed the conversation on visibility in the Eastern European country.

'Straight Pride' Group Brawls With Pro-Choice Activists at Protest

Members of the far-right "straight pride" movement had planned the protest outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in California.

The Day in Pictures

From coast to coast, from gay to straight, from Pink to Mormon moms--a national movement to protest the passing of Prop. 8 in California rises up.

Janet Mock on Why DeRay Mckesson Matters

The Black Lives Matter movement has many leaders but only one recognizable face. DeRay Mckesson gets candid on love and leadership, politics and protest -- and his plans for Baltimore's future.

In photos: U.S. v. Skrmetti protest at the Supreme Court in support of transgender youth (exclusive)

During oral arguments that began December 4, 2024, in U.S. v. Skrmetti, hundreds gathered both to provide support for trans youth while others were there in support of banning gender-affirming care.

Op-ed: Do LGBTQ Marches Still Matter?

Once the ultimate display of protest, marches may already have been replaced by digital revolutions.

The tragedy of 4B: Scissoring out the patriarchy, but not scissoring each other

"The irony of 4B is that it doesn’t even scissor out the patriarchy because its logic continues to center it...", writes Marcie Bianco.

How Stonewall Can Teach LGBTQ+ People to Fight Today

Matthew Todd, author of Pride: The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement, shares lessons from the uprising.

Op-ed: Bayard Rustin Was My Love, My Leader

Walter Naegle remembers the legacy of his late partner, the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.

Trans Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter Join Forces for Justice

As conservative backlash against the Black Lives Matters movement grows, new voices within BLM promote peace and transgender empowerment. 

Stonewall Inn, in Danger of Shuttering, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

The country's first designated LGBTQ+ monument is struggling after being closed for three months. 

Your Weekly Update From The Resistance

Let us help you keep tabs on what's happening in the movement to resist Trump's agenda.

Trans Marchers Join Immigration Protest, Block Seattle Street

Government contracts with private prisons provide an incentive to round up immigrants, they say.

Watch Lyft's Touching Short Film About Black Cat Protest's Legacy

The protest's importance to LGBT people is recalled by the man who organized it, Alexei Romanoff.

Op-ed: Russia Last in Race for Human Rights

What will provoke Russia to change its ways on LGBT rights and the freedom of expression?

D.C. Principal Comes Out to Students for Pride

The Westboro Baptist Church, however, has planned a protest at the school.

President Obama on Why He Made Stonewall a Landmark

The president's legacy will include designating the first LGBT monument.

7 images of ACT UP NY taking to the streets at a queer Palestine rally saying ‘SILENCE=DEATH’

As the death toll in Gaza continues to climb, the prominent AIDS activist group is using its platforms to demand an end to the violence.

Black Cat Shows Protest Makes Progress

The man who organized a protest 50 years ago against police brutality was thanked publicly by police.

Welcome to the Resistance

This is the beginning of The Advocate's new column that will keep tabs on the day-by-day resistance movement against Trump.