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The Importance of Being Counted (Thanks, John Cena)
A new public service announcement reminds us that numbers matter.
JULY 5, 2016
Black Gay Man Davante Lewis Is First Out State Official in Louisiana
Lewis, an advocate for renewable energy, won a runoff election to become a member of the state's Public Service Commission.
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Dr. Rachel Levine Is Now First Trans 4-Star Admiral in U.S. History
She is the first out transgender four-star officer and first female four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Republicans strip Louisiana's only LGBTQ+ elected official of leadership role
Davante Lewis tells The Advocate about his removal as vice chairman on Louisiana's Public Service Commission, which he believes was racially and politically motivated.
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Black gay official could lose leadership role after criticizing Louisiana governor's anti-LGBTQ+ post
Davante Lewis talks to The Advocate ahead of a vote to remove him from his vice chairman role on Louisiana's Public Service Commission — all for defending former HHS official Dr. Rachel Levine.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
S.F. Cancels the Castro's Halloween Revelry
The hundreds of thousands of people who usually flock to an annual Halloween street party in San Francisco are being warned to stay home or go elsewhere after several episodes of violence in recent years. City officials have advised would-be revelers through fliers, public service announcements, and juvenile probation officers that they won't find many treats in the Castro District, home in past years to the largest Halloween happening in the San Francisco Bay area. What they will find are hundreds of extra police officers, shuttered restaurants, stepped-up sobriety checks, and no bus or train service after 8:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER 1, 2007
Assistant AG Carlos Uriarte is the gay Latine powerhouse shaping the DOJ’s relationship with Congress
The assistant attorney general for legislative affairs navigates the intersection of civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and public service.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Puerto Rico Senate Approves Sweeping Antidiscrimination Bill
The bill would ban anti-LGBT discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations and government services.
MAY 17, 2013
Bay Area Councilwoman Endures Despite Relentless Antigay Attacks
The vice mayor of Richmond, Calif. fields weekly verbal attacks due to her sexual orientation and race, but carries on in public service.
AUGUST 7, 2014
People Living With HIV Now Allowed to Join U.S. Public Health Corps
Applicants living with HIV and chronic hepatitis B will no longer be rejected from becoming officers in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Barney Frank's Book Ideas Are Gay
In a radio interview with Boston's Bob Oakes, the outgoing gay congressman reflects on what his four decades of public service have taught him about LGBT rights and liberal ideology.
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Isaiah Washington PSA to air on ABC tonight
Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington's public service announcement combating intolerance based on sexual orientation, race, and gender will air Thursday night during back-to-back episodes of the ABC show.
MAY 25, 2007
The Latino Players in the Prop. 8 Fight: Mayors and Models
Jose Eduardo Verastegui is tall, dark, and handsome, not to mention rich and famous. This Latino actor and sex symbol was a favorite of gay Mexicans and Mexican-Americans -- until he came out as one of the loudest proponents of California's Proposition 8. On the other side of Prop. 8, cast members from TV's Ugly Betty released a public service announcement Tuesday urging Latinos to stand up for family and vote No on 8.
OCTOBER 29, 2008
Closets are for cowboy boots: A tribute to David Mixner
A friend remembers the late LGBTQ+ rights activist David Mixner.
MAY 1, 2024
Jonathan Lovitz Hopes to Continue Public Service in Pennsylvania House
"Public service has been my calling for as long as I remember," says Jonathan D. Lovitz.
MAY 13, 2022
WATCH: Chuck Norris Warns Obama Reelection Will Doom U.S.
The conservative former action star released a "public service announcement" calling on evangelical Christians to oppose President Obama.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Judge Is Considering Springing Kathryn Knott From Jail
The woman, convicted of attacking a gay couple in Philadelphia, wants to make a public service announcement instead of serving jail time.
MARCH 2, 2016
Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry has Died
An early supporter of gay rights, Barry may best be remembered for successfully re-entering public service after serving jail time for drug possession.
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
As the mother in ‘An Early Frost,’ Gena Rowlands helped fight the stigma of AIDS
Through her role in the 1985 film and in a public service ad, Rowlands showed a compassionate face to something that was so dreaded and feared at the time, writes John Casey.
AUGUST 15, 2024
As the homophobia turns
When GLAAD and CBS joined forces to run a public service announcement about tolerance alongside a teen coming-out story line on As the World Turns, the haters turned up the heat
MAY 18, 2006