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This punk bakery in Nashville gives trans customers gender-affirming surgery care packages

Guerilla Bizkits tells The Advocate about its post-surgery care packages that provide transgender customers with easy-to-prepare biscuits, jam, and coffee.

Minneapolis Mass Shooting Leaves Transgender Community Fearful

One person was killed and six injured in a mass shooting at a venue popular among transgender patrons.

Is Punk the New F Word?

The word has been used to bully gay black boys for decades.

Punk's Little Secret

Darby Crash, lead singer of the influential '70s punk band the Germs, was gay -- and with the release of the new film What We Do Is Secret, the gay community may finally discover him as an icon

'CBGB': The Rise of Punk in a No-Holds-Barred Party

The new film about the legendary New York club portrays the diversity and passion of the early punk scene.

'This Is Not Berlin' Is a 'Love Letter' to Mexico City's Queer Punks

Director Hari Sama discusses his extremely personal film about a teen discovering Mexico City's underground music scene in the 1980s.

RuPaul's Secret Punk Past

Long before the gay host of RuPaul's Drag Race became a household name, he was the frontman of a punk rock band called "Wee Wee Pole."

How a Punk Rock Drag Queen Became a Top Chef

This former drag star and body piercer now cooks Buddhist temple cuisine.

John Cameron Mitchell's New Film Is a Queer Homage to Punk

Cameron's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's How to Talk to Girls at Parties may be his best work yet.

Punking the Antigay Saudi Arabian Regime

Fresh off the heels of a similar video prank against the LGBT-murdering regime in Iran, a humor-loving human rights group slammed the Saudi government.

Mykki Blanco the Drag Punk Rapper on Homophobia in Black Culture
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Punk Rock Star Comes Out as Trans in Rolling Stone

Lead singer of the punk band Against Me! comes out as a transgender woman in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. Laura Jane Grace, who used to be known as Tom Tom Gabel, tells writer Josh Eells about her transition, her experience with gender dysphoria, and what this means for Against Me! (a band that Grace started when she was just 17 years old, in 1997, in Naples, Florida).

Jessica Chastain on Tammy Faye's 'Punk Rock,' Drag Queen Fearlessness

The star of The Eyes of Tammy Faye chats with The Advocate about misogyny, HIV and AIDS, and the once-disgraced televangelist's enormous heart. 

Dan Levy's Mom Calls Out His Childhood 'Bully Punks'

"This goes out to the bully punks at Camp WTF who made life miserable for a certain cabin-mate back in the summer of '96," Deborah Divine tweeted.

Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley, Bi Punk Rock Icon, Dies at 63

The queer singer often referenced his sexuality in his music, which eschewed gendered pronouns.

Alleged Minneapolis mass shooters charged after killing one at LGBTQ+ punk rock show

The teenagers who allegedly targeted queer people at a punk rock show in Minneapolis are facing seven felony charges.

Wrestler CM Punk Goes Viral Standing Up for Trans Kids From Inside the Ring

The pro-wrestling star CM Punk spoke out in support of LGBTQ+ youth and queer rights.

Exploring Beauty and Hell With Gay Artists SUPERM

A new show from the two men behind SUPERM took their inspiration from "the first punk, a century before punk was invented."

David Johansen: Still a Doll

The New York Dolls--a cross-dressing rock band who were glam and punk before punk even existed--are back, led once again by David Johansen. Music, he still believes, should be "campy and sexy and fun."