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Panic at the disco: A new novel examines the queer mid-life crisis in a uniquely beautiful way

I Make Envy on Your Disco follows a gay man navigating an existential crisis against the lush, electric backdrop of Berlin.

Kate Moennig Joins Ellen Page's Queer, All-Female 'Casablanca' Reading

The former L Word star joins a cast brimming with queer women! 

Ellen Page & Kiersey Clemons Are Lovers in Queer, Female 'Casablanca'

The out actresses will lead a cast of mostly queer women at a staged reading that needs to be a remake! 

'LGBT Stories' Podcast: Be the Safe in the Scary

The new LGBT Stories podcast lets queer people share their own stories. Read and listen to Natalie's tale of heroism and viral fame.

'LGBT Stories' Podcast: Lorri L. Jean, Soldier of the Movement

The new LGBT Stories podcast lets queer people share their own stories. Read and listen to Lorri L. Jean, the CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center

How library workers are defending books, democracy, and queer lives

Books that tell LGBTQ+ stories are under attack. In communities nationwide, librarians defend our community’s freedoms to read and exist.

These are the most challenged library books in America — yes, most are LGBTQ+

Gender Queer, All Boys Aren't Blue, and This Book Is Gay lead the American Library Association's list of the 10 most challenged books of 2023.

These Queer Stories For Kids Are Must-Reads

Trans author and legislator Lisa Bunker shows it's possible to have mainstream children's books with positive LGBTQ characters.

GOP Sen. John Kennedy Reads Queer Sex Excerpts at Cringe-Worthy Senate Hearing

The 71-year-old used the words “lube” and “cock” in a sentence during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing..

'LGBT Stories' Podcast: One Trans Woman's Journey Back From Hell

A new podcast lets queer people share their own stories. Read and listen to Jen's tale below.

5 Books Perfect For a Queerantine

Self-isolation doens't need to be terrible so long as you have a good book. We recommend these excellent queer reads: 

The Intersection of Queer Identity and Atheism

Writer Camille Beredjick investigates the thorny relationship between spirituality and LGBT equality in the upcoming book Queer Disbelief. Read an exclusive excerpt below.

Despite Book Bans, LGBTQ+ Fiction Sales Soar

Between May 2022 and May 2023, 6.1 million LGBTQ+ fiction books were sold.

Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz on a Queer Reading of Greta

Greta stars Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz speak with The Advocate about their new thriller. 

The Best Queer(ish) Non-Fiction Tomes We Read in 2019

Featuring LGBTQ writers or subjects, here were some of our faves.

Results: 30 LGBT Races to Watch

Read up on the queer candidates who ran for their political lives.

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AfterEllen Leaves Logo for New Ownership

AfterEllen, the site long read by queer women around the world, is changing companies, and editor Karman Kregloe will step down.

All The LGBTQ Books We Loved in 2019

From queer romance novels to self-help, antiracism to scientific query, this year we read them all. Here are some of the best.

Samira Wiley's Reading of 'The Color Purple' For Audible Is Personal

The Handmaid's Tale star says that as a queer Black woman, her reading of Alice Walker's beloved Pulitzer Prize winning novel was a cathartic experience. 

Starting a Gay Family — in the '70s

In her new memoir, You Can't Buy Love, Carol Anderson writes of growing up gay -- and fundamentalist -- in the 1960s and trying to establish a queer family a decade later. Read an exclusive excerpt below.