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From player to broadcaster, meet the queer Black soccer pro breaking down the Washington Spirit

Former NWSL Washington Spirit player Gaby Vincent tells The Advocate about her "full circle moment" becoming a broadcaster for the team.

Elementary School Dress-Up Day Irks Christian Group

An elementary-school event in which kids were encouraged to dress as members of the opposite gender drew the ire of a Christian radio group, whose angry broadcast prompted outraged calls to the district office. Students at Pineview Elementary in Reedsburg, Wis., had been dressing in costume all last week as part of an annual school tradition called Wacky Week. On Friday, students were encouraged to dress either as senior citizens or as members of the opposite sex.

'Killing Eve,' 'Nanette,' 'Pose' Among This Year's Peabody Winners

Exactly half of this year's Peabody Awards, which honor excellence in broadcasting, went to LGBTQ shows. 

Openly gay George Takei joins Stern

Howard Stern has introduced George Takei as his new on-air personality. Takei, who played Sulu on Star Trek and who last year publicly came out as gay, will serve as announcer on Stern's new show.

Pat Robertson, Conservative Anti-LGBTQ+ Televangelist, Dies at 93

Robertson helped imbue the Republican Party with conservative Christianity, turning it in the nightmare it is today.

Putin Tightens Grip on Kremlin-Run News Agencies

After dissolving one of the nation's oldest state-run news agencies, Russian president Vladimir Putin appointed a well-known, violently homophobic news anchor to lead the new media group.

Sheila Michaels, Who Popularized Title 'Ms.,' Dies at 78

Civil rights worker and feminist Michaels didn't invent the honorific, but she ushered it into prominence.

Trans Reporter Alleges Wrongful Firing by South Dakota Public Radio

"It became glaringly evident that unchecked personal bias clouds judgment in this workplace," South Dakota journalist Stel Kline tweeted.

New Law in China Leads Grindr to Leave App Store There

Officials with the gay dating app anticipate additional regulations due to a new law on personal information, so they have withdrawn it from China.

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