Black Gay Conservative Targeted With Homophobic Slurs at Right-Wing Conference
A a social media user later claimed responsibility for the video, and doubled-down with the antigay slur.
DECEMBER 20, 2023
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Op-ed: Black, Gay, American — It's Complicated
Rob Smith enlisted in the Army for a way out of his small town, but ended up becoming a prominent voice among LGBT enlisted soldiers of color.
JANUARY 28, 2014
Celebs Speak Out for Trans Day of Visibility at HRC L.A. Dinner
Marcia Gay Harden, Yeardley Smith, and more sent love to the transgender and GNC communities. And trans singer Shea Diamond gave advice to allies.
MARCH 31, 2019
How Trans Actor Brian Michael Smith Shaped His Historic TV Character
9-1-1: Lone Star's Brian Michael Smith is the first Black transmasculine series regular in television history.
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
MAGA gays at Trump fundraising event claim LGBTQ+ community already has full equality: ‘We’re past that’
“It’s unfortunate that you have groups like the Log Cabin Republicans who are willing to sell out the community in exchange for being able to cozy up to someone like Donald Trump,” said HRC’s Brandon Wolf.
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Gay Music Exec Michael Alago Beat AIDS and Bathed With Nina Simone
The gay former music executive who signed Metallica spills his guts in a new memoir.
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Harris's campaign says Donald Trump is 'not up to the job' after transphobic Al Smith Dinner monologue
The former president clearly did not understand the assignment, while Vice President Kamala Harris did.
OCTOBER 18, 2024
What a Difference 5 Years Makes: Half a Decade Since DADT Died
On this important anniversary, gay Iraq vet Rob Smith shares an excerpt from his powerful memoir, Closets, Combat + Coming Out.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Op-ed: Why LGBT Veterans Still Need Our Help
The official ban on gay service members might be over, but the battle for full equality is not.
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
Target Pulls 'Silence = Death' T-Shirt After ACT UP NY Calls Store Out
The group objected to commercial use of the iconic message.
MAY 10, 2022
Op-ed: My Friend, Dan Choi
To many people, he's Lt. Dan Choi, gay activist and the face of the movement to end "don't ask, don't tell." To a fellow former solder, he's just Dan.
APRIL 18, 2013
10 Great LGBT Summer Reads
Headed to the beach this weekend or looking for a good summer read? Here are 10 LGBT titles that will get you whipping out that bookmark in no time.
MAY 26, 2014
Former Texas park ranger faces allegations he sexually assaulted gay men
Joey Lamar Ellis now faces one sexual assault charge and two charges of official oppression for multiple incidents that took place earlier this year in Houston
AUGUST 28, 2024
Op-ed: My First Grand Marshal Experience and the Meaning of LGBT Pride
Being Key West's grand marshal gave Rob Smith a new perspective on small-town America.
JUNE 25, 2014
Iraq: A Gay Soldier’s View
On the 11th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, gay former soldier Rob Smith remembers the harrowing events.
MARCH 20, 2014
You're In The 'DADT' Army, Now
At the age of 17, Rob Smith enlisted in the military, just as he was figuring out his own sexual identity. What he encountered the moment he got to boot camp shocked him.
JANUARY 29, 2014
LGBTQ Task Force: Cisgender Men Should Fight for Reproductive Freedom
The National LGBTQ Task Force has assembled a diverse group of straight and queer, trans and cis men to make this case.
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Porn, Prostitutes, and Propaganda
The big, powerful, pro-Trump broadcaster has a sordid history and a long history of political entanglements.
APRIL 11, 2018
NYC LGBTQ Center Cancels Event Hosted by Right-Wing Queer Group
The #WalkAway Town Hall advocated for LGBTQ people to abandon the Democratic Party and embrace conservatism.
MARCH 22, 2019
LGBT, Proud, and American
A roundup of essays, commentaries, and op-eds from Advocate contributors and staffers, who give a sense of what it means to be an American.
JULY 4, 2013