Champions of Pride 2023: Sam Smith Adds Queer Joy to the World of Pop
The nonbinary “Unholy” singer uses their voice for more than just chart-toppers.
JUNE 20, 2023
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The nonbinary musician and actor unapologetically centered queer Black femme sexuality in her 2023 album, Age of Pleasure.
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This author is audacious, unapologetic, and ready to take up space
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FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Grief, guilt, and the journey to self-acceptance after Virginia Tech
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OCTOBER 21, 2024
How I Reclaimed Christmas
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DECEMBER 23, 2015
Seat Filler The Advocates Guide to Theater
Your man on the New York theater scene looks back at gay love and self-loathing in the '40s, '50s, and '60s before shamelessly lusting after Broadway stars Liev Schreiber, Victor Garber, and High School Musical hunk Corbin Bleu.
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
Baseball as a First Love on the Way to Gay Self-Love
The characters from the series A League of Their Own and recently out pitcher Solomon Bates show the power of baseball as a lifelong love.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
How I Found Love — and Self-Love — Through Burlesque
Dancing changed Isaiah Esquire's life for the better.
MARCH 7, 2017
How Gay Former Basketball Star DeMarco Majors Found Self-Love
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MAY 10, 2021
PHOTOS: All About the Love (To Write on Her Arms)
A pair of out musicians were among the headliners for Heavy and Light, the annual flagship event of suicide and self-harm support network To Write Love on Her Arms.
JANUARY 17, 2014
14 Sex Toys That Show Your LGBTQ+ Pride
Celebrate Pride all year long some sexy self-love, with or without a partner. Here are some of our fave Good Vibes products, which are sure to bring a smile to your face.
JULY 8, 2020
Here's what to give your valentine this year, according to your Lovable Trans Auntie
Need some last-minute Valentine's Day gift ideas? Whether indulging in romance, friendship, or self-love, you something that make your heart race.
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Advocate Channel
Channel Your Thanksgiving Anxiety Into Self-Love
Don't get hung up on others' expectations when you're inevitably bombarded with questions about love, life, and career.
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Suburgatory's Rex Lee on Artificial Romance and Self-Love
Rex Lee gets down and dirty about sex, love, feminism, and living in Suburgatory.
APRIL 17, 2013
Black Gay Men, We Must Treat Each Other Better
Comedian Sampson McCormick offers advice on practicing self-love and love of others.
MAY 16, 2018
Musician Christian Chávez on how he learned to own his queerness
The international superstar opens up about overcoming cultural stigmas to come to a place of self-love and acceptance.
DECEMBER 10, 2024
How Wayne Brady found the courage to come out: 'I finally dealt with all those demons'
The Emmy-winning star of The Wiz opens up about how family support and finding self-love allowed him to come out as pansexual at 50.
MAY 16, 2024