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Jessie Godderz strips down, rocks tiny Speedos on 'House of Villains'

The Big Brother alum is leaving little to the imagination.

Alice Wu Gives High School Rom-Coms a Queer Twist in 'The Half of It'

Alice Wu, the writer/director of Saving Face, returns 15 years later with her second film, The Half of It. 

4 Books on the Shelf

Fascinating, monstrous, intriguing, and unflinching -- a recommended quartet of books.

These Stars Want LGBTQ Youth to Know Their Lives Matter

Stars including Paul Wesley, Dan Bucatinsky, Matt McGorry, and more shared why they're passionate about LGBTQ youth and the battle against bullying on the red carpet of TrevorLIVE L.A.

Unsung Heroes: Surrogate Mothers to Same-Sex Couples

Let's give a nod to the women who simultaneously help queer people start families and move the needle on tolerance.

Drag Queen Story Hour Canceled in N.C. Town Due to Violent Threats

The story hour was to be part of the Pride Festival in Apex, N.C.

Op-ed: Hold Your Head Up, Young One

To the young LGBT kid stuck in a small town and feeling alone.

Indigo Girls' Moving 'Country Radio' Is for Gay Kids Trying to Relate

Following the success of the duo's livestreamed performance last month and ahead of a new album, they've released a heartfelt song about growing up queer in a small town. 

Things That Go Bump

An LGBT Earthquake Is Happening in Country Music

There’s an earthquake happening in the music genre that has long kept many of us at a lasso-length’s distance.

Hot Sheet for February 15, 2013

The top 10 entertainment highlights on our gaydar this week: Andy Warhol goes to Vegas, Darryl Stephens is on stage, while our brainwaves tune to Matmos.

How a Wisconsin Town Rejected Fearmongering

The Mount Horeb, Wis., school board just passed protections for trans students, but there was drama — and compassion — that preceded that change. 

Androgyne Dreams

What's a mother to do when her 12-year-old son has a passion for long hair and lovely dresses? If she's surrealist artist Margo Selski, she lets him pose as the subject of her fantastical paintings in the exhibition "Hitherto and Henceforth."

Indigo Girls on Personal Best, Bowie & Telling LGBTQ Stories Via Song

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers chat with Inside With the Advocate about early queer influences, activism, and Ray's journey with gender identity. 

The Biggest Loser's First Out Gay Man

The Biggest Loser has made 21-year-old Jackson Carter a TV star. And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Outfest Opens Festival With a 'Changing of the Guard' in Leadership

The LGBTQ film festival began with an emotional send-off to Christopher Racster and a welcome for its new executive director, Damien Navarro.

Seat Filler November 2010

The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene is on the verge of a nervous breakdown over Zachary Quinto in Angels in America, Miss Coco Peru, and the triumphant comeback of Pee-wee Herman.

WATCH: Sabrina Chap Sings for Equality

Sabrina Chap talks with The Advocate about her latest album, We Are the Parade, and the rerelease of the book Live Through This.

PHOTOS: The Brightest LGBT Minds Were at Voices on Point

Celebrities and scholars walked the red carpet at the Point Foundation's fourth annual Voices on Point gala and told The Advocate the messages they would give to their younger selves.

Mike Pence Shifts to ‘Gender Ideology’ When Asked About Anti-Trans Violence

For Republicans, everything about the existence of transgender people is framed as “woke” or “gender ideology.”