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Florida Pride Organizers Weigh Navigating DeSantis's Anti-Drag Law or Canceling Events

Many organizers with events planned in the month of June must decide now if they want to be test cases for the law.

Florida Asks Supreme Court to Let It Enforce Its Struck-Down Anti-Drag Law

Lower courts have continued to block the anti-drag law.

Join the fun at Whistler Pride 2025

Barry Hoy reveals why this LGBTQ+ celebration on high is the season’s must-attend event.

Dear Brands: Support for LGBT People Should Last All Year

Corporate sponsorship of Pride festivals is fine, as long as the relationship is thoughtful and respectful.

Google Doodle Honors Barbara May Cameron, Lesbian Native American Activist

It would have been the activist's 69th birthday.

Utah drag queen Tara Lipsyncki was forced to sell her childhood home & go into hiding after far-right attacks

Tara Lipsyncki was harassed and doxxed to the point that she had to sell the home her mom left her after she died.

California competition bars transgender and intersex surfer, then reverses course

Sasha Jane Lowerson was initially excluded from a longboard competition, but then the organizer heard that would violate state law. She's decided not to compete, however.

Florida Republican wants to ban Pride flags in public buildings

Randy Fine has previously introduced bills restricting drag show attendance and gender-affirming care for children.

7 Florida Bills That Threaten LGBTQ+ Rights Right Now

State lawmakers have targeted gender-affirming care, pronouns, and are even trying to expand "don't say gay" to all grade levels.

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.

Florida Pulls LGBTQ+ Support, Antibullying Video After Don’t Say Gay

Resources intended to keep vulnerable LGBTQ+ students safe are being systematically removed from Florida schools. 

Pink dollars for Katrina relief

The cleanup after Hurricane Katrina will last for months, so it's not too late for you to make an impact--or to give more. Here's The Advocate's roundup of relief efforts by and for LGBT evacuees and people with HIV/AIDS

The South Needs Your Compassion, Not Derision

It's easy to dismiss everything below the Mason-Dixon Line. It's harder and more necessary to actually help people in this troubled part of the world.

Ron DeSantis Signs Four Bills Into Law Restricting LGBTQ+ Rights in Florida

The bills include an expansion of "don't say gay," a ban on gender-affirming care, restrictions on bathroom use, and restrictions on drag shows.

'Thunderdome of Hate': Florida House Debates Slew of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills

Lawmakers debated bills restricting drag, bathroom access, and gender-affirming care.

Two Months After Pulse, Antigay Evangelicals Descend on Orlando

The LGBT community is fuming that the American Renewal Project is hosting its gathering -- with Trump and Rubio in attendance -- in the same city where 49 people were murdered at a gay nightclub weeks earlier. 

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Star-Studded Fundraiser to Establish 'Safe Spaces' Around Nation

The Stonewall Inn's nonprofit is leading the effort.

Surf City USA bans Pride flags

The measure requires a unanimous Huntington Beach city council vote to approve non-governmental flags.

Florida Police Call LGBTQ+ Pride Center Vandalism a Hate Crime

In Florida anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Semitic and anti-Democratic acts of vandalism continue to be on the rise.

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.