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Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival returns to L.A. just in time for the holidays

For the first time, the international festival takes place concurrently with CLAW’s Leather Thanksgiving celebration.

Idaho Won't 'Add the Words' to Nondiscrimination Law

The 'Add the Words' bill, which would have banned anti-LGBT discrimination, died in a party-line committee vote today.

Artist Spotlight Steve MacIsaac

Steve MacIsaac creates comics that explore contemporary gay culture, identity, and sexuality.

Poppers are Dead, Long Live Poppers

Is alkyl nitrite the gay peyote or just a vestige of a different time that we no longer need?

The cyber mafia

Gay bloggers have emerged as the most influential voice in a new wave of journalists who are redefining the way the information game is played.

Downturn? Fuggedaboudit

When the deals are sealed and it's time to hit the town, business travelers to the Big Apple are finding some of the best bargains in years.

Excerpt: What It Means to Be a Man Alive

Trans author Thomas Page McBee shares true stories of violence and forgiveness from his new memoir, Man Alive.

5 questions with 'Empire Waist' star Mia Kaplan

"I am dying to play someone who is unapologetically fat and queer and yet that fact has very little to do with the storyline."

Sofia Black-D'Elia, Ally Sheedy on Single Drunk Female's Queer Rep

The stars and creators of the new Freeform series chat with The Advocate about the show's authentic depiction of getting sober and how it just keeps getting queerer. 

Author Carla Tomaso on Coming From a Long Line of Lesbians

California-based author and out lesbian Carla Tomaso recently released her fifth book, Frozen, a fictional mother-daughter tale with a touch of science fiction and a hint of real-life narcissism inspired by Tomaso's own mother.

Gay Sex Ed: A Guide to Fun and Worry-Free Anal Sex

This is the first installment in a series intended to educate gay and bisexual men on love, sex, and safety. 

Jimmy Somerville Is Still My Small-Town Boy

From the legendary gay falsetto known for Bronski Beat, the Communards, and his pioneering solo work comes Homage, a disco album that keeps his political beat alive.

7 Ways to Resist This Week

Here's how to rally, resist, and support LGBT causes this Memorial Day weekend.

Annise Parker Is Not Going Away

A very visible lesbian activist of the 1980s became the three-term mayor of America's fourth largest city -- and in Texas. With her sights set on statewide office, is Annise Parker proof Texas politics have grown up?

Famous Moments On the Wrong Side of History

One day we will laugh at the freak out over marriage equality. After all, the zipper frightened people to death at one time, too. Here are some historic lows of paranoid impediments to progress.

New Trans Voices: Hear From the Trans Poets Workshop NYC

Members of the Trans Poets Workshop NYC offer pieces from their diverse bodies of work.