'Cat Ladies for Kamala Harris' are campaigning AND shading JD Vance
Women have put up with Republican attacks on their rights for decades — but they're drawing a line at attacks on their pets.
August 1, 2024
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Four hours, 44,000 Black women, and one Zoom call
There were at least 44,000 on a Zoom call by the end of the more than four-hour convening that was a mass meeting, prayer circle, and pep rally — all with the goal of working to elect Harris the first woman president in 105 days.
July 23, 2024
As the Democratic convention begins, this is why Kamala and Coach Walz are a runaway train
Absent an unforeseen catastrophe, and God knows this election has been full of surprises, the upcoming election should be historic, writes John Casey.
August 19, 2024
LGBT Comedians' Olympic Tweets: Biting Medals and Loving Gymnastics
The 2016 Olympics have given LGBT comedians plenty to tweet about, cheering on heroes, pointing out gaffes, and admitting they don't know why winners bite their medals.
August 18, 2016
The Filmmakers Behind Tina Turner
Academy Award-winning directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin on their new biopic and the "insidious ways the music industry hindered... Black women" like Turner.
April 13, 2021
Obama Wins South Carolina in Racially Charged Primary
Landslide margins among black voters powered Barack Obama to his win Saturday in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, allowing him to overcome the telling edge Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards had among whites. Blacks made up 55% of the voters in Saturday's contest, slightly more than turned out in the state's primary four years ago and by far their biggest share in any presidential contest so far this year. Obama won 78% of their votes, with black men and women supporting the Illinois senator by about that same margin, according to exit polls of Democratic voters conducted Saturday for the Associated Press and the networks.
January 29, 2008
Elizabeth Warren Once Again Notes Anti-Trans Violence in Debate
Tuesday's debate again saw little mention of LGBTQ issues, but Warren highlighted violence against trans women of color.
January 15, 2020
Boomerang's Lena Waithe Shares the Secret to Her Success
The out writer and producer capitalized on her history-making Emmy win to launch numerous other projects focusing on the black experience.
January 21, 2019
Thousands honor suffragist Susan B. Anthony for Election Day
There's a tradition of leaving "I Voted" stickers on her gravestone on Election Day.
November 5, 2024
For Black Women, Being Called the Democrats' 'Backbone' Is No Compliment
Black women helped defeat Roy Moore, but they don't want to be anyone's backbone but their own, writes Rev. Irene Monroe.
December 18, 2017
On World AIDS Day, We Must Recommit Ourselves to Eradicating Stigma
There is much work that remains to fight stigma, especially in communities of color.
December 1, 2022
When We Rise Shows How We Are Stronger Together
Creator Dustin Lance Black warned against the "myopia of the LGBT movement" in discussing lessons from the first episode of the miniseries.
February 27, 2017
The Fastest Woman in the World Is Leaving Her Haters Behind
Despite the trauma she’s endured, it took her becoming the fastest woman in the world after winning the women’s 100 meter at the track and field world championships in Budapest in August to renew a skeptical public’s faith in her.
September 25, 2023
Megan Rapinoe Stands Up for Equal Pay and Trans Athletes
Appearing at the White House and before Congress, the out athlete called for gender equity in pay and said women's sports are not "spontaneously combusting" due to trans inclusion.
March 26, 2021
Queer Women Who Paved the Way: Playwright Lorraine Hansberry
To mark Women's History Month, The Advocate will feature a different queer woman from history each day. Today we look at A Raisin in the Sun author Lorraine Hansberry.
March 9, 2017
Janet Mock On Why Trans Lives Matter, So #SayHerName
The 18 transgender women killed this year 'had value, had purposes, and were loved,' Mock affirms. 'And they will be missed.'
August 25, 2015
Stop Saying the Deep South Is a Lost Cause
Black women saved us from Roy Moore, but even white men are open to change if the message is right.
December 18, 2017
Gay Congressman Celebrates Beyoncé During House Floor Speech
She is a Black trailblazer and deserves to be celebrated at the intersection of the end of Black History Month and beginning of Women's History Month, the congressman said.
March 1, 2023
Fans Want Zendaya and Anya Taylor-Joy to Play Lesbian Lovers
Lesbian Twitter is going nuts for these two.
January 12, 2021