Meet Raquel Willis, the transgender activist who's one of TIME's Women of the Year
"This honor was validating for my career and for my passion, but not for my womanhood," Willis tells The Advocate.
MARCH 31, 2025
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The 2019 Grammys Will Go Down as the Year of Queer Women
More than a dozen LGBTQ women are nominated and five of this year's performances will be from queer ladies.
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Named One of Time's Women of the Year
The Pose star opened up to the publication about her womanhood journey.
MARCH 7, 2022
'Orange Is the New Black' Season 6 Gets Release Date
The women say goodbye to Litchfield Penitentiary this year.
JUNE 6, 2018
Fortune Feimster's Comedy is For All Queers Without a Voice
The affable comedian made our "Women of the Year" list.
MAY 26, 2020
MJ Rodriguez Has Only Just Begun
The groundbreaking trans actress and activist made our "Women of the Year" list.
MAY 27, 2020
Lizzo Continues to Carry a Torch For Black, Queer Artists
The groundbreaking performer is one of The Advocate's Women of the Year.
MAY 21, 2020
'Professor Marston and the Wonder Women' Is the Year's Queerest Movie
Out actor Luke Evans plays Wonder Woman's poly creator while out director Angela Robinson helms.
JULY 19, 2017
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tops Our Women of the Year List
The Notorious RBG remains a fierce advocate for equality, and long may she rule.
MAY 6, 2020
Why Are So Many Trans Women of Color Murdered Every Year?
A culture that dehumanizes trans women is complicit, writes Joanna Cifredo of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
How Katie Sowers is Expanding LGBTQ+ Visibility on the Field
The trailblazing NFL coach is also one of our "Women of the Year."
MAY 28, 2020
Elizabeth Warren Still Has Plans For America
The former Democratic candidate for POTUS is also one of our "Women of the Year."
MAY 26, 2020
The Woman Shoved on 1967 Boston Marathon Course Triumphantly Returns
Kathrine Switzer, an inspiration for women in running, was an honorary starter in this year's race.
APRIL 17, 2017
Megan Rapinoe Dedicates Her Women of the Year Honor to Trans People
"They offer us a full view of what it means to be a human in the world," Rapinoe said at the Time Women of the Year gala.
MARCH 10, 2023
Chicago Won't Hold Women's March This Year
The move comes amid controversy involving national march leaders, but Chicago organizers, who will plan an alternative event, cite other reasons.
DECEMBER 27, 2018
How 'Designing Women' Addressed AIDS 30 Years Ago
This '80s sitcom spoke up about the disease when hardly anyone else would.
DECEMBER 1, 2017
Caitlyn Jenner Is One of Glamour's Women of the Year
After sparkling on the red carpet, the former Olympian and reality series star revealed she had achieved another transgender milestone.
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Lights Up the Screen for Queer Women
The new film from Celine Sciamma promises to be one of the best women-loving-women films of the year, if not the decade.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Chaya Milchtein is Our Favorite Queer, Femme Automotive Writer
Milchtein is using her knowledge to educate women and girls, which is why she's one of The Advocate's Women of the Year.
MAY 20, 2020