Scenes From D.C.
Missed the National Equality March in Washington, D.C.? Advocate.com has photos from the scene.
Blood, Sex, and the FDA
Despite policy changes in other countries and technological advances in screening for HIV, the FDA stands firm: Gay men pose far too great a risk to give blood. Will we ever be allowed to donate again?
The Next Generation of Activists Steps Out
A crowd estimated at 200,000 streamed into Washington, D.C., on Sunday for the National Equality March, in what for many was their first experience with LGBT activism.
Backstage at the March
For those who said they wouldn't come -- they came. Some 200,000 people demanding gay rights turned out for the march, in fact. Head backstage with Advocate.com for a look at what you didn't see.
A city native and strong supporter of Kalamazoo's effort to keep an anti-discrimination law reflects on a hard-won campaign.
Several gay rights organizations in Alabama announced plans to protest a Focus on the Family conference on LGBT youths that will be held Saturday, November 7, in Birmingham.
About 50 Georgetown University students attended a rally on campus on Friday after a student was attacked last week, allegedly because of her perceived sexual orientation.
Sailor Joseph Rocha endured years of hazing until he spoke out — then he was discharged for revealing his homosexuality. Nonetheless, the 23-year-old is itching to suit back up.
COMMENTARY: Taking to the streets — and to the World Wide Web — is the only way get this White House to move on gay issues, columnist Michelangelo Signorile says. So it could be time to plan another march on Washington.
As the decade draws to a close, we look back at gays outed with a little help from their enemies.
Victor Mukasa crossed a line in his home country. He came out -- once as a lesbian, once as trans -- and decided not to stay silent about it. Now he fears the worst.
When his mom started dating women, writer Brett Berk was amused. But now she's gayer than he is -- and he's confused.
Longtime activist and writer Larry Kramer schools the crowd as he accepted an award from Yale's Gay and Lesbian Association.
He's tackled the MPAA and showgirls, but documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick is about to unleash his most controversial film to date: Outrage , a look at closeted, conservative politicians like Larry Craig and Charlie Crist.
Professor Stephen Scott, the director of research at the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners, claims evidence shows that children raised by gay women go on to do better in life.
Once an unfortunate but understandable option for a beaten-down sexual minority, public sex no longer has a place in modern gay culture -- as so many closeted politicians and celebs have proven.
Author Terrance Dean examines the intricacies of being a black gay man in a white gay dating world.
Activist Lane Hudson, attending the Netroots Nation convention, took on former president Bill Clinton about two pressing issues languishing in Washington: DOMA and DADT.
Comedian Carol Leifer likes to watch on-demand porn… a lot of it! But when the DirecTV bill came, she got caught.
Join photographer Byron Motley on a photo tour of Havana -- a journey few Americans get to take -- and get up close and personal with Cuba’s gay and transgender community.
Bisexuals are (real) people, too -- that was the message of a recent, and popular, get-together in New York.
COMMENTARY: They say the Internet killed the gay sex club -- but as one writer finds out with just a little bit of research, for some people, those dark corridors are inviting more play than ever.
Why can't a Morehouse man wear a fierce pair of Jimmy Choos to class?
COMMENTARY: One of the nation's leading college ranking groups fails to keep actual LGBT students in mind when ranking the most gay-friendly campuses.
Student loans, StockTwits.com, socially charitable
In 1920, 14 Harvard leaders and students were found "guilty" of homosexuality and dismissed. Now Harvard boasts the first endowed, named chair in LGBT studies at an American institution of higher learning.
A community reacts to the death of 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, who committed suicide after months of antigay taunts…and little action from his school.
What's the delicate way to tell a friend you won't vouch for her work? Ethical pro Stephen Milioti explains.
Blinders , a documentary by gay stand-up comedian Donny Moss, explores the dark side of Central Park's iconic horse and carriage businesses.
When the ex is a coworker, where's the line between business and revenge? Ethical pro Stephen Milioti explains.
Where’s the trust when neither of you were supposed to be cruising online? Ethical expert Stephen Milioti explains.
What’s breaking up when we’re really not yet an item? Ethical expert Stephen Milioti explains.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death sentence of a man who was found guilty of killing a man he met at a gay bar in 1985.
Thousands gathered in London Friday night to rally against the sudden surge of antigay hate crimes in the area, including the recent murder of 62-year-old Ian Baynham, who was en route to a club for a night on the town when he was attacked.
President Barack Obama hosted a White House reception to commemorate the signing of hate crimes legislation in which he hailed the new law as a step toward "a more perfect union."
Moments after President Barack Obama signed landmark legislation enacting a hate-crimes law protecting LGBT victims, the parents of slain gay student Matthew Shepard released a statement.
Hate-crime victim from Queens speaks out.
Following the Salt Lake City Council's passage of two gay rights measures with the backing of the Church of Latter-day Saints, the possibility of passing a similar law in the state may come with the church's support.
Police arrested a man early Wednesday morning after he attempted to burn the gay pride flag at a Memphis, Tenn., gay and lesbian center. A second suspect remains at large.
More than 2,500 postcards were delivered to the Cleveland City Council meeting Monday night, urging members to support transgender rights legislation.
After a 10-year legal battle, a court in eastern France on Tuesday granted a lesbian schoolteacher the right to adopt a child.
The Wisconsin supreme court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that charges the 2006 referendum that banned same-sex marriage and civil unions was unconstitutional.
Last year, acclaimed stage performer Terri White was homeless and living in a public park. On Sunday, she and her partner held a leather-themed commitment ceremony onstage following her triumphant Broadway turn in Finian’s Rainbow.
Advocate.com readers submit their photos from this weekend's National Equality March.
This fall in Iowa, Loren A. Olson and his partner, Doug, will finally tie the knot after 23 years together. But how it will change their relationship is the big news.
2010? 2012? Despite a weekend summit that brought together more than 150 marriage equality activists, consensus over the timing of an attempt to repeal California's Proposition 8 at the voting booth remains elusive.
One of the nation’s most respected gay newspapers celebrates four decades of looping in the Beltway.
Allegedly fired for being "too gay," former Miami news anchor Charles Perez talks to Advocate.com about his termination, his gay boss, and Anderson Cooper.
More than 300 same-sex wedding or commitment announcements have appeared in The New York Times in the past seven years -- now many of the featured couples are coming together to commemorate Stonewall.
Ariel Foxman heads up an impressive list of out media professionals that includes Ariel Levy, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Air Shapiro, Josh Rubin, and Rachel Maddow.
Washington debates hate crimes and a slew of ads -- bad, good, and campy -- hit the airwaves on both sides of the same-sex marriage issue.
In honor of Veteran's Day, two of the most famous gay vets -- Frank Kameny and Dan Choi -- share their letters from Uncle Sam.
America’s largest organization of physicians and medical students has issued declarations against the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and state same-sex marriage bans.
Marine Corps commandant James Conway has emerged as the Pentagon's most outspoken opponent of repealing the ban on out gay and lesbian military personnel.
Since it was implemented in 1994, “don’t ask, don’t tell” has ended the careers of more than 13,000 service members—men and women who served their country honorably, yet fell casualty to discriminatory policy. For discharged soldiers and other gay veterans, it’s a painful legacy.
HIV/AIDS activist and West Hollywood City Hall staffer Howard Jacobs died Thursday morning after a two-decade battle with HIV. He was 45.
Sen. Ted Kennedy's unfaltering devotion to the LGBT community during the AIDS crisis typified the wealth of humanity he offered to all.
Of the millions who tried to get tickets to Michael Jackson's gigantic funeral, Advocate News Editor Andrew Harmon was one of the few to actually win a pair. He kept us posted through the day with Tweets from the Staples Center.
When Continental Flight 3407 crashed in upstate New York, it claimed the life of local hero and gay rights activist Ron Gonzalez -- beloved by family, friends, and total strangers.
One year after the death of Lawrence King, GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard takes a look at what's being done in schools to stop the bullying and start a conversation.
Is Rock Hudson's ex the man for you?
Joe Paolucci and his partner, Thomas Hitchcock, have been barred for life from all Wal-Mart stores following a dispute over Bic lighters.
NYC’s latest foodie obsession is frigid and flamboyant.
The fearless contributions of one tough "mother."
After a year of advancements and celebration for gay and lesbian Colombians, the community takes to the streets of Bogota for the country's biggest pride ever.
Check out images from 2009's San Francisco Pride, timed to the 40th anniversary of Stonewall.
Check out images from 2009's New York Pride, a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Stonewall.
Tyra Banks, Suze Orman, Vanessa Williams, and others speak of progress, passion, and more at the New York City GLAAD Media Awards.
Right-wing group's spending gets desired results in Maine but not in Washington.
The minister who fell from grace in a gay sex scandal will lead a new congregation in his Colorado Springs home.
The Church of Scientology is not antigay, says a spokesman in response to claims from Crash director Paul Haggis.
Many have argued people should ignore the members of Westboro Baptist Church because "they are fringe." But Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum says the hate that fuels those "fringe" people can lead to murder.
On Monday, June 15, at about 6:30 p.m., the Reverend V. Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, took the stage at the LGBT Community Center in New York City in his bishop's purple shirt, gold cross, and -- perhaps not surprisingly -- polka-dot socks.
Blu-ray choices, Blu-ray DVD picks, body composition scale
Faster Ferraris, speed trap app, close shaver
There have been so many advances in palm-sized video cameras lately -- not the least of which are the pint-sized price tags -- that there's no excuse not to get in on the hi-res fun. Here are three of our favorites.
San Francisco's Steve Demeter has gone from Wells Fargo employee to independently wealthy game designer in less than a year thanks to a $5 iPhone game called Trism.
One of the world's biggest gaming communities toasts its LGBT members for a Pride celebration.
As a U.K. court moves to protect its MTF inmates from rape and assault, America’s transgender prisoners continue to suffer.
The Fort Worth City Council voted on Tuesday to expand its antidiscrimination ordinance to include transgender people.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will hold its first-ever hearing on a transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act on Thursday at 10 a.m.
A church-turned-shelter for homeless youth in Queens, New York is a far cry from sleeping on the streets after a $200,000 renovation and a partnership with the Ali Forney Center for LGBT youth.
A north Alabama school district may allow a high school student to bring her girlfriend to the prom after initially canceling the event.
A Nevada judge ruled on Tuesday that a high school theater class should not be blocked from performing The Laramie Project and the musical Rent.
The University of North Texas's Student Government Association wants its student body to decide whether same-sex couples should be allowed to run for homecoming court.
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