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Actress Annette Bening, the mother of a transgender son, issued a warning to transphobes during GLSEN’s Rise Up LA benefit Saturday. Read on »
Over 12 years ago, when I joined the Trevor Project’s board of directors, I pledged to help save young LGBTQ lives. I truly believe that everyone deserves to be loved and respected, no matter how they identify or who they love. While I was on the board, my determination grew even stronger as I learned so much more about the countless LGBTQ young people in crisis. I take a great deal of pride in all that Trevor has accomplished over 25 years of lifesaving service to LGBTQ young people. We’ve grown from a first-of-its-kind hotline for LGBTQ youth in crisis in 1998 to one of the nation’s leading organizations committed to ending suicide among LGBTQ young people — a group that is more than four times as likely to attempt suicide as their peers.
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October, traditionally adorned with the vibrant hues of LGBTQ+ History Month, is a time of reflection and celebration of the community’s past, underlined by a pressing discourse on the contemporary educational and political landscape surrounding LGBTQ+ rights. Read on »
Billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, ignited on Monday a flurry of criticism with his misinterpretation of gender-related terminology in a post in which he wrongfully associated the term cisgender with a “heterosexual slur.” Musk stated, “The word “cis” is a heterosexual slur. Shame on anyone who uses it.” Read on »
As the leaves turn amber and fall softly to the ground, the LGBTQ+ community celebrates not only the rich tapestry of its history but also the remarkable 50-year journey of Lambda Legal, a legal powerhouse advocating for LGBTQ+ rights since 1973. During this LGBTQ+ History Month, Lambda Legal’s chief legal officer Jenny Pizer and CEO Kevin Jennings reflect on the organization’s past and future in a profound conversation with The Advocate. Read on »
NBA player Dwight Howard was apparently outed in a lawsuit by a male model claiming the former finals champion and future Hall of Famer sexually assaulted him over two years ago during a threesome at Howard’s Atlanta-area home. Read on »
Kelly Johnson, the wife of newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, a relatively unknown congressman from Louisiana, took her Christian counseling services website offline. Read on »
Janelle Monáe’s journey as an artist and human over the last several years has been a privilege and pleasure to witness. In addition to achieving wild success as a musician with hit-filled albums like The Electric Lady and Dirty Computer, Monáe has proven that their talent doesn’t end there. She’s received much attention and critical acclaim for her acting over the last decade (Antebellum, Hidden Figures), most recently for her fascinating dual role in 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Read on »
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Police in Florida have arrested a man they say murdered London Price, a 26-year-old Black transgender woman, in front of her grandmother last week. Read on »
A street in Newark, N.J., has been named for Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old Black lesbian killed in an antigay crime 20 years ago. Read on »
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