LOS ANGELES – In honor of World AIDS Day, The Advocate, with the generous support from Michael J. Libow and in conjunction with The NAMES Project Foundation, is bringing three installation panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Los Angeles for display at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and The Beverly Hills Public…
Today, New York Senator Chuck Schumer penned an article on The Advocate offering words of consolation and motivation following the results of last week’s election. In the article, Sen. Schumer recognizes that he is not sure what the future holds, but he will do whatever he can do prevent backsliding on hard-won rights and to…
LOS ANGELES — For its annual Year in Review issue, The Advocate looks back at a series of moments that collectively shaped 2016. The retrospective look at this past year includes a collection of events that have impacted our society in a variety of ways. One of these incidences includes the Pulse Nightclub massacre, the…
Today, The Advocate announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president of the United States in a new cover story. This is only the second time in the publication’s near 50-year history that it has made an endorsement in the Presidential election. The first came in 2012 during President Barack Obama’s bid for re-election. In…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Logo today announced that legend of stage and screen Harvey Fierstein and seminal LBGT news outlet The Advocate will be honored during the third annual “Trailblazer Honors,” a television special that celebrates pioneers at the forefront of LGBT equality. For the first time, VH1 and Logo will simulcast the “Trailblazer Honors,” the largest…
LOS ANGELES — For its June/July 2016 cover story, The Advocate’s Les Fabian Brathwaite explores the intricate intersection of race and LGBT identity and how a community within a community uses their collective voices through celebration to create a support system, awareness, and acceptance. The Advocate’s cover story, “Black Pride: A Celebration,” takes a closer…
Tina Fey’s next dream project? “A movie about Stonewall where I play all the people,” she deadpans. Until then, the Emmy-winning 30 Rock creator-star will keep making the Netflix streaming series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which returns this spring. Reteaming with comedy cohort Amy Poehler for Sisters, in theaters Dec. 18, the Saturday Night Live alum talks to The Advocate about her womance…
LOS ANGELES —The Advocate has named Russian president, Vladimir Putin as “Person of the Year” in its December/January issue, on sale Nov. 18. As the Olympic Winter Games headed to Sochi in 2014, so did a spotlight on the violations against the Russian LGBT community. Those violations are coming directly from the top of the Russian…
In an op-ed for The Advocate, Ana Ma, COO and chief of staff of HRC, and Matthew McClellan, the executive director of the National Council of La Raza Action Fund, urge President Obama to take action on immigration reform. Ma and McClellan write, “Two of the most pressing civil rights issues facing our nation today…
Rea Carey, the executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Action Fund, penned the following op-ed for The Advocate. The morning the sun rose after the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling, we all woke up in a changed and intensified landscape of religious exemptions being used as an excuse to discriminate. The reality is…
