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The Advocate endorses Kamala Harris for president

Harris has brought a long and strong record of LGBTQ+ rights support to the White House, and promises to do even more.

Right-wing anti-LGBTQ+ education activist exposed as former gay adult film star

Well, well, well who could have seen this HYPOCRISY coming?

Meet the 38 drag artists fighting hard to drag out the vote!

Drag Out the Vote has chosen these 38 queens, kings, and things to get you to sashay to the polls!

Taraji P. Henson called out Republicans' Project 2025 — what is it & should queer folks be scared?

If you're not paying attention, now is definitely the time to start.

Trump is no longer dog whistling and the internet is ruthlessly ROASTING him — as they should be

Also, he seems to forget that he's running against Biden and not Obama!

Adele Is Living for This Fan Who Proposed to His BF During Her Concert

"I had no idea that was going to happen!"

Sweeping LGBT Rights Bill to Be Introduced This Week

The Equality Act would include protections in public accommodations, public education, employment, housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections, and credit.

Lesbian and Bisexual Women Who Kicked Ass In 2014

We salute more of the women who made 2014 a year of progress in a politics, the arts, and other arenas.

VOTE: You Pick SheWired's Woman of the Year 2014!

Please join us in reminiscing about the year in out women! And don't forget to VOTE!

Op-ed: Wynne Wins, Hillary’s Harassed: Why Is It So Hard for Women in Power?

Women can be president or prime minister or premier. The question for Americans–since Canadians have it sorted already–is whether America is ready to treat women politicians fairly, or will sexism forever rule?

Op-ed: My Big Long-Awaited Lesbian Wedding

Marriage is now on the table for Pennsylvania's same-sex couples, and it has made all the difference.

8 Lesbian-Approved Movies Not to Miss at Sundance 2014

Whether you're lucky enough to be headed to Sundance right now, or if you're just trying to keep up with the next best queer films, here's a quick run-down of what not to miss!

Op-Ed: Gosnell Case Puts More Women at Risk

This month a fight broke out across the blogosphere. Conservatives complained that the so-called liberal media had ignored the case of illegal abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell prior to his trial, which began in Philadelphia on March 18. The assertion was that there had been a conspiracy of silence.

Activists are Hot! - 10 Women Who Make a Difference from the Advocate's 40 Under 40

The Advocate, rolled out its annual 40 Under 40 list of LGBT up and comers today, and we thought we'd pick 10 women under 40 who are looking to make a difference through activism. But you can check out the full 40 Under 40 at Advocate.com.

Dustin Lance Black Goes Back to School with the Homecoming Project: Interview

Live Out Loud has set out to inspire and empower LGBT youth by connecting them with successful LGBT adults in their community through an initiative called the Homecoming Project. The concept behind this project is simple -- successful LGBT professionals head back to their own high school to tell their success stories to current students. One of the most notable past participants of the Homecoming Project includes Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Milk and screenwriter of the upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio starrer J. Edgar. Live Out Loud pro­duced a short film that aired on PBS in February of 2011, which documented Black’s experience.

Cyndi Lauper Gives a Damn and Discusses �Memphis Blues�

With over 30 million records sold worldwide, 13 Grammy Award nominations including two wins (both in 1985 for She’s So Unusual), 11 studio albums, two Primetime Emmy Award nominations with one win (for her guest starring role on Mad About You), and an extremely successful celebrity tour for equality called True Colors (after her second album by the same name), Cyndi Lauper is still going strong and dedicating her life’s work to LGBT equality and inclusion through her Give a Damn Campaign.

Gay Marriage: Made Legal By the Constitution?

Equal rights for everyone, including gay and lesbian people wanting to marry, might already be encompassed in the Constitution, in the 14th Amendment. 

The Prop 8 Federal Case: Can It End CA's Gay Marriage Ban?

The first hearing of the federal case against Prop 8, by Ted Olson and David Boies, assigned to Judge Vaughn Walker, begins July 2 in the North California U.S. District Court.