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Antigay Fliers Attack Annise Parker

Advocate  5 days ago

A conservative Christian activist in Houston mailed 35,000 fliers to attack openly gay mayoral candidate Annise Parker.

Buttars Melting in Gay Rights Opposition?

Advocate  5 days ago

Utah state senator Chris Buttars says that he might support gay rights legislation, provided it does not "creep" into areas like marriage equality.

Gay Men's Chorus Sings Praises of Blade

Advocate  5 days ago

The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. presented the former Washington Blade with a check Wednesday night for a full-page ad in the publication's new print iteration.

House Committee Passes Partner Benefits Bill

Advocate  6 days ago

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday voted 23-12 to pass the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act, which would extend benefits to same-sex partners of federal government workers.

 Kellan Lutz Won’t Strip for Ellen, Charity

Advocate  6 days ago

 Ellen DeGeneres offered Twilight hunk Kellan Lutz $5,000 for one of his favorite charities if he’d take his shirt off on her show.

Sexually Active Gay Pastors Divide Lutherans

Advocate  6 days ago

The decision to allow sexually active gays and lesbians to serve as clergy members has caused a split in the country’s largest Lutheran denomination, and some conservatives now say they’re forming their own body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Baltimore Gay Teen Murdered

Advocate  6 days ago

A family friend is arrested in the murder of a 15-year-old gay youth in Baltimore.

Judge Orders Feds to Pay Gay Couple

Advocate  6 days ago

A gay couple in Los Angeles was awarded compensation Tuesday for being denied spousal benefits by the federal government.

It's a Girl for Mary Cheney and Heather

Advocate  6 days ago

The daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and her partner had their second child, a girl, on Wednesday.

Mass. Moms Urge Against School Bullying

Advocate  6 days ago

The mother of Carl Walker-Hoover, the 11-year-old boy who committed suicide earlier this year after he was taunted with antigay slurs at school, joined with two other moms Tuesday to urge Massachusetts lawmakers to approve a bill helping to prevent bullying in schools.

Kellan Lutz and Peter Facinelli in a Tub?

Advocate  6 days ago

The tabloids are all over a photo of Twilight costars Kellan Lutz and Peter Facinelli holding hands as they walk through an airport .

Vitter Doesn't Know Loving v. Virginia

Advocate  6 days ago

Louisiana senator David Vitner has refused for weeks to comment on the justice of the peace who last month refused to marry an interracial couple.

Too Many Gays in Philippines Congress?

Advocate  6 days ago

An election official in the Philippines said Monday that gays and lesbians cannot be considered marginalized in society because there are already too many of them in the nation's congress.

Sneak Peek at Levis Shoot

Advocate  6 days ago

Hockey skates, sticks, and a pair of underwear become Levi's only accessories.

Ariz. Workers Sue to Keep Benefits

Advocate  6 days ago

A budget deal that would end domestic-partner benefits is discriminatory, Arizona state employees say.

Precious Director to March on Selma

Advocate  6 days ago

Out director Lee Daniels is in talks to follow his film Precious with the civil rights drama Selma.

Project Runway: Anatomy of a Disaster 

Advocate  6 days ago

Following Project Runway's lamentable debut on the Lifetime network, one writer searches for answers.

Christians Target Trans Protections

Advocate  6 days ago

Christian groups target rights newly granted to Tampa's transgender population.

Is Anyone in Texas Actually Married?

Advocate  6 days ago

Texas voters banned same-sex marriage in 2005 — but a Houston lawyer now says because of the poorly worded amendment, they may have banned all marriage in Texas in the process.

"Armageddon" Planned for EEOC Nominee

Advocate  6 days ago

Social conservatives say to they plan "Armageddon" for the Senate confirmation hearings of out EEOC nominee Chai Feldblum.

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