Denver LGBTQ+ youth center closed indefinitely after burglar steals nearly $10K
A center for LGBTQ+ youth in Denver is closing its doors indefinitely after a burglar broke in on Sunday and stole nearly $10,000.
Trans pastor says she’s ‘surrounded by loving kindness’ after coming out to New York congregation
When Rev. Dr. Phillippa “Pastor Phil” Phaneuf stood before her New York congregation at North Chili United Methodist Church outside Rochester on the Sunday before the first Advent and came out as transgender, she believed she was making an announcement primarily for the people she had pastored for six years.
Lesbian educator wins $700K after she was allegedly called a ‘witch’ in an ‘LGBTQ coven’
A former special education director in California has been awarded a $1.2 million settlement after suing her district’s board of trustees for discrimination.
Years before Stonewall, a cafeteria riot became a breakthrough for trans rights
This story is part of History is Queer, an Advocate series examining key LGBTQ+ moments, events, and people in history and their ongoing impact. Is there a piece of LGBTQ+ history we should write about? Email us at history@advocate.com.
Charlie Kirk’s widow set to join out CBS News chief Bari Weiss for televised town hall
CBS News is putting its newly appointed lesbian editor in chief, Bari Weiss, at the center of its editorial reinvention with a televised town hall featuring Erika Kirk, the widow of recently assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, scheduled to air on December 13. The event, first reported by The Guardian, will be recorded in New …
Ruby Faure: Repenser les sexualités par le BDSM
Depuis mi-novembre, le Centre Maurice Chalumeau en sciences des sexualités de l’Université de Genève (CMCSS) accueille en résidence Ruby Faure, qui mobilise ses collections pour proposer une lecture queer/trans de l’histoire du BDSM au tournant du 19ème et du 20ème siècle. En parallèle de ses recherches, iel co-organise le BDSM studies LAB avec Constance Brosse, …
Daily newsletter 12/3
➡️ A Methodist minister in upstate New York came out as transgender to her congregation during a Sunday service. “The best way to put this is that I’m not becoming a woman, I’m giving up pretending to be a man,” Rev. Dr. Phillippa Phaneuf says in a video posted to Facebook.
Women’s Institute to ban transgender women after U.K. Supreme Court ruling
The largest women’s membership organization in the United Kingdom says it has been forced to ban transgender women after the U.K.’s Supreme Court ruled they are not legally considered women earlier this year.
Here’s what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani‘s record as an LGBTQ+ ally is fierce — and his campaign platform promises to keep delivering for his queer constituents.
Les Urbaines 2025 et les propositions qui bousculent le réel
Du 5 au 7 décembre, Les Urbaines reviennent avec une édition qui interroge le moment culturel et politique avec lucidité. À travers performances, installations et propositions transdisciplinaires, le festival offre un terrain où se dessinent des formes nouvelles, sensibles aux violences systémiques, aux luttes contemporaines et aux imaginaires émergents. L’article Les Urbaines 2025 et les …
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