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➡️ The Advocate’s latest cover story features Netflix series “Boots” starring Miles Heizer, inspired by the true story of a young gay man’s journey of self-discovery and brotherhood while serving in the military. « Everyone has something they don’t want people to know because they’re afraid of how they’ll be perceived, » Heizer says. « At the end …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered every member of the U.S. armed forces to watch or read his September 30 address to top generals at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, The Advocate has learned. The directive, confirmed by the Pentagon, blurs the line between military leadership and political indoctrination.

Texas Gov Greg Abbott has joined the effort to blot out rainbow crosswalks on public streets.

New York City Councilman Erik Bottcher filed Wednesday to run for the seat of retiring Congressman Jerry Nadler, and he raised nearly $700,000 in campaign funds in his first 24 hours.

LGBTQ+ adults are coming out of the closet more than ever before — but there are still some people they don’t feel safe around.

On a comfortably mild and breezy Monday night in early fall, within steps of Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Penguin Random House transformed a rooftop overlooking the nation’s capital into a rally for the freedom to read.

A former library director in Wyoming has won $700,000 in a settlement after she was fired for refusing to remove books containing content about sexual health and LGBTQ+ identities.

The call came two days before the new Netflix series Boots started production. Miles Heizer had landed the lead role of Cameron Cope, a closeted gay teen who in 1990 impulsively joins the Marines and heads to boot camp. The actor had two days to get to New Orleans for the production. As number 1 …

President Donald Trump, who insists he’s not a dictator, boasted Wednesday that his administration had “taken freedom of speech away,” while defending his executive order directing federal prosecutors to target people who burn or desecrate the American flag.

When Alderperson Jessie Fuentes arrived at Humboldt Park Health on Chicago’s West Side last Friday, she expected to de-escalate a tense situation. Instead, she found herself in handcuffs, detained by armed federal agents she identified as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.