Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. The book features a foreword by Jim Obergefell and features over 100 stories of those who fought for ...

When the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Obergefell vs. Hodges case 10 years ago that same-sex couples have a right to marry nationwide, the sense of triumph was palpable. Celebrations broke out ...

We are our own movement. We are a movement of Alan Turing – the father of computer science and hero of World War II, forced into chemical castration and suicide. We are the people of Oscar Wilde – ...

Convening next week for its annual gathering, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will mark 30 years since the famous Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, also known as the “Beijing ...

Three decades after the Beijing Platform for Action, the groundbreaking UN declaration that affirmed that women’s rights are human rights, the global movement for gender equality and women’s ...

San Diego Pride weekend kicked off Friday with two big events in the heart of Hillcrest: a ceremony honoring community leaders and a block party leading a full schedule of celebration. The Spirit of ...

Mr. Sullivan, an early advocate for gay marriage, writes The Weekly Dish on Substack. Ten years ago Thursday, the movement for gay and lesbian equality scored a victory that only a decade before had ...

Gender equality is enshrined in the opening preamble of United Nations Charter 1945. But despite progress and some setbacks, not a single country has delivered 100% on gender equality. Is the sinister ...

This blog regularly covers disability and ableism as neglected issues within greater human rights movements. A recent article we co-wrote makes a further point that facial disfigurement is even more ...

Face Equality International (FEI), an Alliance of worldwide organizations working to end the discrimination experienced by people with facial disfigurements, asserts that disfigurement is a neglected ...