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At least 5 GOP-led states have a new Pride Month tradition — renaming June
“If you can’t lick ’em, join ’em,” a conservative Indiana senator famously advised nearly a century ago. Today’s Republicans appear to have taken that lesson to heart, working overtime to create GOP-branded alternatives to Pride Month that celebrate traditional marriage, “nuclear families,” and what some governors are calling “fidelity.” Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders became the latest Republican official to join the trend Monday, the start of Pride Month, issuing a proclamation declaring June “Fidelity Month” to celebrate “fidelity to God, family, community, and country.” Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. The announcement was unveiled through […]
Pritzker Rips MAGA Extremists In Pride Month Message
Just in via press release: On the first day of Pride Month, Governor JB Pritzker and lieutenant governor candidate Christian Mitchell reaffirmed their commitment to Illinois’ LGBTQ+ community. While Darren Bailey and MAGA extremists nationwide push hateful rhetoric and support efforts to strip LGBTQ+ rights and protections, Illinois remains a welcoming state for all under Gov. Pritzker’s leadership. “Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights is in my DNA, and I’m so proud of the progress we’ve made to strengthen protections and expand opportunity for Illinois’ LGBTQ+ community,” said Gov. Pritzker. “While Donald Trump and MAGA extremists want to take us backwards, in Illinois, […]
Notre Dame Cites Pope Leo In Pride Month Message
“In keeping with Notre Dame’s Spirit of Inclusion and in light of Pope Leo XIV’s call for a Church that ‘strives to be close’ to our LGBTQ brothers and sisters, we embrace our LGBTQ students, faculty, staff, and alumni. “Let us continue to work together to ensure that every person in this community experiences a true sense of belonging. “The University of Notre Dame strives for a spirit of inclusion among the members of this community for distinct reasons articulated in our Christian tradition. We prize the uniqueness of all persons as God’s creatures. “We welcome all people… precisely because […]
Local News
Community Alert: Immigration Services Scams Reported in Sonoma County
Declaración conjunta del jefe de policía John Cregan, del Departamento de Policía de Santa Rosa, y de Jennielynn Holmes, directora ejecutiva de Caridades Católicas del Noroeste de California. El Departamento de Policía de Santa Rosa y Caridades Católicas del Noroeste de California alertan conjuntamente a la comunidad sobre una tendencia preocupante y creciente relacionada con estafas en servicios de inmigración, las cuales están afectando actualmente a personas de nuestra comunidad. En todo el país, y cada vez más en nuestra propia comunidad, hay delincuentes que se hacen pasar por empleados de Caridades Católicas (Catholic Charities) y utilizan correos electrónicos, redes sociales, […]
Arts & Entertainment
Frameline50: Interview with Jennifer M. Kroot the Director of “Hunky Jesus”
Bless us, Sisters, for we are in need of joy — and perhaps a loincloth or two! Thank hunky Jesus, this documentary blends the activism, radical resistance, and hilarity of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their beginnings to the present day. Weaving between Hunky Jesus 2023, interviews with some of the most storied Sisters and friends (including Sisters Roma and Vish Knew, and Saint Honey Mahogany), and archival footage from the earliest days of the Sisters’ emergence into prominence and extravagance, director Jennifer M. Kroot (To Be Takei, Frameline38; The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin, Frameline41) has created a rollicking and heartfelt ode to our Sisters. With all […]
Frameline50: Interview with Efrain Mojica and Rebecca Zweig the Directors of “Jaripeo”
If you travel at Christmastime to the central Mexican town of Penjamillo, in Michoacán, you will encounter its age-old emblem of hypermasculine cowboy culture: the rodeo, or as it is known there, jaripeo. Locals and returning migrants from the U.S. flock into the beer-soaked stands, cheer and gasp at daredevil riders in the dusty rodeo ring, and celebrate this annual rite of machismo that has for generations defined masculinity in this part of Mexico, and beyond. But as this extraordinary and artistically striking documentary reveals, there is a hidden side to the jaripeo that few know: a private language of […]
State News
Scott Wiener And Connie Chan Advance In House Race
The Huffington Post reports: California state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan are projected to advance in the top-two “jungle” primary for the state’s 11th congressional district, signaling just how enduring former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hold on the region continues to be. The outcome pits Wiener, a more moderate candidate, against Chan, a progressive who recently secured Pelosi’s endorsement for a district that the California lawmaker has represented for more than three decades. Wiener and Chan ultimately edged out progressive political adviser Saikat Chakrabarti, a former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who unabashedly challenged the Democratic […]
SF LGBT Center Presents Building The Block: Rainbow Reunion
Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 12 – 6 pm SF LGBT Center (1800 Market St), San Francisco Free, Open to All Ages, and Family-Friendly Building the Block: Rainbow Reunion is our 3rd annual FREE, all-ages outdoor celebration that brings our beautiful LGBTQ+ community together through drag performances, live music, local small business vendors, food trucks, free clothing closets, art exhibits, wellness classes, community resources, and more! Join us on Saturday, June 6th, from 12-6 pm to kick off the 2026 Pride season at the SF LGBT Center! To get your FREE tickets, RSVP Here. You can also register on the day of the […]
