Dawn Ennis

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Meta had to be shamed into restoring queer club pages on Facebook and Instagram

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A months-long struggle by queer nightclubs across Los Angeles — as well as one historic venue in San Francisco — to regain access to Meta’s social media platforms is finally over, according to the Los Angeles Times. But critical questions remain unanswered.  Like, why did the powers that control pages on Facebook and Instagram take down the pages of Club Cobra, Club Chico, Catch One, Club Tempo, The Stud and that of an L.A. promoter of a transgender-focused club night in the first place? Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox […]

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Blessed be our rights: 20 American Christian churches, ranked on LGBTQ+ support

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When it comes to spirituality, researchers have found most lesbian, gay, and bisexual folks feel pretty much the same as everyone else: A majority believe people have a soul, they experience awe in nature, and more of us believe in either the existence of God or some kind of inexplicable supernatural force than those who don’t.  But when it comes to faith in religious institutions, a majority of those same queers say churches do more harm than good, which is why we’ve put together this list of 20 major Christian churches, from the do-gooders to the do-harmers.  And sorry, we don’t know […]

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At least 5 GOP-led states have a new Pride Month tradition — renaming June

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“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 […]

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Trans salutatorian’s powerful graduation speech puts Mississippi school’s mistreatment on display

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His commencement speech was greeted with applause and even cheers, but Jonas Hole, Salutatorian of the Class of 2026 at his Mississippi high school, had to endure being called “young lady,” being misgendered, and deadnamed by the same administrators who handed him his diploma.  “Despite my own self-acceptance, others judged me without understanding me. I became my label, and it felt as if my achievements, hardships, personality, all became irrelevant for the sole fact that I present myself differently,” he said. Hole identifies as transmasculine. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your […]

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National Trans Visibility March steps off in Orlando on its way to L.A.

Hundreds of out transgender people and allies from across Florida and from as far away as Southern California gathered in Orlando Saturday to rally and to march, demanding justice, equality and acceptance.  Chanting, “Trans Solidarity,” and “Hey Hey, Ho, Ho, Transphobia Has Got To Go!” participants in the 3rd annual National Trans Visibility March stepped off for their first march to be held outside Washington, D.C. This was also the first in-person parade since last year’s march was held mostly virtually, on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.  “There are so many of us who feel excluded from our cities and our communities,” said Ariel Savage of […]