Elaina Patton

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Caitlyn Jenner appealed to Trump for help with her passport gender marker

Caitlyn Jenner’s early April interview with Fox News host Tomi Lahren continues to produce headlines, as quotes from the expansive conversation reinforce what some see as a hypocritical streak among President Donald Trump’s supporters. In the newest portion of the interview to be circulated on social media, the Olympic gold medalist, who came out as transgender in 2015, told Lahren that she had appealed to Trump for help after the gender marker on her passport was changed from female to male. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a […]

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Lesbian and bisexual women die earlier than straight women, decades long study finds

Lesbian and bisexual women die significantly earlier than heterosexual women, according to a new study, and it’s likely due in part to discrimination. The role sexuality plays in overall health is a subject that’s attracted researchers for decades, resulting in a large body of evidence of how LGBTQ people experience a variety of negative outcomes, from mental health issues to chronic disease, at elevated rates. But what hadn’t been widely studied is how these outcomes actually affect mortality rates. The paper, published last month in JAMA, reviewed decades’ worth of data from the Nurses’ Health Study II, which began in 1989 as part of […]

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A ‘renaissance of gay literature’ marks a turning point for publishing

When Jenny Fran Davis set out to write her second book, she had already tasted literary success with her debut novel, 2017’s young adult coming-of-age story “Everything Must Go.” But instead of following her previous book’s proven path to acclaim, the queer 25-year-old author chose to write an adult fiction title that would probe the “interior world of femme characters.” In the end, the unapologetically titled “Dykette” — a comedy of manners centering on a desperately self-conscious femme lesbian named Sasha — became one of the most buzzworthy titles of 2023, demonstrating a growing fervor for LGBTQ fiction that is […]