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journalist V Spehar known as underthedesknews on TikTok does a live stream outside the US Capitol building and accepting Webby Award 2023
Politics

V Spehar reflects on 4 years of ‘Under the Desk News,’ the TikTok ban & tension with traditional media

The journalist and content creator sat down with The Advocate on the anniversary of creating their popular social media account.

House Speaker Mike Johnson US Rep Elect Sarah McBride
Trans

Transphobe alert! Speaker Mike Johnson bans trans people from single-sex bathrooms at U.S. House

The GOP is doubling down on bigotry instead of addressing the concerns of the American people.

Mother of Club Q Shooter Detained on Day of Shooting
Politics

Mother of Club Q Shooter Detained Day of Attack

These Women Make Texas Rock!
Women

These Women Make Texas Rock!

The San Antonio rock trio Girl in a Coma recently played the famed lesbian bar Sue Ellen’s on after two earlier shows in Corpus Christi and Austin. But they’re not the only lesbian band in Texas, you know. In fact, if you took a look at last year’s South by Southwest music lineup, you would have found five lesbian musicians all homegrown in the Lone Star State.

pattie gonia climate action rally march
Activism

Drag star Pattie Gonia stomps her way to Capitol Hill to voice environmental concerns

The performer and environmental activist led a rally and march in Washington, D.C., and met with key lawmakers to push for enhanced protections for mature and old-growth forests.

WATCH: Julianne Moore Talks President Coin and MockingJay: Part 1
Women

WATCH: Julianne Moore Talks President Coin and MockingJay: Part 1

Julianne Moore gives us the first on her character, President Coin, District 13, and what it's like to work with Jennifer Lawrence
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Politics

The MAGA Queen Has Become a Mega Loser And We’re Here For It!

Marjorie Taylor Greene's extremist antics have managed to alienate the entire Republican Party.

5 Reasons to Get Involved with Scandal!
Women

5 Reasons to Get Involved with Scandal!

If you're not watching Scandal, you're missing out on some of the wildest TV out there!

Ted Haggard's New Church of Homophobia
Women

Ted Haggard's New Church of Homophobia

To the disbelief of everyone -- straight and gay -- the Rev. Ted Haggard, former anti-gay megachurch pastor who was excommunicated for soliciting sex from a male prostitute, is starting a new church. But this one won't blossom to be like the 14,000-member New Life Church he founded decades ago in Colorado Springs. As a matter of-fact, Haggard's Amen Corner will gather Sundays, if at all, in his modest home, as he opens the doors of his new church to "everyone."