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San Francisco is fighting opioid overdoses by giving out Narcan at drag shows — and this queen started it

"I realized that my community was not getting the information they needed about how to reverse an overdose," KochinaRude tells The Advocate.

U.S. Rep. Sorensen sticks up for Harvey Milk in hearing with Navy secretary

It’s wrong and un-American to remove Milk's name from a Navy ship, the gay congressman says.

Here's what the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 'Milk' has to say about taking Harvey Milk's name off navy ship

This is the time to lock arms with other marginalized people, which is what Harvey Milk would do, Black says.

Here are 7 LGBTQ+ groups you can donate to as major companies quit sponsoring Pride events

These local LGBTQ+ groups still need help making their Pride celebrations a reality.

For Pride Month, homophobe Hegseth orders Navy to strip Harvey Milk's name from ship

An official with the Department of Defense said the timing during Pride Month was intentional.

These 14 corporations have stopped or scaled back sponsorship of LGBTQ+ Pride events

Here are the companies that have walked back their support for Pride Month while axing DEI, some of them after decades of allyship.

Democrat Adam Schiff to be the first U.S. senator to participate in California's AIDS/LifeCycle bike ride

This will be the final year for the seven-day AIDS/LifeCycle fundraising ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Schiff previously participated when he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco is getting improvements to make it worthy of its namesake

Friends of Havey Milk Plaza is working on a memorial and event space at the site.

All about the Daughters of Bilitis, the first U.S. lesbian rights group

The organization was founded 70 years ago, and its influence is felt to this day.

Federal appeals court upholds block on Trump's trans military ban

It is another win for transgender people who are serving and want to serve in the U.S. armed forces.

Keith St Clare, pioneering gay magazine publisher, dead at 79

St Clare published the San Francisco-based magazine Vanguard, took in many foster children, and produced a youth-oriented TV show.

Social Security demands that gay activist living with AIDS repay $200k in benefits

The federal agency claims Paul Aguilar has been overpaid.

California's San Mateo County celebrates trans people, fights bullying

The Northern California county vows to be a bulwark against the hate coming out of the Trump administration.

What is the pink triangle? How a Nazi symbol became an emblem of LGBTQ+ rights

The pink triangle, used to identify LGBTQ+ prisoners in concentration camps, has since been reclaimed by queer activists.

Robert Cromey, ally priest who performed San Francisco's first same-sex church weddings, dies

Cromey was a pre-Stonewall advocate of LGBTQ+ rights and joined Dr. Martin Luther King on his March to Selma.

'Eat a fruit for Anita:' 10 historic Anita Bryant protest photos

Here are some historic photos of the activists who fought Anita Bryant's anti-queer crusade every step of the way.

America's best cities for tops and bottoms, according to Squirt

Find out which cities come out on top or bottom.

Peggy Caserta, the lesbian creator of bell-bottom jeans and lover of Janis Joplin, has died at age 84

Caserta and Joplin had an intense relationship from 1966 to 1970.

California confirms first case of even more deadly mpox strain

The World Health Organization issued a global health emergency over the spread of the new, more lethal clade I mpox strain.

Nancy Pelosi on who will win, Mike Johnson’s threat to ax Obamacare, and the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ hate

Pelosi also said that the sentence her husband’s attacker received was a “very, very good decision,” but that the family continues to suffer from the horrible incident.

40+ mouthwatering pics from Folsom Street Fair 2024

Plus, Out interviews photographer Chantis Parks about his work and personal connection to this legendary event.