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Drag queens walking into Kennedy Center

Drag artists who crashed Donald Trump's first Kennedy Center show want him to know: 'You can’t erase us'

“Knowing he would be there made my attendance more crucial," drag queen Mari Con Carne told The Advocate.

US rep Ritchie Torres outside of Bellevue Hospital January 2022 Andry Hernandez Romero provided photo

New York’s Ritchie Torres donates to Andry Hernández Romero fund demanding freedom for gay asylum-seeker

The Democratic congressman is using his influence and bank account to call attention to the Venezuelan makeup artist disappeared by Trump to a mega prison in El Salvador.

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broken house window alongside rainbow LGBTQIA pride flags on a black iron fence

A gay man in D.C. was attacked in his home with a rock. He believes it was a hate crime

AddamSchauer-Mayhew was watching tennis on his couch Friday when a man threw a rock through his window.

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (left) and Andry Hernández Romero

Coalition of 52 Democrats push for proof of life for deported gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero

“I think Pride Month is an opportunity to highlight his story even more,” U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia told The Advocate.

Walker Memorial Baptist Church Washington DC alongside a row of rainbow LGBTQIA pride flags on a fence

A D.C. couple hung flags outside for Pride Month. The church next door cut them down

While outdoor decorations are technically against the couple's lease, they feel the rule was unequally enforced.

Taiwanese LGBTQ+ Pride march

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.

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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.

Shakira performs on the balcony of TSX Broadway on Times Square in New York, March 26, 2024

Shakira cancels Saturday concert at WorldPride

The singer cited logistical problems with moving her tour from Boston to Washington, D.C.

Dionne Warwick Eugene Levy Bianca Del Rio Brita Filter to perform at National Pride Gala 2025

Dionne Warwick to perform at National Pride Gala, joining other big names

The EqualityPAC fundraiser will be held on June 4 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

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Jon Lovett and Tim Miller team up to ‘raise hell’ over gay asylum-seeker vanished to El Salvador by Trump

Andry Hernández Romero entered the U.S. legally, fleeing persecution for being gay. Then the Trump administration disappeared him, sending him to a dystopian prison. They’re trying to get him back.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore during panel discussion about emergency preparedness US Rep Sarah McBride speaks during a news conference

Sarah McBride and Wes Moore lead call for resistance

The prominent Democrats called for solidarity, courage, and unapologetic representation in rousing speeches.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington DC The Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda MD

Organizers confirm pulling WorldPride events from ‘inhospitable’ Kennedy Center — not canceled by it

“We saw the writing on the wall,” Capital Pride Alliance Executive Director Ryan Bos told The Advocate.