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Out in Salt Lake City: An LGBTQ+ guide to Utah's unexpectedly cool capital

This mountain city surprises with inclusive nightlife, creative cuisine, and some of the best snow on earth — all within minutes of downtown.

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Opinion

The queer guide to starting over abroad (from someone who actually did it)

Searching Europe for LGBTQ+ safety and long-term stability led Bradley Jeffreys to Nice and to a life more beautiful than imagined.

Rhyheim Shabazz, Malik Delgaty, Legrand Wolf at GayVN Awards 2025.
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Here are the top adult entertainers searched by the gays in 2025

These sexy guys racked up millions of views online.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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RFK Jr.’s health department is using religious freedom to strip transgender people of health care

“This administration is obsessed with targeting trans folks,” former HHS deputy assistant secretary for health policy Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.

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