The Advocate (magazine)

This article is about the LGBTQ magazine. For the literary magazine, see The Harvard Advocate. For the Louisiana newspaper, see The Advocate (Louisiana). For other uses, see The Advocate (disambiguation).

The Advocate
The cover of the American LGBTQ-interest magazine The Advocate, No. 994, October 9, 2007; Hillary Clinton is on the cover
The cover of the October 9, 2007 issue of The Advocate
Editorial director, editor in chiefNeal Broverman Desiree Guerrero[1]
CategoriesNewsmagazine
FrequencyBi-monthly
Circulation175,000
Founded1967
CompanyPride Media
CountryUnited States
Based inLos Angeles, California
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.advocate.com
ISSN0001-8996

The Advocate is an American LGBTQ magazine, printed bi-monthly[2] and available by subscription. The Advocate brand also includes a website. Both magazine and website have an editorial focus on news, politics, opinion, and arts and entertainment of interest to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender, and queer people (LGBTQ) people. The magazine, established in 1967,[3] is the oldest and largest LGBTQ publication in the United States and the only surviving one of its kind that was founded before the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan, an uprising that was a major milestone in the LGBTQ rights movement. On June 9, 2022, Pride Media was acquired by Equal Entertainment LLC.

  1. ^ "Pride Media Announces New Leadership for The Advocate, Out". advocate.com. February 28, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Bell, Lauren (August 26, 2008). "The Advocate, under new ownership, cuts frequency". Direct Marketing News. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Sandra L. Caron (February 2008). "An investigation of content and media images in gay men's magazines". Journal of Homosexuality. 55 (3): 504–523. doi:10.1080/00918360802345297. PMID 19042283. S2CID 205468927. Retrieved August 13, 2015.