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Advocate.com has compiled a list of the queerest U.S. cities — and there are some shockers.

Keep reading for the full list ...

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ABOVE: How Trump's outrageous business conflicts of interest are already endangering America.

Secretary of State-to-be Rex Tillerson is so tight with Putin, Russia's already praised Trump's pick.

Tillerson's so lousy with Russia, his pick such a huge F.U., that even the Republican Senate might not fall in line.

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Watch these guys (ABOVE) hook up, face a problem and then — find out your PrEP IQ.

He seems nice: 

 

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Kylie Minogue gives her most out-there, gayest Xmas show — by far! 

WOW! Thank you SO much to the entire #KylieChristmas team, the band, the dancers, the choir, the orchestra, and of course all of YOU!! 🎄👸🏼 pic.twitter.com/ZU7TVtmkL0

— kylie minogue (@kylieminogue) December 10, 2016

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Advocate has chosen the heroes of Pulse as its People of the Year for 2016, commemorating the dead and the survivors with a cover that speaks both of the terrorist attack's attempt to silence us and of our community's defiance and strength.

From the piece:

Most of the clubgoers were killed or wounded in the first 20 minutes—including Angel Colon, who was shot multiple times in his leg and side. 

“The first shots,” he says, “they were super loud—and super hot. We dropped our drinks, and all we could hear was pop pop pop pop.”

Colon evacuated the club early in the standoff between Mateen and Orlando police—but only after Mateen came out to the dance floor and fired once again on the rows of bodies. Colon called over an officer who was 15 feet away. “Please come get me,” he said.

That night changed not only Colon’s life but the lives of LGBTs everywhere. The survivors of Pulse have become unlikely advocates for a community grappling with this tragedy—the worst single-person mass shooting and the deadliest violent act against LGBT people in U.S. history. 

 

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The Advocate has wholeheartedly endorsed Hillary Clinton. Read here.

Hillary Clinton responds to anticlimactic Benghazi report: “It's time to move on.” Slain ambassador Stevens's sister doesn't blame Hillary.

How Bernie Sanders apparently overplayed his hand, squandering the real power he'd accumulated.

Does watching condomless porn lead gay men to engage in more condomless sex? Will you see condomless porn at the link?

Find out who wants the FDA to end the ban on gay male blood donors.

Lady Gaga meets with Dalai Lama to discuss kindness (tell some of your monsters, lady), gets banned from China? She did right. More power to her.

RuPaul has been going mainstream in a big way lately! Check him out matching wits with Stephen Colbert (plus, his take on Gay Pride):

“The biggest thing I can do in the movement is be a gay man doing really good work and not be afraid to love.” (Image via Advocate)

Advocate's Janet Mock talks to Black Lives Matter's DeRay Mckesson.

Rubio zings Trump in testy GOP debate.

SHOCK: None of Trump's GOP rivals have opposition research on him!

Rubio & Trump at the Telemundo/CNN GOP debate (Image courtesy of Telemundo)

Chinese censors pull the plug on popular gay drama.

Broad City girls by Ellen von Unwerth for Out.

Get ready for RainBRO, about a bully stuck at gay-conversion camp.

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I may change my mind when she endorses Donald Trump (I can't get over her Republicanism), but I do think LGBT people are unnecessarily harsh toward Caitlyn Jenner. She's made some blunders, but she has shown a willingness to listen to and absorb criticism—thick, she ain't. And her show is filled with useful teachable moments, whereas it could easily have been pure fluff.

Matthew Breen's sit-down with her for The Advocate cover bears out my take on her:

The media has kind of labeled me as the spokesperson for the trans community. That is not the case. I am only a spokesperson for my own journey. After that, I know nothing. Am I learning a lot? Absolutely ... I’m just trying to do my best, that’s all.

She says about her appearance (for which she's taken heat, especially when joking about how looking the part is the hardest part of being trans):

Kimberly [Kardashian West] says, ‘If you do go out, you’ve got to rock it, baby!’ You cannot let [the paparazzi] get that picture. They’ll take a picture of you with no makeup on, lousy outfit—and they’ll use it forever. You’ll never get rid of it. Kim’s very good at that stuff. It does take a little bit more work if you do go out. You’ve got to at least look good, at least the best you can ... But there’s more to life and womanhood than just that. And those are things I’m learning; I’m trying to read up on it. I’m trying to understand it because it’s all new to me.

Read the rest of Breen's thoughtful story, illustrated with images by Ryan Pfluger, here.

Advocate has made its choice for Person of the Year, and it turns out to be People: Anthony Kennedy and the Justices of the Supreme Court.

From its piece:

The ruling was 5–4, with a sharp, bitter split between the majority and the dissenters. But in a sense, every justice played a role in bringing constitutional marriage equality to a reality.

Start with Justice Anthony Kennedy, author of the court’s quartet of gay rights opinions. Kennedy grew up in the shadow of the great liberal Chief Justice Earl Warren, a Kennedy family friend during his days as California governor. Kennedy may side more frequently with the court’s conservative bloc — but on issues of constitutional dignity, he swings to the left. In a sense, Kennedy has been writing his way toward Obergefell since 1996, when he held in Romer v. Evans that the Constitution bars legislation based on “animus” against gays. From that point on, constitutional marriage equality was inevitable. Kennedy just had to wait for the country to catch up to the court.

Kennedy’s colleagues in the majority may have been silent on decision day, but each contributed to Obergefell in vital ways. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan grilled Michigan’s solicitor general at oral arguments, leading him to assert, inanely, that marriage doesn’t bestow dignity. Justice Stephen Breyer joined in, demanding to know why Michigan refused to recognize same-sex unions when marriage itself is a constitutionally protected “fundamental right.” (The “equal dignity” of gay people and the “fundamental right” of marriage comprised the bulk of Kennedy’s opinion.) And Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg set the stage for Obergefell in a 2010 case, writing that, in the context of sexual orientation, “our decisions have declined to distinguish between status and conduct.” Being gay, in other words, is more than just having gay sex: It is an identity, one which finds protection under the Constitution.

The court’s conservatives also contributed to Obergefell’s power, albeit inadvertently. The four dissenters were so outraged by Kennedy’s decision that they threw a temper tantrum, with each justice penning his own opinion. Their strategy may have been to drown out the majority opinion, weighing it down with objections until it seemed illegitimate. But this ploy backfired. The cacophony of complaints drowned each other out, making all four justices’ rambling counterarguments easy to ignore.

More here.