The Advocate
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- For other uses, see The Advocate (disambiguation).
| The Advocate | |
|---|---|
| Editor | |
| Categories | Gay press |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| First Issue | 1967 |
| Company | PlanetOut |
| Country | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.advocate.com |
| ISSN | 0001-8996 |
The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996) is a US-based LGBT-related biweekly news magazine. It was first published in Los Angeles in 1967 as a local newsletter titled The Los Angeles Advocate. In 1969 it was renamed The Advocate and distributed nationally. It is the oldest continuing gay publication in the United States.
The website for the magazine contains approximately 30 percent of the print issue online and is updated daily.
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[edit] Further reading
- Streitmatter, Rodger. Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America. Boston: Faber and Faber (1995). ISBN 0-571-19873-2
- Thompson, Mark, ed. Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate History of the Gay and Lesbian Movement. New York: St. Martin's Press (1994). ISBN 0-312-13114-3de:The Advocate
