5 THINGS TO KNOW

Homophobe Folau raises $500,000 for rugby legal battle.

Supporters of former Wallabies star Israel Folau have donated more than $500,000 to his legal brawl with Rugby Australia. The hard-line Christian had his contract torn up last month after he refused to take down a controversial social media post found…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Living with HIV for 35 years—and just getting started.

Acclaimed writer and activist Mark S. King knows how to turn ashes into soil, which makes him more than worthy of being one of The Advocate‘s Champions of Pride.  Discovering he was HIV-positive in 1985 led him on an inspiring…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

An apology for labeling homosexuality a psychological disorder.

The American Psychoanalytic Association apologized on Friday for previously labeling homosexuality a mental illness. “It is long past time to recognize and apologize for our role in the discrimination and trauma caused by our profession,” Lee Jaffe, the group’s…