John Casey

2 days ago | advocate.com | John Casey

Over the weekend, Donald Trump, the man currently occupying the most powerful office on Earth, in case you needed any reminder, spread a deranged conspiracy theory claiming Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a robot clone. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. I saw this post on one of my social feeds, and I didn’t believe it, so I checked, and it was sadly true.

6 days ago | advocate.com | John Casey

I didn’t want May to end without acknowledging that it’s Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s supposed to be an opportunity to shine a light on the invisible, too often deadly struggles people endure. For me, this month is more than a spotlight. It’s a mirror. One that reflects a past I ran from again and again. Three times, to be exact. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. I tried to die by suicide three times.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | John Casey

When I began working on LOVE: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality, I didn’t fully realize that the book would become a time capsule, not just of a movement, but of heart, courage, and quiet revolution. I knew my co-author, queer creative Frankie Frankeny, and I were telling stories of people who had fought for the right to marry, but what I discovered along the way is that we were also capturing the essence of love at its most defiant and most tender.

1 week ago | advocate.com | John Casey

When I began working on LOVE: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality, I didn’t fully realize that the book would become a time capsule, not just of a movement, but of heart, courage, and quiet revolution. I knew my co-author, queer creative Frankie Frankeny, and I were telling stories of people who had fought for the right to marry, but what I discovered along the way is that we were also capturing the essence of love at its most defiant and most tender.

1 week ago | advocate.com | John Casey

Back in 2013, Marco Rubio became a punch line. Delivering the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, he lunged awkwardly off-camera and mid-speech to grab a small bottle of water. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. In that moment, he was odd, sweaty, and actually quite human. That sip of water became internet lore. The New Yorker called it “a televised .GIF of political vulnerability,” and it was.