Despite creating one of the most successful (and delicious) brands of all time, Ben Cohen has never thought of himself as a businessman.

Don Lemon arrived at the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse flanked by his attorneys and husband. His arraignment on Friday unfolded before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko, the same judge who weeks earlier had rejected the Trump Department of Justice’s attempt to move forward with criminal charges against the journalist. He pleaded "not guilty." The circumstances surrounding the case have turned it into a national test of press freedom.

Updated: Don Lemon faces judge who rejected DOJ’s previous attempt to charge him with a crime

➡️ Ben & Jerry’s co-founder and LGBTQ+ ally Ben Cohen is asking the community for help to save the beloved ice cream brand from its corporate owners, following disputes over its support of progressive causes. “The Magnum Corporation is trying to rip the heart out of Ben & Jerry’s,” he tells The Advocate. “We need everybody's help to prevent that from happening.”

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This story is part of History is Queer, an Advocate series examining key LGBTQ+ moments, events, and people in history and their ongoing impact. Is there a piece of LGBTQ+ history we should write about? Email us at history@advocate.com.

As conservatives push to overturn marriage equality, LGBTQ+ couples are uniting to show that their love is stronger.

As local leaders raised a new Pride flag at Stonewall Thursday afternoon, Kiki Ball-Change watched through sunglasses, bundled up in a matching fur coat. Replacing it was one piece of the puzzle, she said. More important was that hundreds of people rallied against the federal crackdown on LGBTQ civil liberties.

In the early days of the AIDS crisis, there were no treatments for people with HIV and no pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a prescription-based daily pill or an injection that people not living with HIV can take to prevent HIV infection, to prevent its spread. On top of it all, institutional racism in the realm of public health often left Black patients out.