The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from April 2004

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from April 2004

Winds of change.(reader forum)
April 13, 2004... I was moved to tears by your article on gay marriage ["Life After Gay Marriage," March 16], as I have five gay sons who, in our home state, do not have the same rights as other Americans. Conservatives against change have worn out the argument...

Where you live.(reader forum)
April 13, 2004... The "antiquated" provision of Massachusetts law referred to in "New England Nuptials?" [Match 16] was enacted in 1913. In 91 years it hasn't been challenged in state or federal court. This statute prohibits issuance of a Massachusetts marriage...

The second epidemic.(reader forum)
April 13, 2004... Thanks for Jeremy Quittner's excellent reporting on why crystal meth can no longer be an accepted norm in our community ["Crystal's Destructive Path," March 16]. Crystal is used to buy friendship, sex, or just future customers. It flows like...

The Advocate Poll.(reader forum)
April 13, 2004... In the March 16 issue, readers were asked: Do you believe same-sex marriages will be legal nationwide within 20 years? Reader comments from www.advocate.com * "The momentum is with the gay rights movement, Just as with civil...

Fun and Games?(reader forum)
April 13, 2004... I'm glad Andreas Wellauer raised the issue of people being barred from a U.S.-based Gay Games [My Perspective, March 16]. I am a gay man who would definitely have gone (with my basketball team) to Montreal (we still might), but a U.S. location?...

In bad company.(reader forum)
April 13, 2004... This gay man knows that it is an enormously challenging task to try to motivate gay men about issues that affect our lives. But do we really need an Advocate columnist comparing White Party attendees to Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney,...

Corrections.(reader forum)(Correction Notice)
April 13, 2004... In our March 16 story "Life After Gay Marriage," life partners Christopher Sieber and Kevin Burrows were said to have appeared together on Broadway in The Lion King; the play, in fact, was Beauty and the Beast. Also, the pro-gay marriage...

A call to arms.(my perspective)
April 13, 2004... For 40 years I have had the honor of participating in some of the great social movements of our time. Who can forget the fire hoses and dogs Birmingham, Ala., used against young African-Americans fighting for their rights or the horrible charge...

Rants & raves.
April 13, 2004... "Earlier today President Bush said gay marriage is immoral and heterosexual marriage must be defended. You can tell Bush is serious because he said the new axis of evil is Cher, Bette Midler, and Clay Aiken." --Conan O'Brien, on NBC's...

Not giving up: activists vow that roadblocks to marriage equality in San Francisco and Massachusetts will be only temporary.(Marriage)
April 13, 2004... It's not over yet. The California supreme court on March 11 ordered a halt to the issuance of marriage licenses for same-sex couples in San Francisco, and the same day the Massachusetts legislature gave preliminary approval to a proposal that...

Talking about hurtful words.(Education)
April 13, 2004... Openly gay author James Howe was inspired to write his 2001 book The Misfits by painful memories of being called a faggot in school, and now his book has inspired a national campaign to educate students about the harm words can do. Beginning...

Gay employees get lost.(Government)
April 13, 2004... Scott J. Bloch told the U.S. Senate that as head of the office of special counsel he would uphold federal antidiscrimination policies, but once the Bush appointee took office he did just the opposite. Bloch angered gay rights activists in...

How you can volunteer.(Marriage battlefield)
April 13, 2004... Mass Equality what they do: Lobbying and grassroots mobilization to protect marriage rights in Massachusetts how you can help: Sign up on their Web site for Action Alerts and get information about lobbying and rallies Log Cabin...

Comeuppance for the scouts.(Litigation)
April 13, 2004... Four years after the U.S. supreme court ruled that the boy scouts of America could legally discriminate against gay men, the high court turned its back on the organization's complaint that it's being discriminated against. The justices on March...

Across the nation.(The Nation)
April 13, 2004... San Diego, Calif. The U.S. Supreme Court on March 1 Declined to hear a custody case involving a San Diego lesbian and her former partner, letting stand a state supreme court ruling in favor of joint adoption rights for same-sex couples....

Goodbye, Georgie Girl.(New Zealand)
April 13, 2004... Georgina Beyer achieved a milestone in 1999 when she became what many believed was the world's first transsexual lawmaker, but that's about all she was prepared to do. "Politics and I don't seem to sit too well together," Beyer said on March 4...

A home run against homophobia.(Behind the Headlines)
April 13, 2004... Andrea Zimbardi didn't just sit in the dugout when she was kicked off her college softball team for being a lesbian she fought back As cocaptain of the women's softball team at the University of Florida, Andrea Zimbardi never imagined she'd...

Outfitters on the bias.(Retail)
April 13, 2004... Infamous 1960s lefty-turned-right-winger Richard Hayne is helping Republican lawmakers stay in office, and some argue he's doing it by keeping his young, liberal-minded customers away from the polls. The president of retail giant Urban...

Memorializing Gwen.(Advocacy)
April 13, 2004... Having to sit through the murder trial of a transgendered daughter's accused killers is a painful ordeal Sylvia Guerrero would like to help others avoid. So she joined forces with community activists and the Horizons Foundation at the start of...

Reporting on "gay marriage".(Far Right)
April 13, 2004... Major daily newspapers across the country have used the term gay marriage without quotation marks in their news coverage, but one Arkansas paper decided that could amount to activism. In its recent coverage of the same-sex marriage issue, the...

Transitions.
April 13, 2004... DIED: Sallie Fiske, 75, a pioneering journalist and lesbian activist who worked to defeat California's so-called Briggs Initiative in 1978 and to incorporate the city of West Hollywood in 1984, of an unspecified illness, February 19. ...

Singing at the statehouse.(Generation Q)
April 13, 2004... The night before I went to the Massachusetts statehouse on February 11 to protest a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, I tore up an old box and made a sign. It read, "I'm 19. I'm a college student. And one day I'd like to get...

Chrissy on marriage.(Q & A)
April 13, 2004... Chrissy Gephardt, the lesbian daughter of U.S. representative Dick Gephardt, is urging GLBT voters to support Democrats in 2004. Get her thoughts on how same-sex marriage will play out in the election, exclusively at Advocate.com.

The archbishop's wisdom.(Religion)
April 13, 2004... In contrast to Cardinal Law [see page 64], Archbishop Bruce Simpson of the Old Catholic Church has only kind words for gays. Read his spiritual advice only at Advocate.com.

"Faggots" victorious.(Commentary)
April 13, 2004... "You have to be willing to be called a fag, David Ehrenstein writes, before you can demand equal access to a rite as conservative as marriage. Read his provocative commentary only at www.advocate.com.

Athletes talk about Gay Games V.(August 18, 1998)
April 13, 2004... While The Advocate looks at the next Gay Games in Chicago in this issue, the magazine profiled 100 "up and coming champions" who were heading to Amsterdam six years ago. The diverse, array of American competitors talked about their backgrounds,...

Queer kids vs. Mean Girls.(the Buzz)
April 13, 2004... THOUGH THE LORNE Michaels--produced comedy Mean Girls boasts a slew of Saturday Night Live scene-stealers--Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, and the script's writer, Tina Fey--newcomers Daniel Franzese (Party Monster) and Lizzy Caplan (Freaks and...

Relative success.(the Buzz)
April 13, 2004... WILL PHILIP and Simon--the gay couple on ABC's Boston-set sitcom It's All Relative--have the chance to get married? The next month will tell. Beginning Match 30, ABC has moved the series to Tuesdays at 9:30 P.M., after one of the network's top...

"Kick-ass" black gay TV.(the Buzz)
April 13, 2004... WRITER-DIRECTOR-PRODUCER Patrik-Ian Polk (Punks), isn't waiting for a network to green-light a pilot for Noah's Arc, a series he's created to follow the lives of four African-American gay men in Los Angeles, ranging from a single queen to a...

Courting discrimination: the 2003 Supreme Court ruling that demolished sodomy laws has yet to provide a boost for gay rights at the local level.(Courts)
April 13, 2004... Last summer, gay rights advocates hailed the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down remaining sodomy laws across the country. Jubilant speakers at rallies everywhere predicted that the Lawrence v. Texas decision would drastically...

Mary Cheney is missing: Amid a nationwide debate over marriage, the vice president's lesbian daughter remains silent. Activists are increasing pressure on her to speak out as other gay children of marriage opponents have already done.
April 13, 2004... The vice president's rambling Victorian mansion in Washington, D.C. may be placed far behind a security fence. But oh, to be a fly on the wall of recent dinnertime discussions between Vice President Dick Cheney; his wife, Lynne; and their...

Allies on the right Republican leaders are telling their rank and file not to support gay marriage. Is anyone listening?(Marriage)
April 13, 2004... When the student newspaper at conservative Baylor University in Waco, Tex., published a column in late February supporting gay marriages and civil unions, there was a rumble from above. It wasn't the Lord, but the school's president, Robert...

Gay marriage's secret weapons: local politicians, like New Paltz, N.Y., mayor Jason West, are the most effective activists for marriage equality.(Marriage)
April 13, 2004... Openly gay Nyack, N.Y., mayor John Shields is not performing same-sex marriages, but he's not sitting on file sidelines. He is suing the New York State Department of Health, which regulates marriage licenses, and lobbying state "lawmakers for...

On the towns: want to get married in your hometown? Urge your local officials to follow the path of these cities' defiant leaders.
April 13, 2004... ASBURY PARK, N.J. POPULATION: 16,930 PERCENTAGE IN HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGES: 29.2 MARRIAGE ADVOCATE: Deputy Mayor James Bruno, a divorced father of two, married his first same-sex couple on March 8. QUOTE: "It felt like any...

Stronger than the mighty cirque: when Cirque du Soleil fired openly gay gymnast Matthew Cusick from his dream job for being HIV-positive, he fought back and won.(Gays in Sports)
April 13, 2004... When openly gay gymnast Matthew Cusick was called into a meeting with Cirque du Soleil officials last April, he thought he was taking the final step in his lifelong quest to be an acrobatic performer. The Maryland resident had quit his job as a...

A different kind of clubbing: from softball to bowling, sports clubs are bringing gays and lesbians together across the U.S.(Gays in Sports)
April 13, 2004... When the New York City Gay Hockey Association released its "Hockey Boys 2004" calendar showing black-and-white photos of partially clothed players in locker-room poses, it sold like hotcakes. "People were really pleased that we were using real...

Dueling gay games in 2006: Chicago is the new chosen city for Gay Games 2006, while Montreal will offer a competing event. Can either break the Games' financial curse?
April 13, 2004... After Montreal withdrew as host of the 2006 Gay Games--throwing the world's premier gay athletic competition into jeopardy--the event's governing body on March 2 selected a new host: Chicago. Montreal was chosen in 2001, but a disagreement...

The lonely gay olympian: openly gay and lesbian olympians will be in short supply this summer in Athens. Meet Robert Dover, the one out competitor so far.(Gay In Sports)
April 13, 2004... As the qualifying rounds for the 2004 Olympic Gaines continue, one thing is becoming clear: There will be few openly gay or lesbian members of Team USA. Fans attending the games in Athens--to be held from August 13 to August 29 will probably...

A flexible inner peace: yoga helps gay men and lesbians stay fit and develop self-esteem. there are even classes for those who like to go naked.(Gay In Sports)
April 13, 2004... One of the hottest spots in West Hollywood, Calif., on Friday nights is not a trendy club but a loft building on Fairfax Avenue that houses City Yoga. At 6 P.M., Marc Holzman is teaching Anusara Yoga--a technique developed seven years ago that...

The home of your dreams.(notes from a blond)
April 13, 2004... Greetings, homeowner! And welcome to Wavering Facades, the world's first gated and secure metrosexual community. Behind these stoutly patrolled walls, you are free to pursue the lifestyle of your choosing, unfettered by the judgments of...

Spring time for Queer Film: it's the calm between the Oscars and the summer movie season; find out which new gay films are worth your while.
April 13, 2004... Showboy * Written by Christian Taylor and Jason Buchtel * Directed by Christian Taylor and Lindy Heymann Here! Films First, the true stuff. Three years ago, Christian Taylor, a nice-looking, 30-something British transplant to Los Angeles,...

Brother bare: Son Frere director Patrice Chereau may be the coolest queer filmmaker you've never heard of.
April 13, 2004... "It's a dream," says Patrice Chereau of his new film Son Frere. "It's about two brothers who don't have a relationship with one another, then one becomes ill. Suddenly he discovers that he doesn't have the strength to resist and fight the...

Paul Winfield: the gay actor's truest role was seen by a small audience.(in memoriam)
April 13, 2004... 0bituaries of the gay and famous are invariably frustrating. When actor Paul Winfield died of a heart attack on Match 7, his performances in The 1972 classic family drama Sounder and the 1978 miniseries King were duly noted by The New York...

Becoming her mother: Lisa Kron's new show reaffirms her gift for turning family drama into universal comedy.(theater)
April 13, 2004... Lisa Kron, the performer and writer who helped start comedy's Five Lesbian Brothers and explored her father's heritage of the Holocaust in her acclaimed 1997 solo piece 2.5 Minute Ride, focuses on her mother's side of the family in her new...

Girl meets boys: Fox tests one woman's gaydar on the guess-who's-not-gay dating show Playing It Straight.(television)
April 13, 2004... Spotting the queen in the crowd is hot as simple as checking out the tightness of his jeans, especially in this age of Queer Eyeinfluenced metrosexuals. So it's no surprise that purveyors of reality television would take advantage of the mythic...

Dance music dos & don'ts: it's White Party season, and you want music that will make you shake it, Four Advocate music critics offer their picks for must-buy and must-avoid dance music collections.
April 13, 2004... MARGARET COBLE BUY: Kaskade: San Francisco Sessions, v. 4--Soundtrack to the Soul (Om) DJ-producer Ryan Raddon (a.k.a. Kaskade) bas quickly become a poster boy for all that is good and hopeful about the present and future of deep...

Women's movement: out choreographer Gina Gibney shows battered women how dance can help rebuild their lives.(dance)
April 13, 2004... Battered women in shelters don't put therapeutic dance workshops high on their list of priorities. Choreographer Gina Gibney kept that in mind the first time she offered her services to such a group from New York's outer boroughs. They...

Are gay priests to blame? David France, who wrote the definitive investigation of the Catholic Church's sex scandal, argues that the Vatican's homophobia drove many gay priests to abuse youths.(books)
April 13, 2004... It's easy to dismiss the child abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church as having little to do with gay people, because pedophiles and mature gay men are hot the same thing. Right? David France, the openly gay author of the just published...

The cardinal's cover-up: a new play skewers an arrogant church with its own words.(theater)(Sin)(Theater Review)
April 13, 2004... Cardinal Bernard Law, the man who covered up so much abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Boston, is getting an unwelcome star turn in Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, onstage through April 10 at Chicago's Bailiwick Repertory Theatre. Out playwright...

Dixie mystery: a best-selling author tells the true story of Charleston socialite Dawn Simmons, whose transition from male to female was just one of her adventures.
April 13, 2004... Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love * Edward Ball * Simon and Schuster * $24 Dawn Simmons had it all, starting with a childhood at England's Sissinghurst Castle, home of Vista Sackville-West and Harold...

Fun city.(bookmark)
April 13, 2004... You Are Here * Wesley Gibson * Back Bay Books * $13.95 Among the prizes tucked into this vastly entertaining memoir is Gibson's view of New York--cramped and dirty, bursting with desperate people and situations that, thanks to the...

A kick in the teeth.(coastal disturbances)
April 13, 2004... I think it's sale to say that President Bush has no idea that in proposing an amendment to the Constitution mil to ban gay marriage he has accomplished something that no other event or political figure has managed to do: He has galvanized a...

Where there's Sparks.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 27, 2004... Finally! An interview with Hal Sparks that doesn't take quotes out of context, doesn't repeat the same tired questions we've heard too many times, and allows a heterosexual entertainer to fully explain his support of the gay community in the...

Conspiracy theory.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 27, 2004... When we heard about San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom's decision to take this truly inopportune moment to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, a few days after The Washington Times reported that millions of evangelical Christians were going...

Log jam.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 27, 2004... Because Bush says he supports the Federal Marriage Amendment, Patrick Guerriero of Log Cabin Republicans says he "may not endorse the president in the 2004 election" [At Issue, March 30]. May not? How much destruction of democracy do...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(The Advocate Poll)(readers respond to question of whether they will get actively involved in fighting Federal Marriage Amendment)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... * "We became involved the day Bush announced his support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would make GLBT people second-class citizens--we flew from New Mexico to San Francisco and got married." * "If 'actively involved'...

Pro-gay enough.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 27, 2004... Your "Who's on Our Side?" piece in the March 30 issue [The Nation] left the impression that John Kerry isn't gay-friendly enough. That same thinking by the Green Party in 2000 gave us George Bush and the most antienvironment administration in...

Getting her wings.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 27, 2004... Thank you for your interview with Gwen Araujo's mom, Sylvia Guerrero [Behind the Headlines, March 30]. I'm glad Gwen had Sylvia growing up. It could have been a lot harder for Gwen, but because she had Sylvia for a mother, it was one less...

Too much drama.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 27, 2004... You must be watching a different All My Children than the one I'm watching [The Buzz, March 30]. Last spring they gave us a beautiful love story between two wonderful women, but the story line has pretty much gone to hell since the present head...

Only in Oregon.(my perspective)(gay rights activist comments on legalization of same-sex marriage)(Column)
April 27, 2004... I called Jimmy and Wade as soon as I knew. "Get to the courthouse early! The marriages are starting tomorrow!" Jimmy has been one of my best friends for nearly 30 years. This wasn't supposed to happen for another week, but word got out, and we...

Rants & raves.(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... "I ain't into faggots. I don't like gay people around me, because I'm not comfortable with what their thoughts are.... But women who like women, that's cool. I could actually get into that." --Rapper 50 Cent, as quoted in the April issue...

A marriage bias? San Francisco news outlets sideline gay reporters who choose to get married.(Media)
April 27, 2004... Same-sex marriage became an ethical challenge for a Northern California newspaper and a radio station in March, when editors had to decide if gay and lesbian staff members could cover the developing marriage story if they themselves got...

Love-mad Mormons.(Art)(controversial photographs by gay artist are stolen, Salt Lake City, Utah)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... Photographer Don Farmer was merely trying to reconcile his homosexuality with his Mormon upbringing in a series of photographs depicting missionaries in homoerotic poses, but the images were just too much for some in Salt Lake City, the...

Gay? Trans? Whatever.(Publishing)(Lambda Literary Foundation removes book about transsexuals from its list of award finalists following protests by transgender activists)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... A book once honored by the Lambda Literary Foundation has now been labeled by the organization as "transphobic" and stripped of an award nomination. The foundation voted in March to remove The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of...

Sinful in Tennessee.(Government)(county commissioner in Rhea County, Tennessee, puts forward motion to charge gay men and lesbians for crimes against nature)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... Officials in Rhea County, Tenn., want gay and lesbian couples to know they're living in sin--but that a proposal to bar gays from living there was part of a big misunderstanding. County commissioner J.C. Fugate launched a motion on March 16 to...

How you can volunteer.(Marriage battlefield)(DontAmend.com is a campaign aimed at stopping federal government's effort to ban same-sex marriage)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... DontAmend.com what they do: A national grassroots campaign devoted to stopping any amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ban marriage for same-sex couples, DontAmend.com and the Equality Campaign were cofounded by a creator of...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(gay and lesbian rights)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... Racine, Wis. The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs rejected disabled Army veteran Marilyn Riedel's loan application March 12 for a home in Racine because she is not married to her partner of eight years, Connie Guardino, who applied...

Marriage comes to Quebec.(Canada)(court of appeal upholds ruling that prevention of same-sex marriage violates Canadian Charter of Rights)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... Michael Hendricks and his partner of 31 years, Rene LeBoeuf, have appeared as "the two guys on top of the wedding cake" in Montreal's last five gay pride parades. "Now we're actualizing it," Hendricks said after the two men won the right to...

Without his father's blessing: his lawmaker dad may be California's leading opponent of equal rights for gays, but that didn't stop David Knight from getting married in San Francisco.(Behind the Headlines)(son of Republican California state senator William Knight)(Interview)
April 27, 2004... David Knight's relationship with his dad has been contentious. While David is openly gay, his father, Republican California state senator William '"Pete" Knight, authored the successful Proposition 22 ballot initiative in 2000, banning...

Erasing gay patients.(Politics)(gays conspicuously absent from federal government's National Healthcare Disparities Report)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... Is the Bush administration erasing gays and lesbians from the nation's health care picture? Gays are conspicuously absent from the Department of Health and Human Services's first annual "National Healthcare Disparities Report," despite studies...

Better health care through marriage.(Benefits)(statistics on medically uninsured gays and lesbians)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... For many gays and lesbians, equal marriage rights could lead to better health. A new study by Harris Interactive and Witeck-Combs Communications shows that 30% of the nation's gay men and lesbians have no health insurance, compared with 14% of...

Lesbian minister's new day.(Methodist Church)(Karen Dammann of United Methodist Church, Ellensburg, Washington)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... After three years of contentious church proceedings, Karen Dammann can finally get on with the business of ministering to a congregation for the United Methodist Church. Dammann, who was accused of violating church doctrine by living openly as...

David Pasquarelli.(Died)(AIDS activist, San Francisco, California)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
April 27, 2004... David Pasquarelli, 36, a San Francisco AIDS activist and self-appointed watchdog for AIDS prevention groups, who challenged medical findings that HIV causes AIDS, of AIDS-related complications, March 8,

Leon King II.(Appointed)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... , an openly gay prison system official, as prison commissioner for the city of Philadelphia, March 19.

Tina Podlodowski.(Hired)(Lifelong AIDS Alliance, King County, Washington)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... , an out lesbian former Seattle city councilwoman, as executive director for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance in King County, Wash., March 29.

Adam Woest and Trevor Theys, to nine consecutive life terms each for the 2003 massacre of nine men.(Sentenced)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... Adam Woest and Trevor Theys, to nine consecutive life terms each for the 2003 massacre of nine men at a gay massage parlor known as Sizzlers in Cape Town, South Africa, March 16.

Princess in a necktie.(Generation Q)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... Standing in front of the mirror in my room, I slowly buttoned my brand-new dress shirt. As excited as I was about that night last June, I still didn't know how to broach the subject with Dad. How was I going to ask my father--a man of...

The case for marriage.(Activism)(magazine's Web site offers links and information)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... Ready to join the fight for equal marriage rights? Make www.advocate.com your first stop, for talking points and links to activist groups nationwide working to defeat Bush's constitutional amendment and win full equality.

Wedding cake walk.(First Person)
April 27, 2004... Not every same-sex commitment ceremony is a model of decorum. Journalist Trent Koland recalls one lesbian wedding that "bordered on insanity"--and yet was still just as moving as any other he'd attended.

Get your career on track.(Let's Get To Work)
April 27, 2004... Openly gay and wondering how to get to the next level in your job? Career expert Ed Vladich can help, Send your questions to editor@advocate.com, and read Ed's advice each month, only at Advocate.com.

Visibility leads to queer bashing: April 2, 1981.(From the Advocate Archives)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... As reported in this issue, increased gay visibility can lead to a rise in gay bashing. Twenty-three years ago, writer Pat Califia described another period when gay visibility was met with violence. "Ever since Dade County [Florida, where...

What's funny about gay marriage?(the Buzz)(newspaper comic strips address gay marriage issue)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... GAY MATERIAL in newspaper comic strips is about as rare as an episode of The O.C featuring an actual teenager. But what was once solely the occasional realm of "Doonesbury" and "For Better or for Worse" has branched out to other comics as the...

Hedwig's altar itch.(the Buzz)(Universal Life Church reverend John Cameron "Hedwig" Mitchell coproduces benefit concert in support of gay marriage)(Brief Article)
April 27, 2004... WHAT DOES gay marriage have in common with rock music? One day it will be hard to believe either was ever considered socially unacceptable. In the meantime, both will be sharing the stage on April 28 when advocacy group Freedom to Marry hosts a...

Loud opposition, quiet support: in the face of a noisy antigay crusade, a few Democrats bravely back same-sex marriage. Others, fearing political costs, keep their support behind closed doors.(Marriage)
April 27, 2004... At the second U.S. Senate hearing held last month on the proposed constitutional amendment to forever ban equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, openly gay Massachusetts representative Barney Frank asked the $64,000 question: "When I go...