The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from April 2005

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from April 2005

Marcia's cross.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2005... I won't hold it against Marcia Cross for being straight ["Marcia Cross: Desperate Rumors," March 15]. None of us pick our sexual preference. She's a wonderful actress in a wonderful series. Jay Dungan, Oakland, Calif. I first heard...

Gay Asian pioneers.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2005... Thank you for your article "Invisible No More" [March 15]. For the record I would like to clarify that recent efforts attributed to me to promote marriage equality in the Asian-American community were not mine alone or even mine to begin with....

Playing in Peoria.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2005... I would like to make some clarifications regarding your article "Not on Gay Road" [The Nation, March 15], which unjustly portrayed Peoria, Ill., as intolerant toward gays. The article stated, "Apparently gay doesn't play in Peoria," then...

Comedy club.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2005... If Margaret Cho is going to give me advice on our government, perhaps she'd like some advice on her comedy [Big Gay Following, March 15]! People don't pay to see her tell them how to vote; they pay to be entertained. Stick to what you know. ...

He's fired.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2005... In the Rants & Raves section of the March 15 issue, you attributed the quote "Are you a homosexual?" to "Donald Trump confronting a contestant on NBC's The Apprentice who had made a homoerotic commercial." That is incorrect. The quote was...

Lesbian baiting.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2005... I love Bruce Vilanch's columns, but he's missed an important aspect of the "lesbian" character (Serena Southerlyn) on Law & Order [Notes Prom a Blond, March 15]. The decision to make her a lesbian came just days before her final scene was...

Thais that bind.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2005... I admired Beautiful Boxer ["Man Enough to Be a Woman," March 15]. Ekachai Uekrongtham's Thai film could not have been done in Hollywood, and it is to his great credit that he took a chance in Bangkok. He deserves big success for the treatment...

False prophets.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2005... The truth behind the likes of Lou Sheldon, Pat Robertson, and others is to make themselves look sincere and credible under the banner of "American Moral Values" [Last Word, March 15]. What these multimillionaires really desire is power,...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(gays on race issues)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... In the March 15 issue, we asked: Are lesbians and gays more sensitive to race issues than other Americans? yes 43% unsure 5% no 52% Note: Table made from pie chart. * "You would think that of all groups the...

Mother land.(my perspective)
April 12, 2005... I want to adopt a child, an Indian girl. Having been one myself, I feel uniquely positioned to teach her the kind of independence and freedom of thought that I wish I had been taught earlier. So I went to India in December to investigate the...

Rants & raves.
April 12, 2005... "She's a Pottery Barn lesbian." --Boy George on Rosie O'Donnell, in his new memoir, Straight, as quoted by The Times of London and reported on MSNBC.com's "The Scoop," March 9 "Boy George is no Elton John." --Rosie O'Donnell on...

Where did we begin: a celebration of the 40th anniversary of one early demonstration rankles some longtime activists.(At Issue)(Equality Forum)
April 12, 2005... When was the official birth of the modern gay rights movement? Some say it came with the forming of the first gay fights group. Others argue it started with the Stonewall riots in New York City in 1969. But for Malcolm Lazin, executive director...

Lesbians too much for bus riders.(Media)('The L Word' advertisement)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... Images of naked lesbians were apparently too much for one state lawmaker in Brooklyn, N.Y., who succeeded in getting a poster for Showtime's The L Word removed from a local bus stop. Republican state senator Marry Golden said a number of...

New Mexico's mecca in turnmoil.(Hate Crime)(beating in Santa Fe)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... Santa Fe, N.M., has long been considered one of the nation s safest places for gays and lesbians to live--a city in the top 10 in its ratio of gay couples. So the brutal beating of openly gay James Maestas, 21, on February 27 has left many...

Marching with Farrakhan.(Advocacy)(Louis Farrakhan)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... While Islamic nations across the globe strictly forbid homosexuality, America's own Nation of Islam is marching forward on the issue. At a recent "State of the Black Union" symposium in Atlanta, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan welcomed...

A harder case for asylum.(immigration bill)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have touted their February passage of a new immigration bill as a weapon in the war on terror. But gay rights activists say the measure, which is now before the U.S. Senate, is also a weapon...

Across the Nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... San Diego, Calif. The San Diego County Office of Education on March 2 announced the firing of a 22-year-old intern in the county's outdoor camp program after the intern discussed lesbianism with a group of sixth grade students. The intern...

Tolerance on the radio dial.(Mexico)(pro-gay radio ads)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... A Pro-gay radio ad campaign currently airing in 15 Mexican cities is part of a government-sponsored plan to encourage tolerance backed by President Vicente Fox. But several conservative groups say the ads use tax-payer funds to "promote"...

From Emily to HRC: new president Joe Solmonese promises to "engage America" in the Human Rights Campaign's fight for GLBT equality.(Behind the Headlines)(Human Rights Campaign)(Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered )(Interview)
April 12, 2005... On April 11, longtime Washington insider Joe Solmonese takes over as president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay rights organization. The 40-year-old gay man replaces fellow Massachusetts native Cheryl Jacques, who stepped...

NC-17 takes the gay out of DVD rentals.(Retail)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... When gay Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's new film, Bad Education, was slapped with an NC-17 rating, it meant that customers of Blockbuster Video's online rental service wouldn't find it there: The video rental giant doesn't stock NC-17-rated...

Support in unlikely places.(Employment)(Topeka, Kansas)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... Even in the hometown of the nation's most notorious antigay crusader, people support protections for gay and lesbian employees. Rejecting a high-profile repeal effort led by the Reverend Fred Phelps in Topeka. Kan., 53% voted on March 1 to keep...

Frat winning fight to discriminate.(Religion)(Alpha Iota Omega)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... If it's OK for some campus groups to discriminate against students based on their level of commitment, then it's OK for a Christian fraternity to refuse to admit students who are gay. That was the argument made by U.S. district court judge...

Transitions.(deaths)(appointment)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
April 12, 2005... DIED: Richard Mitchell Trelease Jr., 83, a retired bishop for New Mexico's Episcopal diocese of the Rio Grande, who lobbied for the rights of gays and women priests, in Akron, Ohio, February 25, DIED: Sharyn Lane, 55, a longtime theater...

Tuxedo injunction.(Generation Q)(high school senior photograph)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... My mom always taught me to be honest, especially with myself. So by my junior year at Fleming Island High School in Clay County, Fla., I told my family and friends that I am a lesbian. My mom was torn at first but soon became my champion. ...

Back from Canada.
April 12, 2005... American Julie A. Weisberg lived two years in Canada and was tempted to stay to marry her partner. Instead, she decided to return to America and work for change here. Find her story only on Advocate.com.

Psychic and gay.(Book Excerpt)
April 12, 2005... New Yorker Dougall Fraser is one of the nation's top psychic counselors, and he's also openly gay. Read an excerpt from his intriguing new memoir, But You Knew That Already, exclusively at Advocate.com.

Show me Vegas!(gay performers)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... Gay men are responsible for two of the best shows running in Las Vegas: Elton John, for his recurring Red Piano gigs, and director Robert Lepage, for Cirque du Soleil's mind-blowing new show, Ka. Read Bruce C. Steele's reviews at...

February 13,1990: AIDS activism at full throttle.(Advocate Archives)
April 12, 2005... Many of today's AIDS activists are taking on the role of "sex police," as revealed in the current issue. But it's not the first time we've reported on the radical tactics and attitudes of America's AIDS warriors. Fifteen years ago The...

Saturday night Edna?(casting)(Edna Turnblad)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... At press time, John Travolta was rumored to be the lead candidate to play Edna Turnblad in the Hairspray movie. We'll see if he can fill Harvey Fierstein's pumps.

Robert and Bobby and Oscar.(the Buzz)(Robert Hudson, Bobby Houston win Academy Award)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... OSCAR watchers who found this year's ceremony a little snoozy should have been backstage when Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston, partners in life and work, hit the pressroom following their win for Best Documentary Short Subject. "The...

Work it, doll!(the Buzz)(RuPaul doll)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... BY JUNE you'll find a RuPaul Doll on a shelf right next to Barbie and G.I. Joe, standing tall. Well, taller, actually. In real life the supermodel of the world has plenty of height on professional mannequin Naomi Campbell so she could take...

Halle Berry.(hot seat)(Interview)
April 12, 2005... We already loved Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry for her talent, beauty, and philanthropy. But when she had the good humor to attend the annual Razzie Awards show--something very few "honorees" have ever done--to claim her Worst Actress...

Don't cross the river: recent antigay hysteria in Virginia has the Washington area's gay men and lesbians prepping for a fight.(The Washington Advocate)
April 12, 2005... From the liberal cocoon of Washington, D.C., while sipping cocktails on the terrace of the Kennedy Center, you can gaze across the Potomac River to one of the most conservative states in the nation: the Commonwealth of Virginia. During the...

Under the radar.(The Washington Advocate)(USA Next uses same-sex wedding picture)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... Can you imagine being made the face of homophobia? That's what happened to Rick Raymen Steven Hansen of Portland, Ore., whose wedding picture was lifted by right-wing group USA Next for an ad meant to punish AARP for its opposition to Bush's...

A blind eye to discrimination: Scott Bloch, the Bush appointee who tried to ditch protections for gay federal employees, has a new scandal on his hands: a gay whistle-blower Bloch's office tried to sweep under the carpet.(Politics)(George W. Bush)
April 12, 2005... For 32 years Michael Levine considered himself lucky. The gay radio systems manager worked for the U.S. Forest Service at the Inyo National Forest in picturesque Bishop, Calif., not far from Yosemite National Park. Levine, now 65, was able to...

"They asked for it": murderers of gay and transgender people across the country are still blaming the victims, claiming sexual advances can cause homicidal rage. Now prosecutors are joining together to get rid of the "gay panic" defense once and for all.(Courts)
April 12, 2005... Nineteen-year-old Eagle Scout Gary Hirte admitted he murdered Glenn Kopitske, a 37-year-old gay Wisconsin man. But Hirte's attorney told a jury in February that his client should not be held responsible for his actions: He did it only because...

The new sex police: with AIDS diagnoses on the rise and a scary new strain of HIV looming large, some activists are advocating radical methods to halt unsafe sex.(Health+Watch)
April 12, 2005... With AIDS diagnoses on the rise, more gay men having unsafe sex, and a potentially new "super-strain" of HIV discovered, Marc Cohen feels compelled to take drastic action. As president of Miami's United Foundation for AIDS, Cohen routinely...

Sheath that scalpel: the only way to be sure of an intersex baby's gender is to wait until you can ask them, researchers say.(Health+Watch)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2005... Gender may have a lot more to do with the inside of your brain than the outside of your body. So when a child is born with indeterminate sex organs, doctors should hold off on genital surgery until the child has grown enough to identity as male...

Finding fertility: lesbians looking to become parents are more likely now than ever to face religious objections from their doctors.(Health+Watch)
April 12, 2005... When Guadalupe Benitez had trouble getting pregnant, she and her partner, Joanne Clark, did what thousands of American women do every year: They sought help from a fertility clinic. In 1999 they went to the only clinic covered by Benitez's...

Mormons on a mission: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most powerful forces working to defeat gay equality. And openly gay and lesbian Mormons are the most powerful force working to change their church.(Cover Story)
April 12, 2005... Struggling with his gay sexual orientation several years ago, Aaron Cloward sought help from the leaders of his local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He didn't get any. "The last [Mormon] bishop I talked to said, 'You are rejecting...

Running with Scissor Sisters.(hell in a handbasket)
April 12, 2005... I was 14 when I first saw Michael Hutchence's buns slide across the screen in INXS's steamy "Need You Tonight" video. The next day their poster went over my bed, and from the fiery hell of puberty my obsession was forged. I attended my Drama...

Back in bloom: that southern grail of comedy, Steel Magnolias, is back--and on Broadway--with Avenue Q's acclaimed out director in charge.(play)(Theater Review)
April 12, 2005... The revival of Steel Magnolias at New York's Lyceum Theater promises a welcome contrast to current Broadway dramas like Twelve Angry Men. "We're the perfect antidote," quips out director Jason Moore. "We're Six Happy Women." The play, a...

Farce majeure: David Mamet makes with the gay jokes, reflecting straight men to themselves.(theater)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
April 12, 2005... Romance * Written by David Mamet * Directed by Neil Pepe * Starring Bob Balaban, Larry Bryggman, and Keith Nobbs * Atlantic Theater Company, New York (through May 1) David Mamet, the playwright and filmmaker best known for tough-guy works...

Big Boyz: with its hilarious takes on boy bands and Christian pop, Altar Boyz is heaven.(concert)(Brief Article)(Concert Review)
April 12, 2005... Altar Boyz * Conceived by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport * Score by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker * Directed by Stafford Arima * Dodger Stages, New York City (open-ended run) Boy bands are largely absent from the pop charts these...

Gay vs. reggae: the reggae music industry makes changes in response to gay activists' protesting violently homophobic lyrics. The artists have no comment.(Music)
April 12, 2005... The long and heated battle between homophobic reggae artists and gay activists appears to have come to an end, at least temporarily. There is no clear victor, but a tentative ceasefire is in place. Once perceived as a musical embodiment of...

Hersch's Whitman sampler: jazz luminary Fred Hersch unfurls Leaves of Grass, an ensemble vocal work based on the classic collection by gay poet Walt Whitman.(Music)
April 12, 2005... Walt Whitman's message needs to be heard," says out jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch, explaining the thinking behind his new recording, Leaves of Grass (Palmetto). "Whitman's universal message is about love and tolerance--of embracing real...

Rapture: Antony and the Johnsons play with gospel and gender.(Music)(I Am a Bird Now)(Sound Recording Review)
April 12, 2005... I Am a Bird Now * Antony and the Johnsons * Secretly Canadian The new album by performance artist Antony and his chamber orchestra, the Johnsons, contains unmistakable elements of soul music: a brass band and string ensemble, sparse...

Finding her groove: Lea DeLaria's latest CD finds the jazz singer still relaxing into the genre.(Music)(Double Standards)(Sound Recording Review)
April 12, 2005... Double Standards * Lea DeLaria * Telarc It's no secret by now that Lea DeLaria, the raunchy butch comic, can transform, lickety-split, into Lea the jazz chanteuse. She's been showing off her musical chops with growing conviction over the...

Let's hear it for the girls: Girl Play is a little movie about lesbian love that fulfills its mission with charm to spare.(Movie Review)
April 12, 2005... Girl Play * Starring Robin Greenspan and Lacie Harmon * Based on Real Girls by Greenspan and Harmon * Directed by Lee Friedlander * Goff-Kellam Productions and Wolfe Releasing Not to stereotype, but reading the production notes on the...

Back to Idaho: director Gus Van Sant revisits My Own Private Idaho for the film's long-awaited U.S. DVD debut.(DVD)(Interview)
April 12, 2005... My Own Private Idaho, Gus Van Sant's tale of unrequited love that featured River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in their career-making performances as hustlers, has been reissued on DVD by the Criterion Collection. As usual with this noted company,...

Bush's invisible scandal.(broadside)(George W. Bush)(James Dale Guckert scandal)
April 12, 2005... Imagine it's 1998 and Bill Clinton is still our president. A White House "reporter" is revealed to be a gay prostitute working for a Web site owned by a Democratic activist. Not only that, but the reporter turns out to be a special favorite of...

Mormons on a mission: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most powerful forces working to defeat gay equality. And openly gay and lesbian Mormons are the most powerful force working to change their church.(Cover Story)
April 12, 2005... Struggling with his gay sexual orientation several years ago, Aaron Cloward sought help from the leaders of his local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He didn't get any. "The last [Mormon] bishop I talked to said, 'You are rejecting...

Tammy's in love.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 26, 2005... What courage! What dedication! What love! Tammy Lynn Michaels's interview was touching and inspiring, proving the tremendous love she and Melissa have for each other ["Committed to Love," March 29]. I realized once again the devotion my...

HRC, pro and con.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 26, 2005... Thank you for your recent profile of the Human Rights Campaign by correspondent Sarah Wildman ["Tough Times at HRC," March 29]. We thought overall it was a reasonable look at the spectrum of opinions and feelings that exist on the work of HRC....

Virginia is for haters.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 26, 2005... In Mike Hudson's article "Gay Marriage Inc." [March 29] he writes, "Gay couples still have the fights of any two individuals to enter into contracts, wills, and other legal agreements to simulate the rights of marriage." It's important to note...

Miscalculation.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 26, 2005... In your March 29 sidebar "To Give Is Better" in the "Debt & Taxes" section, you state that where one partner in a couple earns substantially more than the other, "it makes sense... to 'gift' a portion of their income" to the other. "This way,...

Fag haggling.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
April 26, 2005... I'm glad someone finally put into words what I've been thinking ever since I became active in the GLBTI community. Heather Matarazzo's column "Who You Callin' a Fag Hag?" [My Perspective, March 29] is a breath of fresh air for those of us who...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(THE ADVOCATE POLL)(Human Rights Campaign)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... * "HRC has certainly done things I did not agree with. However, they do give us a voice at the national level, and that counts for something." * "HRC's message seems diffuse, as reflected in its struggle to maintain effective leadership."...

The beauty of coming out.(my perspective)(Gay musicians)
April 26, 2005... Well, it's been a year. And everything in life seems somehow sweeter. I've been doing concerts for a lot of years, but since coming out in The Advocate last April, it's as if I were taking the stage with my saxophone for the very first...

Rants & raves.
April 26, 2005... "As for the stories of boyfriends at hair salons, Tommy Mottola management deals, gay porn videos, Bad Boy recording contracts, they are just that--stories." --A spokesperson for Mario Vasquez, who mysteriously quit as an American idol...

Mass. voters on board: Bay State voters favor candidates who support same-sex marriage. Will current lawmakers be swayed?(At Issue)
April 26, 2005... Same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts, but a proposal passed by the legislature last year to amend the state constitution has shrouded its future in uncertainty. The amendment, which would ban same-sex marriage and install civil unions in...

Straight support on two wheels.(ADVOCACY)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... Lars Clausen is famous for setting a world record by unicycling through all 50 states three years ago and for raising awareness about the lives of Native Americans and others with a book titled One Wheel-Many Spokes. Now the 43-year-old married...

Navratilova cruises away from Rainbow.(ENDORSEMENT)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... Tennis star Martina Navratilova has had difficulty attracting endorsements as an out lesbian, but that hasn't stopped her from holding those who use her name to a high standard. In March, Navratilova filed suit against Do Tell Inc., a company...

Senior homophobia.(RETIREMENT)
April 26, 2005... As the debate about Social Security reform heats up and the biggest wave of retirement in American history looms, gay seniors entering assisted living situations, nursing homes, and retirement communities still face widespread homophobia. ...

The numbers.(The Nation)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 26, 2005... THE NUMBERS Estimated number of seniors in U.S. * 2000 35 2030 69 Estimated number of GLBT seniors in U.S. * 2000 3 2030 6 * in millions Note: Table made from bar graph.

Unprotected in Ohio.(MARRIAGE)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... Proponents of Ohio's recently passed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions have said it's only about the definition of marriage. But that's not the reality now that a state judge has decided that unmarried partners, gay or...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... Los Angeles, Calif. After 67 years in existence as one of the nation's oldest continuously operating gay establishments, the Friendship bar, just off the notoriously gay Will Rogers State Beach near the Santa Monica city limits, closed its...

Fear of outing leads to murder.(SAUDI ARABIA)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... Being gay is illegal in Saudi Arabia, but it won't get you beheaded. Killing someone because you're scared they might out you will. Two Sandi men were executed on March 13 for killing a Pakistani man who saw them in a "shameful situation,"...

West Point ally: Lt. Col. Allen Bishop broke new ground by publicly calling for an end to the military's ban on gays. He hopes others will follow.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
April 26, 2005... When Lt. Col. Allen Bishop went to a symposium on the military's "don't ask, don't bell" policy at Hofstra University two years ago, he was inspired to write an article calling for an end to the ban on gays serving openly. But it wasn't that...

A more inclusive AMA.(ACTIVISM)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... American Medical Association president John Nelson caused a stir in February by defending the right of the Catholic-run New York Medical College, as a private institution, to ban a gay student group. Now he's hoping to make nice by committing...

Lesbians know their weight.(FITNESS)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... Forget what you think you know about self-conscious straight women who keep track of every pound they lose or gain. A new study shows that lesbians are much more likely to be aware of exactly what they weigh. The online survey of 2,209...

Fighting for the the Holy Land.(Far Right)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... It's sinful enough that local gays and lesbians march in an annual gay pride parade through the streets of the Holy Land. But making it into an international event could bring divine retribution, says a new coalition of evangelical Christians...

Judith Appel.(APPOINTED)(Our Family Coalition)(Appointed Judith Appel as executive director)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... APPOINTED: Judith Appel, an attorney and longtime activist, as executive director of Our Family Coalition, a San Francisco Bay area group for 6LBT families, March 7,

Defense of Marriage Amendment.(REINTRODUCED)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... REINTRODUCED: The Federal Marriage Amendment, as the Defense of Marriage Amendment, a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, in the U.S. House of Representatives, March 18,

Ella LaPointe.(RESIGNED)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... RESIGNED: Ella LaPointe, as executive director of Project Inform, a San Francisco-based AIDS organization, after four years, April 1,

Guadalupe Camarena.(SENTENCED)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... SENTENCED: Guadalupe Camarena, 34, a transgender woman from Houston, to five years in prison for giving another transgender woman a fatal injection of silicone meant to enlarge her breasts, March 9.

Learning the pains of love.(Generation Q)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... I've always been the lovesick boy who just wanted someone to show affection for. And when I finally met that someone, I told him. But it didn't go very well. Standing in a grassy corner of the quad at Franklin High School with some...

A tribute to Wanda.(FIRST PERSON)
April 26, 2005... Los Angeles activist Vallerie D. Wagner knew veteran GLBT leader Wanda Alston (left) for 20 years before Alston was murdered in D.C. in March [see page 30]. Read her tribute to a friend, only at Advocate.com.

Points for equality.(COMMENTARY)
April 26, 2005... Advocate news features editor Chad Graham has an idea on how to help you track the work you're doing to further gay equality: a Weight Watchers-like point system that rewards every little thing you do.

Kicked out of sixth grade.(FIRST PERSON)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... When a sixth-grade teacher dares to answer a student's question about whether he's gay, it's the beginning of the end. Still subject to legal retribution from the school district, the openly bisexual ex-teacher tells his story anonymously at...

The birth of "new queer cinema": March 10, 1992.(From the Advocate Archives)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... Sometimes good things conic in waves. That's the case with a batch of independent queer films covered in the current issue of The Advocate. But it's far from the first big wave. Thirteen years ago, then-Advocate film critic David...

Gay, bi, Tribeca.(the Buzz)(Adam and Steve)(The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... IT WAS Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve... until this month's hip Tribeca Film Festival, where out actor Craig Chester unveils his screenwriting-directorial debut, Adam & Steve. Chester and fellow out actor Malcolm Gets (Caroline in the City)...

Duo dissed in Singapore.(the Buzz)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2005... INVITED to perform by an AIDS fund-raiser, pop duo and offstage couple Jason & deMarco were disinvited by Singapore's government in March because "alternative lifestyles are against the public interest," an official stated. "The whole point was...

Making Eyes at a gay PI.(the Buzz)
April 26, 2005... LOOK OUT, Jack and Carson, there's a new kind of queer on the tube--the gay tough guy. Rick Worthy (far left, with Tim Daly) plays Chris Didion, a senior partner in a high-tech, high-risk investigation firm, in ABC's new suspense drama Eyes....