The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from April 2008

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from April 2008

Senseless murders, senseless times.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
April 8, 2008... * To someone of my generation, the murder of 15-year-old Lawrence King reinforces all the awful warnings we heard as young queers just coming out: Never show your true self unless you're with your own tribe, we were told. If you do, you are...

So long, Heath.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I'm a middle-aged grandmother, a straight woman, who is the mother of two daughters: a beautiful lesbian woman and a beautiful straight woman. I also have very dear friends, both at work and in my personal life, who...

Have you ever had a MRSA infection?(THE ADVOCATE POLL)(methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)(Table)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the March 11 issue of The Advocate [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yes "Yes. I have had a MRSA infection, which was kind of ironic 11% because I warned one of our...

Hate speech?(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
April 8, 2008... When is The Advocate going to stop giving a platform to openly racist Jasmyne Cannick ["The Politics of Race," March 11]? She has nothing more to express each and every time than her never-ending hatred of white people and her determined...

Correction.(FEEDBACK)(Correction notice)
April 8, 2008... Correction: In our March 11 story "A Different Kind of Pride," we mistakenly omitted the name of the cofounder of Jewelry by Ponce, John Ponce, who operates a retail store in Portland, Ore. See his collection at JewelrybyPoncePortland.com.

Out on the street.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Iowa City: "If you could live anywhere else, where would it be?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Matthew Dolter, 27 gay bar manager "Austin, Texas, because I've heard the gay nightlife is the best...

Modern love.(ART)(Broad Contemporary Art Museum)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * The main entrance to the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum in Los Angeles is located on the third floor and leads into a naturally lit gallery of modern art by heavies like Jeff Koons (above), Roy Lichtenstein, and...

A gift before dying: Microsoft's Ric Weiland leaves a multimillion-dollar legacy to the gay rights movement.(Forward)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... * MIKE SCHAEFER falls silent for a moment when asked to reflect on the $65 million contribution from the estate of his late partner, Ric Weiland, to a handful of national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations. "His heart...

Blood runs cold in San Jose.(Forward)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... Until further notice, students at San Jose State University in Northern California will keep their blood, thank you very much. Though he didn't say so in those words, campus president Don Kassingdid contact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Quick fix.(Forward)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For AIDS patients and chronic-pain sufferers medicating with marijuana, the stress involved in obtaining the drug can diminish any potential benefits. But this January medical-marijuana activists in Los Angeles...

Bridging the divide: Black state legislator Jason Bartlett's coming-out could serve to unify two communities.(Forward)(Interview)
April 8, 2008... Connecticut state representative Jason Bartlett is used to being in the minority. In 2006 the African-American politician won the assembly seat in his district--which is 96% white. This February he officially became one of only six openly gay...

Service-members Legal Defense Network.(RESIGNED)(Steve Rails)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Steve Rails, as communications director of the Service-members Legal Defense Network. Ralls, who has been with SLDN since 1999, is taking a communications job with the national headquarters of Parents, Families, and...

David Watkin.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... David Watkin, 82, the Oscar-winning cinematographer, of cancer, February 19, in Brighton, England. After shooting the Beatles' 1965 classic Help! Watkin--or Wendy, as he was affectionately known among film crews--went on to photograph sprawling...

Bill Welch.(PRESIDING)(marriage ceremony for six same-sex couples, to be held on Penn State University's campus)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... Bill Welch, the mayor of State College, Pa., over a marriage ceremony for six same-sex couples, to be held on Penn State University's campus, March 29. The ceremony, opening Pride Week at the university, has no legal implications, but...

Rade "Rod" Kobila.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... Rade "Rod" Kobila, 69, the long-time owner of Pendulum, a gay bar in San Francisco's Castro district, of multiple myeloma, February 3. A Croatian immigrant, Kobila, who was straight, bought the Pendulum in 1969 with business partner Michael...

Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth, with the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, for their film Freeheld, February 24.(HONORED)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth, with the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, for their film Freeheld, February 24. The 38-minute film follows New Jersey detective lieutenant Laurel Hester's drawn-out struggle to transfer her...

Rants & raves.(Forward)(Quotation)
April 8, 2008... "This is also for my partner, John Barlow. Without you, honey, this would be hardware." --Producer Scott Rudin, accepting the Oscar for Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men, February 24 [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] "What if they...

Datebook 03.25-04.08.(Forward)(Calendar)
April 8, 2008... APRIL 8 Syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage, who's discussed gay family life in The Kid (his book about adopting a child with his partner) and his memoir The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, will be at San Francisco's Herbst...

One is not the loneliest number: BMW returns to its 3-series roots with the light and affordable 1-series.(FAST LANE: AUTOS)(BMW 1281)(Product/service evaluation)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2008 BMW 1281 CONVERTIBLE RETAIL PRICE (MSRP) $33,875 STANDARD ENGINE 3.0-LITER INLINE 6 HORSKPOWER 230 @ 6,S00 RPM TORQUE (LB-FT) 200 @ 2,750 RPM FUEL ECONOMY, CITY (MPG) 18 HIGHWAY (MPG) 27-28 IF YOU'VE SPENT...

Signing with style.(FAST LANE: AUTOS)(luxury pens)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... Until the 1980s only a few companies existed to serve the needs of pen elitists. But as our disposable income rose, so did our appetite for luxury accessories. And pens were no exception. Nowadays dozens of companies produce fine writing...

A president to be proud of: John McCain isn't perfect on gay issues. But gay voters should approach the Arizona senator with an open mind.(GUEST OPINION)
April 8, 2008... SEN. JOHN MCCAIN AGGRAVATES more people in Washing, ton than perhaps any other politician. Championing reform for campaign finance and immigration alongside Russ Feingold and Ted Kennedy has long made McCain a thorn in the side of...

Labor of love: is society ready for this pregnant husband?(FIRST PERSON)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TO OUR NEIGHBORS, my wife, Nancy, and I don't appear in the least unusual. To those in the quiet Oregon community, where we live, we are viewed just as we are--a happy couple deeply in love. Our desire to work hard,...

A gamble worth taking: Illinois has unveiled the first lottery scratch-off ticket to benefit HIV/AIDS organizations.(HEALTH)(The Illinois Quality of Life, Red Ribbon Cash)
April 8, 2008... ILLINOIS IS ASKING ITS CITIZENS to take a gamble on a new lottery ticket. The Illinois Quality of Life scratch-off ticket, called "Red Ribbon Cash," to benefit AIDS organizations is the first of its kind in the country; it joins state lotteries...

John Krasinski.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
April 8, 2008... As paper-pushing prankster Jim Halpert on NBC's Emmy-winning comedy The Office, John Krasinski won our hearts as he awkwardly romanced Pam the receptionist. Punching in for his first chat with gay media to promote his new football comedy...

Mixed messages: weeks before he was brazenly killed by his teenage crush, 15-year-old Lawrence King was encouraged to be himself. Did that lesson help send him to his grave?(Brandon McInerney)(Cover story)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AT 8:15 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 12, Brandon McInerney, age 14, stormed into the computer lab of Oxnard, Calif.'s E.O. Green Junior High. Armed with a small caliber handgun, he shot 15-year-old Lawrence King twice in the...

Where the gays are: a look at same-sex household patterns shows a surprising shift in the places gays are calling home.(List)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT DOESN'T TAKE A DEMOGRAPHICS EXPERT to figure out that a whole lot of gays live in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. It does, however, require some savvy data analysis to figure out where they're moving....

The marrying man: four years after he pushed same-sex marriage forward in the national debate, Gavin Newsom is waiting for his answer in the California supreme court. So are we.(Marriage)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM rushes into the room across from his office, apologizing for being late. He explains that he'd been walking down Market Street, talking to panhandlers about what it would take to get...

Nip tuck: gay men are going under the knife in record numbers in search of pretty pecs and a six-pack stomach.(HEALTH)(gay men having surgery for chest and stomach muscles)
April 8, 2008... THE ADVERTISEMENTS ARE RELENTLESS. Pick up any local gay magazine and you're certain to find page after page of cosmetic surgeons offering biceps enlargement, buttock augmentation, liposuction, smart liposuction, Botox, teeth whitening, hair...

Should the Swiss stick to army knives and chocolate?(Health News You Should Know)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN A SWISS REPORT ANNOUNCED this February that some HIV-positive men could have unprotected sex without infecting their partners, medical experts worldwide responded with outrage. The report, released by the...

Hopes dashed.(Health News You Should Know)(herpes research counting on to reduce susceptibility to HIV infection)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... An anti-herpes drug researchers were counting on to reduce susceptibility to HIV infection doesn't offer any protection, according to results presented at the 15th annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections this February....

Gays and violence.(Health News You Should Know)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... One out of every three gay men have experienced abuse by a partner, says a recent study in the Journal of Urban Health. By canvassing Chicago gay and bisexual venues and asking gay men to complete anonymous surveys, researcher David McKirnan,...

Sister, you're bumming me out.(Health News You Should Know)(relationships with your siblings may affect your mental health)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... Your relationships with your siblings may affect your mental health, says a study in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston followed 229 men for 30 years, from about...

The anointed one: dance artist Jonah Bokaer is the future of the art world.(Dance)
April 8, 2008... TO SEE JONAH BOKAER DANCE is to fall under his spell. There's something extraordinary about him--beautiful, virtuosic, and sublimely human. A consummate technical dancer who combines flawless line, impeccable timing, and clarity of purpose with...

Adam Epstein.(THEATER)(Interview)
April 8, 2008... Following a string of high-profile play revivals (A View From the Bridge, Amadeus, The Crucible) Adam Epstein won his first Tony at the age of 28 in 2003 for producing the still-running Broadway juggernaut Hairspray. Up next: Cry-Baby, his...

Relax, it's just sex: it's what comes after that should make you a little nervous.(A Four Letter Word)(My Blueberry Nights)(Movie review)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A FOUR LETTER WORD DIRECTED BY Casper Andreas STARRING Jesse Archer, Charlie David, and Cory Grant EMBREM ENTERTAINMENT MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS DIRECTED BY Wong Kar Wai STARRING Jude Law, Norah...

Ariodante.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... ARIODANTE DYNAMIC [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recorded at the 50th anniversary of the Spoleto Festival in Italy, this performance of Handel's 1735 opera, directed and designed by John Pascoe, is the second Pascoe effort to be brought...

Bette Davis Collection Volume 3.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BETTE DAVIS COLLECTION VOLUME 3 WARNER HOME VIDEO Fasten your seat belt for several bumpy nights with this six-disc collection of some of Davis's rarer gems. Includes newsreels, cartoons, and original...

The Love Boat: Season One, Vol. One.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE LOVE BOAT: SEASON ONE, VOL. ONE CBS AND PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT Before there was Dynasty, there was The Love Boat. Now you can grab the Aaron Spelling classic on DVD. Includes guest spots from...

Suzanne Westenhoefer: A Bottom On Top.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SUZANNE WESTENHOEFER: A BOTTOM ON TOP ARIZTICAL Onstage at Indianapolis's Indiana Roof Ballroom, Westenhoefer takes on sex toys, her status as a bottom, and everything else with a signature wit that somehow...

Sweeney Todd.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SWEENEY TODD PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT Johnny Depp may not have taken home the Oscar, but you can take home Tim Burton's screen adaptation of Sondheim's classic musical on a special two-disc DVD. You sir,...

Fire To Fire: New And Selected Poems.(BOOK PICKS)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FIRE TO FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS BY Mark Doty HARPERCOLLINS, $22.95 Aligning himself with gay poets Hart Crane, Elizabeth Bishop, and Constantine Cavafy, Doty evokes a resolutely gay topography that...

The Conversion.(BOOK PICKS)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE CONVERSION BY Joseph Olshan ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, $24.95 The author of Nightswimmer returns with the tale of a young American translator who becomes ensnared in the mysterious death of a well-known...

Eccentric Glamour: Creating An Insanely More Fabulous You.(BOOK PICKS)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ECCENTRIC GLAMOUR: CREATING AN INSANELY MORE FABULOUS YOU BY Simon Doom SIMON AND SCHUSTER, $24 The irrepressible Barneys New York creative director is back with a guide to "knowing who you really are...

Call it a comeback: after years of flailing, the members of R.E.M. return to reclaim their title as alt-rock kingpins.(Accelerate)(Sound recording review)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] R.E.M. Accelerate WARNER BROS. ONLY A HANDFUL Of iconic alt-rock acts--U2, Sonic Youth--have stuck together as long as R.E.M. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, and their...

The Black Keys.(MUSIC PICKS)(Attack and Release)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... THE BLACK KEYS Attack & Release NONESUCH [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Born from the ashes of a collaboration with Ike Turner, the blues-rock duo still found some strange bedfellows. Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley produced their...

Various Artists.(MUSIC PICKS)(In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VARIOUS ARTISTS In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 SHOUT! FACTORY Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, and other African superstars overhaul the Irish rockers' back catalog to benefit global relief....

Los Campesinos!(MUSIC PICKS)(Hold on Now, Youngster...)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LOS CAMPESINOS! Hold on Now, Youngster... ARTS & CRAFTS It's impossible to not dance while listening to the spirited musical high jinks of these indie rockers from Cardiff, Wales. Damn those meddlesome...

Lili Haydn.(MUSIC PICKS)(Place Between Places)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LILI HAYDN Place Between Places NETTWERK A very different Haydn. And this one has her own musical surprise: sublime, quirky pop for violin and voice. You'll never poke fun at the orchestra geeks again.

Yelle.(MUSIC PICKS)(Pop-Up)(Brief article)
April 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] YELLE Pop-Up CAROLINE Giddy, girlish dance floor fun from France. One of the top-selling iTunes electronica titles of 2007 finally sees release on disc, complete with bonus tracks.

Support your local gay performer: gay men will turn out in droves to support our favorite female stars. But with gay entertainers, we're not interested. What's up with that?(COLUMN: MOUTH OF THE SOUTH)(Column)
April 8, 2008... GAY MEN LOVE FEMALE PERFORMERS SO much you would think they were on salary. A brassy woman on the stage can count on our adoration. Cher, Bette, and insert name here would never have lasted without gay fans. They even latched on to Tammy Faye...

Ray of light.(FIRST PERSON)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... What is it about Madonna that people identify with so much? Her ballsiness, her rags-to-riches story, her modern-day feminism? Maybe... just her music? Just in time for her new CD, The Advocate's Gen X and Y editors share their affections for...

Speak out, get fired.(JUSTICE)(Ariana Losco fired for speaking out about harassment by her supervisor)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... Ariana Losco had good reason to testify to the state legislature on behalf of Equality Utah's push to get a work nondiscrimination law on the state books. Two weeks prior, she had been fired after speaking out to the Associated Press about...

The Advocate iMIX.(ADVOCATE INSIDER)
April 22, 2008... While every queer musician in our annual music issue has a story worth telling, their true claim to fame is, after all, their music. Sample and download all of the artists feature on these pages, including Bob Mould, Sia, Steven Alvarado, Los...

To be young, gifted, and out.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... You may think that on Broadway it's easy to be out. Actually, it depends on what you mean by "out." In theaters and elsewhere, I've heard a lot of half-measures, put forward in all sincerity, from "my friends know" to "it's not an issue." They...

Bloom off the rose?(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
April 22, 2008... Dear Miss M: I absolutely love you to pieces, and we New Yorkers are deeply indebted to you for your tireless efforts with the New York Restoration Project ["Winning Bette," March 25]. However, I must strongly disagree with your position on...

The Advocate poll: would you vote against a pro-gay GOP senator to seat a Democrat?(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... Yes 45% No 55% How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the March 25 issue of The Advocate "If the past few years have taught us anything, it is that the party in power has the power." ...

Name change.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
April 22, 2008... I really liked your Vegas Issue [March 25]. If you ask any local "Where is the place to be on a Sunday night?" the answer is Charlie's. You should have done your research--Backstreet changed to Charlie's two years ago! CHAAD TAYLOR, Las...

Troubled waters.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
April 22, 2008... Like many lesbians and gay business professionals, I have been following the story of Olivia's executive war ["Out to Sea," March 11]. What strikes me is that for years prior to [Judy] Dlugacz's cleaning house, Olivia was known for the...

Correction.(FEEDBACK)(Correction notice)
April 22, 2008... In our March 25 story "If They Build It, Will We Come?" the individual quoted and identified as the partner of Milo Miloscia should have been AEG Live/Concerts West vice president John Nelson, not the organization's president, John Meglen....

Out on the street.(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in New York City: "What's your guilty pleasure when it comes to music?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Angola Cheng, 30 filmmaker "Wilson Phillips. They remind me of being in love in sixth grade...

Truth in advertising.(MEDIA)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] When you think of models, two non-celebrity lesbian moms and a 30-something gay Republican don't naturally come to mind. But they're among the people hetero fashion designer Kenneth Cole--who has consistently used...

Prelude to a kiss? The chaste gay couple on As the World Turns frustrates fans, enrages religious zealots, and lends the 52-year-old show some much-needed buzz.(Forward)
April 22, 2008... NO ENTERTAINMENT STORY of late has ignited the gay blogosphere like the never-ending drama--or more accurately, lack of drama--of As the World Turns's Luke and Noah, daytime TV's first ongoing gay male romance. After two passionate kisses last...

Soft-core Catholics.(Forward)(Catholics for Choice )
April 22, 2008... As Pope Benedict XVI arrives this month for his first visit to the United States, lobbyist group Catholics for Choice continues its mission to drag him into the 21st century. Created in 1973, the year of Roe v. Wade, CFC pushes the Roman...

We build these cities.(Forward)(Who's Your City? by Richard Florida)(Interview)
April 22, 2008... Richard Florida's 2002 best seller, The Rise of the Creative Class, boldly charged that to be successful, cities must embrace, among other things, the LGBT population. Florida's insights turned heads, and so will his latest read, Who's Your...

By the numbers: presidential birthday candles.(Forward)(the ages of president of the United States)(Brief article)(List)
April 22, 2008... Barack Obama and John McCain have been accused of being too young and too old, respectively, to hold office--if victorious, Obama would be 47 at the time of his inauguration, while McCain would be a spry 72. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton will have...

The L. Word.(ENDING)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The L Word, Showtime's popular lesbian drama series, after its sixth season, which is slated to begin in early 2009. While the prime-time show's past seasons each consisted of 12 or 13 episodes, creator and executive...

South of Nowhere.(ENDING)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... South of Nowhere, the N network's progressive teen series, after its third season, which will begin airing in April. After its debut in 2005, the show garnered outstanding reviews for its realistic portrayal of adolescent life, including...

National Youth Advocacy Coalition.(APPOINTED)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... Greg Varnum, as acting executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition, the social justice organization for young LGBT people, on March 11. Formerly the director of youth services at Michigan's Triangle Foundation, Varnum, 25, hopes...

John Turner.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... John Turner, 63, one of the first openly gay doctors to treat HIV and AIDS patients in the early years of the epidemic, of complications from a neuromuscular disease, in Woodbury, Pa., March 7. While an endocrinologist at Philadelphia's...

Maxim Thorne.(RESIGNED)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... Maxim Thorne, a former Human Rights Campaign official, from Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's LGBT Leadership Council, after making inflammatory remarks about opposing candidate Hillary Clinton, March 11. In e-mails to a listserv,...

Rants & raves.(Forward)(Quotation)
April 22, 2008... "Eventually, I also want to open up a camp for kids, and I definitely want to be a spokesperson for gay rights. My best friend is gay... I just think that you shouldn't define somebody by their sexuality." --Ousted American Idol...

Datebook 04.08-04.22.(Forward)(Calendar)
April 22, 2008... APRIL 14 The annual benefit for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus takes place at Gotham's Warwick Hotel. Celebs like Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein are expected. NYCGMC.ORG [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] APRIL 17-21 The White Party...

I have a dream ... ticket: Clinton and Obama say they won't run together. But LGBT voters can hope.(COLUMN: ROD & REAL)(Hillary Clinton; Barack Obama)
April 22, 2008... IN THE DAYS LEADING UP to the second Super Tuesday on March 4, a fascinating narrative emerged that contrasted the presidential candidates' comfort levels on gay and lesbian issues. In one corner was the new front-runner, Sen. Barack Obama,...

Moby.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
April 22, 2008... After Moby spoke out against Eminem's misogynistic and homophobic lyrics at the Grammys in 2001, the rapper called him a "36-year-old bald-headed fag" and declared "nobody listens to techno" in his single "Without Me." Turns out that the angry...

It's lovely at the top: out journalist Randy Lovely takes over as editor at the conservative Arizona Republic and learns firsthand what it means to be a novelty.(NEWS)
April 22, 2008... RANDY LOVELY is trying hard not to think about how many Weight Watchers points he just blew. Days before our interview he indulged in a newsroom potluck of chili and chicken wings. Still, it was worth it, particularly since it helped fuel a...

Chemistry.com.(THE ADVOCATE Bulletin: Our Essential Guide to Events and Promotions)(Website overview)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... Find a relationship with Chemistry. Looking for a relationship that goes way beyond compatibility? At Chemistry. com, we believe everyone deserves the kind of love that makes you go weak at the knees. See what our chemistry-inspired matches can...

Kiss Insurance.(Abreva Pump for cold sore )(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... Kiss that cold sore goodbye with the NEW Abreva Pump. Then you'll be ready for your Valentine's Day kiss! While other products just soothe, Abreva heals cold sores from the inside out... FAST. Think Fast. Think Abreva [ILLUSTRATION...

Cry-Baby On Broadway!(THE ADVOCATE Bulletin: Our Essential Guide to Events and Promotions)(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... Wayward youth, juvenile delinquents, sexual repression, cool music, dirty lyrics, bizarre rejects... Finally, the 50's come to life! For real this time! Cry-Baby, based upon the HIT Universal Pictures film written and directed by John Waters,...

Equality Illinois.(Brief article)
April 22, 2008... Over 1,200 attended the 2008 Equality Illinois Gala: Justice for All on Saturday, February 2nd, at the Chicago Hilton & Towers. Equality Illinois honored community leaders Judy Yeager, State Representative Constance A. Howard and Reverend...

Field of dreams: in the broccoli and strawberry fields of central California, LGBT farmworkers face everything from violence to cuts in pay simply for being who they are. How one woman and a cutting-edge legal project are leading the fight for justice.(Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders; Lisa Cisneros)
April 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TWO HOURS SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO in the agricultural hub of Salinas, Calif., a Mexican immigrant worked as a foreman in a produce packing plant, supervising nearly 100 people for eight to 10 hours a day, sometimes...

Cheyenne stands tall: most leading men are afraid to be out and proud. Cheyenne Jackson is bigger than that.(The Music Issue)
April 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE because it s a little bit twisted, whispers Cheyenne Jackson across a corner table at Sardis in New York City, where a caricature of his handsome head has just been added...

Listen up! There are gay musicians and there are musicians who happen to be gay. These 10 emerging artists span a range of genres including punk, folk, rap, and everything in between. But it's not about who you sleep with for these and an ever-growing generation of musician. In the end it's all about the music.
April 22, 2008... THE SHONDES ICONIC QUEER JEWISH PUNK ROCKERS are a rare lot. In fact, with the exception of Phranc (in her pre-Folksinger Los Angeles hardcore days), the field was wide open when the Shondes burst on the scene in 2006. The Brooklyn,...

The man who broke the mold: Bob Mould is what every young musician aspires to be--versatile successful, and beloved. How one man became a legend by defying definition.(Interview)
April 22, 2008... ONE OF THE MOST enduring figures in underground music, Bob Mould first garnered attention as a member of Minneapolis '80s hardcore-punk trio Husker Du. The group, known at first for their short and fast songs (which were nonetheless highly...

Si'a's quiet side: chatty and chirpy when she's talking about her career as an uber-inside musician, Sia downplays her sexuality.(Sia Furler)
April 22, 2008... THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD SIA FURLER is the blond pixie asphyxiating herself with a plastic bag, panty hose, and other devices in the viral video for her bubbly song "Buttons." The Australian-born singer is also the ethereal voice accompanying the...