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

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

Scott Pomfret & Scott Whittier.(Q&A)(Interview)
August 16, 2005... The two Scotts--lawyer Pomfret and advertising whiz Whittier--have broken into the book industry big time with the romance novel Hot Sauce (Warner Books, $12.95). After self-publishing four books and setting up a Web site to promote them, the...

The reality of gay sex.(same-sex marriage)(Editorial)
August 16, 2005... Politically speaking, my favorite openly gay reality TV stars are the couples. A few days before they flew to Ottawa, Canada, to get legally married, Amazing Race contestants Lynn Warren and Alex Ali dropped by Hollywood for lunch with The...

Time line: gay sex ed.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
August 16, 2005... 1904 In their push for sex ed in the classroom, Prince A. Morrow, a doctor, and G. Stanley Hall, a psychologist, warn against teaching about homosexuality. 1948 In response to the first Kinsey Report, the American Social Hygiene...

(10.69) archives: staying "groovy".(Groovy Guy contest)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
August 16, 2005... The Advocate's practice of putting young gay men on the cover has drawn criticism and praise from all corners of the community, but it's a tradition that dates back to the magazine's very beginnings. Thirty-six years ago, amid headlines about...

In good company.(Our Essential Guide to Events + Promotions)
August 16, 2005... For every JAGUAR or LAND ROVER purchased or leased in 2005, Jaguar and Land Rover will donate up to $1,000 to GLAAD. If you are planning on getting a Jaguar or Land Rover, or already did so, call (800) 652-7782 or visit...

Legend continues.(Our Essential Guide to Events + Promotions)
August 16, 2005... Fifty years after James Dean's tragic death his legend lives on in The Complete James Dean Collection on DVD, including East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant. All three classic Dean films are 2-Disc special edition releases featuring a...

In your gay-borhood.(Our Essential Guide to Events + Promotions)(GayRealEstate.com, GayMortgageLoans. com)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... Buying, selling or relocating? GayRealEstate.com and GayMortgageLoans. corn serve the GLBT community as the world's largest gay-owned real estate enterprise. With top real estate agents all over the USA--and in every major city of the...

Why wait? Modern art without lines.(Our Essential Guide to Events + Promotions)
August 16, 2005... With our VIP ticket package, see the new MoMA without standing in line or viewing-time restrictions. Rates from $199 include luxury accommodations at the Millennium Broadway or UN Plaza Hotels, continental breakfast for two, and two VIP tickets...

Summer sounds.(Our Essential Guide to Events + Promotions)
August 16, 2005... NIKKA COSTA returns with can'tneverdidnothin' featuring "Till I Get to You." Pick up can'tneverdidnothin' in stores now and look for Nikka on tour this summer and fall. For tour dates and more information, visit www.nikkacosta.com. ...

Hillary's gay defender.(commentary)
August 16, 2005... David Brock, the out reporter who once helped the Right investigate the Clintons, is now on the other side, taking Penguin Books to task for publishing Ed Klein's controversial lesbian-baiting biography, The Truth About Hillary, which he calls...

Fashion provocateur.(q&a)
August 16, 2005... Fashion designer and activist Periel Aschenbrand made waves at the 2004 Republican National Convention with her THE ONLY BUSH I TRUST IS MY OWN underwear. Now she has used that slogan as the title for her ribald new comic memoir, in which gays...

In praise of ambiguity.(commentary)(supporting gays)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... One way straight people can advance the cause of equality, argue authors Ian Ayres and Jennifer Gerarda Brown, is to allow themselves to appear more ambiguous. Fly a rainbow flag on gay pride day, use the term "partner," and let people think...

On the scent.(Letter to the Editor)
August 16, 2005... Letter to the Editor It has been a long-held belief of mine that my sense of smell is linked to my being sexually attracted to men ["Scents and Sexuality," July 5]. This is most evident to me when embracing my partner--the scent is so...

Ford tough.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
August 16, 2005... Letter to the Editor As an out gay car salesman working for Dana Lincoln Mercury on Staten Island, N.Y., I have experienced firsthand Ford/ Lincoln Mercury's policies regarding the gay community. I have found nothing but support from my...

Location, location, location.(Letter to the Editor)
August 16, 2005... Letter to the Editor You may be giving Bostonians a complex (like we need another): When you indicated our position on your Report map [July 5], you had us off in another country. While we might be better off in Canada, Boston is actually...

Hall of shame.(Letter to the Editor)
August 16, 2005... Letter to the Editor Couldn't pass up the chance to respond to Fred Kuhr's piece ["A Particularly Vicious Kind of Hypocrisy," July 5] by adding my insight as a member of the pioneer generation who paid my activist dues in the early years...

Way too positive?(Letter to the Editor)
August 16, 2005... Letter to the Editor I feel an obligation to temper the rosy picture painted by Andrew Sullivan in his Against the Current essay, "Still Here, So Sorry" [July 5]. Sullivan and many other gay men with H/V--should rejoice in the improved...

Wig stack.(Letter to the Editor)
August 16, 2005... Letter to the Editor What a treat to come across Christian McLaughlin's tribute to the fabulous Jan Crouch ["Why I Love Jan Crouch," July 5]. This woman deserves her own episode of Extreme Makeover: "Plastic Surgery Miracles." To see her...

Not down under.(Letter to the Editor)
August 16, 2005... Letter to the Editor In the Advocate article "You and Me Against the World" [June 21], Mike Hudson listed Australia as a nation where same-sex couples can have civil unions. Sadly, this is not true. Same-sex couples in Australia have...

Notice: printer error.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
August 16, 2005... Letter to the Editor Some readers of the June 21 and July 5 issues found their copies had pages missing due to an error at the printer. If your copy of any issue of The Advocate is incomplete, please go to Advecate.com and click on the...

Hooking up, finding love: In a world where being gay has challenges all its own, finding love can be a difficult task. In this special report we asked readers to tell us where they met - or hoped to meet - that special someone. Was it just about sex? Or was there something more from the start?(READER SURVEY)
August 16, 2005... Brenda Vazquez Age: 23 Residence: Dorado, Puerto Rico Occupation: Human biology major at University of Puerto Rico Identifies as: Lesbian Relationship status: Partnered 6 1/2 years When I met my partner, Ana Maria, I lived with my parents....

Same-sex but not "gay": many teens and young adults with same-sex attractions don't want a label - especially of the "gay" or "lesbian" kind.(GENQ)
August 16, 2005... Eve Lincoln, 19, lives in New York Windsor, N.Y., and dates women, but she doesn't call herself a lesbian. "I am in no category," says Lincoln, who is interning this summer for the information and educational technology division at the U.S....

Outspoken.(GENQ)(sexual norms)(Column)
August 16, 2005... As a young gay man who came out at 14 with the Internet as a resource, I have witnessed a change in sexual norms online. Up until recently even the mention of the word bareback would have caused controversy. Today, it seems users barely bat an...

Kerry's ongoing battle.(GRASS ROOTS)(Kerry Pacer)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... Led by Kerry Pacer, a courageous 17-year-old student at White County High School in Cleveland, Ga., several gay students and their allies fought for and won the right to form a gay-straight alliance at their rural school last March. But the...

Nigella Lawson.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Column)
August 16, 2005... Nigella Bites, Nigella Lawson's food program on the Style Network, is truly concerned with the joy of cooking, with Lawson herself a sort of cutinary embodiment of Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame, Already a superstar in England, Lawson is...

Reichen's return: winning The Amazing Race got Reichen Lehmkuhl $1 million and a measure of celebrity. But can an openly gay reality TV graduate make it as an actor? His new project may tell.(Reichan Lehmkuhl)(Cover Story)
August 16, 2005... Here's a new recipe: Write one horror film. Cast it with beautiful reality stars we either adore watching or hope to see disemboweled. Mix well in a house they all share during production. Simmer by filming the off-set bitch-slapping and...

Fame or flame: a rundown of the present celebrity of past gay and lesbian reality TV stars.
August 16, 2005... An American Family (1973) Lance Loud Formed seminal punk band the Mumps with Kristian Hoffman; journalist and Advocate columnist in the 1990s; documentary A Death in an American Family aired a year after his 2001 death. FAMER-O-METER...

Tough guys.(Locker Room Nudes)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... Go ahead. Get rough. These guys are rougher. The sizzling bodies on ,display in out photographer Francois Rousseau's Locker Room Nudes (Universe/Rizzoli USA, $50), due out in August, are of the French national rugby team. They already rule in...

Our "deep throat": Gay lawyer Douglas Caddy was the original lawyer for the Watergate burglars - and was, he says, targeted by the government for dirty tricks. Did the scandal grow in part from homophobia?(POLITICS)(Interview)
August 16, 2005... At the end of May the world learned the solution to the biggest mystery of the Watergate scandal: Deep Throat, the anonymous tipster who leaked information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, was Mark Felt--the number 2 guy at the FBI....

Sex, lies, and teenagers: abstinence-only sex education erases the existence of GLBT youth and fills kids' heads with untruths. Some parents have had enough.(EDUCATION)
August 16, 2005... At a town hall meeting about sex education in Maryland public schools last March, Scott Davenport told the crowd he felt scared when he stood up to speak. "It just felt like you were a Jew in Germany in the 1930s," recalls the gay father of an...

Ignoring Lawrence.(EDUCATION)(Lawrence v. Texas)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... The U.S. Supreme Court was unambiguous in Lawrence v. Texas, its 6-3 decision in 2003 that struck down the nation's sodomy laws. But at least two states are stubbornly refusing to conform. In Kansas last year the state's second highest...

Too sexy for saving lives? Right-wing politicians are targeting sexually frank HIV prevention programs and materials. But AIDS advocates aren't backing down from what they say is an effective approach.(HEALTH)
August 16, 2005... Late one evening in April, Minnesota Republican Tom Emmer quietly crept to the front line of the conservative war on gay sexuality. As his fellow St. Paul legislators hammered out an otherwise unremarkable state budget, Emmer, a freshman...

They can't tear their eyes away; the far right is obsessed with gay sex. By making it seem dirty and shameful, they raise millions to defeat laws protecting gay men and lesbians.(FAR RIGHT)
August 16, 2005... Sex sells. And in the current heated political environment, conservative Christians peddle the nitty-gritty of gay sex in the same way that Tolstoy wrote a book: with ponderous detail and pure fiction. Religious-right groups are fascinated with...

Procter won't gamble on gays?(Proctor & Gamble)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... Procter & Gamble may have washed gay consumers out of its advertising plans. For 12 years the antigay American Family Association has been boycotting the company's household products, demanding that P&G stop advertising on gay-themed TV shows...

The hottest spot online: the explosively popular - and free - Craigslist attracts both gay men and lesbians by the thousands. But the guys and gals aren't generally looking for the same things.(CYBER)
August 16, 2005... On a recent Monday in June in Austin, the local Craigslist "women seeking women" page lists 41 posts. Six of them concern the relative merits of plain or puffed Cheetos. Nine hash out the consequences of a bar's recent closing. Three women...

Crackdown on the Web.(CYBER)(U.S. Code, title 18, section 2257)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... A newly expanded version of an old law may spell the end for many porn Web sites as well as sexy gay Internet personals. Under the federal government's stricter regulations, which took effect June 23, all Web sites with explicit adult content...

Pinups with pride.(photographs of queer subjects)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... Network television offers the affluent and overly coiffed boys of Will & Grace and Queer Eye to represent just how "normal" (read: nonthreatening) we can be. At the same time, the far right offers brochures and Web sites filled with the...

The politics of fur: after a decade or two in which the ideal queer body image included a visit to the waxing salon, body hair is beautiful - to some, anyway. Are we on the verge of a fur revolution?(SOCIETY)
August 16, 2005... It's easy to follow the gay hairline of the past 50 years. In the '50s lean, hairless muscle boys posed for "health" magazines. The '60s gave us the Cockettes, who with their long hair, beards, and fuzzy bodies underneath pounds of drag...

Hirsute ... for her.(NEED TO KNOW)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... And what about women? Jokes about Greek-heritage mustaches and Julia Roberts's unshaved armpits abound. But what about the ladies who dig gals like Le Tigre's J.D. Samson (below) or Rae Dawn Chong in Quest for Fire? "Bearded ladies! Love 'em!"...

Got wood?(HISTORY)(statue of Alexander Wood)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... Almost 200 years after he rocked Toronto with a gay sex scandal, Alexander Wood is at it again. Wood's achievements as a merchant and magistrate in the early 19th century were recently commemorated with a seemingly innocuous bronze and granite...

Tell her about it: how do you stay close, stay hot, and keep bed death away from your door? Try this secret weapon.(FIRST PERSON)
August 16, 2005... As a young lesbian I was notoriously afraid of bed death. My experience taught me that desire between two monogamous people was doomed to die a slow death by boredom. My intuition, however, told me otherwise. There had to be a way to reconcile...

An education in abstinence: how can two gay men figure out whether they're eternally compatible if they can't go all the way? Well, says writer Joel Derfner, they can't, really.(FIRST PERSON)
August 16, 2005... I met my first real boyfriend (by "real" I mean that there was a fourth date) when he played the villain in a musical I'd written based on The Count of Monte Cristo. Ben had a great voice and even better cheekbones--and, more important, he...

Hot gay summer.(NOTES FROM A BLOND)
August 16, 2005... "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." Mark Twain wrote that, I've heard--probably in between fly swats somewhere on the Mississippi, sometime in July. San Francisco is probably the only place in the Northern...

Frat frights.(BUZZ)(Goat)(Movie Review)
August 16, 2005... Depicting the dark side of Greek life, Brad Land's Goat is headed to the silver screen. While there's nothing especially gay about Land's account of his junior year of college, spent recovering from a brutal beating the previous year and being...

Six inches under.(BUZZ)(Filthy Gorgeous)(new television series)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... What do you get when you combine the sexiness of Queer as Folk with the bizarre business milieu of Six Feet Under? Proposed Showtime series Filthy Gorgeous, from out writer Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia). Now in the pilot stage--shepherded by out...

Tunes for gettin' busy.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC)(queer musicians)(mood music)
August 16, 2005... The days when Ravel's Bolero or Roxy Music's "Avalon" were surefire aural accoutrements for getting hot and heavy are long gone. So how to spice up your summer soundtrack? The Advocate asked six queer musicians what they pop in the CD player...

Dream girl: when Michelle C. Bonilla plays a lesbian fantasy woman in Getting to Know You, it's a case of art imitating life.(FILM)(Interview)
August 16, 2005... If you're an ER fan, you've certainly seen Michelle C. Bonilla playing a paramedic who bursts through the doors of County General shouting something like, "BP 100 over 80, pulse ox 89, left leg crushed..." Or, if you're a Trekkie, you know her...

We love short shorts: this summer, lesbian filmmakers are kicking out their ya-yas in sexy short films where the action is hot and the stories hit home.(FILM)
August 16, 2005... They're sweet, sexy, poignant, or funny as hell. Sometimes they're downright hot. And they won't take more than 20 minutes of your time--although the good ones resonate much longer. They're short films made by and about lesbians. Your best...

Sexy summer DVDs: make the dog days sizzle a little hotter with these new videos. Whether you're into young ingenues, stocky dudes, or just the magic of Fred and Ginger, these flicks will take your breath away.(DVD)(Buyers Guide)
August 16, 2005... Even though the sun is already doing a good enough job, thank you, of raising your temperature this summer, your home theater could do with a little steam heat of its own. Here are some suggestions for sexy videos to help raise the mercury on a...

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: season two DVD collection.(DVD)(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... July 26, Fox Home Entertainment The inimitable Mary and the newsroom gang are back from the '70s. Tons of extras include a theme-song karaoke track,

The Nomi Song.(DVD)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
August 16, 2005... Now on DVD, Palm Pictures New Wave countertenor Klaus Nomi gets his posthumous due in this acclaimed doc. Includes a Nomi remix by Ana Matronic.

Outlaugh 2005.(PERFORMANCE)
August 16, 2005... July 28-31, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, Calif. Lea DeLaria Bob Smith, Ant, the Nellie Olesens, the Gay Mafia, and more act out. Final event: Stand-up Danger Hour!

Conduct Unbecoming.(BOOKS)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
August 16, 2005... Conduct Unbecoming Now out, paperback reissue, St. Martin's Press Randy Shilts, the great gay reporter, raced against AIDS to finish this history of gays in the military, first published in 1993. It's still essential today.

Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock.(BOOKS)(Pansy Division)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
August 16, 2005... Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock By David Ciminelli and Ken Knox August, Alyson Pansy Division, Bob Mould, Amy Ray: Here's where punk, rock, and gay politics meet in a savage brew. Mosh, you huskies!

Snap judgment: whether you're a vacation chronicle or an amateur Ansel Adams, digital cameras have leaped in power and shrunk in size--here are some great options.(TOYS)(Buyers Guide)
August 16, 2005... If you're really serious about the digital thing, then it's time to invest in the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT ($899 for body kit, $999 for kit with lens), the best entry-level single-lens reflex camera out there. Use your existing Canon EOS...

Flex your muscle.(TOYS)(Mustang GT 2005)(Product/Service Evaluation)
August 16, 2005... Lesbian and gay drivers, get set: Ford has recaptured the spirit of the muscled Mustangs of the '60s. The hunky 2005 Mustang GT ripples with 50% more power than the classic 1964. Its bulging hood, firm stance (thanks to six more inches in...

Taking the plunge.(COASTAL DISTURBANCES)(gender stereotypes around gay sex )
August 16, 2005... It's time for gay men to be rid of a drastic misconception about their sex lives, a misconception they've inherited from straight people eager to apply gender stereotypes to sex between two males. It is not the top who wields all of the power...

Nuggets & bites.(COASTAL DISTURBANCES)
August 16, 2005... "For the anti-gay marriage activists, homosexuality is something to be fought, not tolerated or respected.... They see homosexuality itself as a kind of disease, one that afflicts not only individuals but also society at large and that shares...

Malcolm Himschoot.(Q&A)(Interview)
August 30, 2005... A soft-spoken 28-year-old from Denver, Malcolm Himschoot might seem an unlikely candidate for the national spotlight. But the ordained minister in the United Church of Christ--one of a handful of openly transgender clergy in the United...

The actor and the judge.(FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF)
August 30, 2005... Chad Allen has amazing energy. In both senses: He's got the stamina and enthusiasm to multitask as an actor, producer, and activist, and he carries with him an intoxicatingly positive aura. If you happen to run into him at a fund-raiser for...

Gay federal appointees.(TIME LINE)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... 1975: The U.S. Civil Service Commission drops its ban on lesbians and gays in civilian government employment. 1979: President Jimmy Carter names Seattle lesbian Jill Schropp to the National Advisory Council on Women. 1987: President...

Chad Allen: Act I.(ARCHIVES: (10.09.01))(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... Actor Chad Allen has come a long way since appearing in his first of three cover stories for The Advocate. As part of our annual coming-out issue in 2001, the former child star talked with Bruce Vilanch about his 1996 tabloid outing, his sexual...

Family matters.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
August 30, 2005... In reading your issue on gay parenting, I was surprised at how challenging it is for most same-sex couples to adopt children in the United States ["Escape From the Red States," July 19]. My partner of 12 years and I live on Vashon Island near...

Samantha has two mommies.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
August 30, 2005... I am writing on behalf of my 10-year-old daughter, Samantha. Our family is active in a local parenting group called Houston Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Kids, which has a monthly newsletter. After reading your article on Joe Valentine...

Work in progress.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
August 30, 2005... Because the Lambda Literary Foundation is essential to our entire community of writers and readers, I offer both clarifications and updates to your July 19 Report news story regarding the foundation ["Lambda at Risk"]. We are at work...

Raising the curve.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
August 30, 2005... An article titled "A Curvy Message," which appeared in The Advocate Report of your July 19 issue, stated that Gary Heavin, cofounder of Curves International, has "reportedly asserted that a woman's place is in the home." Not only is this...

A friend indeed.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
August 30, 2005... I was glad to see your article about the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force ["Growing the Grass Roots," July 19] because I firmly believe it saved our lives at Camp Sister Spirit in Ovett, Miss. As one who has contacted many GLTB advocate...

Out of harm's way.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
August 30, 2005... As a single lesbian mom of two adopted boys, I was touched by Laura Weinstock's essay "Love Is Not Violence" [Taking Stock, July 19]. I have been disheartened by the pope's continued attack on gay and lesbian adoption, and her essay truly hit...

Readers comments from www.advocate.com.(THE ADVOCATE Poll)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... In the July 5 issue we asked: Do you believe the sense of smell plays into the experience of sexual attraction? no 4% unsure 4% yes 92% Note: Table made from pie chart. Reader comments from...

Spanish for "I do".(MARRIAGE)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... Sain has come a long way since Carlos Baturin and Emilio Menendez met 30 years ago. Back then they lived under the right-wing dictatorship of Francisco Franco. "Just for being gay we could have been put in prison," Baturin recalled. So it...

West's job security.(SCANDAL)(possible recall of Spokane Mayor James West)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... Is a recall election in the cards for Spokane's embattled gay mayor, James West? Probably. But it's not likely to happen this year, even if the 12,000 signatures necessary to send the recall to voters are gathered, said Spokane County's...

Iranian injustice.(WORLD FOCUS)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... International outrage has erupted in the wake of the execution of two teens in Iran on July 19, especially amid reports that one of the boys was only 16 years old. But the reason for their hangings remains unclear. Iran's top envoy to...

Karl Rove's big gay moments.(POLITICS)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... White House senior adviser Karl Rove has been making a lot of headlines lately, particularly for his alleged role in the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. But Roves career also includes a number of seldom-reported gay moments: October...

Marchers attacked in Jerusalem.(PRIDE)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... Ultra-Orthodox Jews have stood and yelled angry insults from the sidelines of previous Jerusalem gay pride parades, but their opposition had never turned bloody--until June 30, when a man wearing the traditional black ultra-Orthodox outfit...

Hate crimes in NYC.(BY THE NUMBERS)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... BY THE NUMBERS HATE CRIMES IN NYC Among all hate crimes reported in New York City, physical violence is most likely in antigay incidents. ANTISEMITIC ANTIGAY ANTIBLACK TOTAL HATE CRIME IN...

Cross country.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... 1 HONOLULU, HAWAII Gov. Linda Lingle on July 11 signed a bill into law prohibiting landlords from discriminating against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. At the same time the governor vetoed another bill that would have...

Opening Roberts's closet.(COURT)(John Roberts of the Supreme Court)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... Just because John Roberts--President Bush's first pick for the U.S. Supreme Court--has no public record on gay rights doesn't mean we shouldn't be worried. "What sent chills down my spine was that every single right-wing antigay organization...

Surf's up for lesbians.(RETAIL)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... To be serious about surfing, the only thing a wave-loving lesbian needs "rockin" beneath her feet is a good surfboard. Just ask Christina Petropoulos and Alison Copeland, co-owners of Rock'er, one of the West Coast's first female-specific surf...

Outrage over bisexual study.(SCIENCE)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... Was Alfred Kinsey all wrong about bisexuality? A new study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests that most men who claim to be bisexual are actually gay, and the findings have some gay activists and psychologists in an uproar....

Fighting through song and fashion.(REPORT)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... Upset by the passage of 11 state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage last November--including a far-reaching ban in Ohio--Cleveland-based lesbian singer-songwriter Anne E. DeChant penned the song "Second Class Citizen" to raise...

Rescuing queer classics.(CULTURE)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... When Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, rented a copy of the 1986 queer classic Parting Glances to show in 2002, it got "a sad, nasty little 16-millimeter print on its last legs, which we realized was in fact one of the...

ABC cancels gay dads' win.(MEDIA)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... Have the Wrights been wronged? John and Steve Wright, a gay couple with an adopted African-American son, won a house on ABC's reality show Welcome to the Neighborhood. But their victory will never see airtime: The series, which featured seven...

Rants raves.(REPORT)
August 30, 2005... "I did not want to kiss another girl, so I told her I had my school exams and couldn't." --NICOLE KIDMAN, on why she declined to appear in a student film directed by Jane Campion, in an interview in the August issue of Glamour "If I...

Married in Canada.(First Person: Michael Rowe)
August 30, 2005... My partner, Brian, and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary this year. We married in the Metropolitan Community Church in 1985 with a "Holy Union." We were married legally two years ago, when same-sex marriage became legal in several...