The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from August 2007

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from August 2007

The Advocate uncovered: after 40 years of mailing our magazine to subscribers in "privacy wrap," we're finally giving you the option to receive The Advocate naked.(FROM THE EDITOR'S)
August 14, 2007... We understand how it looks to some readers. The Advocate arrives in the mailbox twice a month wrapped in a gray polyfilm bag--as if, in the words of one reader, it was "too embarrassed to be mailed without a 'closet' cover." Trust us on...

Out on the street.(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Adelaide, Australia: "should the Australian government be proposing restrictions on HIV-positive immigrants?" CAMERON LEWCOCK, 44 CAFE OWNER-ARTIST "No, The Australian government has a pretty...

War stories.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... In your July 3 issue you have Erie Alva on the cover, exactly where he belongs ["Eric Alva's New Battle," July 3]! We used to say that good things come in small packages--how right! This man is truly a giant among men. His masculine demeanor,...

Our hero.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... Bravo to The Advocate for finally giving Frank Kameny a tribute he deserves ["Frank Kameny Talks," July 3]. I think he is one of the giants of the gay community and truly one of our icons. I wish you had gone into more of what he has done over...

Disharmony.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... I read the "Good Chemistry" article and was not surprised [July 3]. What did surprise me is that eHarmony.com's signature song in their commercials is "this Will Be" by Natalie Cole, someone whose father, Nat King Cole, seemed to be open-minded...

Broadway baby.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... I just want to commend you for the great First Person by Zsa Zsa Gershick ["Cover Me," July 3]. I found it funny, insightful, and interesting. I live in Los Angeles and saw her play Bluebonnet Court. I liked it so much that I went back to see...

You Neanderthal.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... I would like to correct an embarrassing mistake in Chris Rovza's "Is Cro-Magnon the New Gay?" [July 3]. The GEICO cavemen are meant to portray Neanderthals, not Cro-Magnon. Cro-Magnon were the Homo sapiens who populated Europe some...

A safe haven.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... I'm writing about your recent article on political asylum in Canada ["A Refugee's Fight," May 22]. We're very happy to see you cover this important issue but are afraid that the responses you published to the related poll left the false...

The Advocate poll.(FROM THE READERS)('don't ask, don't tell' policy on Iraq War)(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... Q: Do you think "don't ask, don't tell will be repealed before the Iraq war ends? Unsure 7% Yes 31% No 62% Note: Table made from pie chart. How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in...

Rants & raves.(celebrity statements)(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... "I'm actually a woman trapped in a man's body.... [Angelina's] into it, actually." --BRAD PITT, joking around in Entertainment Weekly, June 15 "Stockings are such a fetish for me. I particularly like translucent ones or skin-tone. I...

Choose your own slutty adventure.(BUZZ)(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... Looking to spice up your solo sex life? One studio is upping the ante with a new DVD line that presents porn from a completely different perspective--the first person. California-based Virtual Male recently unveiled a series of "interactive...

July 17-Aug. 14.(THE ADVOCATE CALENDAR)(Brief article)(Calendar)
August 14, 2007... MICHIGAN WOMYN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL, August 7-12 Poet Alix Olson (left) performs this year at this always-controversial event (it's for women-born-women only). www.michfest.com 4 AIDS PROJECT LOS ANGELES SUMMER PARTY Dance with Thelma...

Counter to the culture: finished with one-night hookups, Patrick McDonald decided to save sex for a committed relationship. Six years later, he wonders if he's the only gay man who wants sex to mean something big.(FIRST PERSON)
August 14, 2007... The idea came to me in 2001 while sitting in a Los Angeles jail cell next to a passed-out transvestite. I had just been busted for driving under the influence and had 12 long hours to read over my arrest papers and think. First, I decided...

Like a virgin: sex with straights. Oral pleasure. What are the rules of virginity for gay people?(GENQ)
August 14, 2007... When did you lose your virginity? If the answer is a monologue rather than an age, you're not alone. A dozen queer Chicago youths ages 16 to 23 recently shared with us what virginity means to their generation, and their feedback highlighted the...

GENQ poll.(Survey)(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... Q: What do you consider "losin' it"? Sign on to The Advocate's Web site before August 7 to cast your vote and leave your comments. Results will appear in the September 11 issue. Powered by Socratic Technologies www.advocategenqpoll.com...

Big gay following: Aaron Eckhart.(Interview)
August 14, 2007... Much like Dist. Atty. Harvey Dent, the comic book character he'll be playing in next year's Batman movie, The Dark Knight, Aaron Eckhart's film career has a shady side. Nearly a decade after his breakthrough role as a sociopathic misogynist in...

Meet Ian Roberts: the Australian rugby stag coming-out was just the beginning of a journey that has led to Hollywood.(Interview)(Cover story)
August 14, 2007... In a city dedicated to male beauty, former rugby star--turned-actor Ian Roberts still manages, at 41, to turn heads as he stands barefoot on the sidewalk outside his West Hollywood digs, waiting to greet me. Dressed in loose jeans and T-shirt,...

The sex issue: once a year, The Advocate gives itself over to carnal pleasure. And what better time than summer, when the sun is high and bodies are clad in little more than a thin layer of sweat to remind us that it all started with sex.(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... THE LENS OF MIKE RUIZ "I came of age when men had to compensate for being gay by being hypermasculine. So I like big, hot, muscular guys. On a strictly sexual, animal level, it's hotter not to see the face. It lends this anonymous...

Futches & manties: keeping up with the ever-evolving queer vernacular is enough to make our heads spin. Hip chick Guinevere Turner breaks down the latest lingo and finds the beauty in labels.(THE SEX ISSUE: * observation)
August 14, 2007... One of the endlessly fun and funny by-products of the ever-shifting world of LGBT gender identity and politics is language, and in the last several years (in the last several weeks, even!) I've come across so many interesting, provocative, and...

Sex by the numbers.(THE SEX ISSUE * reader survey)(Survey)
August 14, 2007... Over 5,000 people responded to our online sex survey. Though the results are hardly scientific, they provide a telling snapshot of what our gay (69.5% of respondents), lesbian (18.8%), bisexual (6.5%), queer (2.8%), and straight (1.5%) readers...

Confessions of a go-go boy: ever wondered what it's like to be one of the boys on the box? According to dancer David Perry, gyrating for dollars' ain't as glamorous as it looks.(THE SEX ISSUE * diary)
August 14, 2007... The go-go boy. He's a gay icon and a close cousin to the porn star and the escort. Our world exists entirely within the flash of a strobe. There's no concept of the future, the past, or even consequences. Buoyed by the most addictive drug,...

Is Angie over? From playing with knives and kissing girls to saving the world and wasting away. Angelina Jolie has undergone an image 180. Has she lost her rabid lesbian fan base in the process? Chrisanne Eastwood ponders the once unthinkable.(THE SEX ISSUE * girl talk)
August 14, 2007... Do you remember the first time you saw Angelina Jolie? Was it on a motorcycle crossing the Brooklyn Bridge? Unloading two Glocks while in Daisy Dukes? Clinging to her lover on the red carpet, purring like an amorous kitten? Way back when,...

Interview with a vampire: David Moretti may be new at being out, but the star of Here networks latest romp The Lair already knows a thing or two about being a sex symbol.(THE SEX ISSUE * actor profile)(Interview)
August 14, 2007... David Moretti may look like an Italian film star, but he's just like you and me: He puts his cock sock on one ball at a time. Or at least that's how the 26-year-old actor describes the way he dons his "privacy patch" for his role on Here...

Band of lovers.(COASTAL DISTURBANCES)(gay bombs)
August 14, 2007... I'm very relieved that the "gay bomb" project proposed by U.S. Air Force scientists never became a reality. What were scientists at the Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, hoping for when they asked for $7.5 million to develop the concept? Their...

Eco-erotic: fun can still be good for Mother Earth. These products are all pleasure without the guilt.(LIFE/STYLE)(nature-friendly sex paraphernalia)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... GLASS The Quasar from Good Vibrations is an anal toy that won't get stuck in a landfill, since it's recyclable. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CERAMIC Nonporous and easy to dean, the Goldfrau from Good Vibrations is handmade by a...

Deeper and deeper: back in her wilder days, the world's most famous woman gave The Advocate one filthy interview. Today, both the star and the magazine have grown up.(Interview)
August 14, 2007... Three pages following Don Shewey's scandalous 1991 sit-down with Madonna, readers of The Advocate were treated to more than 80 pages of raunchy sex. Advertisements for dildos and 1-900 numbers, full-page shots of men grabbing their junk, and...

Time capsule 1991.
August 14, 2007... Lesbian Aileen "Monster" Wuornos confesses to the Murders of six men, January 16 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Also on January 16, the U.S. military's Operation Desert Storm launches against Iraq [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An amateur...

Web exclusives at outtraveleer.com.
August 14, 2007... * 2007 Readers' Choice Awards: Vote for the best at OutTraveler.com/readerschoice * Europe at your fingertips: Trip-planning information for old and new Europe * The 'height' of luxury: Gay-friendly hotels on stilts, in trees, on...

Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
August 14, 2007... Hello, my name is Ed, and I'm a Euroholic. Through several recent years of severe France-bashing, I've been an unwavering defender of Paris, where I spent three fabuleux years of my life. I love compact, old, pedestrian-oriented metropolises,...

Europe edition: five insider tips.
August 14, 2007... 'DAM FINE ARCHITECTURE With its charming concentric canals, crowded bike lanes, and abundance of tulips, AMSTERDAM is understandably considered "quaint." However, the Netherlands' capital city is increasingly considered a modern...

Ed live!
August 14, 2007... Listen to Ed on Sirius Satellite Radio's Sirius OutQ (SiriusOutQ.com; Tuesday, July 31, at 7 P.M. Eastern) and on XM Satellite Radio's The Agenda With Joe Solmonese (HRC. org/theagenda; August 6, 6 P.M.-8 P.M. Eastern, on channel 120). Meet Ed...

Matt's lesbian travel tips.(Brief article)(Calendar)
August 14, 2007... Our editorial director and self-proclaimed lesbian-loving "dyke dog" says that fall is prime season for women's events: * Meet the girls in Provincetown. Women's Week (Oct. 5-14, WomenInnkeepers. corn) is when the queer and quaint New...

LoAnn's gay travel tips.(gay pride)(Brief article)(Calendar)
August 14, 2007... Our associate editor, a label-loving gay man trapped in a lesbian's body, suggests thinking outside the box and celebrating gay pride in unexpected places in the fall-especially consider spots where the Pride Month of June is too hot to host a...

Your questions our answers.(travel destinations for gays and the HIV-positive )(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... I'm a 30-year-old gay man traveling with a 21-year-old straight man. Where can we go in the Caribbean that offers nightlife and daytime activities, but still fits both our unique needs? --Mike, via e-mail You and your straight...

Your emails.(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... I WAS thrilled to see that our outstanding Edmonton was selected for one of the top five cities to visit in Canada. One of the truly wonderful aspects of our city is our willingness to work with such a diverse community of citizens. Edmonton is...

Your snapshots.(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... "This photo is of Tom, my boyfriend of six years, and me at the top of Lion's Head in Cape Town, with Table Mountain right over our shoulder. What the picture didn't capture is my heart pounding and my body dripping with sweat from the hike! We...

Wedding bells in Vancouver.(YOUR TIPS)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... My spouse, Duane, and I were married in Vancouver in July 2006 on our 20th anniversary. We were disappointed we didn't see our wedding planners listed in your "Cool Canada" article. They were fantastic, called 2 Dears and a Queer...

Live it up in Berlin.(YOUR TIPS)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2007... I just returned from Berlin, which was as fun as ever. There's a great new gay party on every first Saturday called Klub International at Kino International (Karl-Marx-Allee 33, Yorck.de). The three levels get packed with more young people than...

Online we asked: "what European scene would you most enjoy discovering this fall?".(Table)
August 14, 2007... Online we asked: "What European scence would you most enjoy discovering this fall?" London Theater 24% Berlin Art Galleries/Museums 21% Dublin Pubs & Dining 20% Copenhagen Cuisine 12%...

Decadent Disney diversions: in the Kingdoms that Walt built, it's possible to embrace your inner child while still celebrating your adult desires for the finer things in life. In fact, it's as easy as wishing upon a star.(ORIENTATION: UPGRADE)(Disneyland and Walt Disney World)
August 14, 2007... DISNEYLAND, ANAHEIM, CALIF. Opened: July 17, 1955 Gay Days: First weekend in October Parks: Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure SUITE DREAMS: Experience an epic adventure in the Pirates of the Caribbean Suite at the...

Grasse, France: the kingdom of perfume.(ORIENTATION)
August 14, 2007... The town of Grasse, located in the south of France (just a 30-minute drive from Cannes), is both the mythical and literal cradle of the fragrance industry, with the country counting perfume among its richest exports to the world. Vetiver, Rive...

Orient Express: Europe old school style.(ORIENTATION)(Orient Express' new rail offerings)(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... Although it's highly unlikely you'll witness a glamorous murder aboard (sorry!), the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is the railway equivalent of Tiffany's blue boxes: classic, stylish, and sure to contain extravagant surprises. Why tour Europe...

Northwest Nirvana: the Emerald City's post-grunge luxe life.(THREE GAY DAYS: SEATTLE)(City overview)
August 14, 2007... Even on a quiet day on the waterfront, Seattle is thrillingly, noisily alive. Gulls screech while dive-bombing tourists' chowder. Espresso machines grind. Ferry horns boom. Boeing jets take off for their first flights from nearby Boeing Field....

Vacations for mind, body, and soul.(ORIENTATION: HEALTH)(travel destinations)
August 14, 2007... "Breathe deeply," yoga instructors are always saying. What an unappealing notion when you're inhaling the musky scent of sweat within the dreary confines of a gym class yoga studio. Instead, stretch your boundaries and sample a marriage of...

Wicker Park: the Windy City's new boho scene.(GAYBORHOOD WATCH: CHICAGO)
August 14, 2007... Like a phoenix from the ashes, the Wicker Park neighborhood emerged from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 with lavish flame-resistant mansions of stone and brick. While not as overtly gay as Boystown, four miles to the northeast, this...

Mouth-watering gay vacations: some of us vacation to get away from the kitchen, while others travel thousands of miles just to crawl right back into one, at lavish LGBT-friendly cooking classes and retreats run by gay and lesbian chefs.(TASTE: COOKING SCHOOLS)
August 14, 2007... AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE What better place to hone your cooking skills than in rural France? You and as many as 24 other students will join gay chef Marc Heracle in the Aix-en-Provence countryside for a one- or three-day culinary adventure...

High living on the high seas: gay European cruise highlights for fall.(ORIENTATION)
August 14, 2007... ATHENS TO VENICE CRUISE September 2 to September 11, 2007 DESTINATIONS INCLUDE: Athens, Mykonos, Istanbul, Rhodes, Corfu, Venice COMPANY: Atlantis (800-6-ATLANTIS, AtlantisEvents.com) CRUISE TYPE: All-gay cruise, mainly men;...

A Tony winner's heart-to-heart on mermaids, cross-dressers, and his major hotel fetish.(STAR PATHS: DOUG WRIGHT)(Interview)
August 14, 2007... Doug Wright's book for Grey Gardens claimed one of the Broadway musical's 11 Tony nominations in May. It's an adaptation of the 1975 documentary about octogenarian Edith Bouvier Beale and her middle-aged daughter, "Little Edie," uproariously...

Rooms that rock: music-biz owners add distinctive notes to upmarket accommodations.(ORIENTATION: HOTELS WE LOVE)
August 14, 2007... HOTEL RIVAL What's big, Swedish, and gay all over? No, it's not ABBA front man Benny Andersson; it's his funky-chic 99-room Hotel Rival (011-46-8-545-789-00, Rival.se; rates from US$289). Andersson's boutique hotel is nestled in the...

The New England gay honeymoon wedding planner.(ROAD TRIP: NORTHEAST)
August 14, 2007... The Northeast has long been one of the country's best regions for gay romantic getaways, thanks to its near-perfect balance of progressive attitudes, swank country inns, stunning scenery (think verdant mountainsides and creaky old covered...

Love your layover.(ORIENTATION)(airline services and airports)
August 14, 2007... Jet lag doesn't discriminate based on sexual orientation, and neither do these sumptuous first-class and business lounges designed to ease the stress of travel. Airlines are investing millions to spruce up these exclusive enclaves to ensure...

LGBT alumni groups hit the road!(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... We'll leave the hotel ballrooms and cheap booze to our straight classmates, thank you very much. Gay and lesbian alums from UCLA's Anderson School of Business took a private rail day trip from Los Angeles to San Diego (champagne brunch...

Eastern Europe's crumbling closet: gay life explodes in the former Soviet bloc countries despite troubling setbacks.(ORIENTATION: IN DEPTH)
August 14, 2007... Pride seasons in recent years in Eastern Europe could hardly qualify as Summers of Love. In 2006 paint bombs and insults were hurled at the second annual pride celebration in Riga, Latvia, while in Moscow, things turned more violent when...

Duende: the Spirit of Federico Garcia Lorca's Granada: Spain's greatest gay poet still colors the grand Andalusian town where he lived and died.(ORIENTATION: OUR HISTORY)
August 14, 2007... Every August 19 in Viznar, a small agricultural town surrounded by olive trees just outside Granada, Spain, people come from miles around for an all-night celebration of the life and spirit of Federico Garcia Lorca. A stone cross bedecked with...

Queen for a day: ten of Europe's most intriguing and opulent castle hotels offer intrepid travelers a wealth of history, romance, and fable-along with a room with a very, very nice view.(PERFECT TEN: CASTLE HOTELS)
August 14, 2007... 1. SKIBO CASTLE, Dornoch, Scotland Approximately $1,800-$2,000 per night for nonmembers CarnegieClub.co.uk Skibo, once the "ancestral" castle of millionaire Andrew Carnegie (while Carnegie was born in Scotland, his roots are...

The gay map of the Islamic world.(ORIENTATION)
August 14, 2007... In a world at war, Muslim regions are seen as danger zones for tourists, with well-reported horrors of strict enforcement of sharia (or Islamic religious law) in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Nigeria, and other countries, causing gay and lesbian travelers...

Art, naturally.(ORIENTATION)(Artscape Nordland)(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... Leave it to the Norwegians to combine their passions for nature and for culture by utilizing their own dramatic scenery as a modern art installation. Artscape Nordland is a unique and ambitious collection of pieces by artists representing 18...

Under-the-radar gay Euro resort spots.(ORIENTATION)(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... They do it better in Europe, as we know: Euro LGBTs have their own bevy of warm-weather hot spots that are mostly unvisited by gay Americans. Our roundup of where you'll want to vacation next summer with the out crowd: Gran Canaria--One of...

The grand tour: (a 21st-century reboot).(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... Who says the great gay circuit is a recent invention? During the 17th and 18th centuries, in the gloriously difficult days before mass transportation, English and Northern European dandies, fops, and nancy boys took off for months on a...

London: the theater revolution.
August 14, 2007... How did the British theater become so queer? Shakespeare helped the gay launch by inventing the kind of moony, hypersensitive, casually suicidal, drama-queen protagonists who weren't just dead ringers for your best friends but also pioneering...

Dublin: the pub revolution.(Ireland)
August 14, 2007... Modern, prosperous Dublin constitutes the slaphappy, barhopping part of the Gay Grand Tour, when you swap the high culture and haute cuisine for some giddy nights on the town. Thankfully, you probably won't remember much of your spree. And...

Copenhagen: the food revolution.(Denmark)
August 14, 2007... Snug, sophisticated Copenhagen lets you tick off another requirement of the Gay Grand Tour: It should come packed with surprises--and very good food. Neither of which seems to suggest homey Denmark, where the major culinary initiative until...

Berlin: the art revolution.(Germany)
August 14, 2007... A recent exhibit at the Deschler Gallery on the Auguststrasse in Berlin sent out a clear message: Forget your dated, cozy German cliches, the Old World universe of polka parties, Hummel figurines, and cuddlesome kitsch. The exhibit did...

Milan: the fashion revolution.(Italy)
August 14, 2007... How fashion-forward is Milan? It's the kind of city where you can spend every minute of every achingly stylish day following in the stiletto-heeled footsteps of top designers. That can mean, say, a morning browsing through the new men's line at...

Greenland: a dream at the top of the world: affluence, modernity, tolerance, and civil unions: forget everything you've ever thought about remote, icy Greenland. The world's largest island is at the forefront of the 21st century in more ways than one.(Erik Olsen)(Interview)
August 14, 2007... "I've lived here whole life, and it's never been a problem for me to be gay," I was told by one of the most famous voices in Greenland in perfect English. "When I came out in the national newspaper with a photo of myself, I had people...

Posh happenings.(Calendar)
August 14, 2007... 1 QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND DNA Magazine Dinner and Lake Cruise September 2 GaySkiWeekNZ.com Leave the ski boots behind and experience the elegance of a bygone era on the waters of Queenstown's Lake Wakatipu. Australia's DNA...

Wish you were here.(THE MEANING OF TRAVEL)(letter writing on travels)
August 14, 2007... TRAVEL means embraces, whether coming or going, but that's because I hardly ever travel. When I travel, I go home: I live in Manhattan and my family lives in California. I spend vacations there, back to the arms of my hometown. It's only lately...

We want your vote! For our 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition, we're asking you to help us name the 40 greatest gay heroes of the past 40 years. Please cast your votes on Advocate.com!(FROM THE EDITORS)
August 28, 2007... The Advocate has always been a partnership between our editors and our readers, and to celebrate our 40th birthday, we're getting together on one of our boldest moves yet: Through an online poll on Advocate.com, we're asking our readers to cast...

We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Kansas City, Mo.: "do you want to be a parent?".(lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... "Do you want to be a parent?" TAI NGUYEN, 35 RESTAURATEUR "Absolutely. I love kids. The plan is to adopt in a few years. I'm going to be like Angelina Jolie and adopt a Vietnamese boy." AARON PIERCY, 26 BARTENDER "No, but...

Homer and Ellen.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 28, 2007... I enjoyed the insightful article on The Simpsons ["America's Real First Family," July 17], but I have to tell you, proclaiming Smithers's love for his boss the first "actual emotional same-sex love" just lets us know that Will Doig didn't...

Religious terrorism.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 28, 2007... Your article on Archbishop Akinola comes as a great public service ["Akinola's Power Play," July 17]. His influence is being felt here in Colorado Springs as his followers tear apart yet another church. In his book A Place at the Table, Bruce...

Bar culture.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 28, 2007... Thank you for your courageous and unapologetic defense of equality [From the Editors, July 17]. It's too bad that only a minority of us understand that sexual orientation discrimination is wrong, plain and simple. Individuals who exhibit...

Michael and not me.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 28, 2007... Sorry, but this gay guy happens to find Michael Moore a repulsive anti-American Marxist hypocrite who views his own country through shit-stained glasses and the rest of the world as if it were some fairy-tale theme park [Big Gay Following, July...

The Advocate poll.(FROM THE READERS)(Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... Q: Does it matter if the Anglican Communion severs ties with the Episcopal Church? How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the July 17 issue of The Advocate Unsure 11% Yes 25% No 64% ...

Call me madam: phone records of the "D.C. Madam" revealed that a morally righteous Republican senator had used her Washington escort service. Who's next?(PERSON TO KNOW: DEBORAH JEANE PALFREY)(Interview)
August 28, 2007... When outspoken "family values" supporter David Vitter--a Republican senator from Louisiana who has voted against same-sex marriage and adoption by gays--was exposed in July as a former client of "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey, he became the...

Fueling new cinema.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(POWER UP!'s Pocket Releasing division)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... POWER UP! a Los Angeles-based advocacy group whose mission is to enhance the visibility and integration of gay women across all media s now getting involved in the distribution act, having recently launched an independent film division dubbed...

Health care, and how to fix it: from Sicko to presidential debates, everyone's talking about health care. Here's what you need to know now.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)
August 28, 2007... You don't need to see Sicko to know that the American health care system is broken. Fortunately, Michael Moore's movie comes at a time of increased attention to the problem; the 2008 presidential candidates are talking about solutions almost as...

Depression lesson: feeling depressed? You may be bipolar.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... According to a recent report from the National Institute of Mental Health, almost twice as many Americans have bipolar disorder as previously thought. Indeed, many people who display the illness's mildest symptoms may be mistakenly treated for...

Anderson Jones.(TRANSITIONS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... "I never knew how good Andy was at what he did," a family member of AnI demon Jones told one of my friends at Andy's memorial service in Long Beach, Calif., on June 30. Many people didn't. Andy, an entertainment journalist and larger-thanlife...

Rob Cole.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... ROB COLE, 75, a former news editor of The Advocate, from Parkinson's disease, June 30, at home in Los Angeles. After working for The Dallas Times Heraldfor 17 years he joined The Advocate in 1969, two years after it was founded, as the first...

Letty Russell.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... LETTY RUSSELL, 76, a longtime professor at the Yale Divinity School, July ]2, at home in Guilford, Conn. One of the first female Presbyterian ministers, she was a pastor in New York City prior to joining the Yale faculty in 1974. Known for her...

Ferd Eggan.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... FERD EGGAN, 60, the former AIDS coordinator for the city of Los Angeles, of liver cancer, July 7, at home in Los Angeles's Hollywood district. Prior to moving from Chicago to assume the civic post, in which he established the city's first...

Magic Johnson's campaign to end black HIV/AIDS.(By the Numbers)(I Stand With Magic: Campaign to End Black HIV/AIDS)(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... Since it was launched last December, I Stand With Magic: Campaign to End Black HIV/AIDS, a partnership between the Magic Johnson Foundation and drugmaker Abbott, has brought the basketball legend to: 17 events in 10 cities at 7 churches 5...

The Advocate calendar.(Brief article)(Calendar)
August 28, 2007... THE AWESOME '80s PROM Oh, my gawd!! In this interactive play '80s archetypes (slutty cheerleader, pensive nerd, etc.) vie for prom royalty, and the audience decides who's crowned. If you're lucky you might find yourself slow-dancing with...