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

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

Michael's David.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 6, 2004... Thank you for your wonderful article on Michael C. Hall ["Hall of Love and Death," June 8]. As a lover of musical theater, I've had the good fortune to see him as the pansexual Emcee in Cabaret and the very heterosexual Billy Flynn in Chicago....

Tortured analysis.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 6, 2004... Regarding Patrick Moore's commentary, "Weapons of Mass Homophobia" [June 8], I was with him all the way, agreeing with his point of view on how gay sex is being used to torture and humiliate Arab men. That is, until I got to the part where he...

War hero.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 6, 2004... Thank you for the wonderful article about my dad, Harry Harkness, and other gay World War II vets ["Coming Out of WWII," June 8]. Isn't he something? Of course I grew up with stories about his experiences as a B-17 ball turret gunner, and as a...

Virginia reich.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 6, 2004... The new law in Virginia forbidding same-sex couples front creating contracts that secure the same legal fights as those who are married reminds me of Germany's infamous Nuremberg laws of the 1930s [At Issue, June 8]. Similarly, they rescinded...

The Advocate poll.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 6, 2004... Reader comments from www.advocate.com * "His public opposition to equal rights does more to inspire and motivate our community into activism and protest. I'm optimistic that competent and qualified gays and lesbians will be outraged and...

Documenting the truth.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 6, 2004... It was with some surprise that I read David Ehrenstein's comments regarding my film Cary Grant: A Class Apace ["Suave. Sophisticated. Gay?" June 8]. He refers to my "brushing away" rumors of Grant's supposed sexual relationship with Randolph...

Rosie, light and dark.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 6, 2004... Thank you, Rosie O'Donnell, for speaking the truth and shedding light in the darkness [R Family, June 8]. We need more voices such as yours speaking the truth about the situation surrounding Martha Stewart and especially about President Bush....

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
July 6, 2004... In our June 8 Nation item "Not-So-Gay Days at Dollywood," Michael Romanello is incorrectly identified as being an organizer of the event; Romanello ks not affiliated with Gay Day at Dollywood Inc. Also, the June 8 R Family column incorrectly...

My dad's core values.(my perspective)(supporting gay rights)
July 6, 2004... I have a rainbow ribbon on my backpack. It's been there since last year when my friends were headed off to gay pride and I wanted to show my solidarity with both their celebration and their fight for equal rights. I've had other ribbons on my...

Rants & raves.
July 6, 2004... "I cannot understand why anybody gives a damn whether [gay] people get married or not. It really makes no sense to me at all.... We need more loving families in this country, not less." --Former Texas governor Ann Richards on CNN's Larry...

Gay libelous no more? A federal judge has ruled that being thought to be gay can no longer be considered a bad thing.(Courts)(Nancy Gertner)
July 6, 2004... Libel litigation over the last century has seen parties I ranging from Oscar Wilde to Tom Cruise claim they had been defamed by being labeled gay. But that era may have ended on May 28 when Boston-based U.S. district judge Nancy Gertner threw...

A bishop's blessing.(Religion)(J. Jon Bruno)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Leaders of the Episcopal Church USA gave tacit approval to the blessing of same-sex rations last August, and the Right Reverend J. Jon Bruno took that as license to do what he had wanted to do for a long time. Bruno is reported to have become...

Thwarting marriage with intimidation?(Lawsuit)(Defense of Marriage Act)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Stephen Stahl and Robert Seneca were merely thinking about contesting Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage, but even that was too much for a group of state lawmakers. Stahl, 55, and Seneca, 48, applied for and were denied a marriage license...

No to nuptials in Arizona.(Courts)(same-sex marriage)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Don Standhardt and Tod Keltner decided the best way to overcome Arizona's ban on joint adoption by gay couples was to challenge the state's ban on same-sex marriage. But their plan backfired when the state supreme court on May 25 upheld a...

How you can volunteer.(Marriage battlefield)(same-sex marriage)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Who they are: A national civil rights advocacy group How you can help: Go to www.pfwa.org and visit their Save Our Constitutions Action Center, where you can learn how to oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment, backed by President Bush,...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Seattle, Wash. A judge on May 21 dismissed a lawsuit against Mayor Greg Nickels challenging an executive order he signed in March that directed the city to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Boston, Mass ...

Bush-whacked down under.(Australia)(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Gay and lesbian voters in Australia are now faced with choosing between two major political parties whose leaders have, both taken strong stands against same-sex marriage. In advance of this year's national elections, Prime Minister John ...

Bringing marriage to New Mexico: Republican county clerk Victoria Dunlap will be out of a job in January, but until then she'll fight for the rights of same-sex couples.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
July 6, 2004... Prompted by a public inquiry, Sandoval County clerk Victoria Dunlap examined New Mexico's marriage laws and decided that she was bound by their language to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. So on February 20, amid a firestorm of...

Marriage support crystal-clear.(Retail)(Nambe offers crystal bowls)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Bridal gift design company Nambe wanted to get in on the action when gay and lesbian couples began marrying in Massachusetts--and decided to do it with crystal. The Santa Fe, N.M.--based company offered its Nambe Planar crystal bowl set as a...

Coors image still teetering.(Activism)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... As the Colorado-based Coors Brewing Co. launched a new series of ads in gay publications in May touting its pro-gay company policies, about two dozen prominent Chicago gay bar owners took out ads in several local gay papers urging consumers to...

Philly's pitch for gay tourists.(Marketing)(Philadelphia)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... A colonial American man sits at this desk writing a letter to his "Dearest Beloved." Later, outside Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall, he meets and goes off with another man in 18th-century garb. Cut to the tagline of this 30-second TV...

Battling black gay apathy in church.(Religion)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Black gays and lesbians across the country usually attend their local black churches, even when they're run by homophobic pastors, says Jasmyne Cannick, a board member of the National Black Justice Coalition. When they don't speak up, she...

Transitions.(people)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
July 6, 2004... DIED: Gloria Anzaldua, 61, a leading feminist and one of the first out lesbian Chicana authors, at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif,, of complications from diabetes, May 16. AWARDED: Shannon Minter, a transgendered attorney and legal director...

So-called gay expert.(Generation Q)(coming out)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... When I came out a year and a half ago at San Clemente High School, a conservative school in Southern California, I was the great teenage protagonist on the edge of a brave new world of outness. I took the opportunity to write about being...

Out on sorority row.(First Person)
July 6, 2004... Think coming out is hard? Try coming out in a sorority. Advocate intern Ann Caldwell recounts the terrifying night she came out as a lesbian to her 80 sorority sisters at UCLA, exclusively at Advocate.com.

Out but invisible.(Commentary)(African American gays)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Jasmyne Cannick of the National Black Justice Coalition argues that GLBT African-Americans are ignored by both sides of the minority spectrum.

All gays on deck!(Advocate Travel)
July 6, 2004... Considering a gay ocean cruise but afraid you won't fit in? It's not just a floating circuit party, reports correspondent David Allyn, who enjoyed a recent Atlantis cruise on the Mediterranean. Read his story only at www.advocate.com/travel.

Gentrification and homopbobia: August 7, 1980.(From the Advocate)
July 6, 2004... In the current issue of The Advocate we look at the widespread gentrification of old neighborhoods by gays. But it's not the first time the magazine has tackled this subject. Unlike the more positive phenomenon it is today, the gay...

Coming soon: the good and the Bad.(the buzz)(Cannes Film Festival)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... WITH FARE RANGING from the transvestite-loving Pedro Almodovar to the man-loving Cole Porter, the 2004 Cannes Film Festival was a treat for gay cineasts. Usually, the opening night movie is a dire affair, but after the disaster of 2003,...

The m is for marriage.(the buzz)(I'm Gay and I'm Getting Married)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... MTV's TRUE LIFE series went to Massachusetts to document three gay couples seeking marriage licenses for I'm Gay and I'm, Getting Married, airing June 24, Stephen Schonberg, featured on the show with husband Aaron Schonberg (ne Shainwald),...

Provincetown's new pioneers: on the tip of Cape Cod, "P-town" has been for decades the place gays and lesbians went to escape convention. Now they're flocking there to get hitched.(Marriage)
July 6, 2004... Dressed in simple button-down shirts, ties, and blue jeans, Richard Kaminski and Jerry Ouellet were legally wed on May 23. Hands joined, they stood before God and a Unitarian minister on a white cloth stretched across a gravel driveway outside...

There goes the gayborhood: the urban renewal of Asbury Park, N.J., renews the debate: can gay men and lesbians single-handedly transform bad neighborhoods?(Society)
July 6, 2004... When New York City couple Joe D'Andrea and Will Elliott arrived for a weekend vacation in Asbury Park, N.J., four years ago, the resort town had long since faded. Made famous by the blue-collar anthens of local legend Bruce Springsteen, it...

Preservation-minded: a new book by the best-selling author of Farm Boys makes an interesting connection between gay men and historic preservation.(A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture)(Book Review)
July 6, 2004... A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture * Will Fellows * University of Wisconsin Press * $30 When Will Fellows was a young boy he wasn't much interested in typical "boy" activities. Instead, he collected old photographs and...

From outlaws to in-laws: San Francisco is still a city that takes its sex seriously ... even if the outlaw fringe now seems like more of a them park than a dedicated way of life.(notes from a blond)
July 6, 2004... "San Francisco is a place that takes its sex very seriously, and that is how it is taking them." My late writing partner Jerry Blatt, with whom I collaborated on many projects with and for Bette Midler for about 15 years, wrote that back in the...

Queer as Folk: the ultimate episode guide.(Interview)(Cover Story)
July 6, 2004... QUEER AS FOLK has pushed, shredded, and defined the envelope when it comes to television portrayals of gay and lesbian lives, stories, and sexuality on the small screen. As the series continues to shatter boundaries and take risks, The Advocate...

Queer as comics: meet a real-life Michael Novotny: Richard Neal, owner of Dallas's Zeus Comics and Collectibles.(Queer As Folk)(Brief Article)(Interview)(Biography)
July 6, 2004... It wasn't long after Richard Neal opened Zeus Comics and Collectibles in Dallas's gaycentric Oak Lawn area that Queer as Folk fans starting recognizing some similarities. "People were coming in and saying, 'Oh, you're just like Michael,'"...

Just how far will Logo go? As MTV chief Tom Freston launches the first gay-themed basic-cable channel, viewers and marketers assess its PG-rated plan.(television)
July 6, 2004... The late May announcement that MTV Networks will launch a gay-themed channel called Logo in February 2005 crone without much info about what programming the basic cable service will offer. (That's due to be unveiled in late July). But even...

Deputy short shorts: Tom Lennon shows a lot of leg--and wit--on Comedy Central's hilarious Reno 911!(television)(Television Program Review)
July 6, 2004... It's Deputy Wiegel's birthday, and her fellow officers have given her the gift that keeps on giving--a cheerily wrapped shotgun tied to a dozen balloons. Moments later the gun has slipped out of Wiegel's hands and is flying away across the Reno...

Danger on the right: former conservative journalist and current media watchdog David Brock talks about his new book documenting the right wing's grip on the airwaves.(books)(Interview)
July 6, 2004... If ever there was an easy target for the rants of Rush Lambaugh, Ann Coulter, and Bill O'Reilly, it's David Brock. The openly gay author used to be part of conservative America's fold--he cut his teeth as a journalist by trashing the likes of...

Ageless ambiguity: Morrissey's back with a new album, and longtime British fan and biographer Mark Simpson still wants him.(Saint Morrissey)(You Are the Quarry)(Book Review)(Sound Recording Review)
July 6, 2004... Saint Morrissey * Mark Simpson * SAF * $25 You Are the Quarry * Morrissey * Sanctuary Ask almost anyone who grew up a social outcast in the 1980s, and they'll all tell you the same thing: The Smiths saved their lives. Whether they were...

Unsafe at any speed.(broadside)(safer sex)
July 6, 2004... Gay men and the federal government seem to be locked in an unacknowledged conspiracy to increase HIV infection rates. Gay men are doing their part by advertising their eagerness to party and play," as hundreds do every day on men-for-men sex...

A critical Eye.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... Great issue on Pride [June 22], which demonstrates what your magazine could be were the ad commitments and subscription base higher. The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy crew, while self-effacing and likable, should realize that they are indeed...

The good book?(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... Bruce Steele doesn't recognize that the Bible is our enemy [Letter From the Editor in Chief, June 22]. He soft-pedals the Bible's hatred of homosexuality by characterizing it as "seven peculiar verses that seem to frown on homosexual acts."...

Gender truths.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... Kudos for the photo essay by Cass Bird, "Gender Detour," and the article by Dean Spade, "Escaping Gender" [June 22]. They were a great find for someone who is currently in a relationship with a boi. As two people who feel gender is something we...

100 plus 1.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... It's astonishing that The Gay Metropolis by Charles Kaiser was omitted from your list of "The 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Nonfiction Books" [June 22], since it is one of the best books of gay history--best-researched and best-written--we have. ...

Defending his life.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... Putting Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe on your list of "The Most Dangerous People in America" is a gross mischaracterization [June 22]. McAuliffe is a staunch supporter of gay rights. Since he first became chairman, the...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... * "Some distinctive identity will always be important from an historical standpoint. If we forget our struggle and/or allow others to forge[ J[ then that struggle and our subsequent acculturation and society won't serve as a lesson for future...

Out in Congress.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... I appreciate your series on LGBT candidates ["An Eye on the House," June 22] and want to make sure that Advocate readers are aware of three LGBT congressional candidates who have an excellent chance of winning this year. Two of these races are...

The party line.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... Your "proud gay Republican" says that Bush may oppose gay marriage but the GOP, In its platform, does not oppose it [Generation Q, June 22]. He should read it first. They are explicitly against it. If all gay Republicans are as ill-informed...

In the year 2054.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... Mike Hudson's article claiming that homosexuals will be like heterosexuals in 50 years is shortsighted, inaccurate, and homophobic ["The Future of Gay," June 22]. While greater acceptance is welcomed, gays have always been different from...

Not so divine.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
July 20, 2004... Who knew Bette Midler would turn out to actually be a Stepford wife ["All Bettes Are Off," June 22]? According to her, it takes research to know whether "all human beings deserve equal human rights. I thought it just took a heart. Sue...

Corrections.(reader forum)(Correction Notice)
July 20, 2004... The photo on page 172 of our June 22 issue is not of John Boswell, author of Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality, but of John Boswell, author of What's Worrying Gus? Also, in our May 11 commentary "Marriage's Grass Roots," writer...

Childless and happy.(my perspective)
July 20, 2004... I have enjoyed the recent media flood of articles and television pieces "about gay parents because I love seeing new definitions of family, and it's he--arming to see children growing up in challenging yet loving environments. But what is often...

Rants & raves.
July 20, 2004... "I'm a pilot, and one time I actually flew naked.... I've also been naked in an airplane when I wasn't flying it." --Reichen Lehmkuhl, who won CBS's The Amazing Race in 2003 with his now-ex-partner Chip Arndt, as quoted in the June 14...

The Senate's gay games: passage of a hate-crimes bill may have been a political ploy to boost the antigay Federal Marriage Amendment.(Politics)
July 20, 2004... The U.S. Senate voted 6.5-33 on June 15 to pass a longstanding bill that would expand the federal dentition of hate crimes to include those committed on the basks of sexual orientation. But don't start celebrating just yet, caution some gay...

Yes, Virginia, there is a boycott.(Activism)(VirginiaIsForHaters.org)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... After Colorado passed its now-defunct anti-gay Amendment 2 in 1992, a boycott by gay activists resulted in an estimated $40 million loss of revenue to the state. Now Seattle couple Jay Porter and David Smith are hoping to repeal that success...

Straight talk on gay unions.(Marriage)(Straight Alliance for Marriage Equality)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... What will it take to keep up the pro-gay marriage momentum created by people like San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom and New Paltz, N.Y.'s Jason West? More straight allies, say the founders of the Straight Alliance for Marriage Equality. The...

Does teen pride save lives?(Research)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... The suicide rate among American youths has been dropping over the last decade, and researchers say that could be because more young gays and lesbians feel accepted. A report released in June by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... Albuquerque, N.M. Some of the 66 gay and lesbian couples who were issued marriage licenses in February by Sandoval County clerk Victoria Dunlap gathered on June 6 in a ballroom at the University of New Mexico, where they staged a massive...

Caribbean killing.(Jamaica)(Brian Williamson)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... Jamaica's best known gay rights activist, who fought for gay rights in an island nation where antigay violence is a common occurrence, was found brutally murdered on June 9. Brian Williamson, 59, was discovered lying in a pool of blood with...

Criminal clergy? Universalist minister Kay Greenleaf is facing criminal charges for marrying same-sex couples, but that hasn't slowed her down.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
July 20, 2004... After New Paltz, N.Y., mayor Jason West was arrested last March for marrying same-sex couples two ministers from the Unitarian Universalist Association decided to pick up his crusade. Kay Greenleaf an out lesbian minister from nearby...

False home testing.(HIV/AIDS)(home test kits)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... If you've used an at-home HIV antibody test purchased on the Internet in the last three years, you may want to get retested right away. The Discreet home HIV test kits, sold on the now-defunct Canada-based Web sites www.discreettest.com and...

Aspirin vs. breast cancer.(Research)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... Long recommended as a defense against heart disease, aspirin may soon help lesbians in the fight against another leading killer, breast cancer. In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on May 26, researchers at...

Degrees of safety.(Syphilis)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... Dire predictions that soaring syphilis rates among gay men would lead to a spike in HIV infections haven't come true as yet. Gay and bisexual men are "serosorting"--deliberately seeking partner's of the same HIV status for unprotected sex. said...

Pope on board?(Catholic Church)(George W. Bush seeks Vatican aid)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... John Kerry may be the Catholic candidate for president in 2004, but it's incumbent George W. Bush who is reportedly seeking help from the Vatican to win the election. On his trip to Rome in early June, Bush asked Cardinal Angelo Sodano to push...

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association.(Appointed)(D'Arcy Kemnitz)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... APPOINTED: D'Arcy Kemnitz, a longtime social justice organizer and attorney, an executive director for the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, June 14.

Ken Veenstra, an antigay Iowa state senator, in his bid for reelection.(Defeated)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... DEFEATED: Ken Veenstra, an antigay Iowa state senator, in his bid for reelection, due to what political pundits argued was an unfavorably received antigay campaign, June 8.

Darrell David Rice, 36, a man once charged but later exonerated in the 1996 slayings of a lesbian couple in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park.(Indicted)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... INDICTED: Darrell David Rice, 36, a man once charged but later exonerated in the 1996 slayings of a lesbian couple in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park, for the 1996 abduction of another woman, June 7.

First Church of Christ.(Separated)(gay rights support)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... SEPARATED:. The First Church of Christ in Connecticut, the largest United Church of Christ in New England, from the parent church, over its support for gay rights, June 6.

Gay youth onstage.(Generation Q)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... Despite the fact that I have supportive parents and I attend a very liberal university, I still possessed negative feelings about being gay. I was verbally and physically attacked as an adolescent in school, and as a result I still struggled...

Coming out ... as straight.(First Person)(Allison Burnett)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... Allison Burnett didn't intend to be a closeted heterosexual. But when he wrote his first novel, Christopher, about a gay man's seduction of his straight neighbor, people made assumptions he didn't always correct.

In praise of eating out.(Movie Review)
July 20, 2004... The debut feature from out director Q. Allan Brocka (left, bottom, with his cast) imagines a world where being gay is no big deal and hooking up is everything. Read Ryan Kim's review exclusively on Advocate.com.

Why Reagan ignored AIDS.(Commentary)(Ronald Reagan)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... The college students Michael Bronski teaches, all born during the Reagan years, are aghast that the president did so little to fight AIDS. But his motive wasn't as simple as homophobia, Bronski suggests. It was pure politics.

Gays and the church: September 1, 1993.(From the Advocate Archives)
July 20, 2004... In this issue The Advocate continues a long tradition of examining the ways in which gays and lesbians are reconciling their sexuality with their faith. Unlike today, most organized religions reported on in 1983 were reluctant to embrace gay...

Gay, lez, Bai.(the Buzz)(Bai Ling)(Brief Article)(Interview)
July 20, 2004... CHINESE-BORN actress Bai Ling, who made her U.S. screen debut in 1994's The Crow and will appear in next year's Star Wars: Episode III, goes lesbian as fashion designer Oni in Spike Lee's July release, She Hate Me. In real life Bai confesses to...

Cherry's a Village person.(the Buzz)(Cherry Jones)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... REMEMBER the lesbian cop in writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's megahit Signs? No? Well, out actress Cherry Jones, who played the role, tells The Buzz that Officer Paski was totally gay, and she says the same of her new role in Shyamalan's...

I want to be elected.(the Buzz)(American Candidate)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2004... WHEN Showtime's reality contest American Candidate starts on August 1, two gay people will strive to prove they have the qualifications to be president: Chrissy Gephardt, daughter of congressman and ex-presidential candidate Dick Gephardt, and...

It takes a retirement village: gay men and lesbians are turning the idea of retirement on its head with their own homes away from homes.(Lifestyle)
July 20, 2004... Arriving home from work one night several years ago, lesbian Joy Silver rounded the corner of her West Village street and was stopped cold by what she saw: flashing lights. "It's New York, so of course your first thought is that police are in...

Senate power shifts: with bills like the antigay Federal Marriage Amendment dominating the current Senate's attention, 2004 races will determine whether next year's senate could be friendlier.(The Road To Congress)
July 20, 2004... The politically charged contest between President George W. Bush and Massachusetts senator John Kerry isn't the only 2004 election with the potential to have wide-ranging impact on gay men and lesbians. In the Republican-controlled U.S....

Keeping the faith: after years of being left behind by most organized religions, many gays and lesbians are fighting to reclaim their deeply held beliefs.(Interview)(Cover Story)
July 20, 2004... When Jason Warner, now 29, began his freshman year at Lee University--a liberal arts school in Tennessee owned by the Church of God--he had not yet told his parents he was gay. After all, they'd raised him in a very rigid Pentecostal world...

The kids are all right: three teens who are being raised by gay parents are taking on the conservative establishment to defend their families.(Parenting)
July 20, 2004... Hope Steinman-Iacullo, 17, was adopted as an infant by two gay men in New York City. Such an arrangement might have raised eyebrows at the time, but now she's pretty blase about the fact she has two dads who married in Toronto last year. "I...

For moms and dads.(Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is)(Gay Men Choosing Parenthood)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 20, 2004... Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is * Abigail Garner * HarperCollins * $24.95 Moving far beyond the usual numbingly PC portraits designed to show how normal the children of gay parents are, Abigail Garner presents...

For kids.(Molly's Family)(King & King & Family)(The Boy Who Cried Fabulous)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 20, 2004... Since the Lambda-winning King & King was yanked from a school library in Wilmington, N.C., just imagine how King & King & Family will shake up conservatives. Author-illustrator duo Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland return with a sequel to their...

Miss marriage suggests.(don't get me started)(same-sex marriage)
July 20, 2004... According to the latest reports from my Weapons of Marriage Destruction inspectors, civilization as we know it is still steady as she goes. That's either the good or the bad news. In my own on-the-ground observation, my siblings and their...