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

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

You're fired ... or not: in today's American workplace, common courtesy and respect for personal differences is customary. Why isn't it the same for the U.S. military?(FROM THE EDITORS)
July 3, 2007... In today's U.S. military, bigotry gets a free pass. At least that's what the recent reassignment of Army recruiter and sergeant Marcia Ramode would indicate. In March, Ramode sent a volley of racist and homophobic e-mails to potential recruit...

Out on the street.(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Santa Cruz, Calif: "when you travel, do you consider how gay-friendly your destination is?" JESUS PIZANO, 22 STUDENT "Yes, I heard that Fiji imprisoned a couple for violating sodomy laws, so I...

Messing with an icon.(LIFE/STYLE)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... When it debuted in 1998, the Audi ]-I" was pure eye candy. In a quest to become a bona fide luxury sports car. the 2008 version throws stylish looks to the wind.

Prom royalty crowned.(GEN Q)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... In the flurry of final exams. graduation, and preparing for the proverbial next step into the real world, two transgender high school students in Fresno, Calif., made history. They ran for prom queen and king.

What would Jesus do?(COMMENTARY)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... At a Largo, Fla., hearing to decide the fate of transgender city manager Steve Stan- ton, one pastor said," If Jesus was here tonight... I can guarantee you he'd want [Stanton] terminated." Columnist Joanne Herman examines the Bible to find...

It's all good.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 3, 2007... Your May 22 issue was exceptional. Every article was great. All of your issues are great; however, this particular issue was one of your best. The article on JFK's best friend was incredible. I'm surprised this didn't come out before. "Finding...

Gay Hollywood.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 3, 2007... I loved reading about all the gay role models who've put together the new movie musical Hairspray ["Hot Summer Movies," May 22], but why John Travolta and Queen Latifah on the cover? You even said in the article that they both "declined to...

Quiet activism.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 3, 2007... In your May 22 editorial ["Two Men Out"] derided Neff Patrick Harris for not playing an active role in the gay rights movement. In your view, coming out is no longer enough: Out celebrities must be vocal advocates like Rosie, Martina, and T.R....

Righting a wrong.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 3, 2007... I congratulate you for bringing attention to the work of Gov. Deval Patrick on behalf of the GLBT community ["A Better Man for Massachusetts," May 22]. My partner of 35 years and husband of three were residents of Connecticut when same-sex...

That Kennedy mystique.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 3, 2007... I'd heard a rumor from two sources--as far back as the early 1960s--that John F. Kennedy had a youthful history of sexual relationships with males ["First Friend," May 22]. Due to the oddity of one of these sources, I tended to believe it. ...

Defending our defenders.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 3, 2007... Paul H. Stacy's cynical, destructive, and disingenuous criticism of seven retired military officers who took Gen. Peter Pace to task is terribly misguided [From the Readers, May 22]. His diatribe represents the most destructive assault on those...

Correction.(FROM THE READERS)(Correction notice)
July 3, 2007... The listing for Bratz: The Movie in our May 22 story "Hot Summer Movies" inadvertently credited Paula Abdul and Jeffrey Sebelia; they are not attached to the project.

The Advocate poll.(FROM THE READERS)(Table)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... Q: Is the burden of proof too high for gay asylum seekers? Unsure 11% Yes 77% No 12% Note: Table made from pie chart. How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the May 22 issue of...

Made in his image?(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... A video projection had to stand in for the Reverend Jerry falwell at the May 19 commencement ceremonies at Liberty University, founded by the late evangelist. It was the first time in the Lynchburg, Va., school's 36-year history that the man...

Good chemistry.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... If you're gay or lesbian, you're not welcome at eHarmony.com. That's the message of a print and television ad blitz launched this May by rival online dating service Chemistry.com. The campaign humorously points out that as many as 1 million...

Girlpunch.(MEET THE BLOGGERS)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... Age: 32--or for us dykes, 4.6 dog years Location: As an Army veteran and consultant for the military, I'm currently in Baghdad. Normally, I reside in Washington, D.C., paradise for the bitter and lobotomized. Blog:...

Money woes: after a dismal first-quarter financial performance, PlanetOut assesses its options for a turnaround.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)
July 3, 2007... If a company's stock price is an indication of its health, then PlanetOut's 86-cents-a-share bargain-bin rate on May 22 was not a good sign. The all-time low--a drop of 89% from its 52-week high of $7.95--came after the San Francisco--based...

Restoring old gems to new glory: the Outfest Legacy Project is saving queer film one delicate print at a time.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)
July 3, 2007... Five years ago at a Los Angeles screening of seminal 1986 gay movie Parting Glances, actor Steve Buscemi--who got his big break in the film--was stunned by the poor quality of the original print being screened. Buscemi and Stephen Gutwillig,...

Is Cro-Magnon the new gay? Ahead of their sitcom, speculation swirls about the sexuality of GEICO's cavemen.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... One of ABC's hottest prospects for the 2007-2008 television season is the sitcom Cavement starring the pre-historic characters from the popular GEICO insurance ads as they struggle to find acceptance in an intolerant world. Being Cro-Magnon in...

Blood is thicker than holy water: Jerry Falwell once denied knowing Brett Beasley. But before his death, the preacher decided to show "Christian love" to his gay HIV-positive relative.(PERSON TO KNOW: BRETT BEASLEY)
July 3, 2007... The last time Brett Beasley saw J Jerry Falwell alive was this past April at their uncle's funeral in Virginia. Falwell officiated at the ceremony, and afterward the first cousins once removed briefly spoke. Beasley told Falwell he looked...

After the fall.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... Now that the Reverend Jerry Falwell is in a better place who will replace him as the religious right's leading voice? A look at the contenders and why they may or may not succeed. JAMES DOBSON Founder and chairman of the board, Focus...

Remembering Terry.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Terry "Tuff" Ryan)(Obituary)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... Terry "Tuff" Ryan, author of the memoir The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or less passed away May 16 at the age of 60. Her memoirs title alone gives an indication of Terry's delight in wordplay which...

June 19-July 3.(THE ADVOCATE CALENDAR)(Brief article)(Calendar)
July 3, 2007... 21 BWITH JUSTICE FOR ALL Rear Adm. Alan M. Steinman--the highest-ranking openly gay retired U.S. military officer--will be the keynote speaker at Chicago's annual salute to LGBT veterans. Egov.CityofChicago.org 23-24 OUT OF THE CLOSET AND...

Rants & raves.(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... "He's very interested in what being gay is...because so many of our friends are gay." --SARAH JESSICA PARKER, discussing her son, James Wilke, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, May 18 "Im living my life how I choose. In no way, shape, or form...

Three-star Johnny.(BUZZY)(Johnny Weir)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... He's one of the world's most gifted figure skaters, and when it comes to shocking the bourgeoisie, one of the fiercest. Now the "flamboyant" Johnny Weir is shaking up the sport with a menage a skates, if you will. Along with ice-dancing fellow...

Soldiers of peace: for antiwar queer youths, the conflict in Iraq is another familiar form of American oppression.(GEN Q)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... When President Bush began crafting justifications to declare war on Iraq, our community wasn't so quick to jump on his bandwagon. "As LGBT people, we're used to Bush lying to us and about us," said protestor Andy Thayer at a March antiwar...

The Advocate Gen Q poll. (GEN Q).
July 3, 2007... Q: How much do you worry about Iraq? Sign on to The Advocate's Web site before June 26 to cast your vote and leave your comments. Results will appear in the August 14 issue. Powered by Socratic Technologies www.advocategengpoll.com ...

Kyra Sedgwick: a Golden Globe winner for her role as hard-as-nails deputy police chief Brenda Johnson on TNT's The Closer, Kyra Sedgwick can throw a fierce lesbian vibe onscreen--we'll never forget her pairings with Helen Mirren and Julianna Margulies. Plus, she sleeps with Kevin Bacon and takes their kids to tranny shows. Yet, somehow, she still isn't sure why she's considered such a "friend of the gays".(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
July 3, 2007... What goes through your mind when you see your face on the huge billboard ads for The Closer like the one in Times Square? I try not to look too hard because it just makes me nuts. I'm not so crazy about the picture--I liked other ones a...

Frank Kameny talks: Andrew Noyes sits down with the veteran gay rights activist and discovers he's just as unapologetically outspoken today as he was when he coined the phrase "Gay is good" 40 years ago.(Q&A)(Interview)
July 3, 2007... When legendary gay rights activist Frank Kameny got a telephone call from The Advocate with the dubious news that a story in the June 19 issue mistakenly reported that he'd died of AIDS complications, Mark Twain's famous one-liner came to mind....

Eric Alva's new battle: the gay marine staff sergeant lost a leg fighting one enemy. Now he's taking on another--the U.S. military's antigay policy.(SPECIAL REPORT * GAYS AT WAR)(Interview)(Cover story)
July 3, 2007... ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 20, 2003, Lois Alva tossed fitfully in her sleep at home in San Antonio. In a dream, she saw her son Eric speeding across a vast expanse of sun-whitened desert in a Jeep. "In the dream," she recalls, "his leg was...

Like father, like son: retired Coast Guard officer Bill Shipley served and lived for decades in the closet before coming out-then he found out his son was gay.(SPECIAL REPORT * GAYS AT WAR)
July 3, 2007... Four times during his career as a chief petty officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, Bill Shipley signed the discharge papers of recruits who had come out to him. 'I'd close the door to my office and tell them that I wasn't judging them but that it...

Coming out in the line of fire: "don't ask, don't tell" presumes that battle units would collapse if gay soldiers were allowed to come out. Maybe someone should tell the Pentagon--they're already out, and it's only made their units stronger.(SPECIAL REPORT: GAYS AT WAR)
July 3, 2007... IN MANY WAYS ARMY PRIVATE KARISSA URMANITA is a typical U.S. soldier. The Pomona, Calif., native joined the Army to take advantage of its generous college tuition assistance program and to help support her family. She's close with her...

Left behind: for gay soldiers fighting in Iraq, getting information to their partners back home is its own kind of battle. Bernice Yeung finds out what it's like to be a world away without military support.(SPECIAL REPORT: GAYS AT WAR)
July 3, 2007... On June 23, 2005, marine captain Julianne Sohn sat in her office in Fallujah, listening to the churn of helicopters as they airlifted 19 soldiers to a nearby hospital. "You know what that sound means," says Sohn. recalling the incident...

A call to arms: marine veteran Jeff Key survived deployment in Iraq. Now he's a man with a new mission: ending America's addiction to war.(SPECIAL REPORT * GAYS AT WAR)(Biography)
July 3, 2007... Jeff Key is what we Southern boys call a "tall drink of water." He's 6 foot 5 and weighs more than 225 pounds. Hardly what one would call a sissy, Lance Corporal Key describes himself as a "skinny, effeminate, weak little boy who grew up into a...

Channel surfin': the sun is shining, the birds are singing. Who cares. There's too much good stuff on TV.(SUMMER TV PREVIEW)('South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today' and 'Documenting Gay Men: Identity and Performance in Reality Television and Documentary Film')(Television program review)(Book review)
July 3, 2007... THE GIRLS OF SUMMER Logo brings skin and surf to your summer in the all-lesbian reality series Curl Girls By Michele Kort "SURFING IS LIKE SEX," says a sly Michele Fleury, one of the six stars of Logo's new dykes-on-boards reality...

In love and war.(MINORITY RETORT)(Gage Weston)(Interview)
July 3, 2007... I was a performer at Colt Studio Group's 40th anniversary party in San Francisco. The mayor's office had proclaimed February 23 as Colt Studio Day, and that declaration, according to conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly, demonstrated once...

Second opinions.(MINORITY RETORT)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... "It was absolutely shocking. The police stood there while people knocked me to the ground and kicked me.... At a certain point the police then arrested me and let my nee-Nazi attackers walk free.... When we were in the police van the police...

I want my tech TV: put away the rabbit ears--it's time to update that home theater.(LIFE/STYLE)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... Start off by getting that 240-pound monstrosity out of your living room and slipping into something slimmer, like the BeoVision 7 home-theater system from Bang & Olufsen ($13,250), with a 40-inch LCD wide-screen TV, built-in DVD player, digital...

She bangs, she grooves: the 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander XLS is all about the music.(LIFE/STYLE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... The all-new Outlander is certainly functional. Equipped with all-wheel drive, it handles great on the highway, and its interior design lets you flip the seats and configure the cargo space. But this small SUV doesn't get sexy till you add the...

Imbibe like Bacchus.(LIFE/STYLE)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... As the gay ambassador of altruism for Barefoot Cellars, Randy Arnold travels the country bequeathing scholarships and donating wine to nonprofits, many of which are LGBT-related. Another part of Arnold's job is making sure the Modesto, Calif.,...

Aural pleasure: the Beasties and Gabby Glaser--formerly of Luscious Jackson--are back with two deliriously good summer releases.(Sound recording review)
July 3, 2007... BEASTIE BOYS The Mix-up (Capitol) GABBY GLASER Gimme Splash (Latchkey Recordings) Considering they initially found fame as loudmouths rapping over sampled tracks, the Beastie Boys have proved surprisingly adept at shaping their own...

Brad Paisley: 5th Gear.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... BRAD PAISLEY 5th Gear (Arista Nashville) Out June 19 More roots-rockin' country from a pardner who sings just as good as he looks. And that's sayin something.

Sinead O'Connor: Theology.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... SINEAD O'CONNOR Theology (Koch) Out June 26 This double CD is essentially two versions--one unplugged, one not of the same album Sadly, only one has that song from Jesus Christ Superstar.

Nick Drake: Family Tree.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... NICK DRAKE Family Tree (Tsunami LG/Fontana) Out June 19 Previously unreleased home recordings by the suicidal British troubadour We can skip the clarinet recital, but the rest is lovely

The White Stripes: Icky Thump.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... THE WHITE STRIPES Icky Thump (Warner Bros.) Out June 19 Jack and Meg have put Satan behind them and have embraced their lighter sides with Icky, their first release on a major label.

Jennifer Gentle: The Midnight Room.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... JENNIFER GENTLE The Midnight Room (Sub Pop) Out June 19 If you buy only one psychedelic Italian freak-folk record this year, make it this one. Oh, and Jennifer's a band, not a girl. --K.B.R.

Cinephile.(You Kill Me, Death at a Funeral, and Napoleon Dynamite)(Movie review)
July 3, 2007... "You're not some Mary, are you?" asks Laurel (Tea Leoni) of Frank (Ben Kingsley) in the fraudulently quirky comedy You Kill Me. Frank assures Laurel that he's not--though he does happen to be a recovering alcoholic, a mortuary worker, and a hit...

Reno 911!: Miami--The Movie.(Movie review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... Reno 911!: Miami--The Movie//Fox Freed from the burden of basic cable, Nevada's finest curse, offend, and hump like loud racist bunnies. Miami highlights include a sex scene between Deputy Wiegel and Lieutenant Dangle's watch.

The Lost Language of Cranes.(Television program review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... The Lost Language of Cranes//BBC First airing on PBS 15 years ago, TLLOC is a beautifully told--and tragic--coming out tale, based on the novel by David Leavitt. The film stars Brian Cox, the pedophile with a heart from L.I.E.

Silver Spoons: The Complete First Season.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 3, 2007... Silver Spoons: The Complete First Season//Sony What Gen X gay boy didn't feel a strange tingle when Ricky Schroder rode around on that train? This show also introduced many of us to Jason Bateman. Thank you, Spoons.

Joan Sutherland: The Reluctant Prima Donna.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 3, 2007... Joan Sutherland: The Reluctant Prima Donna//Kultur This documentary on the life of the grand Aussie soprano features interviews with Franco Zeffirelli, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and the diva herself.

Laughing Matters ... More.(lesbians' sense of humor)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... Laughing Matters... More//Alluvial This lauded look at the on and offstage personas of some of comedy's wittiest sapphic performers is a hilarious gem, disproving the nasty notion that lesbians have no sense of humor.

The Naked Civil Servant.(Television program review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... The Naked Civil Servant//BBC John Hurt won a BAFTA for his portrayal of gay icon Quentin Crisp in this TV adaptation of the writer's autobiography. Upon its release in 1975, the movie caused a furor that only increased Crisp's notoriety.

Behind enemy lines: on November 3, 1981, gay activist Scott Tucker and friends infiltrated a Jerry Falwell rally in Philadelphia--and lived to tell us the tale.(The Advocate 40th ANNIVERSARY)
July 3, 2007... Know the enemy and know yourself, and you need not fear the result of a hundred battles, wrote Chinese general Sun Tzu in 490 B.C. It's good advice that has inspired The Advocate to keep a close eye on such religious conservatives as Christian...

Falwell.(TIME CAPSULE)(Jerry Falwell)(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... A look at some of Jerry Falwell's "finer" moments over the past half century: 1979: At 46, Falwell founds the Moral Majority a political lobbying group that would swell to 6.5 million members before disbanding in 1989. 1983: Falwell...

Not for gays only: we know, we know. Gay bars have been our private havens. But when we try to keep other people out, how's that different from the same prejudice we claim to hate?(FROM THE EDITORS)
July 17, 2007... A month after owners of a gay bar in Melbourne won the right to keep heterosexuals out, Advocate readers are furiously arguing whether gays in America should follow suit. If you missed it, the Australian story went like this: A tribunal granted...

Out on the street.(Survey)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Miami "Is Fort Lauderdale stealing South Beach's thunder?" WAYNE SAMUELS, 45 FILMMAKER "Yeah. The gay community doesn't exist here like it did in the '90s, it's now so touristy, it lost its...

Paris still burns.(CULTURE)(Paris Is Burning documentary film by Jennie Livingston)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... It's been over 15 years since the release of Paris Is Burning Jennie Livingston's groundbreaking documentary on New York's ball culture, where gay men of color compete in elaborate pageants of attitude and style. In a comprehensive editorial...

The rise of gay rabbis.(RELIGION)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... Last winter 25 Conservative Jewish rabbis shut themselves in a room at the Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan. They emerged two days later with a remarkable pronouncement: Gay and lesbian Conservative Jews may be ordained as rabbis. Months...

Sen. Mike Gravel.(ELECTION 2008)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... He's probably best known for asking Barack Obama whom he was going to "nuke" during the first Democratic debate. But presidential candidate Mike Gravel helped end the draft during the Vietnam War and faced down Nixon to publish the Pentagon...

Knight time.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2007... I loved the interview with T.R. Knight ["T.R. Knight Is Just a Regular Guy," June 19]. He has always been my favorite character on Grey's Anatomy, and it is great to find out what he is like as a real person. I was especially impressed with his...

Sharpton rebuke.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2007... I nearly choked when I saw the headline for your story "Where's Our Sharpton?" [June 19]. I would think you could've come up with a more appropriate role model than this big-mouthed buffoon whose main purpose in life is to get in front of as...

Smart reporting.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2007... I don't care how many vapid, straight, uninspired, and irrelevant-to-the-gay-world people you put on your covers--as long as you continue your recent trend of filling your pages with intelligent, interesting, out-of-the-box reporting like your...

You're so money.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2007... Congrats on your 40th anniversary and a big "bravo" for your long service to our community. My partner and I particularly benefited from "Your Money: Top Five Financial Inequalities for Gay Couples" [June 19]. We passed it on directly to our...

Tolerance of intolerance?(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2007... I'm sorry to hear that Dave Hall "laments American ignorance" in his June 19 First Person column ["Gay, Arab, American"]. I wonder if Hall appreciates the irony of calling Americans ignorant while at the same time apparently chiding them for...

Tokyo rising.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2007... I applaud The Advocate s featuring corporate involvement in LGBT equality in the workplace ["Putting Their Best Foot Forward," June 19]. I was surprised to learn that while a majority of Fortune 500 companies offered domestic-partner benefits...

Proud in Minnesota.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2007... Did I read the June 19 issue too quickly? I can't find any mention of the Twin Cities pride celebration in Minneapolis--St. Paul ["Pride Across the U.S."], which claims to be the largest GLBT Pride in the region and third-largest in the United...

Correction.(FROM THE READERS)(Correction notice)
July 17, 2007... In our June 19 issue the Kansas City, Mo., photo in our "Pride Across the U.S." story should have been credited to Tyler Bowen.

The Advocate poll.(FROM THE READERS)(Table)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... Q: Do LGBT people need a dedicated spokesperson to advocate for them? Yes 71% No 25% Unsure 4% Note: Table made from pie chart. How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the June 19...

Welcome to the dollhouse.(The Advocate REPORT)(Our Gay Wedding Day)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 17, 2007... In queer artist William Giancursio's perfect, miniature world, men can marry men, women can marry women, and no one has genitalia. This new paradigm is found in Our Gay Wedding Day, the 116-page photo book in which Giancursio re-creates the...

A place called hope: a novel affordable-housing project in San Diego equips its at-risk gay youths with studio apartments and more.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Questioning )
July 17, 2007... After his parents kicked him out in late 2005 for being gay, Jeffrey, 23, was homeless for eight weeks. Fortunately for him, he was in San Diego, where the country's first affordable-housing project aimed at LGBTQ youths opened in February...

Rue the day: lesbian Victoria Rue is part of a growing wave of women priests who are turning the Roman Catholic Church's tradition of patriarchy on its ear. Is the Vatican listening?(PERSON TO KNOW: VICTORIA RUE)
July 17, 2007... On the day she was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest, Victoria Rue felt like every cell in her body was being rearranged. Presumably, the Vatican had a similar reaction--in the Catholic faith, priesthood is reserved exclusively for those with...

A whistle-blower comes out: when a gay male math tutor reported wrongdoing at a West Texas juvenile detention center, he set in motion a statewide scandal.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Marc Slattery, West Texas State School )
July 17, 2007... In 2002, then-15-year-old Adam Cooper was sentenced to nine months in a Texas juvenile prison--or "school," as some like to call it there. Two-and-a-half years later he was still incarcerated. Why? Because he refused to give in to the sexual...

Samuel Garrison.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... SAMUEL GARRISON, 65, the Watergate lawyer who defended President Richard Nixon during impeachment hearings, of leukemia, May 27, in Roanoke, Va. After his stint in politics--and an embezzlement conviction in 1980 that landed him in prison for...

William Silver.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... WILLIAM SILVER, 59, one of the first openly gay people to apply for a clergy position in the United States, of complications from AIDS, May 26, in New York City. In 1975, Silver applied for ordination in the United Presbyterian Church, whose...

David Hyde Pierce.(OUTED)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... DAVID HYDE PIERCE, 48, the former Frasier star, after a CNN.com article referred to his partner, Brian Hargrove, May 30. Pierce's publicist later confirmed the relationship, and the actor publicly thanked Hap grove at the Tony Awards June 10...

An anti-marriage equality intiative in Massachusetts.(DEFEATED)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... AN ANTI-MARRIAGE EQUALITY INITIATIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS, after the state legislature voted against it, June 14, in Boston. As a result, the proposal will not go before voters in the 2008 election, effectively killing it.

Clayton "Ko" Gibson.(MEET THE BLOGGERS)(Website overview)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... Age: 33 Location: Ann Arbor, Mich. Blog: www.MyOutSpirit.com When launched: Spring 2004, after the Gay Spirit Culture Summit in Garrison, N.Y. Visitors per month: 10,000; at press time the blog topped the list in a "gay...

July 3-17.(THE ADVOCATE CALENDAR)(Brief article)(Calendar)
July 17, 2007... 5 MODES OF DISCLOSURE The fluid nature of sexual identity is the focus of this exhibit, opening July 5 at Form and Content gallery in Minneapolis. FormandContent.org 13 KIKI & HERB DO SAN FRANCISCO Kiki & Herb: Alive From Broadway...

Enough is enough: Colorado residents Jeff Petrovic and his partner, Paul Ringlaben, were used to brushing off gay slurs. But when one hit too close to home, they fought back--with help from their community.(FIRST PERSON)
July 17, 2007... I don't know if I'll ever forget what was said to my partner, Paul, and me one night in a Northglenn, Colo., restaurant. But now I know for certain the importance of hate-crimes legislation. On Friday, May 4, Paul and I went with our good...

When gays attack: why are some gay guys so mean? David Luc Nguyen looks for answers and finds Lindsay Lohan.(GEN Q)
July 17, 2007... "A single text message changed my life," says 20-year-old Aaron Layton. "Last year I got a text that contained only a Web address. When I entered the address into my computer I found pictures of me in my most intimate moments with my...

The Advocate GEN Q poll.(GEN Q)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... Q: Why do you think some gay guys are catty? Sign on to The Advocate's Web site before July 10 to cast your vote and leave your comments. Results will appear in the August 28 issue. Powered by Socratic Technologies...

Rants & raves.(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... "And [I want to thank] my partner, Brian, because it's 24 damn years of listening to your notes--that's why I'm up here tonight." --DAVID HYDE PIERCE, coming out--sort of--after winning a Tony for his performance in Curtains, June 10 ...

Twinkle toes?(BUZZ)(Lance Bass )(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... We all know he's light on his feet, but is Lance Bass ready for prime time? Rumors are swirling that the gay former 'N Syncer is in talks to compete on next season s Dancing With the Stars--with a guy. In June the New York Post's Page Six...