The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from March 2006

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from March 2006

Christine Quinn.(Q&A)(Interview)
March 14, 2006... In January, Christine Quinn was elected to one of the most powerful positions in New York City government: speaker of the city council. She is the first woman and the first openly gay person to hold the office. A Democrat representing...

Are two games better than one?(FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF)
March 14, 2006... "Where ya from?" The achingly gruff voice of Harvey Fierstein echoed through Yankee Stadium as a parade of gay and lesbian athletes flowed ever so slowly around the field. The playwright and actor had been left on this grand stage without any...

Out & elected in New York.(TIME LINE)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... 1977: Hunter College political science professor Ken Sherrill is New York Cites first openly gay elected official, becoming a Democratic Party district leader. 1990: Deborah Glick's election to the New York state assembly makes her its...

Decrying "churchianity".(ARCHIVES: 03.20.80)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... As gay people today look for new ways to build bridges between themselves and antigay religious forces, they still encounter the kind of organized opposition decried by openly gay Episcopal priest and best-selling author Malcolm Boyd in an...

An ongoing battle.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 14, 2006... I just finished reading the February 14 issue of The Advocate and the cover story "Marching on Washington." Thank you! I served in both the Army and Army Reserve for a total of 26 years, from 1976 through 2002. I first came out during my first...

The icemen cometh.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 14, 2006... As a serious figure skating fan, I truly appreciated Jon Jackson's sensitive article "Frozen in the Closet" in the February 14 issue. We all need to remember that the six leading skaters (Weir, Goebel, Lysacek, Buttle, Sandhu, and Lambiel)...

The Advocate poll.(FROM THE READERS)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... In the February 14 issue, we asked: Can the military's need for troop strength help sway conservative members of Congress to repeat "don't ask, don't tell"? Reader comments from www.advocate.com * No, Many of the conservative...

Quitting Shalit.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 14, 2006... No matter how you try to spin it, Gene Shalit is a homophobe [Q&.A, February 14]. His son may say he is not. He may deny it. He may even support his gay son. He may not even know it rationally, but beneath it all he is homophobic. His critique...

Arab stereotypes.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 14, 2006... I was disappointed in Jim David's column in the February 14 issue [Friend or Foe?]. Perhaps he thinks it's funny to make a comment such as "Hmmm, testosterone-fueled gay Arabs: homeland security risk or really hot week-end?" But this type of...

Acting out.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 14, 2006... To state as Charles Kaiser did in his Broadside column [February 14] that Heath Ledger wanted to play only the "top" role in Brokeback Mountain is breathtakingly simplistic--as if that one scene were the only acting in the film! And to further...

Tomb mates.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 14, 2006... While it remains controversial as to whether the Tomb of the Two Manicurists shows the two men as lovers or not [Notes From a Blond, February 14], there is undeniable evidence of same-sex desire from ancient Egypt in its literature from ca....

An end to King's pro-gay legacy?(CIVIL RIGHTS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Will the civil rights movement still be inclusive of gays and lesbians now that it has lost its gay-friendliest voice? The passing of Coretta Scott King, wife of slain civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr., on January 30 has prompted some...

"Curious George" collaborator killed.(CRIME)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... One day before beloved children's book character Curious George hit the big screen on February 10, police in Boynton Beach, Fla., announced the arrests and confessions of two men accused of killing a man who helped keep the character alive....

Attack spurs call for action.(HATE CRIMES)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... When Jacob Robida, 18, injured three patrons with a hatchet and a gun at the Puzzles Lounge, a gay bar in New Bedford, Mass., on February 2, he probably didn't intend to become the catalyst for a renewed push for federal hate-crimes...

Boehner's antigay record.(NEED TO KNOW)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... When it comes to opposing gay rights, the newly elected Republican majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner of Ohio, has as strong a record as any: * Boehner sponsored and promoted the Federal Marriage Amendment,...

Washington State's ongoing battle.(LEGISLATION)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... It took gay rights activists 30 years to pass a law banning discrimination against gays in Washington State. Now antigay leaders are hoping it will take only about 30 weeks to undo it. Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the law January 31, one day...

To roll or not to roll.(commentary)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... The Family Pride Coalition has signed up over 100 gay- and lesbian-led families to participate in the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll, a tradition since 1878. As right-wing groups rally against what they see as political exploitation, John...

Best elk-hunting movie?(first person)
March 14, 2006... For a gay outdoorsman in Missoula, Mont., the most moving scene in Brokeback Mountain had nothing to do with two shirts on a hanger. David Stalling recounts his attempt to find love and understanding among his fellow elk hunters.

Simon slurs.(arts & entertainment)
March 14, 2006... Harping on American Idol's judges for taking gender-based potshots misses a larger point, says radio talk-show host Karel. The most glaring problem with this season may be its spiral into the depths of meanness in general.

Out in Japan.(WORLD FOCUS)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... Coming out is still very difficult in Japan's traditional culture, even though the country has no antigay legislation on the books. So it came as a surprise to many when lesbian prefectural assemblywoman Kanako Otsuji appeared on the cover of...

Cross country.(REPORT)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... 1 BOISE, IDAHO The state house on February 6 overwhelmingly approved a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. The bill now goes to the state senate, where similar proposals have died in each of the last two years. ...

Cure my illness, not my gayness.(HEALTH CARE)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... The last thing Jamie Beiler expected when visiting a Kissimmee, Fla., physician's assistant for a bronchitis checkup was an attack on her sexual identity. But that's exactly what the 36-year-old lesbian got when she was handed religious...

Credit for lesbians.(TRAVEL)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... The credit card industry offers all kinds of special cards for consumers to win points toward purchases, and now that includes lesbian travelers. Passengers aboard Olivia's Caribbean cruise in January got a firsthand peek at the lesbian travel...

Pro-gay, to a point.(RELIGION)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... The United Church of Christ may be the most gay-friendly mainstream Christian denomination in the country, with its support for same-sex marriage and a series of pro-gay television ads, but that doesn't mean everyone in the 1.3 million--member...

Is gay a choice?(SHORT ANSWERS)(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 14, 2006... Is homosexuality innate or learned? Psychology Today editor Robert Epstein, 52, a Harvard-educated researcher and professor who's currently a visiting scholar at the University of California, San Diego, set out to answer that question "from a...

A Warcraft truce.(HARASSMENT)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... Blizzard Entertainment, creator of the wildly popular online multiplayer game World of Warcraft, has reportedly apologized for using a policy meant to protect LGBT players to reprimand one lesbian gamer. Sara Andrews was warned in January that...

John Canemaker.(SPOTLIGHT)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... With such subject matter as the Mafia, arson, and prison, it's no surprise John Canemaker's film The Moon and the Son caught the motion picture Academy's attention, What you might not suspect is that it was nominated in Oscar's animated short...

Rants raves.(REPORT)
March 14, 2006... "That movie is great! Maybe Gene Shalit is just jealous he doesn't have a relationship like that." --HULK HOGAN on Brokeback Mountain, as quoted in the January 30 issue of Us Weekly "Three girls in a bed is a bedful of girls. Two girls...

You say tomato.(First person: Dylan Scholinski)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... We all have traumatic high school memories. Mine just happened to involve mental health wards, straitjackets, and the schizophrenia drug Thorazine. For much of my youth in suburban Chicago, especially while I was locked up after being diagnosed...

Gunner Scott.(SHORT ANSWERS)(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 14, 2006... For six years an open-mike event called Gender Crash has given transgender people in Boston a safe place to tell--or sing, or shout, or dance--their stories. Founder Gunner Scott, who is currently producing a documentary about the popular...

Maryland's black gay hope.(POLITICAL FOCUS)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... How can you win over a group of black lawmakers to oppose a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage? Elect an openly gay black man to serve among them, says the Reverend Anthony McCarthy, a black gay journalist who is running for the...

Friend or foe?(REPORT)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... [FRIEND] Baltimore circuit court judge M. BROOKE MURDOCK, who struck down Maryland's 33-year-old same-sex marriage ban. Maryland is no longer just for crabs! [FOE] Exodus International president ALAN CHAMBERS, who said, "Hollywood's...

Transitions.(REPORT)(Obituary)
March 14, 2006... "Paul could accept a little manipulation, but he could not tolerate insincerity. If a movie appeared to be making a blatant play for awards or put technical virtuosity above human values, he came down hard,"--TODD LEOPOLD, an editor for CNN who...

Riding for religious change.(GENQ)
March 14, 2006... Jarrett Lucas, 20, was raised by his grandparents as a Jehovah's Witness. He was 14 when he told them he was gay, and they promptly kicked him out of the house. But Lucas kept his life together, and now he's a senior at Drexel University...

New youth "talkline".(NEED TO KNOW)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... For gay or questioning youth, a sympathetic ear can sometimes be hard to find. But that can make all the difference, especially for youth living in rural areas. Now the GLBT National Help Center, which operates phone help lines and offers...

DePaul University.(CAMPUS WATCH)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... The Catholic Church may teach that homosexuality is a sin, but if you're looking to get a degree in gay culture, now you can find it at the nation's largest Catholic university. Located on the edge of the gay neighborhood of Boystown in...

Shawn Pyfrom.(STRAIGHT ALLY)(Interview)
March 14, 2006... Playing the most visible--and most sexually active--gay teen on TV doesn't raze 19-year-old Shawn Pyfrom, who plays the manipulative Andrew Van De Kamp on ABC's Desperate Housewives. Pyfrom, who hails from Tampa, Fla., talks about gay rights,...

How can TV do a better job of portraying gay youth?(GEN Q POLL)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... Sign on to The Advocates Web site before March 7 to cast your vote and leave your comments. Results will appear in the April 11 issue. Powered by Socratic Technologies www.advocategenqpoll.com In the February ]4 issue we asked: How...

Outspoken.(GEN Q)
March 14, 2006... College is supposed to be a time of learning, growing, and, not to mention, fun. Most people think of college as a time to get out and experience the world. They don't expect to find themselves confined to a cold and unfamiliar dorm room,...

Harry Hamlin: one can talk about the "risk" the stars of Brokeback Mountain took in accepting their roles, but for rising star Harry Hamlin in 1982, playing an out gay man in Making Love--and having a full-on love scene with Michael Ontkean--was truly risky. Now that this gay classic is on DVD, we had a chat with the still-smoldering Hamlin.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
March 14, 2006... I attended the 20th anniversary screening at UCLA a couple of years ago, where you spoke afterward, and it was a shock to me how bold Making Love was. It got a bad rap over the years for being very safe, but I think Making Love really pushes...

The relationship miracle worker: Betty Berzon touched the lives of countless gay men and lesbians as she sought to improve their mental health.(IN MEMORIAM)(Obituary)
March 14, 2006... For more than three decades a deeply admired advocate for stable relationships and sound mental health care for gays and lesbians, psychotherapist and author Betty Berzon has left an immense legacy in the wake of her death January 24 at age 78....

Different games, familiar hurdles: organizers of this summer's two competitions for gay athletes say they've learned their lessons so the events will be profitable now and viable for the future.(Cover story)
March 14, 2006... Hector L. Torres, who will be competing in the triathlon at Chicago's Gay Games this summer, has jumped over his share of hurdles to get to where he is today. He was a severely overweight teenager with a high-pitched voice who had trouble...

Breaking the mold: these top executives used their influence to help bring equality to their workplaces--as well as their communities.(GAY CORPORATE LEADERS)
March 14, 2006... DEAN HANSELL OCCUPATION: Managing partner COMPANY: LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene, & MacRae LLP AGE: 53 RESIDENCE: Los Angeles HOMETOWN: Salem, Ohio RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Partnered with Jason Murakawa for 13 years Dean...

No smoke and mirrors: at the tender age of 22, Jeff Jordan is leading a company that tries to show gay men they can be fabulous and rebellious without cigarettes.(GAY CORPORATE LEADERS)
March 14, 2006... At age 14, Jeff Jordan came out. At 17, he started a company focused on getting people to quit smoking, curb drinking, and live healthier. At 21, he is a business whiz--the leader of Rescue Social Change Group, a company with 13 employees and...

Faith of his father: after rural say activist Nathan Christoffersen's sudden death, a fundamentalist funeral erased his sexuality. But his passing is having an unexpected effect: bridging the gap between say and antigay--beginning with Nathan's own father. Part 1 of a two-part special report on religion and homophobia.(RELIGION)
March 14, 2006... The North Tower Circle sits on a short connecting road between two one-way streets on the edge of Fresno's predominantly gay Tower District. Surrounded by small businesses and old bungalow homes, it's one of only four gay nightclubs in this...

Do we hate back? This gay ex-Baptist rejects moderation and advises a simple strategy against the far right: stay angry.(NEWS COMMENTARY)
March 14, 2006... "Where do I put this fire? Where do I put this burning rage of fire inside me? Who the fuck do I lash out at? Mother? Preacher? God? I need to lash out. I need to blame someone." That's a quote from my play Southern Baptist Sissies. The...

Chad Allen's not sorry.(UPDATE)(Interview)
March 14, 2006... The evangelical Christian blogosphere ricocheted with outrage in mid January. The casting of out actor Chad Alien as real-life Christian missionary Nate Saint in the film End of the Spear was "like Madonna playing the virgin Mary," fumed the...

Making our town sing: out composer Ned Rorem and renowned poet J.D. McClatchy pair on a long-awaited operatic version of Thornton Wilder's classic American play.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
March 14, 2006... After gay composer Ned Rorem turned 80 back in 2003, he decided to try some things he'd not done in a long time, like going into a bar. "Since I don't drink or smoke anymore, I don't know what to do in a bar," says Rorem, who nevertheless went...

Lauded in space.(FILM)(Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars)(Movie review)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Renee Sotile was a teenager when, on the television in her parents' house, she watched the space shuttle Challenger explode in the skies over Florida. She was devastated, not least by the death of Christa McAuliffe, the bright-eyed woman from...

Notre Dame's queer moment: condemned by the Catholic university's leadership, an LGBT film festival goes forward. But its longevity may soon be victim to the ongoing culture war.(CULTURE)
March 14, 2006... In mid January, University of Notre Dame president and Catholic priest the Reverend John Jenkins took aim at the school's Queer Film Festival. Its name, he said in a speech, implied that the two-year-old event would "celebrate and promote...

Lindy Hop to hip-hop.(Lipshitz Six)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 14, 2006... T Cooper's cheeky and inventive second novel, Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes, is three-quarters immigrant family history and one-quarter expletive-laden postmodern fable of identity--from Russian pogroms to rap lyrics in 400 pages. The plot...

Mommie queerest: three gay men have turned the cult documentary Grey Gardens--about a high-society mother and daughter reduced to living like hermits--into a stage musical. "It's just delicious,".(THEATER)(Big Edie and Little Edie)(Theater review)
March 14, 2006... "Big Edie and Little Edie were honorary gays," exclaims composer Scott Frankel. He's talking about the straight heroines of Grey Gardens, the amazing documentary film that has acquired a huge gay following since its 1975 release. The movie...

Queer as folk music: the legendary Janis Ian returns with an outstanding new ED, Folk Is the New Black, but while her songs cover many different issues, she's too busy having a successful same-sex marriage to sing about it.(MUSIC)(Sound recording review)
March 14, 2006... At the height of civil rights fervor in the mid 1960s, when Janis Ian was just 15 years old, she sparked controversy with "Society's Child," her precocious lament for a forbidden love whose face shined "black as night." In the mid '70s, she...

Office space: you spend at least eight hours a day at work--why not liven up the joint a little?(TOYS)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... The NeatReceipts Scanalizer ($230) isn't just a scanner. It reads information from your receipts and business cards, then pours the info into streamlined spreadsheets. Get those file folders out of your life once and for all. [ILLUSTRATION...

Rail driver.(TOYS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Ordinarily, you may be a conservative driver. But something about BMW's 255-horsepower 330i sport sedan makes you want to whip through your favorite set of curves like a rocket. That's what I did: On the outside, I utilized the ultimate driving...

Hello from all of us!(NOTES FROM A BLOND)
March 14, 2006... Dear Everyone, First of all, please forgive me for not getting this Christmas letter to you sooner. Ever since Harold and I were named parents of the year by the Rising Swamp chapter of PFLAG, I don't know where the time goes, what with our...

John Waters: here to corrupt you.(BEHIND THE SCENES)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... The filmmaker behind classics like Hairspray and Female Trouble launched a new series of the Here cable channel in February, John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You, and it's the perfect gig for someone with such an exquisite--and...

Living in the "Outzone".(NOTES FROM A BLOND)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Desperate Housewives on your iPod is cool, but are you ready for broadband gay TV? In March, Bravo--cable TV home of Boy Meets Boy, Gay Weddings, and Queer Eye--will launch OutzoneTV.com. Its exclusive sales and promotional partner for the...

Duck Season.(Movie review)
March 14, 2006... * Directed by Fernando Eimbcke * Starring Diego Catano * Warner Independent Pictures Writer-director Fernando Eimbcke's strange and minimalist Mexican import Duck Season (Temporada de Patos) is also slyly and subtly queer. In a Mexico City...

Young docs in love.(Grey's Anatomy: Season One)(Television program review)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Grey's Anatomy: Season One * Starring Sandra Oh * Buena Vista Home Entertainment With its pop culture--savvy dialogue, bitchy characters, sexual tension, unusual cases, and an occasional squirt of gore, ABC's Grey's Anatomy bears...

Big Love.(Interview)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Will gay audiences fall in love with a show about a Viagra-popping polygamist juggling three wives in suburban Salt Lake City? Gay creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer's Big Love--HBO's latest Sunday night serial, debuting March 12--is an...

Out of Utah.(Confessions of a Mormon Boy)(Theater review)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Confessions of a Mormon Boy * SoHo Playhouse, New York City * Open-ended run Confessions of a Mormon Boy tells the true coming-out story of its writer-actor, Steven Fales, a native of Provo, Utah. The one-man, one-act play follows Fales...

You're a big 'mo, Charlie Brown.(Dog Sees God)(Theater review)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Dog Sees God * Century Center for the Performing Arts, New York City * Open-ended run "What if Charlie Brown was gay and fell in love with sensitive, piano-playing Schroeder?" That's the central question asked by the off-Broadway play Dog...

No jazz hands.(Theater review)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Showtunes * Stephin Merritt * Nonesuch Despite its title, Showtunes does not feature Magnetic Fields mastermind Stephin Merritt warbling hits from Cats, Cabaret, and Carousel in his trademark deadpan bass. Instead, this disc collects...

Hot cup of jolt.(Chupacabras)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Chupacabras * Phideaux * Bloodfish Music Warning signs abound: the haunted-house organs; the 21-minute, seven-part title track referencing "my succulent lair." But collaborators Phideaux Xavier and Rich Hutchins whip up a charming '70s...

In the chill of the night.(Winter Journal)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
March 14, 2006... Winter Journal * Luke Parkin * Pacific Whether or not you warm up to pianist Luke Parkin's Winter Journal depends largely upon how you view the CD's seasonal namesake. If the winter months are the most dismal time of the year for you, then...

Afro Promo.
March 14, 2006... Afro Promo Now available (Other Cinema) Out archivists Jenni Olson and Karl Bruce Knapper's collection of black-themed trailers from the '40s to the '70s covers all, from The Harlem Globetrotters to Foxy Brown (above).

Action: The Complete Series.
March 14, 2006... Action: The Complete Series Now available (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) The too-outrageous-for-mainstream-TV 1999 sitcom hits DVD "uncut and unbleeped." Lots of gay characters, including Jack Plotnick's hilariously harried development...

Midnight Cowboy.
March 14, 2006... Midnight Cowboy Now available (MGM/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) Gay director John Schlesinger's Oscar-winning classic gets a two-disc collectors edition, including new interviews with stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight.

Boston Marriage.
March 14, 2006... THEATER Boston Marriage Los Angeles: Geffen Playhouse; Washington, D.C.: Actors' Theatre (both through March 19) David Mamet's lesbian drawing room comedy pops up on both coasts, with Mamet directing Rebecca Pidgeon (Mrs. Mamet),...

The Real World: Key West.
March 14, 2006... TV The Real World: Key West Premieres February 28 (MTV) Well, you couldn't do this show in Key West and not have a gay character, right? MTV obliges with Tyler, 23, a Minneapolis native with a dry wit and a moving...

Adoption day.(FINAL CUT)
March 14, 2006... The judge speaks, you, everyone, for being here today. I know this is a very, very happy occasion to make this family permanent and legal, and we will... terminate this case out of the system so that this child is going to grow up in a long,...

Nuggets & bites.
March 14, 2006... "Many Americans, especially parents, still have deep concerns about the direction of our culture, and the health of our most basic institutions. They are concerned about unethical conduct by public officials, and discouraged by activist courts...

Gov. Ted Kulongoski.(Q&A)(Interview)
March 28, 2006... As a freshman Democratic member of Oregon's state house in 1975, Ted Kulongoski introduced legislation to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination. It didn't pass. Now, as the state's governor, the 65-year-old Kulongoski is still fighting...

Kelli's other partner.(FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF)(Kelli O'Donnell)(R Family Vacations )(Editorial)
March 28, 2006... "This is the job of my life," says Gregg Kaminsky, who cofounded R Family Vacations with Kelli O'Donnell. "I can't imagine a more satisfying job." Gregg never planned to revolutionize the cruise biz. He majored in journalism at the...

Rosie on board.(ARCHIVES: (01.21.03))(Rosie O'Donnell)(R Family cruises)(Brief article)
March 28, 2006... As Rosie O'Donnell celebrates the success of her R Family cruises, it's hard to believe it was just four years ago that she decided to come out. Months later she appeared on the January 21 issue of The Advocate as Person of the Year. In her...

In the desert with Dinah.(TIME LINE)(Frances Rose Shore)(Chronology)(Brief article)
March 28, 2006... 1916: Frances Rose Shore, later known as Dinah, is born in Winchester, Tenn. 1943: As her singing career hits full stride, Shore marries actor George Montgomery. The couple eventually settles near Palm Springs in Rancho Mirage, Calif. ...

The Brokeback debate.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 28, 2006... Thank you for a great cover story on Brokeback Mountain ["The Brokeback Mountain Effect," February 28]. This film is amazing for so many masons, and everyone involved should be very proud. I've now seen it five times with a total of eight...

A glance back.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 28, 2006... Thank you for the column on Parting Glances [From the Editor in Chief, February 28]. I remember watching it back in the '80s while I was in college when it was on HBO or Showtime, taping it, and watching it more times than I remember. In fact,...

No apology necessary.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 28, 2006... Dear Matthew Hays, while I appreciate your apology about your Canadian attitude, you are feeling guilty and not thinking, well, straight [First Person, February 28]. While your prime minister holds terribly conservative ideas, he is supported...

Homophobia vs. racism.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 28, 2006... I don't agree with the "my bigotry is bigger than your bigotry" logic that Richard Goldstein uses [Left Hook, February 28]. He claims that because homophobia has not "played a central role in American history" as racism has, it is somehow...

Bad exposure.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 28, 2006... Regarding your February 14 Report item "No Lesbian Photographers," I'm shocked and stunned! Never in my wildest dreams would I think that in this day and age that we would have such discrimination toward one another. Yes, as a minister I am...

Living a lie.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 28, 2006... While reading the February 14 story "Lord of Illusion" about Norah Vincent's spending 18 months as male Ned, this quote really struck me: "All the guilt about being an impester, the anxiety of getting caught at it, and the by then extreme...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(THE ADVOCATE Poll)(Brief article)
March 28, 2006... In the February 28 issue, we asked: Would you recommend Brokeback Mountain as a film for your mother to see? * "My mother would love it were she alive. She grew up in the wilds of Idaho and was a cowboy who ran sheep along with her...