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

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

Mormon, gay, and sane.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
May 10, 2005... While reading your story on how boyfriends Stephen Shroy and Aaron Cloward and others have survived the Mormon Church ["Mormons on a Mission," April 12], I am reminded of how resilient we gay people are. Plant us in the arid soil of Mormonism,...

Debating our origins.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
May 10, 2005... So gay historians and activists are arguing over where and when the U.S. gay tights movement originated [At Issue, April 12]. Was it in 1950, when, as The Advocate states, "eight men gathered in a Los Angeles apartment and founded the nation's...

The Advocate poll.(reader forum)(gay and lesbian Mormons)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... SPONSORED BY SUBARU In the April 12 issue, we asked: Are the gay and lesbian Mormons who are fighting the church's homophobia having an impact? unsure 16% no 55% yes 29% Note: Table made from pie graph. ...

The marrying kind.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
May 10, 2005... Christopher Rice's discussion of open relationships in his piece "Monogamy and Me" [Coastal Disturbances, March 29] was well-written. Those of us who don't buy into the idea of open relationships would do well to approach the matter in such an...

Don't ask, do sweep.(my perspective)(avoiding the truth)
May 10, 2005... When I was a kid my mother never told me a lot of things about her family or childhood. If I asked, she'd say, "Could we please change the subject?" My grandmother called it "sweeping things under the rug"--literally, since when things got...

Rants & raves.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... "Now that I've. become a lesbian, I don't wear any of those [designer shoes]." --Cynthia Nixon, singing lyrics that made fun of her current relationship, at a birthday party for fellow Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker, as quoted...

Trans validation: transgender activists are claiming mixed results in battles for equality in New York and Maine.(At Issue)
May 10, 2005... "Restrooms are among the most contested sites for transgender people," says activist Pauline Park, cochair of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy. "This settlement is an important legal victory, and I also hope it will help...

Coach scores against 'phobes.(SETTLEMENT)(Bloomburg High School)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... In five years as coach of the Bloomburg High School Lady Wildcats basketball team in east Texas, Merry Stephens led her players to numerous championships, broke several district coaching records, and racked up three Coach of the Year awards....

T-shirt tussle.(FREE SPEECH)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... LaStaysha Myers, a straight 15-year-old Missouri student, was just standing up for a fellow student when she wore T-shirts to school that read GAY: MARRY, HAPPY and I SUPPORT THE GAY RIGHTS. After officials at Webb City High twice sent her home...

Double blow in Kansas.(ELECTION)(ban on same-sex marriage)(Tiffany Muller lost election)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Kansas gays and lesbians suffered a one-two punch on April 5 when Topeka voters ousted the state's only openly lesbian city council member, Tiffany Muller, and the state passed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage by a 2-1 margin. Muller...

Connecticut moves closer to Vermont.(CIVIL UNIONS)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... The Connecticut senate on April 6 approved pro-gay legislation that would make the state a lot more like nearby Vermont. After nearly four hours of debate, law makers voted 27-9 to pass a sweeping civil unions measure. As of press time,...

Partnerships OK in Calif.(COURTS)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... The Campaign for California Families is arguing that the state's sweeping domestic-partner law is the same as marriage, but the courts aren't buying it. The third district court of appeal on April 4 upheld a lower state court ruling that "the...

Across the Nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... New Ipswich, N.H. High school teacher Penny Culliton, who was fired a decade ago for assigning gay-themed books to her classes, in March became the target of a fresh complaint from a parent who objected to her use of the award-winning book...

Two steps back in Central America.(HONDURAS)(constitutional amendment against same-sex couples)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Less than a year after three gay rights groups were given unprecedented government recognition in Honduras, they learned just how far they still have to go to gain true equality. Honduran lawmakers on March 29 unanimously approved a...

Equally separable.(The World)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Dutch gay couples, like Jos (left) and Jarko De Witte van Leeuwen, in 2001 were granted the right to share in the matrimonial bliss previously reserved for straight couples, Now a new government report shows that Dutch same-sex couples are...

Her faith in Texas: it's difficult to be a liberal gay church in Dallas, says Cathedral of Hope pastor Jo Hudson, but she's happy to take on the challenge.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
May 10, 2005... Lesbian pastor Jo Hudson was "awed" to be selected as leader of the nation's largest and most prominent gay church. On March 20 she became the first female pastor in the 35-year history of the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, which is now the...

Can't we all just get a log?(HOUSING)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... The phrase "log cabin gays no longer need refer only to Republicans. North Carolina-based Log Homes for Us is actively marketing do-it-yourself log cabin homes to gays and lesbians. "No one was catering to the gay community," says company...

Advertisers return to GLBT media after three-year decline.(Money)(Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 10, 2005... Advertisers return to GLBT media after three-year decline Ad sales in millions '00 $211.6 '01 $208.1 '02 $196.0 '03 $161.0 '04 $207.1 SOURCE: RIVENDELL MEDIA AND PRIME...

Readership of the alternative press.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 10, 2005... Readership of the alternative press Percentage who read the alternative press frequently or occasionally Among GLBT adults 49% Among straight adults 27% SOURCE: HARRIS INTERACTIVE AND WITECK-COMBS...

In Jerusalem: "Ugly and very nasty" indeed.(Religion)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Conservative Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders held a press conference in Jerusalem on March 30 to warn of divine retribution if the WorldPride festival is allowed to take place in Israel in August. "God will destroy Jerusalem together with...

Transitions.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... DIED: Sanford Lowe, 69, a politically active gay rabbi who taught at Santa Rosa Junior College in California and was known for his studies of Jesus, of a heart attack, March 21. DIED: Brenda Weathers, 68, a longtime activist and founder of...

Trip insurance for partners.(TRAVEL)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Another business now recognizes gay families: Travel Guard International--which sells travel insurance to help in case of flight cancellations, medical emergencies, lost baggage, and other travel disruptions--now includes same-sex domestic...

Finding college freedom.(Generation Q)(opinions of gay college student)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Name: Jeremy Koss Age: 19 Hometown: Washington, D.C. Picture a white male, 5 foot 11, brown hair, brown eyes, wearing a pair of Guess jeans, a red T-shirt, black nail polish, and three-inch-high white platform shoes. That was me...

February 15, 2000: an early target of bloggers.(From the Advocate Archives)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Long before Web loggers took the lead in exposing White House correspondent Jeff Gannon s secret life as a gay escort, as reported in this issue of The Advocate, Internet activists made a name for themselves in a high-profile campaign against...

John Paul II's legacy.(COMMENTARY)(Archbishop Bruce Simpson)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... The late pope helped defeat communism and brought many youths into the church, But some of God's children he overlooked, as he oversaw an explosion of priestly pedophilia and Catholic-led activism against gay-led families. Archbishop Bruce...

Dinah Shore is fun!(FIRST PERSON)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... On her first visit to the weekend-long lesbian party in Palm Springs, Calif., writer Katherine Mantle counts tank tops and recounts an excellent time, exclusively at Advocate.com.

Jerusalem's bigots.(COMMENTARY)
May 10, 2005... When a panel of conservative religious leaders convened to oppose a pride celebration in Israel, Michigan activist Jeffrey Montgomery heard a thinly veiled call to antigay violence. Read his commentary only at www.advocate.com.

Night at the opera.(the Buzz)(Before Night Falls)(life of gay Cuban emigre poet Reinaldo Arenas)(Opera Review)
May 10, 2005... IT'S ALREADY been a book and a movie that garnered an Oscar nomination for Javier Bardem (above), but now the life of gay Cuban emigre poet Reinaldo Arenas is an opera. Excerpts from the two-act Before Night Falls will be staged by American...

Maupin goes to the movies.(the Buzz)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... When The Night Listener came out in 2000, Armistead Maupin made no secret of the novel's autobiographical roots, So The Buzz just had to line up Maupin and ex-partner Terry Anderson (top, in 1989) with their newly cast on-screen...

Our fare lady.(the Buzz)(Riding the Bus With My Sister)(Rosie O'Donnell)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... ROSIE O'DONNELL, returns to TV on May 1, when Hallmark Hall of Fame presents Riding the Bus With My Sister. While it's O'Donnell's first time working with director Anjelica Huston, the two came close to collaborating on Huston's Agnes Browne...

Betty White.(Big Gay Following)(Interview)
May 10, 2005... We know. We know. It can seem like most gay men can recite entire lines from memory from The Golden Girls. There's a good reason. From 1985 to 1992 the show took audiences into uncharted territory, occasionally shattering stereotypes about gay...

Betty goes political: a veteran band that stands up for gay equality--and wrote The L Word's theme song--is making a resurgence in the nation's capital.(Betty Rules)(rock opera)
May 10, 2005... I have a crush on Betty. I'm not alone. The 20-year-old band--comprising sisters Amy and Elizabeth Ziff and friend Alyson Palmer--has been packing theaters in satire-starved D.C., the hometown the group abandoned for New York 16 years ago. ...

Mary surfaces.(Mary Cheney)(memoirs)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Publisher Simon and Schuster has inked a $1 million book deal with Mary Cheney, 36, the veep's lesbian daughter. Due out in May 2006, the book will be the first from right-wing pundit Mary Matalin's new Threshold division, an imprint dedicated...

Can the Catholic church be saved? While most gay Catholics agree that the new pope is likely to be conservative, some find hope in a groundswell of support for gay equality in the parishes of Western nations.(RELIGION)
May 10, 2005... Distraught over the Roman Catholic Church's treatment of gay people, 40-year-old Sicilian native Alfredo Ormando entered St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on January 13, 1998, and set himself on fire. He died in a nearby hospital 10 days...

Terri's legacy: the fight over Terri Schiavo showed just how vulnerable all couples are to outside interference in their private lives--especially gay and lesbian couples.(LAW)
May 10, 2005... Karen Thompson couldn't help but feel deep sympathy as she watched Michael Schiavo's personal struggle over the life and death of his wife become the target of religions activists and conservative politicians. "It brought back a lot of old...

Jeff vs. the bloggers: ex-White House reporter Jeff Gannon learned the power of gay bloggers the hard way, by being outed as a partisan operative and an alleged former hustler. Online activists have mainstream media playing catch-up, and they're reshaping the battle for gay equality.(Cover Story)
May 10, 2005... On most mornings, over a cup of coffee, John Aravosis sits alone in his studio apartment in Washington, D.C., pushing through piles of computer printouts. He scans new e-mails from around the world, searching for content for his...

The boss is out: Gay men and lesbians are starting their own companies and employing more people than ever before. And they don't have to hide who they are to be successful.(BUSINESS)
May 10, 2005... Life changed dramatically for Kansas City, Mo., couple Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff after inspiration struck them in 1989. They thought their idea to bake and sell healthy all-natural canine treats was a good one. What they didn't know was that it...

Just like in the movies: I yearn for romantic movies to be gay. In Hitch, I wanted Will Smith to tell me what it takes for a fat guy to nail Marcus Schenkenberg.(notes from a blond)
May 10, 2005... Sometimes even I wonder what we're complaining about. Heterosexuals tell us we've got it made. Or at least we used to. We used to want no children, no military service, and no need for commitment. Now we're campaigning noisily for all three....

Knight moves: out Broadway hunk Christopher Sieber is enjoying his biggest hit yet.(THEATER)(Monty Python's Spamalot)(Interview)
May 10, 2005... Christopher Sieber has been in hit musicals like Thoroughly Modern Millie and Beauty and the Beast (where he had a blast playing the manly Gaston and met his partner of five years, actor Kevin Burrows). He's also had the joy of a nightly...

Call it "Spoofalot".(theater)(Monty Python's Spamalot)(New York)(Theater Review)
May 10, 2005... Monty Python's Spamalot * Book and lyrics by Eric Idle; music by Idle and John Du Prez * Directed by Mike Nichols * Starring David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria, Christopher Sieber * Shubert Theatre, New York City (open-ended run) ...

Untamed Woolf: Bill Irwin and Kathleen Turner draw blood in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(Theater)(New York)(Theater Review)
May 10, 2005... Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? * Written by Edward Albee * Directed by Anthony Page * Starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin * Longacre Theatre, New York City (open-ended run) We usually think of productions of Who's Afraid of Virginia...

Pale revival.(The Glass Menagerie)(Theater)(New York)(Brief Review)(Theater Review)
May 10, 2005... The Glass Menagerie * Written by Tennessee Williams * Directed by David Leveaux * Starring Jessica Lange, Christian Slater, and Sarah Paulson * Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City (through July 10) The Glass Menagerie put Tennessee...

Cornered: the gay subcurrent is just part of what makes boxing drama Fighting Tommy Riley so interesting.(film)(Movie Review)
May 10, 2005... Fighting Tommy Riley * Written by J.P. Davis * Directed by Eddie O'Flaherty * Starring J.P. Davis, Eddie Jones * Freestyle Releasing With Million Dollar Baby copping the Oscar, a deluxe edition of Raging Bull on DVD, and Rocky himself,...

Dancing king.(Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story)(DVD)(Video Recording Review)
May 10, 2005... Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story * Written by Kent Staines * Directed by John L'Ecuyer * Starring Aaron Ashmore, Scott Thompson, and Dave Foley * Wolfe Video Those perusing the latest DVDs will realize that same-sex marriage isn't the only...

Age of Consent.(Advise and Consent)(video)(Video Recording Review)
May 10, 2005... Advise and Consent * Directed by Otto Preminger * Starring Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Don Murray, and Charles Laughton * Warner Home Video "In keeping with the culture, the mores and the values of our time, homosexuality and other sexual...

Casey and friends: openly gay Fischerspooner singer Casey Spooner offers some surprising collaborations on the group's latest.(MUSIC)(Sound Recording Review)
May 10, 2005... In one corner stands song doctor Linda Perry, handmaiden to megahits by Pink and Christina Aguilera. In another, the late Susan Sontag, acclaimed author and cultural critic. What point of intersection could two such disparate women-loving women...

Amy alone.(Amy Ray)(solo album)(Sound Recording Review)
May 10, 2005... Prom * Amy Ray * Daemon Records Solo albums from members of well-known bands rarely yield big surprises. But Prom, the second full-length by Amy Ray of Indigo Girls, is a rare exception that makes the rule. More rough-hewn and hard-rocking...

Wearing the pants: an 18th-century actress who cross-dressed for fun and fame reminds lesbian writer Renate Stendhal of her own youthful exploits.(Charlotte)(Book Review)
May 10, 2005... Reading the intriguing biography Charlotte (Henry Holt, $27.50) by Kathryn Shevelow, I felt I had found the model for Tipping the Velvet, the Victorian romance of cross-dressing lesbians that went from best-selling book to hit BBC miniseries....

Personal space.(Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science)(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 10, 2005... Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science * M.G. Lord * Walker & Co. * $24 Note to Harvard prez Larry Summers: If you think women are innately less capable than men of success in math and science, read about their hard-won battles in...

The disappearing queer: back in 2000, 16 comedy series had gay characters. Now there are eight. We do strut our stuff in reality shows, but everyone knows queers can think fast.(left hook)(gay culture and television)
May 10, 2005... SpongeBob SquarePants is not the only victim of right-wing hysteria over queer content on TV. And children are not the only ones these moralistas are determined to protect. Conservative groups and their federal allies are scaring the networks...

Eating up Eating Out.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
May 24, 2005... Your cover photo with the cast of Eating Out was outstanding--way to go, Ryan Carries ["Here Comes the New New Queer Cinema," April 26]! I'm from the same small community as Ryan, and it's true that gays are there, just never mentioned or...

GLAAD and mad.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
May 24, 2005... The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is an amazing organization, and we are lucky that it is as strong and proactive as it is ["Growing Pains at GLAAD," April 26]. They consistently take the right side on the key issues concerning...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(The Advocate Poll)(Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation )(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... SPONSORED BY SUBARU In the April 26 issue, we asked: Is GLAAD an effective advocate for the fair portrayal of gays and lesbians in the media? yes 62% unsure 2% no 36% Note: Table made from pie chart....

No laughing matter.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
May 24, 2005... As an attorney who practices in the birthplace of the Constitution, I am keenly aware of the the First Amendment protections for a free and vigorous press. However, the legality of offensive comments does not mean that a magazine is justified...

Tear down that wall.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
May 24, 2005... In his My Perspective essay "The Beauty of Coming Out" [April 26], Dave Koz talks about his "wall of fear." He says, "I got on the other side, and when I looked back at where this wall had been I saw that it had been an illusion--a total...

Talking to a wall.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
May 24, 2005... I was with Michael Seneco, following his well-written column [Last Word, April 26], looking forward to the grand final thought. Boy, does he not get it: "We need to embrace and bring to the table those GLBT leaders in communities of faith to...

The bisexual divide.(my perspective)
May 24, 2005... What would be worse: if your girlfriend left you for a man or for a woman? Ever since I started dating my girlfriend, Meg, who has dated men in the past--not men she feigned desire for, like a closeted dyke might, but men she actually loved,...

Rants & raves.(reactions of public figures to homosexuality)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... "Justice Scalia has no pity for the millions of gay Americans on whom sodomy laws and official homophobia have such an effect, so it is difficult to sympathize with his brief moment of 'humiliation.'" --Excerpt from an open letter e-mail...

Civil compromise: in Connecticut and Oregon, lawmakers who oppose same-sex marriage back civil unions.(At Issue)
May 24, 2005... Gay rights activists in Connecticut initially pushed lawmakers there to legalize marriage for same-sex couples. But when support for the idea was less than warm, they compromised on a civil unions bill. On April 20 the state's Republican...

Lesbian teens admit to murder.(CRIME)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Those familiar with the case of lesbian teens Holly Harvey and Sandy Ketchum, who were sentenced to life in prison on April 14 for murdering Harvey's grandparents, thought they had heard it all when police reported a "to do" list written on...

Gays and sports.(The Nation)(Sports Participation)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 24, 2005... It is OK for gay athletes to participate in sports, even if they are open about their sexuality. AGREE 22% DISAGREE 78% It would hurt an athlete's career to be openly gay. AGREE 21% DISAGREE 68% ...

Minnesota Republican comes out.(POLITICS)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... When you're the lone Republican voting against an antigay measure in a Midwestern state, it can raise more than a few eyebrows. Indeed, rumors about Minnesota state senator Paul Koering's sexual orientation spread like wildfire after he sided...

Where's Jamie Rudolph?(FAMILY)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Among a string of bomb attacks killing two people and injuring more than 120 in Alabama and Georgia by Eric Rudolph, who pleaded guilty April 13, one was at an Atlanta lesbian 2bar in 1997. So it came as a surprise to some when it was reported...

Across the Nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Gresham, Ore. A federal jury in April ruled that Kevin Turner, a gay former employee of Shari's restaurant, faced a hostile work environment due to a lack of traditional male behavior on his part. Among Turner's complaints: A supervisor...

No picnickers and no gays.(RUSSIA)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov wants to build a golf course in a picturesque corner of the Russian capital, but it's not because he's a fan of the sport. It's because he wants to protect the area from gays. "In general, golf courses are...

Hometown hurt: Daniel Lippold was once one of Atwood, Kan,'s strongest defenders. That was until voters there decided he couldn't get married.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
May 24, 2005... Daniel Lippold used to defend his hometown of Atwood, Kan., and its nearly 1,300 citizens against those who described it as "hickville." Atwood is a special place, he would say, one where the food is homegrown and the people are friendly. He...

Kisses over cigarettes.(ANTISMOKING)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Officials at one national lesbian health organization are betting most lesbians would rather pucker up for a kiss with a sexy woman than a drag on a cigarette. The Mautner Project for Lesbian Health is partnering with local gay and health...

Victim of drugs' success?(HIV/AIDS)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... For the first time in the history of the AIDS epidemic a drug company is halting production on antiretroviral medications because of low demand, and the news has some HIV patients worried. Roche announced in April that it would stop malting its...

Combating silence with "truth".(Far Right)(Day of Silence April 13)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Hundreds of thousands of gay and straight students at high schools and colleges across the nation shut their mouths on the Day of Silence April 13 to draw attention to the isolation and harassment experienced by many gays and lesbians. Now...

Died.(Transitions)(Obituary)
May 24, 2005... DIED: Andrea Dworkin, 58, a lesbian and self-proclaimed radical feminist once described as the Malcolm X of the women's movement, at her home in Washington, D.C., April 11. DIED: Phillip Horvilz, 44, a Hew York-based gay performance artist...

Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders.(Transitions)(Appointed Lee Swislow as executive director )(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... HIRED: Lee Swislow, a nonprofit executive and longtime gay activist, as executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders in Boston, effective May 23.

Liberty Hill Foundation.(Transitions)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... RESIGNED: Torie Osborn, after eight years as executive director for the Liberty Hill Foundation, March 31.

Coping in Mississippi.(Generation Q)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Name: Bri Brewer Age: 17 Hometown: Brookhaven, Miss. I attend Mississippi School of the Arts, a residential high school in Brookhaven, Miss., and I am openly lesbian. Because our school is on a historic campus that isn't...

Sisters vs. parents.(FIRST PERSON)(coming out)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Sara Thompson's sister came out to her, and that was cool. Then their fundamentalist parents began a crusade to "cure" their daughter. What's a supportive sister to do? Read Sara's story only on Advocate.com.

Sheer fabulousness.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)(reality series, Sheer Dallas)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Outrageous party planner Steve Kemble (left) is just one of the larger-than-life figures in TLC's new reality series Sheer Dallas. He's interviewed on Advocate.com.

Here--for now.(COMMENTARY)(Viacom's gay basic-cable)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... The GLBT pay-per-view channel called Here and Viacom's upcoming gay basic-cable network Logo may start slow, says Advocate.com columnist Karel. but the only way they'll ever have the resources to grow is if all of us queers support them from...

April 15, 1997: "don't ask, don't tell" a bad deal.(From the Advocate Archives)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Just over three years into the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, The Advocate was compelled to do a cover story on the policy's already far-reaching negative effects. Much like the story in this issue, gay soldiers talked of hardships imposed by...

Dusty lives.(the Buzz)(Dusty Springfield film)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... MOVE OVER, Ray: The new biopic in town belongs to Dusty Springfield. Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked) will play the lesbian '60s British pop superstar, whose hits included "Son of a Preacher Man," in a Universal feature written and...

New queer in town.(the Buzz)(actor Ryan Scott Greene)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... HOW DO YOU juice up a popular gay soap where many of the characters have paired off?. Toss in a hot new stud who can go trick for trick with the show's top dog. Meet the challenger for the fifth and final season of Showtime's Queer as Folk...

Young love? .(the Buzz)(The Young Avengers)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... BULGING MUSCLES. Fabulous outfits. Perfect hair. Comic book readers finally ask the obvious question: Are superheroes gay? In the case of the latest Marvel Comics title, they just may be. The Young Avengers, a group of teen adventurers, all...

Tracey Ullman.(Big Gay Following)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Before she was a fabulous comedy chameleon, Tracey Ullman was a teen dancer touring with a gaggle of chorus boys. In her variety shows--the 1987-1990 Fox series The Tracey Ullman Show (which spawned The Simpsons) and HBO's Tracey Takes On...,...

A Roy Cohn for our time? A top Republican political strategist marries his boyfriend of 40 years and ignites a debate about his private vs. public life.(The Washington Advocate)
May 24, 2005... One New York Times same-sex marriage notice in April wound up not in the paper's Weddings & Celebrations section but on the Washington pages, and it caused an immediate war of words between Republicans and Democrats. The couple in question...

Think globally, protest locally: That's Revolting! author Matt Bernstein Sycamore (whose pen name is Mattilda) provides a handy checklist of items no queer activist should be without.(COMMENTARY)
May 24, 2005... In 1992 at the age of 19, I was not naive enough to believe that voting for Bill Clinton would result in political change for the better; I bought the line that we had to "get Bush out." When Clinton succeeded in dismantling welfare to an...

Escaping abuse overseas: gay men from conservative countries are winning the right to asylum in the United States.(IMMIGRATION)
May 24, 2005... In January 2003, Wissam Abyad, an openly gay man in Egypt, arranged an in-person meeting at a Cairo McDonald's with a gay man he'd met via the Internet. The man claimed that he'd just moved to the area and wanted to meet other gay men. At...