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

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

Tommie Watkins.(Q&A)(interview)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... The Reverend Tommie Watkins knows discrimination. After the aspiring pilot was pressured to quit the U.S. Naval Academy in 1997 for being gay, he was refused ordination as a deacon by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2000. Now at age...

Cocktails and road trips.(FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF)(Editorial)
May 9, 2006... Attention veteran gay activists: We are all currently being eclipsed by 33 young queers on a bus, and we need to pay attention. Many semiretired LGBT activists have earned a rest, having put in years and years of service on the front lines...

Gays & buses.(TIME LINE)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... 1961 Protesting segregation, busloads of white and black civil-rights activists make Freedom Rides through the South, inspiring gay activists to launch the current Soulforce Equality Ride. 1979 As many as 100,000 supporters descend on the...

Will's Grace.(09.15.98 ARCHIVES)
May 9, 2006... When NBC's groundbreaking television hit Will & Grace premiered eight years ago, the network needed a new "must-see" show to fill the void left by Seinfeld and Mad About You. "In a brave but calculated move, the network's programming chief,...

Past imperfect.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 9, 2006... It seems that continuing hypocrisy and internal homophobia, not to mention a judgmental queer community, contribute to some of the best and most qualified people being turned away ["Hustle and Grow," April 11]. A sex worker's past--so what?...

Good as gold.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 9, 2006... All I can say is, finally someone is going to speak up against the misguided and misinformed people who say they speak in the name of good religion ["Ads Against Intolerance," April 11]. Mitchell Gold seems to have put a team together that can...

To a T.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 9, 2006... Just a quick note to say that I really loved Sue Rechman's article "Life in the T Zone" [April 11]. As Sue may have relayed to you, I was nervous about the topic for fear that it would be sensationalized. But Sue did a wonderful job of...

Church unsocial.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 9, 2006... In the April 11 issue your reporter stated in an article titled "A Presbyterian Victory" that "[Jane] Spahr, 63, the first in her denomination to be tried for officiating at same-sex unions, was acquitted by a judicial commission of charges...

What the world needs now.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 9, 2006... When Andrew Sullivan asked for whom the bell tells, he articulated what I have been thinking since September 11, 2001 ["World War on Gays," April 11]. If our community is unable to invest anything else in George W. Bush, we must invest in the...

Correction.(FROM THE READERS)(Correction notice)
May 9, 2006... Colin Marshall, quoted in our April 11 GenQ piece on the Midwest student conference, attends the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

The Advocate poll.(FROM THE READERS)(Survey)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the April 11 issue of The Advocate Q: Should past work as a gay escort make a person ineligible to run for political office? * No. However, that person, if elected,...

Out of captivity.(WAR IN IRAQ)(Dan Hunt; James Loney)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... After his longtime partner, James Loney, was kidnapped in November and held captive in Iraq for four months by a militant group, Dan Hunt dealt with a lot of grief and terror. And if that weren't hard enough, he couldn't talk about it for fear...

Saving America from gays.(FAR RIGHT)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... At a religious confab in Washington, D.C., on March 28 titled "The War on Christians and the Values Voter in 2006" organized by antigay Baptist preacher Rick Scarborough and reported on by Salon.com and other media sources, top Republican...

Sticking up for gay travelers.(TOURISM)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... When the Kanab, Utah, city council passed a resolution in January affirming the "natural family" and defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman "ordained of God," some decried the move as homophobic. But a group of businesses in the...

Mental health.(BY THE NUMBERS)
May 9, 2006... Two new studies show how struggles with mental health among gay men span the globe [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project

Legal anxiety.(MARRIAGE)(same-sex marriage )(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... After Massachusetts's supreme judicial court ruled on March 30 that gay couples from states that prohibit same-sex marriage could not be married in the Bay State, couples from the states where the law is unclear were left in legal limbo. That...

Meanwhile, we still can't get married ...(REPORT)
May 9, 2006... Rapper Eminem--whose relationship with gay people has been rather (mutually) love-hate--is divorcing his wife, Kim--for the second time. After three months of (re)marriage--oh, and they have a daughter. Another heterosexual family values...

Tom DeLay's gay moments.(REPORT)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Antigay Republican congressman Tom DeLay of Texas announced on April 4 that he was quitting politics--amid a massive lobbying corruption scandal and charges that he broke campaign finance laws. His departure will be good news to many gays and...

Cross country.(REPORT)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... 1 MARMET, W.VA. A special-needs student told a fellow fifth-grade boy he was gay, professed his love for the youth, then grabbed his butt in their elementary school bathroom, prompting a sexual harassment complaint and a possible lawsuit....

Losing Le Madame.(WORLD FOCUS)(Poland's president Lech Kaczynski closes night club)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... For years as Warsaw's mayor, the staunchly antigay Lech Kaczynski tried to close the city's famous gay-inclusive nightclub, Le Madame. Now he's Poland's president. elected on a platform of "moral cleansing" last year (with his brother leading...

Ali Hili.(Iraqi exile)(interview)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... In October 2005 the spiritual leader of Iraq's Shia Muslim majority, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, issued a fatwa prescribing that "people involved" in homosexuality "should be killed in the worst, most severe way of killing," As a...

Was Cargo too gay?(MEDIA)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... When Cargo--Conde Nast's glossy "magalog" for men--folded in March after two years of hype (its March 2004 debut boasted the most ad pages for a men's magazine launch ever), some media pundits speculated that the publication might have been too...

Truvada prevents HIV infection--now what?(HEALTH)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... When the results of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study were announced in March showing that Truvada, a popular AIDS drug, prevented HIV infection in monkeys, some saw an answer to the problem of unsafe sex among young gay men....

WB girl kiss bites it.(VISIBILITY)
May 9, 2006... Double standards, anyone? The sex-infused WB network cut a playful same-sex smooch from the March 29 pilot of The Bedford Diaries, a show about the carnal adventures of New York college students. WB brass--who posted the uncut version...

Media.(BY THE NUMBERS)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Did American Idol diva-in-training Mandisa get the boot on April 5 because she'd lost the gay vote? Maybe. In a March 31 online poll, Advocate readers were asked: Did Mandisa's use of the word "lifestyle" on the air and her online endorsement...

Out in the ring.(REPORT)(Chris Klucsarits's sexuality)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... It's a safe bet that gay and WWE aren't often linked in a word-association game. Now that former World Wrestling Entertainment champion Chris Kanyon--real name Chris Klucsarits--came out of the closet on his myspace.com page in February, that...

Rants raves.(REPORT)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... "Yes, he's hot. Back off!" --CHARLIZE THERON, after an audience member yelled, "He's hot!" regarding her former partner, Stuart Townsend, at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, April 8. Theron was given the Vanguard Award for her film...

One mom, 569 miles.(First person: Jennifer Schumaker)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... My plan to walk from San Diego to San Francisco evolved from a very simple thought: Three years ago I let a man reenter a line for coffee, and I thought, He has no idea that a lesbian was nice to him today. It was in a bookstore that I first...

Meet the bloggers.(REPORT)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Blogger: Bradford Shellhammer, 29, New York City Blog: www.queerty.com Launch date: August 2005 Unique visitors per month: 250,000 Goal: "To give the gays something fun and entertaining to read on their companies' clock." ...

A wedding-day protest.(STRAIGHT ALLIES)(Tarek Farouk Maassarani and Holly DeeAnn Smith working for marriage-minded straight couples )(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Tarek Farouk Maassarani, 27, and Holly DeeAnn Smith, 30, planned on having their wedding ceremony near their home in Washington, D.C. But that was before the couple, who have gay friends and support marriage equality, decided they wanted to...

Friend or foe?(REPORT)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... FRIEND CHRISTINE QUINN, the out leader of the New York city council, for boycotting the St. Patrick's Day Parade. The only thing she missed was having beer spilled on her dress. FOE DONALD WILDMON, head of the American Family Association,...

Josh Weast.(FIRED)(now appointed in a clothing store)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... JOSH WEAST, 22, as a cheerleading coach at Hater Del Catholic High School in Breese, Ill., after it was discovered he had starred in two gay porn videos for Falcon Studios under the stage name "Andrew Bryant." He now works at a clothing store.

Eloy De La Iglesia.(DIED)(Spanish writer-director )(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... ELOY DE LA IGLESIA, 62, a Spanish writer-director whose films include the landmark gay feature El Diputado (1978), about a politician who falls in love with a rent boy, and 2003's Bulgarian Lovers, in which a man pays for his immigrant lover's...

Rodger Keller.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... RODGER KELLER, 63, an original member of the 1970s activist group Gay Liberation Front, who was found slain at his home in Key West, Fla., March 20; his 24-year-old former live-in companion is accused of the crime.

Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center.(APPOINTED)(Terry Stone)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... TERRY STONE, as executive director of the National Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Centers in Washington, D.C. Currently the head of the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County, Calif., he...

Steve Pomie.(GUILTY)
May 9, 2006... STEVE POMIE, 25, a Crips gang member, of a brutal attack last June that left gay Brooklyn resident Dwan Prince paralyzed, March 28,

Fran Dunaway.(RESIGNED)(joins video production company)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... FRAN DUNAWAY, as executive director of Equal Rights Washington, after achieving the Evergreen State group's development goals, in March. She returns to her video production company.

Growing up with Phelps.(GEN Q)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... Joe remembers his grade-school teachers announcement as if it were yesterday. It was the first day of spring in 1994, and Joe and his classmates were anxiously counting down the minutes until recess. Their teacher quietly walked into the room....

Guess the gay.(CAMPUS WATCH)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Do all gay people groove to Madonna, how over Will & Grace, and bawl over Brokeback Mountain? LGBT students at Ohio State University don't think so. That's why they organized "Guess the Straight Person," a series of panels devoted to...

Youth center closes.(GEN Q)(Out Youth )(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Austin's Out Youth center has served the LGBT youth of central Texas for longer than some of its members have been alive, but a recent financial crisis forced it to shut its doors in March. Out Youth, with a roster of about 50 active teen...

GEN Q poll.(GEN Q)
May 9, 2006... In what ways should gays respond to Phelps? Sign on to The Advocate's Web site before May 2 to cast your vote and leave your comments. Results will appear in the June 6 issue. Powered by Socratic Technologies ...

Outspoken: Kaleena Newman.(GEN Q)(advices)
May 9, 2006... Kaleena Newman came out at age 11. Luckily, her parents were supportive, but not everybody was. Now at age 15 she is ready with some advice for young gays and lesbians thinking about taking the same big step. * Come out to yourself first....

Shades.(GROUP TO WATCH)(discussion group by Freshman Evan Robinson )(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Being openly gay at Ohio University in Athens can be difficult. Being gay and African-American at the school is another challenge altogether. Freshman Evan Robinson knows that firsthand, and his personal struggles led him to create Shades,...

Karen O.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(interview)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... Karen O, the striking singer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and queen of the new new wave, is an original in an industry crowded with picture-perfect clones. With the white-hot Show Your Bones CD new in stores and a tour under way, the critics' fave...

Corporate doors open wide: as large corporations realize the benefits of a diverse workforce, career-minded gays and lesbians are being recruited like never before.(CAREERS)
May 9, 2006... Like many MBA students entering an elite business school, Kevin Smith, 28, knew he'd be courted during his first year by recruiters from some of America's top corporations. What he didn't plan on was how much his being gay would factor into the...

Multitasking millionaire: can't decide on the right career? Take a lesson from out entrepreneur Lisa Thomas: she built Clif Bar into a huge business, produced a Grammy-winning CD, and is just getting started.(CAREERS)
May 9, 2006... When you contact Lisa Thomas in Berkeley, Calif., you know you'll be speaking to a highly successful entrepreneur. But which Lisa Thomas will come to the phone? The cofounder and former CEO of Clif Bar Inc., who built a multimillion-dollar...

A gun and badge for gays: becoming an openly gay police officer used to mean facing harassment and rejection. Now departments across the country are actively seeking gay recruits.(CAREERS)
May 9, 2006... Los Angeles Police Department officer Michael Jolicoeur is looking for gay men and lesbians. But it's not part of an investigation. As the department's gay and lesbian recruitment coordinator, the officer, himself gay, is hoping to convince...

So you think you can sell real estate? With property prices peaking, real estate remains a popular second career choice. An out expert offers tips on what can make gays and lesbians good realtors.(CAREERS)
May 9, 2006... Creating a prosperous career in real estate is not difficult, but it requires skills and traits that are not taught in real estate school or in any other institution, for that matter: a golden combination of business sense and savoir faire....

Catching up with Mark's mom: Alice Hoagland, mother of Flight 93's Mark Bingham, checks in with her son's biographer, Jon Barrett, just as a film about the 9/11 hijacking hits theaters.(PEOPLE)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... Just hours after Alice Hoagland learned that her son, Mark Bingham, was one of the passengers who sacrificed their lives fighting for control of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, she announced to the world that Mark was gay....

Queer youth to America: get on the equality bus!(Cover story)
May 9, 2006... We join the Equality Ride in progress... Inspired by the '60s' Freedom Riders, 33 young LGBT activists on a bus are invading the nation's antigay colleges. Here riders tell their stories of inspiration, hope, and getting arrested in their...

Was it good for the gays?(Will and Grace)(Discussion)
May 9, 2006... For eight years, network television has regularly paraded gay characters through America's living rooms, courtesy of NBCs comedy hit Will & Grace. With the show's final episode coming up May 18, 2006, we asked some gay and lesbian writers for...

Sean Hayes: the interview he never gave.(Q&A)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... As Will & Grace draws to a close, The Advocate thought it fitting to have a long chat with Sean Hayes. Since Hayes turned down our interview request--as he's done for eight years--we culled material from various Hayes sit-downs to construct the...

It's peachy for Keene: musician's musician Tommy Keene releases a new CD of irresistible pop. And as a bonus, he comes out.(MUSIC)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... Since that fateful day when Maryland native Tommy Keene stopped dating women and "jumped over to the other team," he has never hidden his homosexuality. In the early '80s, before he ever signed a big record deal, he regularly made the scene at...

Girls' rock rules! Young or old, expert or beginner, any woman with music in her heart is welcome to make big noise at Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls.(MUSIC)
May 9, 2006... "Are you ready to rock?" asks a small voice. A girl no older than 10 and no bigger than a bass guitar steps up to the microphone, looks nervously down at her notes, and proceeds to screech her lungs out. Welcome to Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls,...

The next Brokeback.(COASTAL DISTURBANCES)(gay literature)
May 9, 2006... Here's my advice to all of you who are still broken up about Brokeback Mountain's loss at the Oscars. Head to your local gay bookstore and shell out a few bucks for something besides porn. As it turns out, Jack and Ennis weren't hatched during...

Austin unlimited.(BEHIND THE SCENES)(rock music)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... During this year's South by Southwest music conference in Austin, I relied on the Austin Chronicle's Gay Place column--by writers Kate Getty and Kate X Messet--for its quintessential queercentric list of shows and events. Just the sort of...

Tech wars: with so many cool gadgets on the market, it's hard to pick just one. So why pick just one?(TOYS)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... From Jellio comes GummiLights ($125 each), kitschy rubber bears that look almost edible--but no munching. They're meant to fill up a dark room, not your empty stomach. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Memorex is guessing that USB flash drives...

Forward leap.(TOYS)(sport utility vehicle)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... When I got a press invite to round up some friends for a read trip in the 2006 Chevrolet Impala LTZ, we had an inspiration. Why not take Chevy's African-named beast back to the jungle? Hours later we were at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal...

Guys and balls.(Movie review)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... * Directed by Sherry Horman * Starring Maximilian Bruckner * Here Films Remember way back four weeks ago when Summer Storm opened? That was a reasonably charming German coming-out movie about a rowing team. Now it's time for Guys and...

No way to treat a lady.(Lady Vengeance)(Movie review)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Lady Vengeance * Directed by Park Chanwook * Tartan Films * In limited release May 5 Lady Vengeance is an electrifying South Korean thriller with a strong female protagonist, a bold color palette, and a healthy dose of dark...

Fasten your seat belts.(Stardust: The Bette Davis Story)(Television program review)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Stardust: The Bette Davis Story * Narrated by Susan Sarandon * Premieres May 3 on TCM Ladies and gentlemen, start your TiVos: May is Bette Davis month on Turner Classic Movies. And this original documentary kicks off a cavalcade...

Still the top.(Red Hot & Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter * Various Artists * Shout! Factory Since most of today's hottest new bands are retreads of the sounds of the '80s, and the ongoing AIDS crisis shows no signs of abating, the DVD debut of the...

Tribeca's gay harvest: the New York City film festival, April 25-May 7, covers the queer waterfront from sexy boys to drag divas to 9/11.(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Actor-playwright Charles Busch (Die, Mommie, Die!) sure knows how to wear a wig. So he decided to try out a new hat--that of a feature film director--with his latest project, A Very Serious Person. Making its world premiere at the Tribeca Film...

All smoke, no fire.(Trouble From the Start)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Trouble From the Start * Lisa Moscatiello * Machine Heart The trouble with Trouble From the Start is that it's too timid. The set opens with a mysterious organ fill and lesbian singer Lisa Moseatiello intoning, "You're my meat when I...

Bandit queens.(Robin's Hood)(Movie review)(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... Robin's Hood * Starring Khatee V. Turner * Wolfe Robin's Hood spins the once-upon-a-time Robin Hood legend into a lezzy-in-the-hood morality tale. Written, directed, produced, and edited by first-time filmmaker Sara Millman, the movie...

Wake-up time.(Drag King Dreams, Leslie Feinberg's new book)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 9, 2006... Drag King Dreams * Leslie Feinberg * Carroll & Graf * $14.95 With a flattop, muscles, and a working-class chip on her shoulder, Max Rabinowitz is butch in a way that gets her stared at, chased down dark New Jersey streets, and...

Hot picks.(reviews)(Theater review)(Television program review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 9, 2006... DVD Tennessee Williams Film Collection May 2 (Warner Home Video) This tribute to the incomparable American gay playwright features a whopping eight discs, including a new double-disc edition of A Streetcar Named Desire. ...

We who are left behind.(FAITH MATTERS: The Reverend Irene Monroe)
May 9, 2006... There's something mean-spirited and wholly about a church that would shut its adoption agency doors rather than comply with state laws that ban discrimination against gays, as the Boston-based Catholic Charities has vowed to do. ...

Nuggets & bites.(Brief article)
May 9, 2006... "The question comes up: Is there a constitutional right to homosexual conduct? Not a hard question for me. It's absolutely clear that nobody ever thought when the Bill of Rights was adopted that it gave a right to homosexual conduct. Homosexual...

Rauda Morcos.(Q&A)(interview)(Interview)
May 23, 2006... After she was outed by a national magazine, Rauda Morcos, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, became the most visible lesbian in both that country and in Palestine, where the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas recently took power. Morcos, a...

X-Men and liars.(FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF)(Editorial)
May 23, 2006... The governor of Kentucky is a liar. think there's no other way of describing a man who makes antigay discrimination legal and says, on the same day, "My administration has set diversity as a priority." [See page 20.] Allowing antigay...

McKellen's modesty.(12.25.01 ARCHIVES)(Brief article)
May 23, 2006... When terrorists attacked on September 11, 2001, gay British actor Ian McKellen was working in New York City rehearsing for his role as Helen Mirren's husband in the Broadway production of Dance of Death. In an Advocate cover story not long...

Gay in the comics.(TIME LINE)(Brief article)
May 23, 2006... 1940 Madam Fatal is a crime-fighting man who dresses as a woman in Quality's Crack Comics. 1980 In Marvel Comics' Hulk Magazine, Bruce Banner is almost raped by lisping queens in a YMCA shower. 1984 Marvel's Defenders features a...

Dangerous musings.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 23, 2006... I would have never heard about Dangerous Muse if not for The Advocate ["Rhythm and Muse," April 25]. They're great! I don't generally listen to their type of music, but when I beam them I was excited to find more music by them. I can honestly...

Party poopers.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 23, 2006... I would like to commend The Advocate for the article "Too Pro-Gay for the Party?" [April 25]. I find that many times as a queer community we are quick to make villains of the Republican Party, while portraying Democrats as saints who are always...

To bi or not to bi.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 23, 2006... I am writing to thank Laura Weinstock for her column titled "Lame-duck Lesbians?" in the April 25 issue. I am so glad one of us finally said it! As a young lesbian who has read up on the '70s lesbian movement and celebrates womyn's music,...

Graffiti wars.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 23, 2006... I just received my April 25 issue of The Advocate and was a little disappointed in the coverage in the Advocate Report. On page 16 there is the article "Hate and Hope on the Bus," and on page 20 is "Graffiti Won Out." Both of these reports are...

We are family.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 23, 2006... In Jim David's "Friend or Foe?" [April 25] he refers to the pressure from "pro-family groups" and "the family groups." We fall into our opponents' trap when we let them own the "family" word. Try referring to these so-called family groups as...

Costly Secret.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 23, 2006... I read with excitement your article on the new version of I've Got a Secret ["Meet the Secret Police," April 25] coming to cable. How wonderful, I thought, to have a bunch of out, fun folks hosting a classic American game that so many of us...

Corrections.(FROM THE READERS)(Correction notice)
May 23, 2006... A quote by Repent America's Michael Marcavage that appeared in our April 25 "Rants & Raves" section should have been attributed to the February 3-9, 2005, issue of Philadelphia's City Paper. And our May 9 "Rants & Raves" section referred to...

Q: Is the Democratic Party too timid to openly support LGBT equality and candidates who favor full equality?(THE ADVOCATE Poll)(survey )(Survey)(Brief article)
May 23, 2006... How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the April 25 issue of The Advocate "The Democratic Party stands for nothing. And when they find a candidate who stands for something, they drive him out of the party. They...

Families who roll together ...(PARENTING)(Brief article)
May 23, 2006... Few might see children pushing eggs across a lawn as a protest. But that's how antigay religious groups described the presence of gay families at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 17. After President Bush's education...

Wrist slap for Rene Portland.(Justice, 2; homophobes, 0)(Brief article)
May 23, 2006... Penn State slapped women's basketball coach Rene Portland (below) on April 18 with a $10,000 fine and mandatory diversity classes for having discriminated against a player whom she perceived to be gay. But Portland remained unapologetic,...

Supreme Court loss for Falwell.(Justice, 2; homophobes, 0)(Brief article)
May 23, 2006... Christian televangelist the Reverend Jerry Falwell has made no secret of his staunchly antigay views, including on his slick Web site www.falwell.com. That's why openly gay New Yorker Christopher Lamparello decided to launch www.fallwell.com, a...