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

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

Knoxville or bust.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 9, 2004... Many thanks to Johnny Knoxville for such a hilarious, fascinating interview, and big points to The Advocate for being bold enough to give it the cover ["Kicking With Johnny Knoxville," October 12]! I loved reading about Knoxville's interactions...

Out of the running.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 9, 2004... I have always been against outing closeted gays just for the hell of it. What Michael Rogers is doing is not just for the hell of it [At Issue, October 12]. I totally support what he is doing, because the consequences of letting these people...

Straight allies.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 9, 2004... I was thrilled to read "Ohio's Straight Ally" in the October 12 issue [Behind the Headlines]. Being all ally of the gay community, an Advocate subscriber, and a straight female to boot, I was impressed to read about a straight male advocating...

How to be gay.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 9, 2004... Simone Sneed, like so many young people, has recently adopted the identity of "queer" [Generation Q, October 12]. She suggests that gays are no longer extreme or individualistic but as mainstream as a bowl of oatmeal. I took offense at being...

The white picket fence.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 9, 2004... "Gay Men, Straight Lives" [October 12] sounds so much like my life. I'm 42, have been married for 17 years, have three great kids, and am now coming out as a gay man. I've always felt "different" but could never really address my sexuality. I...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(The Advocate Poll)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... * "Yes, it probably would reduce the number. But gay-straight marriages will still occur because society is very homophobic, and internalized homophobia is even more insidious." * "Most gay men who marry women probably do so because they...

Open house.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 9, 2004... I wanted to thank you for the article on gay fraternity brothers, "Rushing to Come Out" [October 12]. As an openly gay brother of Pi lambda Phi, I could connect with the stories of those who spoke of their courageous decisions to come out to...

Corrections.(reader forum)(Correction Notice)
November 9, 2004... In our October 12 article "Rushing to Come Out," the caption for the photo of Sigma Chi member Travis Shumake mistakenly lists Arizona State University as his alma mater; Shumake attends Northern Arizona University. Also, in Charles Kaiser's...

Does my mom hate me?(my perspective)(gay son)
November 9, 2004... My mom is Oregon state representative Donna G. Nelson from McMinnville, my hometown. She is Republican, and she just told me that she supports Measure 36, a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Oregon. As her gay son, I asked her...

Rants & raves.(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... "I will address such issues in their proper context, and, uh, my visit to the tooling and manufacturing association is not that proper context." --Alan Keyes, rabidly antigay Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Illinois, declining to...

Voting bloc party: how did the Democratic Party measure up in courting gay voters this election?(At Issue)
November 9, 2004... Dining last year's run-up to the presidential primaries, Democratic candidates from Howard Dean to Al Sharpton spoke openly in favor of gay equality and courted gay and lesbian voters at events big and small. Then came the Democratic...

The hate-crimes wedge.(Legislation)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Why would Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives kill a hate-crimes bill just one week after a bipartisan vote recommended its passage? Because they're "playing politics" with gay equality, said gay rights leaders. "It's been...

Lesbian vs. Dreier.(Election)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... As U.S. representative David Dreier continued to avoid questions about his sexual orientation, his opponent in this year's election said she's got nothing to hide. In fact, she's a lesbian. Cynthia Matthews (pictured), a 41-year-old...

Gay in every classroom.(Education)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... The use of antigay slurs in America's public high schools is rampant. And every time one is uttered inside a classroom it's likely to be heard by a gay or lesbian student. That's the conclusion of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education...

Undoing an amendment.(Marriage)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Supporters of a constitutional Amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Louisiana got what they wanted--for 17 days. That's how long the amendment, which was approved by 78% of voters on September 18, lasted before a state judge threw it out, ...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Portland, Ore. Satirical statements appearing in the state Voters' Pamphlet in September angered supporters of a proposed gay marriage ban. One statement said Oregon should not only bar gays from marrying but infertile people and men with...

A powerful voice is silenced.(FannyAnn Eddy murdered)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Widely considered a pioneer of civil rights in an exceedingly unfriendly land, Sierra Leone's most prominent lesbian was found brutally murdered on September 29 in the offices of the gay rights organization she founded. FannyAnn Eddy, the...

Life after Iraq: Brian Hughes helped rescue Jessica Lynch from her Iraqi captors--then he rescued himself from the military's antigay policy.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
November 9, 2004... Tired of listening to his fellow servicemen in Iraq brag about their sexual exploits while he was forced to keep quiet about his own life, Army ranger Brian Hughes left the service with an honorable discharge in August and came out to everyone....

Gay male testosterone drop.(Aging)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Millions of men experience a potentially harmful drop in their testosterone levels as they get older, but for many gay men it may not be a matter of middle age. Sometimes called andropause, the loss of testosterone can cause memory loss,...

Youth speaking to youth.(HIV/AIDS)(Hope's Voice)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... When Todd Murray was diagnosed HIV-positive at age 20, he was frustrated by the fact that "no one was talking about it." So he started an online community for young adults living with HIV called Positive Hope. Looking to expand his reach,...

Bridging the schism.(Episcopal Church)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Following a year of deep divisions over homosexuality, gay and lesbian members and their supporters in the Colorado diocese of the Episcopal Church USA are making concessions, including holding off on the blessing of same-sex unions. Now those...

Died.(Transitions)(James E. Barnett)(King Thackston)(Raymond Vino)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 9, 2004... DIED: James E. Barnett, 80, an out gay promoter of professional wrestling in the 1950s and '60s who served on the National Council on the Arts under Jimmy Carter, of pneumonia, in Atlanta, September 17. DIED: King Thackston, 55, an openly...

Barbara Boxer.(Honored)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... HONORED: California senator Barbara Boxer, with a Being Alive Spirit of Hope Award, at a ceremony in West Hollywood, Calif., October 10.

More than coffee and sex.(Generation Q)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Three months two days, and 16 hours was the exact duration of my most recent relationship. At the time it ended last May, I probably could have counted off the minutes and seconds too. Perhaps I was a bit too absorbed. It was, after all, my...

Saving Mass. marriage.(News Feature)
November 9, 2004... Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts could be overturned by a pending constitutional amendment--but not if the people at SupportEquality.org do their job well. An Advocate.com special report by Jodi Sperber.

Fahrenheit x 2.
November 9, 2004... The new film Tying the Knot is the Fahrenheit 9/11 of the same-sex debate. Find Kevin Kumala's interview with director Jim de Seve--and a review of Michael Moore's 9/11 on DVD--only on Advocate.com.

The doctor is out.
November 9, 2004... The indie comedy Merci, Docteur Rey has a gay romance, Dianne Weist, and a Vanessa Redgrave cameo--and not much else. Read Stephen Rebello's review only at Advocate.com.

Excited about Everett: January 20, 1998.(From the Advocate Archives)(Rupert Everett)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Openly gay British actor Rupert Everett's successful movie career, including his appearance as King Charles II in the recent release Stage Beauty, has landed him on the cover of The Advocate, and not for the first time. Almost seven years ago,...

Wife-swapping lesbians.(the Buzz)(new television series Wife Swap)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... On ABC's Wife Swap this November, lesbian mom Kristine Luffey (left, with partner Nicki Boone) trades places with the mother of a mixed-race conservative Christian family, Cue the fireworks!

Same-sex Simpsons.(the Buzz)
November 9, 2004... IN WHAT's sure to be one of the most sizzling sweeps stunts tiffs season, the folks at The Simpsons announced that a Springfield resident would not only come out as gay, but would marry his or her same-sex partner... in a ceremony performed by...

Spotlight on the gay right.(the Buzz)(Gay Republicans)(Movie Review)
November 9, 2004... PERSECUTED by fellow queers and facing a fracture in their own ranks, gay Republicans can be forgiven for feeling a little defensive lately. In Gay Republicans, a fairly straightforward--and often funny--documentary by Wash Westmoreland airing...

Kolbe's quiet fights: the only openly gay Republican in Congress has taken the GOP's Christian right wing to task--and survived politically.(The Road To Congress)(Grand Old Party)(Jim Kolbe)(Biography)
November 9, 2004... In February 2004 Arizona congressman Jim Kolbe--the only openly gay Republican in Congress--issued a scathing statement attacking the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment. "An amendment to the U.S. Constitution to restrict marriages is not...

The auto repair closet: Advocate associate news editor John Caldwell is ready to admit that he once donned overalls and wielded a socket wrench, though his passion for the engine was short-lived.(The driver's seat)
November 9, 2004... After a loud bang followed by the telltale thump, thump, thump of a flat tire flopping along pavement, I recently pulled my Honda Accord into the nearest parking lot mid called Triple-A road service on my cell phone. "I'm behind a taco stand on...

Sexy beast: getting to know the two sides of the tough-as-nails, smooth-as-silk Range Rover.(The driver's seat)(Product/Service Evaluation)
November 9, 2004... "Follow that car," says the gatekeeper, pointing down the entrance lane at Shady Canyon Golf Club in Irvine, Calif. Which car? The Range Rover, of course. With its distinctive lines, the mother of all SUVs is impossible to miss. At a base price...

Robert Mason.(Reader's Pick)(2000 Chrysler Sebring Convertible)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... AGE: 54 OCCUPATION: RETIRED RESIDENCE: LOS ANGELES 2000 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE One of the things I like about my convertible Chrysler Sebring is that it comfortably seats four to five adults. I enjoy loading the car...

Driving sales: car companies find success advertising to gay consumers and supporting groups that work for equality.(The driver's seat)
November 9, 2004... A decade ago, Subaru--the car company that has reached icon status among gays and (especially) lesbians--had no intention of specifically targeting gay consumers through its advertising or promotions. But when the company dewed into a massive...

Jennifer Russell.(Reader's Pick)(2001 VW NEW BEETLE)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: CLERICAL, DATA ENTRY RESIDENCE: LONGVIEW, TEXAS 2001 VW NEW BEETLE I believe my 2001 techno blue VW New Beetle 2.0 GLS is a very gay car. His name is Blue Smiley. He has many smiley faces on him and many...

Boo! We're gay!(notes from a blond)(Halloween celebrations)
November 9, 2004... This Halloween I'm going as Condoleezza Rice. She's the scariest thing I can think of. I mean, here she is, a concert pianist right up there at the Miss America level, working for that cowpoke in the nest of vipers they used to call the White...

Rupert's return: coming back to The Advocate after a nearly seven-year absence, Rupert Everett talks about playing Stage Beauty's king in drag, trying to make a gay James Bond movie, and killing John Schlesinger.(Rupert Everett)(Interview)(Cover Story)
November 9, 2004... Rupert Everett is suddenly on a roll. He voices the foppish, hair-tossing Prince Charming in Shrek 2, the biggest hit of the year and the top-grossing animated film of all time. (It comes out on DVD on November 5, joining the just-released...

How Chucky got lucky: what makes those monstrous Chucky flicks such fun? Credit out auteur Don Mancini and his divinely gay-adjacent leading lady, Jennifer Tilly.(film)(Seed of Chucky)
November 9, 2004... When Universal Pictures received out gay director Don Mancini's first draft of Seed of Chucky, the sequel to his 1998 blockbuster, Bride of Chucky, its response was less than euphoric. "The studio said, 'It's too gay, it's too funny, and...

The diva, the nurse, & the bears: there's at least something to love in each of these iffy new fall films.(Callas Forever)(Yes Nurse! No Nurse!)(Bear Cub)(Movie Review)
November 9, 2004... Callas Forever * Written by Martin Sherman and Franco Zeffirelli * Directed by Zeffirelli * Starring Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, and Joan Plowright * Here! Films There are two compelling reasons to see director Franco Zeffirelli's what-if?...

Leslie Jordan's wise sass: the hilarious Leslie Jordan, foil of Will & Grace's Karen Walker, hits the stage with Like a Dog on Linoleum, his latest one-man show.(theater)
November 9, 2004... "I always wake up exhausted." It's the morning after a benefit performance of Leslie Jordan's Like a Dog on Linoleum, his new one-man autobiographical play running at the Elephant Asylum Theater in Los Angeles through November 7, and Jordan...

Five alive: with her own new live album climbing the charts, jazz virtuoso Patricia Barber tells us about the live recordings she loves best.(music)(Interview)
November 9, 2004... She's a bold and brilliant jazz pianist who also (in equal measure) sings, writes, and makes no bones about being gay. She took a couple of years off from recording when she was awarded a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship in order to write a song...

Unsigned on the dotted line: six great new CDs from unsigned queer performers that belong in your heavy rotation.(Sound Recording Review)
November 9, 2004... It's autumn, when a young musician's thoughts turn toward polities and love. A slew of new releases from independent out artists offers plenty to mull over long after the silly season of politics and family holidays has gone. Stomping Back...

A place in the sun.(The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions)(Zumanity)(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Zumanity: Another Side of Cirque du Soleil is a provocative and titillating new production at New York New York in Las Vegas. Part cabaret, part circus, and completely innovative, Zumanity is a show for lovers, would-be lovers, and anyone whose...

Tis' the season.(The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions)(Holly Folly)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
November 9, 2004... Enjoy a festive weekend getaway in Provincetown at Holly Folly, the only Gay and Lesbian Holiday Festival, December 3-5. Don't miss the holiday shopping sales, Yuletide feasting, and sparkling entertainment. Visit www.ptown.org or call (888)...

A night of remembrance.(The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions)(remember project '04)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
November 9, 2004... the remember project '04, produced by and benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS, includes over 85 dance companies in 12 hours of continuous dance to honor those living and lost to HIV/AIDS during World AIDS Week. Saturday, December 4, 12 noon...

Fun in the sun.(The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions)(Winter Party Festival)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
November 9, 2004... Winter Party Festival March 3-7, 2005, South Beach, Florida. A world-class beach dance party and cultural festival benefiting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Miami-Dade and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Visit...

Gifts with a purpose.(The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions)
November 9, 2004... The Human Rights Campaign is celebrating the holiday season with its fifth annual holiday ornament. "Bearie" is designed exclusively for the HRC by famed artist Christopher Radko. All proceeds from the $39 ornament will go directly to HRC's...

Close the curtain and smile: in a new book, Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction uses photo-booth strips to chronicle a strange year.(Don't Try This at Home)
November 9, 2004... The past year has been sweet for Dave Navarro, Grammy award-nominated guitarist of Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers fame. Last November he married former Baywatch babe Carmen Electra; their nuptials spawned MTV's hit reality show 'Til...

The Truman show: with the first collection of his letters, a complete volume of his short stories, and a fresh edition of his first novel, Truman Capote is hot again.(Book Review)
November 9, 2004... "I would appreciate it if in the future you would address me as Truman Capote, as everyone knows me by that name," writes the future author to his father, Arch Persons, in 1936. It would be another 12 years before that "everyone" would be...

Painting for his life: actor Thom Bierdz rises above his shocking family story to begin a bright new career as an artist.(art)
November 9, 2004... Showing me into his tranquil artist's studio on a perfect West Hollywood afternoon, Thom Bierdz is handsome, gracious, cool, and collected. His paintings are more emotive. A lot more, in fact; they cover file walls in a jungle of piercing...

Big gay following: new feature: .(arts & entertainment)(interview of Jon Stewart)(Interview)
November 9, 2004... He's funnier than Jennings, sexier than Brokaw, and at least as reliable as Rather. He's Daily Show host Jon Stewart, who has given America something to laugh about during an endless presidential election cycle. Not content with making...

Gay men on the pill.(against the current)(Human Immunodeficiency Virus )
November 9, 2004... After 20 years, why don't we have a treatment that could help prevent you from getting HIV? I'm not talking about a vaccine, which most scientists consider a pipe dream against a diverse and constantly mutating retrovirus like HIV. ...

Assessing Kerry.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 23, 2004... I don't agree with everything the Kerry-Edwards ticket stands for--in particular, their stand against same-sex marriage--out Bush is against gays everywhere. If Bush stays in the White House, he could appoint four members of the Supreme Court,...

Kushner on America.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 23, 2004... Applause and a standing ovation for Tony Kushner's anti-Bush article in your October 26 issue ["An Unmannerly Pre-Election Day Splenetic"]. Thank you, Mr. Kushner, for finally putting so eloquently into words what I feel and have thought (along...

Generation quiet.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 23, 2004... Barry Hayes's description of being a mole in a Republican campaign organization provides a chilling but not surprising insight into "their" homophobia when no one else is around ["Hiding Among the Bushies," October 26]. I was not surprised...

AIDS redux.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 23, 2004... The My Perspective column by Ed Ishmael, "It Hasn't Gone Away" [October 26], really hit home with me. I owned a gay bar through the '80s and '90s at the height of victims dying of MDS. Many bar owners say they feel like something of a parent...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(reader forum)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... In the October 26 issue, we asked: If Bush's antigay rhetoric is chiefly to get him reelected, would you expect him to be less antigay in a second term? yes 8% no 89% unsure 3% Note: Table made from pie chart. ...

No lesbians allowed.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
November 23, 2004... While spending a semester of college studying in Amsterdam, I came to realize that the city I had thought was the "gay capital" of the world was actually the "gay men's capital." As an avid feminist and a gender studies major, I was devastated...

Correction.(reader forum)(Correction Notice)
November 23, 2004... The producers of He's a Lady did not consult the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation "at the outsets" as The Advocate reported in our October 26 story "Dude Looks Like a Lady." GLAAD contacted the producers after having seen a press...

Why Mom won't get married.(my perspective)
November 23, 2004... "Don't you and Ann want to get married?" When same-sex couples in San Francisco began marrying last February, I immediately called Mom. She and Ann have been together 20 years. They fell in love in Ventura County, Calif.--the same county where...

Rants & raves.
November 23, 2004... "I'm that odd mixture of, on the one hand, being a gay icon and, on the other hand, having grandmas and parents being grateful I'm around to be a babysitter for their kids." --Julie Andrews, as quoted by The [Manchester, U.K.] Guardian,...

Republicans vs. the military: can Log Cabin's court challenge to the military's gay ban succeed in a time of war?(At Issue)
November 23, 2004... In a move that surprised many legal advocates, lawyers for the gay political group Log Cabin Republicans on October 12 filed a federal challenge to the military s ban on openly gay service members, claiming that it violates their constitutional...

Foreman fed up.(Activism)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg says he's gay-friendly, but his actions say otherwise, according to Matt Foreman, head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Foreman resigned his post on the city's Human Rights Commission in October...

Ok to be gay at Sandals.(Travel)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... Ending a long-running battle with gay rights activists and lawmakers from across the globe, Sandals Resorts recently announced that it would rescind its ban on gay and lesbian couples at all 12 of its couples-only Caribbean retreats. ...

Gay Anglicans hurt too.(Religion)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... A widely anticipated Anglican report on homosexuality called October 18 for an apology from the Episcopal Church USA for the pain caused by the ordination of openly gay New Hampshire bishop V. Gene Robinson last year. It's a reasonable request,...

A nod to Ohio gay families.(Parenting)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... Ohio lawmakers might strongly oppose the recognition of gay and lesbian couples. But a state appeals court ruled October 12 that legislators must stop short of threatening children's welfare. The court unanimously overturned a previous...

Across the Nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... San Francisco, Calif. A civil trial in the case of Jeremy Burke, a transgendered man who is suing the city's police department for $25 million, began October 18. Burke claims officers beat him severely when he tried to enter his partner's...

Winning with words in the U.K.(Literature)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... Openly gay British author Alan Hollinghurst has not only made a name for himself in the literary world but now has set an important precedent for other gay novelists and their stories about gay fives. Hollinghurst's widely acclaimed Thee Line...

Civil unions come to New Zealand: Chris Carter has fought long and hard to make his country the first in the Southern Hemisphere to provide full rights to same-sex couples.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
November 23, 2004... Widely known as one of the Southern Hemisphere's most gay-friendly places, New Zealand is poised to join the ranks of those nations that provide marriage or marriage-like rights to gay and lesbian couples. Earlier this year a civil union bill...

Going public with gay.(Finance)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... The stock market is now a little bit gay. PlanetOut, a media company that caters to gays and lesbians, on October 14 became the first gay-directed business to have its stock traded on a major exchange. The company's initial public offering of...

A pitch against the D.C. expos.(Nightlife)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... As city leaders and major league baseball fans exalted at the news on September 29 that the Montreal Expos would be moving to Washington, D.C., few of the city's gay residents joined in the celebration. That's because the deal to get the Expos...

10% of a million?(Money)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... Gay and lesbian workers don't just need protection from discrimination in the workplace, they also need higher wages, shorter hours, and good health care, So a group of gay activists joined the Million Worker March in Washington, D.C. on...

Looking to "cure" gay bus riders.(Far Right)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... The next time the antigay group Focus on the Family comes to the Tampa, Fla., area with its "ex-gay" conference, local bus riders will know about it. A settlement reached October 12 in a federal lawsuit the group had filed against the Pinellas...

Died.(Transitions)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... Wally Harper, 63, an openly gay Broadway arranger and composer who was Barbara Cook's musical director for 30 years, of cardiac arrest, in New York City, October 8. Willie Walker, 55, a longtime gay activist and founding member of the GLBT...

Donald Aldrich.(Executed)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... Donald Aldrich, 39, a Texas man convicted of abducting and killing a gay man 11 years ago, by lethal injection, October 12.

Matthew Cusick.(Honored)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... Matthew Cusick 32, a gay gymnast who won an HIV discrimination suit settlement from Cirque du Soleil, with the 2004 Courage Award from Washington, D.C.'s Whitman-Walker Clinic, October 23.

Defending the rainbow.(Generation Q)(flag cermony )(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... Every year at Montclair State University in New Jersey we hold a flag-raising ceremony on National Coming Out Day. A rainbow flag is raised along with the state and national flags. This year I had the honor of speaking. There I stood on a...

The road to marriage.(Commentary)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... The results of the presidential election are almost beside the point when it comes to the long battle to win equal rights for gay couples, says leading marriage activist Evan Wolfson.

A makeover for the Fab 5?(Arts & Entertainment)
November 23, 2004... No, we don't want Thorn, Jai, Ted, Carson, and Kyan to change, but Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is ready for some new adventures. An Advocate.com exclusive commentary by Michael Matson.

Love in P-town.(Advocate Travel)
November 23, 2004... As the chili of autumn and winter sets in, get a fresh dose of summer in Provincetown---and tips for planning next year's share--from writer David Allyn, only at www.advocate.com/travel.

Lesbians and breast cancer: September 30, 1997.(From the Advocate Archives)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... The recent news that openly lesbian rock musician Melissa Etheridge is battling breast cancer shocked many readers of The Advocate. Seven years ago the magazine drew passionate responses from its readers over a cover story on lesbians battling...

Cumming up roses.(the Buzz)(Alan Cumming)(new perfumes)(Brief Article)
November 23, 2004... IT'S HARD to resist making puns and sordid asides about tiffs one. Gay lave Alan Cumming has filtered his, er, essence into a "beyond gender" fragrance dubbed Cumming, coming to stores in February. "With a name like mine, it was made to be...