The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from October 2002

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from October 2002

Games we play. (reader forum).(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... I just wanted to thank you for including me in the Gay Games issue of The Advocate ["Out to Win," September 3]. Breaking the internal community stereotype that gays don't play sports is important to me--I appreciate your helping me further...

Down on down under. (reader forum).(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... Australia does indeed have a vibrant and dynamic gay and lesbian community, situated in a broader urban culture of tolerance. But Dan Allen's article ["Life in Oz," September 3] does its readers a disservice by not also noting that Australia...

Mideast conflict. (reader forum).(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... Your article "The Rite of Refusal" [September 3] paints a picture of gays in the Israeli military with a very broad brush stroke when it focuses on two gay soldiers who have declined to serve in the so-called occupied territories. In a country...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com. (The Advocate Poll).(poll on human rights issue)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... * "Contrary to the knee-jerk reaction of doctrinaire, party-line leftists, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict bears no resemblance to the struggle for gay rights." * "Absolutely, The struggle for human dignity and respect fought by...

Transcendent. (reader forum).(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... I was happy to see the article on the transgendered Alberta Harem [Behind the Headlines, September 3]. I am a post-op male-to-female transsexual. I lost my career for just asking to transition while working for the company. I was a "future...

Called out of the closet. (my perspective).(sexual orientation, prejudice, and religious faith)
October 1, 2002... When I was ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church in 1994 in Spokane, Wash., I was asked by my bishop, Calvin McConnell, "Do you trust that you are called by God to the life and work of an elder?" I responded, "I do so trust." It is...

Rants & raves.(quotations on gay and lesbian issues)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... "There are a lot of gays among the women surfers. We share rental cars, hotel rooms, dinner out. It makes us open with each ether. You wake up in the morning and hear toe rings clicking from two girls in the next bed." --Surfer Holly Beck,...

Gay families go mainstream: reaction to a ruling in favor of gay adoption suggests that same-sex parents are winning hearts and minds. But is it too soon to declare victory? (Parenting).
October 1, 2002... The news out of Harrisburg, Pa., on August 20 was groundbreaking: The state supreme court ruled that gay men and lesbians can adopt their partners' children. Only eight states and the District of Columbia allow such second-parent adoptions. If...

Jeb's jog to the right. (Florida).(Florida governor Jeb Bush appoints antigays to state posts)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Throughout his reelection campaign, Florida governor Jeb Bush has presented himself as a moderate Republican. But after looking at two of his recent appointments, some voters are not so sure. Both Jerry Regier, Bush's choice to head the child...

Kopper cops to role in Enron scandal. (Business).(Michael Kopper pleads guilty to conspiracy)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The first person to plead guilty in the Enron scandal is openly gay former executive Michael Kopper, 37. He pleaded guilty August 21 to conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud. Kopper was managing director of Enron Global...

Misconduct in Milwaukee? (Boy Scouts).(Milwaukee County Council of the Boy Scouts deletes nondiscrimination clause in United Way contract)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... You almost want to give officials of the Milwaukee County Council of the Boy Scouts a merit badge for chutzpah. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that on August 23 a Scout spokesman said the council, which receives about a quarter of its...

Bye-bye, Bob Barr. (Congress).(congressman Bob Barr loses Georgia primary)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Republican congressman Bob Barr, the architect of the infamous Defense of Marriage Act, has been served divorce papers by his Georgia constituents. Barr lost the August 20 GOP primary in Georgia's seventh congressional district to fellow...

Military recruiters muscle into schools. (Education).(universities dropping bans on military recruiting)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... After more than a decade of being barred, military recruiters will be marching back into Harvard Law School this fall. Harvard Law was one of many law schools to specifically ban military recruiters in the early '90s in protest of the armed...

On thin ice down under. (Australia).(organizers of lesbian and gay Mardi Gras celebration could be personally liable for debts)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The organizers of Sydney's troubled lesbian and gay Mardi Gras celebration could be in hot water with investors if a report released by an independent investigator is correct. The national daily paper The Australian said August 27 that...

Victory in Virginia: after state officials blocked her from adopting because she is a lesbian, Linda Kaufman took on the system--and won. (Behind the Headlines).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Ten years ago Linda Kaufman adopted a 5-year-old boy who lived in the District of Columbia. But when Kaufman, an Episcopal priest who works with the Department of Mental Health in Washington, D.C., decided in 1999 to adopt a second child, the...

Not-so-free speech. (AIDS Funding).(Department of Health and Human Services auditing AIDS organizations that protested Tommy Thompson's speech)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Any AIDS organization that receives money from the government had better mind its manners or find itself in a heap of red tape. That's the message from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is auditing more than a dozen...

Small victory. (Benefits).(New York state law gives benefits to partners of gays and lesbians killed in Sept. 11 attacks)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... About 20 lesbians and gay men whose partners were killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks will receive spousal workers' compensation benefits under a New York state law that took effect August 21. "I'm glad this law recognizes that...

The Domino's effect. (Business).(Tom Monaghan's Credo newspaper to cease publication)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Domino's Pizza, founded by Tom Monaghan, may still be going strong, but one of the notorious conservative's other business ventures is folding. Credo, a Roman Catholic newspaper that is owned by Monaghan and has actively opposed gay rights in...

Transitions.(gay-related current events )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... CHARGED: Devin Scott Angus, 21, with seven counts of battery evidencing prejudice, in Tampa, Fla., August 15, He is accused of attacking three men leaving a gay pride celebration July 7. DONATED: To the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against...

This week on Advocate.com. (On the Web).
October 1, 2002... FIRST-PERSON Kicked out for being gay "Paul," 17, was to be a senior at a private all-boys school in the eastern United States. But just as the semester started, the school asked him to leave. Read Paul's first-hand account only on...

Muffin Spencer-Devlin tees off on coming out: June 11, 1996. (From the Advocate Archives).(professional golfer came out as lesbian)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The recent flak between lesbian sports fans and the WNBA--just months after New York Liberty forward Sue Wicks announced she is a lesbian--is an echo of the impact Muffin Spencer-Devlin made on professional golf when she came out in the March...

Union station: a couple's Web page is civil union central. (On the Web).(Cliff Klein and Kelly Last use web site to announce their Vermont civil union)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Cliff Klein and Kelly Last had wanted to announce their November 2001 Vermont civil union in their local newspaper. But Klein says they felt "that would be impossible" in their Mebane, N.C., hometown. Instead the couple opted to publish their...

Rock & Doris & Ewan & Renee. (the Buzz).(Lover Come Back being remade as False Advertising)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... WORD AT THE concession stand is that cinematic sex is going back to being fun again. The Buzz has learned that the classic Rock Hudson-Doris Day romp Lover Come Back is being remade by Universal as False Advertising, while over at Fox, out...

JFK's gay dads. (the Buzz).(Clone High animated TV series)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... EVER WONDER WHAT it would be like if John F. Kennedy were raised by two dads and went to high school with a teenage Abe Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, and Gandhi? Admittedly, it had never occurred to The Buzz, but it did to the folks at MTV's...

Will & Grace & Matt & Gene. (the Buzz).(plans for celebrity guest appearances on 'Will & Grace')(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... FORGET THE RATINGS AND ITS PLUM POSITION on NBC's "Must-See Thursday" lineup. The real proof of Will& Grace's cachet can be seen in the caliber of celebrity guests that the show manages to round up. Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, Sandra...

Fit to print: the New York Times isn't the first paper to run same-sex partnership announcements, but it is the first to make the whole country take notice of the change. (Media).
October 1, 2002... Several months before Joe Quenqua and Art Smith journeyed to Burlington, Vt., last year to formalize their eight-year relationship with a civil union at Lake Champlain, they did what many other New York City-area couples do. They sent a wedding...

End of the road for the ride: a year of mounting controversy and financial problems force AIDS Ride organizer Pallotta TeamWorks to call it quits. (Business).
October 1, 2002... Early this year, Chicago marketing consultant Ben McConnell studied Pallotta TeamWorks--the for-profit firm that has produced the AIDS Rides, breast cancer walks, and other blockbuster charity events--for a book he is coauthoring. The book,...

Hoops and kisses: the New York Liberty has a lesbian coach and a lesbian star player--but is the team shunning its lesbian fans? (Sports).
October 1, 2002... Lesbian fans of the WNBA's New York Liberty want a little respect. After all, they make up nearly 40% of the people at Madison Square Garden during the team's home games, according to some estimates. So why shouldn't they demand to see...

Dykes to watch out for. (don't get me started).
October 1, 2002... It is still almost incomprehensible to me that there is such a thing as the WNBA. I came up during the three-dribble rule in girl's basketball. Even though many of us had grown up playing basketball with our brothers and could dribble like...

Woman on top: in a lean time for gay and lesbian characters on TV, ER's Laura Innes digs deeper into her role as a lesbian doctor--and her understanding of the gay experience. (fall TV preview) (Cover Story).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... "Whenever I'm talking about this stuff, I always feel a little strange because I'm not actually gay. But I've had this [coming-out] experience that feels very real to me in a lot of ways," says Laura Innes, who has spent the past two years...

CSI: crime scene insider: she writes and executive-producers TV's monster crime hit CSI. She does the work she loves and lives with the woman of her dreams. Could life get any better for Ann Donahue? (fall TV preview).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Remember when nobody knew the meaning of the initials CSI? No? Well, neither does anybody else. In two short seasons we've all become armchair forensic experts thanks to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation--CBS's runaway hit drama about a fictional...

The Real World goes straight: after the breakthroughs of Danny, Chris, and Aneesa, MTV's hit series came up empty for gay cast members this fall--although hunky bartender Steven is gay-adjacent. (fall TV preview).
October 1, 2002... The Real World Las Vegas cast member Steven got his best career tip from a gay man: "Lose the shirt." Of course, common sense like that may not occur to a straight bartender on his first night in a queer Texas dance club. They started me...

They control the vertical: two out series creators and a lesbian TV writer take us behind the scenes of their new shows. (fall TV preview).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... LIZ FRIEDMAN Hack, CBS Writer Self-appointed position in Gay Mafia: "Rising" Sometimes a gay writer is just a writer who is gay. Friedman is the only out lesbian on the writing staff of Hack, and she insists that she was hired for...

Where have all the gays gone? After years of inclusion, gay and lesbian characters are pretty much absent from the new fall TV season. Stephen Tropiano, the author of The Prime Time Closet, explains why. (fall TV preview).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... A few seasons ago you couldn't swing a small yappy dog without hitting a regular or recurring gay character. Besides Ellen and Michael Boatman's character on Spin City, there were trailblazers like Dawson's Creek's Jack and Buffy the Vampire...

What's up, Dr. Phil? Oprah Winfrey's pal Dr. Phil McGraw insists he's more open-minded on gay issues than his daytime-TV predecessor, Dr. Laura. (fall TV preview).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Oprah Winfrey's favorite relationship guru gets his own talk show this fall, courtesy of her production company and Paramount TV. But while Dr. Phillip McGraw shares a title with Dr. Laura Schlessinger--unlike Schlessinger, McGraw is actually...

Birds of Prey. (News shows).(TV show)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Has the cancellation of Xena left you starved for kick-ass women in tight outfits? This adaptation of the popular DC Comics series might fill the bill, with hotties Dina Meyer, Ashley Scott, and Mia Sara battling over a dystopian Gotham City....

MDs. (News shows).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... ABC adds to the multitude of medical shows with this cleverly titled series set in San Francisco. Not that ER's Dr. Kerry Weaver has to worry: No gay or lesbian MDs are among the regular, but there will be a gay administrative assistant (Robert...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (Returning shows).(television program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... While this show's powers that be are notoriously tight-lipped about what's in store, we're pretty sure about two things: Willow (Alyson Hannigan) will remain a lesbian even after the traumatic death of her lover Tara (Amber Benson), and Benson...

Dawson's Creek. (Returning shows).(television program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The ever-codependent Jack (Kerr Smith) finished off last season forfeiting his trip to Costa Rica to take care of Eric and his problems. What misery will he find in this new season? Or will the karma wheel finally be kind to one of TV's last...

ER. (Returning shows).(television program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Laura Innes returns as lesbian doc Kerry Weaver, and the venerable dramatic series promises to continue including gay and lesbian themes in its unfolding plots. [See page 34.] (NBC, Thursdays, 10-11 P.M.; premieres September 26)

NYPD Blue. (Returning shows).(television program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Fans of this long-running series wonder: Will this finally be the year that Bill Brochtrup gets to kick ass and have sex like everybody else on this show? (ABC, Tuesdays, 10-11 P.M.; premieres September 24)

Will & Grace. (Returning shows).(television program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Don't rush out to buy baby booties for the titular couple--word is that new recurring cast member Harry Connick Jr. will distract Grace (Debra Messing) from her biological clock for a while, freeing up Will (Eric McCormack) to continue his...

Charlie Lawrence. (Mid season).(television program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The debacle of Encore! Encore! well behind him (winning a Tony will do that for you), Nathan Lane makes another foray into network television with this beltway-based sitcom about an openly gay actor who goes into politics. (CBS, TBA)

Earthlings. (Mid season).(television program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Still in the pilot stage, one of the year's most talked-about shows is this sexy new ensemble drama--about a woman who moves to Los Angeles to marry a man, only to find herself attracted to a woman--that's being called "the lesbian Queer as...

Oliver Beene. (Mid season).(television programs)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... A stylish preadolescent Judy Garland groupie (played by Taylor Emerson) is part of the very small handful of gay characters we're getting this season. [See page 50.] (Fox; premieres 2003)

Oz. (Mid season).(television program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The gritty, terrifying, and always homoerotic prison drama kicks off its final season in January 2003 on HBO. And if you're jonesing for new seasons of other queer cable faves, you'll have a bit longer to wait for Six Feet Under (March 2003)...

Prime time comes out! Network spin-offs we'd like to see. (fall TV preview).(humor)(Brief Article)
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Irish pride meets gay pride: a moving new memorial created by an out artist--with his partner's help--bridges the traditional divide between gay and Irish-American New Yorkers. (culture).(Brian Tolle's Irish Hunger Memorial)
October 1, 2002... If art has the power to heal, then an astonishing public sculpture by a gay artist could begin to heal the rift between New York's Irish-American and gay communities. The Irish Hunger Memorial, which commemorates the famine of 1845 to 1852 and...

Young Turk in old Rome: the Turkish director of the popular coming-out film Steam talks about his new film, His Secret Life, already a hit in Italy. (film).(film director Ferzan Ozpetek)(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Turkish-born film director Ferzan Ozpetek has turned crossing cultures into a signature style. His first movie, the surprise international hit Steam, was one of the few films about Turkey to be released in the United States and perhaps the only...

They sing, they dance, they kill: Catherine Deneuve and seven other great French actresses try to solve a murder between musical numbers in Francois Ozon's delicious 8 Women.
October 1, 2002... 8 Women * Written and directed by Francois Ozon * Starring Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert, and Emmanuelle Beart * Focus Features Imagine if Agatha Christie had written The Women, and producer Ross Hunter hired Rainer...

Small-town boy: with Sweet Home Alabama, out screenwriter C. Jay Cox confronts his rural roots. (film).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... In the movie Sweet Home Alabama, Reese Witherspoon plays a New York fashionism who returns to her hometown in Alabama to confront her past. Except for the heroine's sex, the film could well be the story of many gay men from Middle America who...

Broadway's biggest do: take John Waters's whacked-out civil rights saga, add a backbeat by Marc Shaiman, and you get Hairspray--a big, fat hit.
October 1, 2002... Hairspray * Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan * Music by Marc Shaiman * Lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman * Directed by Jack O'Brien * Starring Harvey Fierstein, Marissa Jaret Winokur * Neil Simon Theatre, New York City (open run) ...

A very busy Boy: his careers as a DJ, stage star, singer, and cookbook author keep Boy George hopping--but never too busy to dish the dirt. (music).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... "Hello, gay switchboards," greets the British voice on the telephone. Yet it's not really a switchboard operator speaking, or a switchboard at all for that matter. It's Boy George, and asking him questions about all things queer or otherwise...

Bible belt: the latest from Stephin Merritt's Future Bible Heroes delivers a straight shot of snappy.(Eternal Youth )
October 1, 2002... Eternal Youth * Future Bible Heroes * Instinct Records Who says long-distance relationships are doomed to failure? Certainly not Boston multi-instrumentalist Chris Ewan or his Future Bible Heroes collaborators, out lyricist Stephin Merritt...

Screamers: meet the boys of Fagatron: they're out, they're proud, and they're really loud.
October 1, 2002... Fagatron * Fagatron * Agitprop! Records When you name your band Fagatron, it's a near-certainty that you will never be heard on commercial radio. In fact, when nearly all your songs are rife with your second-favorite f word (after fag),...

From punk rock to Paul Lynde: Billy Ingram channels a lifelong TV obsession into a hilarious Web site and new book. (books).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Billy Ingram's conservative Christian fans sign their E-mails with Bible verses. Gay male fans of Ingram's TVParty.com Web site identify themselves more creatively. "It's not hard to tell that a guy is gay if he writes in and tells you the one...

Inside, looking out: David Schmader's one-man video about going undercover at an "ex-gay" ministry raises questions about being queer in mainstream society.(Straight )
October 1, 2002... Straight * Written and performed by David Schmader * Directed by Chay Yew * Stage Direct Recorded live in Portland, Ore., David Schmader's Straight: A Conversion Comedy ostensibly tells the stow of his infiltration into the heart of Exodus...

A New York love story. (last word).
October 1, 2002... New York City: three of the grandest words ever welded together in the English language. God knows, I never took it for granted, but there's nothing like a year on the far side of the Atlantic to make you miss everything about it: from Bill...

All about Randy. (reader forum).
October 15, 2002... I just wanted to applaud Queer as Folk's Randy Harrison for enriching the all-too-small ranks of actors who are starting their careers by bravely being out from day one ["Randy Gets Real," September 17]. I hope that other young actors out...

The O'Reilly factor. (reader forum).
October 15, 2002... I was totally astonished by the interview with Bill O'Reilly ["Bill O'Reilly Really Likes You," September 17]. He's in favor of gay rights, but we should just shut up about it? Come on, Bill, would you have said to Martin Luther King Jr., "I'm...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com. (The Advocate Poll).
October 15, 2002... * "Canadian and American societies are in many ways very much alike. When people in the U.S. see that Canadian society won't implode due to the recognition of our partnerships, it can only help us achieve the same basic rights and protections."...

American value. (reader forum).
October 15, 2002... After reading the excerpt from Jon Barrett's book Hero of Flight 93: Mark Bingham ["What Makes a Hero," September 17], I was set to wondering why a simple statement of the facts wouldn't have more impact. Bingham is one on a long list of people...

Alex by any other name. (reader forum).
October 15, 2002... Being a student of Alexander the Great, I read Mike Goodridge's article with interest ["Alexander the Gay?" September 17]. I fall into that category of students and scholars of Alexander who believe the terms gay and bisexual wouldn't have had...

Command performance. (reader forum).
October 15, 2002... As a student of dance (and a gay male artist), I appreciated Joseph Carman's article about Stephen Petronio ["A New Twist on 9/11," September 17]. It is a pleasure to realize that those outside the tight-knit dance community value the work that...

Grief and truth. (my perspective).
October 15, 2002... Timing is everything when you come out to your parents. I found that out the hard way in college. It started on the day a cop interrupted my English class. A cop! The whole class froze, knowing something was terribly wrong. He said, "Is there a...

Rants & raves.
October 15, 2002... "I was young, frivolous, and full of abandon--a hippie with long hair down to my shoulders and a little goatee beard. Why? Because I thought I was gay. But, no, I'm not gay." --Pierce Brosnan, talking about himself at age 16, as quoted in...

Ballot box poison: why would a candidate cater to the dwindling power of the antigay far right? California gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon did just that--and it cost him. (Election 2002).
October 15, 2002... While Republican leaders at the national level are increasingly reaching out to--or at least not repelling--gay GOP members, politicians at the state level often still cling to the antigay far-right voting bloc, even though doing so may...

Victory in Miami-Dade. (Election).
October 15, 2002... It's all over but the shouting: Gay rights advocates were ecstatic when voters in Miami-Dade County, Fla., on September 10 upheld a 1998 ordinance protecting gays from discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations. But...

Times for a celebration. (People).
October 15, 2002... It was a cultural milestone when The New York Times, the largest and arguably most influential daily newspaper in the country, began including notices of same-sex commitment ceremonies in September. The Advocate talked to Steven Goldstein...

Party girls. (The Nation).
October 15, 2002... Who says lesbians have no sense of humor? A quartet of out California lawmakers donned Supremes drag and sang "Stop! In the Name of Love" at the Democratic Assembly's Motown-themed end-of-the-session bash August 21, From left:...

Boston U. quashes GSA. (Education).
October 15, 2002... Students at Boston Academy, an exclusive secondary school under Boston University, enjoy many educational advantages at their prestigious private school. But one advantage they won't have any longer is a gay-straight alliance. Under orders from...

No safety zone. (Hate Crimes).
October 15, 2002... Citizens breathed a collective sigh of relief September 10 when word came that Trev Broudy, a victim of a vicious gay bashing in West Hollywood, Calif.--the Boystown of Los Angeles--had awakened from a coma. Broudy, 33, was attacked over...

Big brother is watching. (China).
October 15, 2002... The last time anyone saw Wan Yanhai, one of China's best-known AIDS activists, was when he left a gay and lesbian film screening in Beijing. That was August 24. On September 6, Wan's friend and fellow activist Hu Jia said Wan was being...

Reaching the top at the LAPD: after 27 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, out officer David Kalish found himself a top candidate to become chief. (Behind the Headlines).
October 15, 2002... Since making the list of semifinalist candidates for the job of Los Angeles police chief in late August, officer David Kalish has found himself in the spotlight. Kalish has labored since 1975 in relative obscurity in the Los Angeles Police...

Food for thought. (Breast Cancer).
October 15, 2002... A new study of more than 150,000 women may shed some light on one reason lesbians may be at a higher risk for breast cancer than heterosexual women. According to the analysis published in the July issue of The Lancet, breast cancer risk drops...

Double trouble. (HIV).
October 15, 2002... AIDS experts have long warned that a person could become infected with more than one strain of HIV, but now researchers have confirmed the existence of so-called superinfection. Two gay men, in Boston and Switzerland respectively, who were...

Anglican imports. (Schism).
October 15, 2002... A growing number of conservative Episcopalians who consider the denomination too liberal on issues such as homosexuality and female priests have decided to import their faith instead. Former members of the Episcopal Church USA have convinced...

Transitions. (Health & Science).
October 15, 2002... APPOINTED: Sgt. Nancy Vitone, as Connecticut state police department liaison to gays and lesbians both within the department and in the outside community, August 28, ESTABLISHED: The Boseman-TenHuisen scholarship for lesbian and gay...

This week on Advocate.com. (On the Web).
October 15, 2002... COMING OUT Know your options In addition to offering intimate full-length statements from people coming out in this issue (including Marty Dark, left), Advocate.com provides valuable links to resources and support groups for the newly...

Bay watch: a gay auction site finds itself at odds with eBay. (On the Web).
October 15, 2002... It's the battle of the Bays: gay and lesbian auction site AlternaBay and Internet giant eBay are gearing up for a copyright infringement fight. "No one can own the word bay," said AlternaBay founder Ronnie Rodriguez. "I plan to fight for...

November 21, 1973: Dr. Howard Brown: the doctor is out. (From the Advocate Archives).
October 15, 2002... As this issue's cover story reminds us, you don't have to be a celebrity in order to make a difference by coming out. On October 3, 1973, Howard J. Brown, MD, an associate professor of clinical medicine at New York University, broke ground for...

Uncivil union. (the Buzz).
October 15, 2002... IT'S ANNOYING ENOUGH WHEN CELEBRITY lesbians go hetero, but that's nothing compared to what World Wrestling Entertainment pulled in September with Chuck and Billy, who have long given the coy impression that they're a gay couple. That all ended...

Charmed? We were already! (the Buzz).
October 15, 2002... LET'S FACE IT, DJ Kimberly S. is one charming lesbian. So she fits right in as a guest star on Charmed, the WB's saga about three hottie sisters who also happen to be witches. On an episode set to air October 13, Kimberly plays the fly DJ the...

"Dad, I'm gay. Now run!" (the Buzz).
October 15, 2002... THE BUZZ CAN'T WAIT to tune in to the third season of the CBS reality game show The Amazing Race (premiering October 2), with its record three gay-inclusive teams. There's the Will & Grace-like Aaron and Arianne (he's gay, she's his hetero gal...