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

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

Alexander the straight.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 12, 2004... It stuns me that we are still dealing with such major censorship regarding historical gay people ["The New Degaying of Hollywood," September 14]. The Pitts and Cruises refuse to play these characters as they truly were. I suppose when a studio...

Out in Miami-Dade.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 12, 2004... At first I was excited when I saw the headlines about Gov. James McGreevey's coming-out [At Issue, September 14]. Earlier this year, as a member of the North Miami city council, I was the first elected official in Miami-Dade County to announce...

A star is scorned.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 12, 2004... Attention, Michael Giltz: Fun preview ["Let's all Go to the Lobby," September 14], but where was Meet the Fockers? Barbra Streisand is back in a movie after eight years, and you fail to mention it? What are you, a heterosexual? Frank...

Twin cities theater.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 12, 2004... I don't know what kind of research Gerard Raymond does before writing about theater, but I guess most of it is from what his friends in New York and on the West Coast tell him ["Get Thee to a Theater," September 14]. Certainly he has missed...

Crossing party lines.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 12, 2004... I can relate to Taro Gold's beautifully written perspective about growing up in a conservative Republican military family [My Perspective, September 14]. Like many gay folks, my family is also a very conservative, Republican, and sometimes...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(The Advocate Poll)(Illustration)
October 12, 2004... Reader comments from www.advcate.com * "While it is true that our contemporary definition of gay might he alien to members of classical culture, it is undeniable that several classical figures had significant same-sex relationships, and...

A good fit.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 12, 2004... Scott Williams wonders when he "will be accepted by all for being me" because he doesn't "fit the stereotype of a gay 18-year-old who runs around in a tight-fitting Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirt" [Generation Q, September 14]. Scott, this is...

What really matters.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 12, 2004... After reading Rosie O'Donnell's "For the Love of Pat" [R Family, September 14], I wanted nothing more than to give her a great big hug--partly to comfort her because she has experienced such significant loss, and partly to thank her for...

Correction.(reader forum)(Correction Notice)
October 12, 2004... In the August 17 issue, The Advocate referred to Miller Genuine Draft as "cheap beer," which misrepresents not only a high-quality product but also a company that has been consistently supportive of gay and lesbian consumers and employees [see...

McGreevey's cry for help.(my perspective)
October 12, 2004... Around noon on Thursday, August 12, my phone started g off the hook. New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey had just announced that he is gay and would resign, and it seemed as if the bookers from every television talk show in America--CNN's...

Rants & raves.(All Republican Edition!)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... Caption: "Of course she is [a selfish hedonist]. That goes by definition. of course she is." --Illinois Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes, referring to Mary Cheney in an interview with Sirius OutQ's Michaelangelo Signorile,...

The politics of outing: a congressman's abrupt retirement has reignited debate over exposing closeted antigay lawmakers.(At Issue)
October 12, 2004... Virginia U.S. congressman Ed Schrock's surprise August 31 pullout from his November reelection bid following an online campaign to out him as gay has further inflamed a long-running debate: Is publicizing the sexual orientation of closeted...

Winning equality in the workplace.(Benefits)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... Years of legal wrangling and protest by gay rights groups ended in two major victories for gay and lesbian employees in September. The first came when the nation's largest home-improvement retailer, The Home Depot Inc., announced it would begin...

Vandals for gay marriage.(Religion)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... The Reverend Brad Price was only trying to help opponents of same-sex marriage "express themselves" to lawmakers when he posted the link to an antigay Web site on his church's sign. A state ban on gay marriage smiled over a partisan dispute in...

Mauresmo number 1.(Sports)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... French tennis sensation Amelie Mauresmo in mid September became the world's most prominent professional athlete to reach his or her sport's top spot after having come out as gay or lesbian. Despite losing in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open,...

A gay Latino voice is silenced.(Activism)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... Unable to overcome a $700,000 operating deficit, the nation's only nonprofit civil rights group for GLBT Latinos shut its doom and laid off all 14 of its employees in late August. The closure of LLEGO, the National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay,...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... Olympia, Wash. Thurston County superior court judge Richard Hicks on September 7 became the second judge in just over a month to strike down as unconstitutional the state's ban on same-sex marriage. Both cases are being appealed to the...

A long road to recognition.(Honduras)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... It took 15 years for the government to act on their petition to be recognized, but a group of gay rights organizations in Honduras said they would take what they can get. On August 27 three of the nation's eight gay rights groups were granted...

Ohio's straight ally: David Caldwell has been knocking on doors to tell voters that legalized gay relationships are no threat to his marriage.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
October 12, 2004... David Caldwell is no ordinary gay rights leader. But it's not his relentless pursuit of equality or his self-deprecating humor that sets him apart. It's the fact that the 33-year-old software developer is a happily married straight man. ...

Relationships weigh on youth.(Mental Health)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... Studies have shown that gay youths are far more depressed and anxious than their straight peers, and two University of Utah researchers may have discovered why: They worry more about relationships, particularly the loss of friends and the...

Bringing trans care into the fold.(Health Care)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... Many gay health groups still don't incorporate transgender-specific health issues into their work. So the National Coalition for LGBT Health decided in craft the nation's first health care primer on transgendered men and women. "There's more...

Street-drug status for Viagra?(Drugs)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... The erectile dysfunction pill Viagra has become something of a recreational street drug for many gay men, and now San Francisco health officials are asking the federal government to treat it as such. Citing studies linking Viagra use to higher...

The politics of a book release.(Far Right)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... The latest on a growing list of politically motivated books to be released this election year, an antigay composition by the far-right group Family Research Council was timed to coincide with the Republican National Convention in New York. A...

Died.(Transitions)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... DIED: Geoff "Karen Dior" Gann, 37, an openly gay stage performer, author, musician, and television actor known for his activism and longtime work in the gay porn industry, of complications stemming from hepatitis and HIV infections, in Los...

Hired.(Transitions)(appointment)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... HIRED: Zachary Kramer, a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, as the first teaching fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles's Charles R. Williams Project on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, 2004-2006.

Honored.(Transitions)(Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... HONORED: Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell, with the Family Pride Coalition's Family Tree award for their work in advancing the rights of gay couples and their families, at a ceremony in Los Angeles, October 2.

A more radical identity.(Generation Q)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... Name: Simone N. Sneed Age: 19 Hometown: Albany, N.Y. Call me queer. That's what I told my coworker a few days before I spoke at the National Hip-Hop Political Convention in Newark, N.J., in June. Later I told one of my best friends the same...

Bush vs. Kerry, day by day.(Election 2004)
October 12, 2004... In addition to the news features in our print edition [page 36, for example], find archives of our daily coverage of both parties' conventions and regular updates about how the campaign affects gay people, only at Advocate.com.

Why I like Fridays.(Entertainment)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... With the five-DVD Friday the 13th boxed set arriving October 5, out TV writer-producer Sean Abley shares his love for Jason, nubile campers, and one of the movies' most successful horror franchises.

The horror, the horror.(Movie Review)(Movie Review)
October 12, 2004... Strong stomach? You'll need one for The Child I Never Was, a movie that explores the result of intense sexual repression in the form of real-life German child-killer Jurgen Bartsch. Find our review exclusively at www.advocate.com.

Cleaner waters: April 24, 1990.(From the Advocate)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... As John Waters's latest film--A Dirty Shame, starring Johnny Knoxville--graces the cover of this issue of The Advocate, we look back 14 years at a cover story in which the openly gay director talked about becoming a mainstream Hollywood...

Dark comedy, bright tunes.(the Buzz)
October 12, 2004... THE SUCCESS of The Producers and Hairspray in their new incarnation as Broadway musicals has led to some screen-to-stage ideas that have been, well, interesting to say the least. (The Buzz is still waiting to see if that n rumored Fight Club...

Gender killers.(the Buzz)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... LAS VEGAS is where pop stats traditionally finish their careers, not start them. But that hasn't stopped Sin City quartet the Killers from igniting MTV and radio with "Somebody Told Me," the catchiest adventure ill gender confusion ("Somebody...

The power of mould.(the Buzz)(Bob Mould)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... BOB MOULD is living by the old Washington adage "All politics is local." He moved to D.C. two years ago, and the/former Husker Du and Sugar front man credits the city with his "ever-increasing comfort at being a fully out man, both in my...

Marriage gets real: newly married same-sex couples in Massachusetts are fitting in--as long as they stay local and don't ask the feds for recognition.(Marriage)
October 12, 2004... A few months after being legally married to her lesbian partner, Hillary Goodridge stood in the couple's backyard in Massachusetts trying to knock her child's toy loose from a tree where it was stuck. Site tried to throw a broom at the toy only...

In search of fair-minded Republicans: Log Cabin Republicans is forging ahead in support of GOP candidates--despite an antigay party platform and a president it will not endorse.(Campaign 2004)
October 12, 2004... For gay and lesbian voting, perhaps the most notable news to come out of rim Republican National Convention in New York was also the most predictable. Five days after the convention ended, the gay political group Log Cabin Republicans on...

In good companies: as more and more firms opt to protect and nurture their GLBT employees, The Advocate adds another 10 companies to its list of the best employers in the country.(Special Report)
October 12, 2004... A lot of U.S. companies talk about diversity but fall far short of treating their gay and lesbian employees with and respect, especially in tough economic times when management is focused on bolstering the bottom line. But as we prepared our...

Rushing to comeout: back in the 20th century, the Greeks didn't mix with "freaks." Now many fraternities and sororities welcome out pledges and support members who reveal they're gay or lesbian.(Coming Out 2004)
October 12, 2004... At the start of the 2003 spring semester at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Ryan Miccio was in knots. The sophomore had already told four of his most trusted Alpha Tau Omega fraternity brothers, including the chapter president, that...

Million-dollar scholars: the Point Foundation has given away over $1 million to GLBT college students cut off from other resources. But it's not just about money, its founders say, it's about boosting tomorrow's leaders.(Coming Out 2004)
October 12, 2004... It's important to go back to those places that are hostile," says Lawrence Robinson, 23, a first-year law student at New York University who's already planning to use his degree to fight homophobia back home in Arizona. "We have our safe...

Gay men, straight lives: like a certain governor, many gay men married to women are now coming out, longing to live the life they've been missing.(Coming Out 2004)
October 12, 2004... On a second date in the early 1980s, Michael Sklar took his girlfriend to see Bloolips, a popular British show featuring gay men in drag, in Manhattan. Outside the theater his date told him that he seemed remarkably open-minded for a straight...

Over and out.(notes from a blond)
October 12, 2004... Where were you when Jim McGreevey came out? OK, so it's not 9/11 or JFK or the O.J. verdict, but it still was something of a television event. Here was a sitting governor--it's difficult to resist a joke about what he was sitting on, but let's...

Kicking with Johnny Knoxville: he brought sexual anarchy into America's living rooms with Jackass. Now he's a sex saint with three gay bear apostles in John Waters's A Dirty Shame. Meet a Southern man without inhibitions.(Interview)(Cover Story)
October 12, 2004... I cruised Johnny Knoxville for years," confesses John Waters. "Career-wise," he adds. All that cruising by the director and gay icon pays off in his latest film, A Dirty Shame, in which Knoxville plays auto mechanic and inspired "sex saint"...

Welcome to the house, doll! In an exclusive interview, Heather Matarazzo traces her path from Welcome to the Dollhouse to costarring in The Princess Diaries, coming out in the Daily News, and winning the right to marry the love of her life.(Coming Out 2004)(Interview)
October 12, 2004... A word of advice: Never, ever bet against Heather Matarazzo. Professionally, the 21-year-old Long Island native is already making her mark as one of the most distinctive character actors of her generation. She stunned critics with her stoic...

Hell House of the stars: the freaky fundamentalist frightfest gets a production Hollywood will never forget.(theater)
October 12, 2004... At first it seems exactly like any other cheesy Halloween "haunted house, featuring moody lighting, creepy music, cackling demons, victims caked in fake blood. But you'll see where Hell House is different as soon as you enter the Hospital Room....

Sibling revelry: the Soloway sisters prove that talent runs in families--and gay and straight siblings can be best friends.(theater)(Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... We are true spirit sisters," says Faith Soloway of her sister Jill. "We always want to do the same thing artistically." Echoes Jill: "We become cheerleaders for each other's most true selves, if that makes sense." Yet while they both work...

Seriously, dude, it was a joke: Fox canceled the straights-play-gay reality show Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay before it aired. Was it a hoot, or was it homophobic? You won't get to find out.(television)
October 12, 2004... When Fox Television shelved its two-hour reality special Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay just days before it was scheduled to air, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation declared a victory. Seriously, Dude was seriously homophobic,...

He's delightful, he's delicious: De-Lovely's John Barrowman on singing Cole Porter and flashing his bum.(music)(Interview)
October 12, 2004... John Barrowman loves to do it to Cole Porter. The hard evidence can he found on John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter, the native Scot singer-actor's new CD, on which he does his boyishly mellifluous thing with such Porter gems as "Just One of...

Return of the antidiva: gay fans welcome the latest from the brilliant Bjork.(Medulla)(Sound Recording Review)
October 12, 2004... Bjork is the weird gay's Kylie. She's the preferred diva for a specific subgroup of homosexuals, namely the kind who think they're too cool to have a diva, and their devotion is slavish. The princess of mutant Icelandic pop decides to release,...

Kiss us, Kate: Kate Clinton scores with a smart new CD and a wicked ear for politics.(Audiovisual Review)
October 12, 2004... The Marrying Kind * Written and performed by Kate Clinton * Whyscrack Records In a tough political season it always helps to hear from Kate Clinton. Easily as sharp as top topical bananas Jon Stewart and Bill Maher, Clinton is...

Sex, drugs, love, loss: screenwriter Ron Nyswaner lays bare his private struggle with drugs and hustlers in a sizzling new memoir.(books)(Biography)
October 12, 2004... I think I feel vulnerable in the best way," says Ron Nyswaner, describing the emotional aftermath of writing his searing new memoir, Blue Days, Black Nights (Alyson/Advocate Books, $23.95). The book--his first--pulls the lid all the way off...

Sexy and Loathsome: author J.T. LeRoy talks to the creators of the graphic novel How Loathsome about one of gay readers' leading phobias: sexual ambiguity.(books)(Interview)
October 12, 2004... J.T. LeRoy: Do you ever have this feeling like transgendered stuff is starting to have its day? Tristan Crane: Transgender stuff is almost one of the last taboos, and yet at the same time everybody is super-, superfascinated by it. Can...

Final notice: Heather Lewis's Notice--actually her second novel--is published two years after her suicide.(Book Review)
October 12, 2004... Notice * By Heather Lewis * Serpent's Tail * $15 Heather Lewis writes for people who drink their coffee black and scalding. Her posthumously released new novel, Notice, achieves a starkness rarely seen outside the of crime novels. It's not...

Fashion bashin': Vice magazine's take-no prisoners fashion guide is universally offensive and very funny.(Book Review)
October 12, 2004... Dos & Don'ts * Gavin McInnes * Vice/Time Warner * $17.95 Is your outfit gay? Not gay as in "homosexual," mind you, but gay as in "stupid." It's the preferred definition among countless middle school students, after all. And if you and your...

Tornado from Oz: Aussie artistic director Stanton Welch will make Houston Ballet the go-to place for hot new choreographers.(dance)(Interview)
October 12, 2004... It's unsettling to think that among all the high-profile ballet companies in major U.S. cities such as New York, Boston, and San Francisco, only one--Houston Ballet--has an openly gay artistic director. But it's true. "Homophobia is alive and...

Display of affection: a major Warhol exhibit shows off the private collection of the artist's onetime boyfriend.(art)
October 12, 2004... Andy Warhol may have been the quintessential New Yorker, lint one of the most exciting new Warhol exhibitions in years is debuting far from Gotham in Brattleboro, Vt. "Andy Warhol: The Jon Gould Collection" features 150 pieces, including two...

Art apart: set your mind free with images that are beautiful, challenging, and gay.(art listings)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... With no fewer than eight queer-identified artists in spring's Whitney Biennial, lesbian and gay culture vultures are ever more visible in high-art museum venues. Here are some choice things to see, from whiter to spring: Brian Eno and Todd...

Frontier wedding: a photograph survives the years to bear witness to the love of a cowboy and his two-spirit bride.(art)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2004... When Doug Walberg came across this wedding photo of a cowboy and his male Native American bride--dated June 8, 1895--the collector knew he had his hands on something special. Titled Kiowa Jim & Squaw, Chickasha, Okla., it was the first image of...

Big gay following: Tyra Banks: the host of America's Next Top Model provides sassy answers to silly questions.(New Feature)(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 12, 2004... What's not gay about America's Next Top Model? Everything's gay on Americas Next Top Model. It's a gay man's paradise! We've got gorgeous Jay Manuel, sexy-ass Nigel Barker, drag queens, corsets, cattiness, and beautiful girls with lots of...

When outing works.(broadside)
October 12, 2004... Almost 40 years ago, The New York Times got a tip that Daniel Burrows, a former number 2 at the American Nazi Party, was Jewish. Abe Rosenthal and Arthur Gelb were running the Metropolitan desk back then, and they assigned McCandlish Phillips...

Out of the closet.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 26, 2004... Blaming Jim McGreevey's moral-less actions on American society's inequity of being forced to live in a closet does not cause McGreevey to reflect on his behaviors nor excuse them ["Crushed by the Closet," September 28]. That is like Bill...

Never in the closet.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 26, 2004... By your prominent "Come Out, Already" headline and photos in the September 28 issue, some readers might infer that Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is one of those politicians who "came out of the closet." In fact, Tammy was never in one. Since her...

Playing politics.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 26, 2004... I can't believe that Patrick Guerriero is naive enough to regard Dick Cheney's August 24 speech voicing opposition to the president's proposed amendment to the Constitution as "powerful and deeply personal" ["Fun With Dick and George," The...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(The Advocate Poll)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... * "Yes, but not because he's gay. His administration appears to have been inept and corrupt, which are good reasons to resign. If not for this, I believe he could have proudly come out, with compassion for his wife, and remained in office." ...

Homophobic deity?(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 26, 2004... Your September 28 issue contained an article about a new translation of the New Testament that changes some of the words to make it "women, gay-, and sinner-friendly" [The Advocate Report]. I challenge anyone to make the Old Testament, which is...

Papal indignities.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 26, 2004... Your columnists need to read over what they mite to make sure blind emotion doesn't affect their ability to put together something of quality. Kate Clinton's column "Let's Hear It for the Boys," [Don't Get Me Started, September 28] is vile and...

Not real enough.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
October 26, 2004... Why would Dennis Hensley interview Willie from The Real World but not interview Karamo ["Out in the Real World," September 28]? Since the article identifies both of these cast members as gay, I am sure the slight was not intentional. While I...

It hasn't gone away.(my perspective)
October 26, 2004... My boyfriend and I had dinner with a good friend of ours recently at a quaint French-American restaurant on Greenville Avenue in Dallas. With its dark wood paneling and built-in wine racks, the restaurant harks back to another time. It's good...

Rants & raves.
October 26, 2004... "Angelina said, 'Next time we're in a film together, we should play lovers.' And I said, 'Yes, let's do that; I like women too.'" --Bisexual actress Bai Ling (above, right), quoting fellow Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow cast member...

Challenging masculinity: a rise in male-on-male sexual harassment in the workplace is more about homophobia than sexual favors.(At Issue)
October 26, 2004... In a year when one governor described state legislators as "girlie men" and another resigned trader threat of a sexual harassment lawsuit from a former male aide, it may come as no surprise that male-on-male sexual harassment is on the rise in...

The future according to whom?(Election)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... What will the future of America hold if pro-gay politicians are elected? In the land of Gaymerica in 2010, traditional families will have crumbled, humans will marry animals, and assless chaps will be standard office attire. That's the...

Activism and furniture.(Community)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... Big cities are not the only places in the United States with vibrant gay communities. That's the message a group of gay activists in North Carolina wants to send to local residents. and they're doing it in a big way. In conjunction with...

Transgender marriage ban.(Immigration)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... While states still have the right to define marriage for themselves, when it comes to immigration the federal government makes its own rules. Not only has the Citizenship and Immigration Service routinely refused to recognize foreign-born...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... Boise, Idaho The state supreme court on September 21 denied child custody to Theron McGriff, an openly gay divorced father of two. But the court ruled that McGriff's sexual orientation was not a factor and that sexual orientation should...

Worldwide wedding bells.(Marriage)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... While facing strong opposition in the United States, same sex marriage is rapidly gaining acceptance abroad. High courts in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Nova Scotia ruled in September that banning same-sex marriage was...

A bishop's battle: Jon Bruno has been fighting for gays and lesbians in his church for many years. Now he's fighting to hold the church together.(Behind the Headlines)
October 26, 2004... Overwhelmingly opposed to the pro-gay stance of Los Angeles Episcopal bishop J. Jon Bruno, leaders of three Southern California churches in August voted to remove themselves from his diocese and from the Episcopal Church. Clergy and congregants...

Airing out Foot Locker.(Employment)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... As referees blew their whistles at a WNBA game inside New York City's Radio City Music Hall on September 16, gay rights activists were blowing their own outside the event. The protest, part of Lambda Legal's nationwide "Blow the Whistle on Work...

Religious right shelves Crest.(Boycott)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... Christians who support "traditional marriage" should choose their laundry detergent and toothpaste very carefully. That's what some antigay religious leaders are urging in light of Procter & Gamble's efforts to repeal an antigay ordinance in...

Swaggart slays gays with "humor".(Far Right)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... Sparking complaints from viewers and an apology from a Canadian television station, televangelist Jimmy Swagpart told an audience on September 12 that he would kill any gay man who made a pass at him. "I've never seen a man in my life I wanted...

Died.(Transitions)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... DIED: Donald Merriam Allen, 92, an openly gay editor and publisher of gay and lesbian literature who created a stir in 1960 with an anthology of fringe poets, at his home in San Francisco, August 29. DIED: Lee Lucas, 43, a gay cabaret...

Honored.(Transitions)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... HONORED: Sylvia Guerrero, mother of slain transgendered teen Gwen Araujo, with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Leadership Award, in Los Angeles, October 3.

Ted Kennedy.(Honored)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... HONORED: U.S. senator Ted Kennedy (D.Mass.), with the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund's Oates-Shrum Leadership Award for gay and lesbian equality work, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., September 22.

Rallying the college troops.(Generation Q)
October 26, 2004... I sat among my gay friends in a Stanford University dorm room earlier this year and watched in anger as the most powerful man in the world issued a declaration of war on millions of Americans. President George W. Bush's State of the Union...

Advocate.com.
October 26, 2004... ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Gay Men's Chorus at 25 Jeffrey Maynard became artistic director of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus just before 9/11. Now he's celebrating his fourth season, and the chorus's 25th. Read Amy Shapiro's exclusive...

Why Bush hates you: Part I: October 20, 1992.(From the Advocate Archives)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... Under a subheading much like one The Advocate might run today, a cover story that ran during the presidential election 12 years ago reveals how little has changed. At that time, Chris Bull wrote "about "the religious right's stranglehold on the...