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

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

Deadly homophobia: the former Georgia state representative and ex-head of the NAACP says fighting homophobia is key to progress in the struggle against HIV/AIDS among blacks.(CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER)(Julian Bond of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People )(Interview)
October 10, 2006... What are you doing to address homophobia among the black population? I look at the women's movement, the movement of lesbians and gays, the Hispanic movement, the Native American movement--all these movements say they took their cues from...

Coming out and talking trash.(public opinion about gay celebrities)
October 10, 2006... Lance is gay. Yawn. Next. He comes out when his career is effectively over. I see another George Michael in the making, quite frankly. This reaction was posted by a reader to a popular gay blog after ex-'N Syncer Lance Bass came out in...

We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Nashville ...(OUT ON THE STREET)
October 10, 2006... DAVID DAY, 28 DESIGNER When I had to explain to my great-grandmother what the rainbow sticker on my car meant." LINDA WELCH, 50 PUBLISHER "Having my grandmother out me to myself after she watched an episode of Sally Jessy, Raphael...

Christina revealed.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 10, 2006... Regarding "Christina Up Close" [September 12], the girl's all grown up! Loved reading Dennis Hensley's interview with the "reinvented" Christina Aguilera. For a star who is known for revealing too much (skin, that is), she is rarely so candid...

New Orleans magic.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 10, 2006... As an ex-New Orleanian who moved away for reasons unrelated to Katrina, I feel compelled to respond to your recent article on New Orleans ["This Is Home," September 12]. I left town six months ago and have returned four times already. It's...

Wagging the dog.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 10, 2006... I have a very different perspective on the "Born Different" campaign ["Spare Us the Puppy Love," September 12], and I wanted to share it with your readers. First and foremost, it tackles a critical argument--the concept of whether sexual...

All shapes and sizes.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 10, 2006... I am very saddened by the First Person article "Fat Gregg Is Dead" in the September 12 issue. What a sad state our community is in to cause a person to want to change to fit in. Isn't that what being out is all about? Being accepting of who we...

Tired old Mel.(Letter to the editor)
October 10, 2006... Bob Hofler's commentary "The Passion of the MelTom" [September 12] left me wondering why The Advocate would not actively advocate boycotting these people who rose to stardom on the backs of a gay audience. Now that they are tired old news, the...

The advocate poll.(FROM THE READERS)(Survey)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Q: Do you think Katrina has forever crippled New Orleans as a gay-friendly tourist destination? yes 18% no 72% unsure 10% How readers responded to the poll question featured in the September 12 issue of The...

Acting out.(ACTRESS: Brooke Barnett)
October 10, 2006... When I saw the musical Annie for the first time at age 5, I thought I was looking in the mirror--a loud, brassy redheaded girl with curls singing and dancing all over the place. I ran to my mother and said, "That's what I want to do." I'll...

Out on a horse.(SPORTS)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... In his quest to become an Olympic champion, Rick Wallace learned that the world of equestrian sports is an accepting one. So when he decided to come out, he knew he wouldn't be rejected. "My being gay didn't change anything," says Wallace, 42,...

The man who outed Karl Rove's dad.(SHORT ANSWERS)(Interview)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... In their new book The Architect (Crown), James Moore and Wayne Slater reveal that Karl Rove, George W. Bush's chief political strategist and the man who skillfully exploited homophobia in the 2004 election, was raised by a gay stepfather. After...

Top 5 people in the news @ Advocate.com.(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... 1. Schwarzenegger vetoes pro-gay Calif. textbook bill Catering to conservatives in advance of the gubernatorial election, "the Terminator" said September 6 that state law already protected gay students from discrimination in education. ...

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe's relationship spanned 22 years, from their early days as lovers till the photographer's death from AIDS in 1989--a partnership that was creative as much as personal.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Caption: Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe's relationship spanned 22 years, from their early days as lovers till the photographers death from AIDS in 1989--a partnership that was creative as much as personal. "We had nothing much to live on,...

LGBT tourist campaigns.(BY THE NUMBERS)(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender)(Survey)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... It's no surprise that LGBT travelers prefer to visit places that market directly to them--and once there, they spend more money too. Gays who say they're more likely to travel to destinations that have LGBT-oriented marketing...

Meet the bloggers: Queercents.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Nina Smith)(Interview)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Name: Nina Smith Age: 39 Location: Newport Beach, Calif. URL: www.queercents.com Year launched: 2006 Visitors: 11,500 since launch in May Why you started: "Each of [the writers who contribute to the Queercents blog] had their...

Willi Ninja.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... WILLI NINJA, 45, a legendary figure in the ballroom community whose skill in the gender-bending art of "voguing" influenced Madonna and was immortalized in the groundbreaking early 1990s film Paris Is Burning, of AIDS-related illnesses at a...

Tee Corinne.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... TEE CORINNE, 62, a lesbian feminist, artist, photographer, and writer known for her frank and sensuous depictions of lesbian sex, at her home in Oregon, after a struggle with liver cancer, August 27.

Martin Barreto.(KILLED)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... MARTIN BARRETO, 49, a gay aide to former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose nude body was discovered on August 2] on a bed at his home in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.

Relatively Wilde.(CLOSED)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... RELATIVELY WILDE, Denvers original gay bookstore, which had served the local LGBT community for nearly 30 years, August 29.

Justin Fisher.(RELEASED)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... JUSTIN FISHER, who was convicted in the 1999 bludgeoning death of Army private first class Barry Winchell at Fort Campbell, Ky., to a halfway house, in September. Fisher will be out of custody entirely October 24.

Kramer's Nuremberg vision.(HIV/AIDS)(Larry Kramer )(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... As media coverage of the 25th anniversary of AIDS winds down, longtime activist and author Larry Kramer is ramping up a new crusade. The title of his latest article-"Nuremberg Trials for AIDS," in the September-October issue of The Gay and...

Friend or foe.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... FRIEND Lutheran pastor THE REVEREND BRADLEY SCHMELING of Atlanta, who informed his bishop of his same-sex relationship and refused to resign. His supportive congregation included Jesus Christ, who gave him a standing ovation. FOE Watergate...

Rants & raves.
October 10, 2006... "I didn't like the blog. I'm counting on Rosie's intelligence and sensitivity and humor." --BARBARA WALTERS, talking about View costar Rosie O'Donnell's musings on her blog about the talk show, to Newsweek, September 11 "When I hear...

Bearly progress.(BUZZ)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... New Marc Jacobs ads feature two bearded, somewhat beefy men making out and wearing fall 2006 menswear. Shot by extra-cool photographer Juergen Teller, the word bear is being used everywhere I hear people talking--or, rather, grumbling--about...

Lesbian, for now: for some young women, loving someone of the same sex is merely a passing phase. But what happens to the women who love them?(GEN Q)
October 10, 2006... When RaeAnn Roca started dating her first girlfriend last year, she didn't think of the relationship as a phase. But after dating Sara for two months, when RaeAnn told her she was going to come out to her own parents, Sara said she probably...

Not-so-tiny dancer: once you meet queer cross-dressing 6-foot-4 ballerina Joshua Grant, you'll never look at tutus the same way again.(GEN Q)
October 10, 2006... Katerina Bychkova, the newest member of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the world-renowned and wildly popular all-male ballet company, is much sweeter in person than her name lets on. Perhaps that's because Katerina, her foreboding...

Chicago hope: homeless youths find a voice in Windy City theater troupe.(GEN Q)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Michael Waller was just 6 years old when he spent his first night sleeping outside. He was homeless until he was old enough to join the military. Now, at 23, he's part of a youth theater group that takes stories like his to the stage to start a...

Outspoken.(GEN Q)(social acceptance of sexual minorities)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... It's quite interesting being in two minority groups. Living in Los Angeles, I often forget being either Jewish or gay really makes anyone different. After all, 60% of the population of my school, Windward School, is Jewish. And although there...

The Advocate gen Q poll.(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Q: Would you date someone who didn't want to be labeled gay or lesbian? In the September 12 issue we asked: Are most of your friends gay or straight? Results: All gay: 2% Mostly gay: 16% Even mix: 59% All...

John Leguizamo.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... "It's all gonna come back and bite me on the ass," frets John Leguizamo, who dishes to The Advocate about his forthcoming memoir, Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends: A Life.--Dennis Hensley First off, I was...

The armchair activist: a new feature in which The Advocate focuses on one battle for equality, summarizes recent progress, and explains how you can make a difference.
October 10, 2006... THE ISSUE: MARRIAGE EQUALITY Both the New York court of appeals--the state's highest court--and the Washington State supreme court ruled in favor of their states' discriminatory marriage laws this summer. OLD STRATEGY Convince...

Murder in D.C.: a straight lawyer is found stabbed in the home of a gay friend and his partner. A series of startling twists has followed, but no one is talking.(CRIME)
October 10, 2006... When Robert Wone was found stabbed to death in a row house in Washington, D.C.'s predominantly gay Dupont Circle neighborhood on August 2, it appeared to be just another brutal killing in the nation's "murder capital." But the death of Wone, a...

Happy. Gay. American: when Jim McGreevey came out--and announced he'd resign as New Jersey governor--it was the end of a long, painful story of lies and secret liaisons, which he details in a new book. His new story: settled, partnered, happy.(Interview)
October 10, 2006... Life for Jim McGreevey has completely changed since August 12, 2004, when he came out as a "gay American" and announced his resignation as governor of New Jersey. Then still married to his second wife, Dina Matos, McGreevey faced what he...

Coming out 2006: our readers tell us about coming out to family and friends--and to the nation.
October 10, 2006... Tobias Johnson, 31 Nikiski, Alaska Coming out has been as much a spiritual journey as it has been a shift in my relationships. As I became aware of my sexuality I traveled further and further into a place of despair and disgust. I felt...

Miss Cleo comes out: the queen of late-night infomercial psychics tells us what you might not predict: She's a lesbian.(COMING OUT 2006)
October 10, 2006... She's known for the catchphrase "The cards never lie," and now Miss Cleo, the controversial former infomercial psychic, is finally telling some truths--about herself. From the late 1990s through 2002, the woman whose real name is Youree...

Companies that embrace equality: in 2006 a record number of Fortune 500 companies are offering benefits and protections to their LGBT employees. The Advocate highlights 10 additions to its ever-growing list of equality-minded employers.(CAREERS)(Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender )
October 10, 2006... As the nation approaches the midterm election, few candidates or incumbents have expressed their support for full gay equality. But even if the government isn't moving in that direction, the private sector clearly is. Among corporations...

Lucy in the sky: as TV's Xena, Lucy Lawless made lesbians swoon. Now she's singing on reality TV and playing a sci-fi bad girl--and she still makes us swoon.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
October 10, 2006... How do you know when you've really, really made it? How about when a dwarf planet is named after you? "I think it's great," says Lucy Lawless. She's smiling, sitting on a street bench in the quaint Larchmont Village neighborhood on another...

Hail to the queens: Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me is the latest Broadway hit to lift the show-tune queens out of the piano bar and put them center stage.(THEATER)
October 10, 2006... Just six years ago, when Survivor premiered, reality TV was a novelty. Now it's a prime-time genre that practically crowds out sitcoms and cop shows. Something similar has happened in theater, where musicals about musicals (most recent example:...

Gay is the new drug: they're here! They're queer! They traffic in narcotics! The movies' love affair with gay dealers.(FILM)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Drug dealers in the movies are usually scary, transgressive people. So why not make them queer as well? Even in the 1960s, when homes were nearly invisible on-screen, Frank Sinatra was beating up faggot dealers in his Tony Rome movies. The...

Survival kit: Advocate essentials for the coming-out experience.(TOYS)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... The Lesbian Kama Sutra ($24.95) shows you the all the right moves [female] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Young and coming out? GLBTQ: The Survival Guide ($15.95) can help [male] [female] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gucci's gold aviators...

Tori Amos.(A Piano: The Collection)(Sound recording review)
October 10, 2006... A Piano: The Collection * Tori Amos * Rhino Records "So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts," Tori Amos famously sang on her 1992 debut, Little Earthquakes. "What's so amazing about really deep thoughts?" The same question...

Grown-up girls.(Despite Our Differences)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Despite Our Differences * Indigo Girls * Hollywood "Plenty of revolutions left until we get this I thing right." So sings unwearied Indigo Girl Emily Saliers in this disc's first cut, "Pendulum Swinger," an unadulterated feminist call to...

Vachon's fresh kill.(A Killer Life)(Book review)
October 10, 2006... A Killer Life * Christine Vachon, Austin Bunn, and John Pierson * Simon and Schuster * $26 Out producer Christine Vachon's first book, 1998's Shooting to Kill, laid out a how-to--and how not to--for indie filmmakers. A Killer Life, her...

Drama king.(Wrestling with Angels)(Movie review)
October 10, 2006... Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner * Written and directed by Freida Lee Mock * American Film Foundation Most artists "bear witness to their time" by accident. To Tony Kushnet, it's always been a calling--an absolute moral...

Sexy and little else.(Broken Sky)(Movie review)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Broken Sky * Starring Miguel Angel Hoppe and Fernando Arroyo * Written and directed by Julian Hernandez * Strand Releasing Relaying the sexy but ultimately downbeat story of two amorous college boys whose love for each other is threatened...

Hot picks.
October 10, 2006... FASHION J. Lindeberg The Stockholm brand best known for its menswear is our favorite name for clothes that are modern, sexy, and best of all, simple. MUSIC The Decemberists: The Crane Wife October 3 (Capitol) On its...

The myth of "straight-acting".(COASTAL DISTURBANCES)(Lance Bass )
October 10, 2006... Am I happy that boy-band star Lance Bass has come out of the closet? Absolutely. Am I happy enough that I'm willing to overlook his comments regarding SAGs--"straight-acting" gays? Absolutely not. The quote from his People magazine interview:...

Second opinions.(opinion of Senate candidate Katherine Harris on electing Christians, an adoptive heterosexual father on parenting)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... "If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin. They can legislate sin. They can say that abortion is alright. They can...

Perez is burning: the Los Angeles gossip hound (real name: Mario Lavandeira) hit the big time this year, posting People magazine's Brangelina baby photos before the actual issue arrived. Then he laid claim to forcing Lance Bass out of the closet with his relentless coverage of the pop star's public romance with Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl.(Interview)
October 24, 2006... How did you rise to the top of the gossip blogosphere? I was pretty much the first of my kind. All the other sites were just rehashing stories from other sources. I hold myself to a high standard. I break stories all the time, but I won't...

Anti-Santorum, not pro-Casey.(Congress. Senate's Bob Casey)(Editorial)
October 24, 2006... He opposes marriage equality. He has never pledged basic support for equal treatment of gays and lesbians in the military. He's a devout Catholic. And LGBT voters have lined up to volunteer for Bob Casey, the state treasurer who's the...

We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Toronto: "would you film yourself having sex? Why or why not?".(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... JEFF RUSTIA, 38 CREATIVE DIRECTOR "I would, and I have. in fact, I did it just last week." ANGELA SMITH, 42 WEB SITE ADMINISTRATOR "No. Photographs are enough. Nobody looks good having sex." TERRI STEVENS, 40 ILLUSIONIST ...

McMahon's the man.(Letter to the editor)
October 24, 2006... Not only did I get the September 26 issue and raise a jaded eyebrow, I let it sit for a couple of days, wondering if I was even going to open it or just let the Nip/Tuck cover become a coaster on my coffee table. Well, open it I did--and, boy,...

Iraqi holocaust.(Letter to the editor)
October 24, 2006... I was so moved and upset, reading about the "sexual cleansing" happening in Iraq ["Targeted by Death Squads," September 26]. Then I turned a couple of more pages of The Advocate to find that your magazine spent more time and energy on an...

Crossing party lines.(Letter to the editor)
October 24, 2006... Gay and lesbian people have good reason to oppose the reelection of Joe Lieberman ["A Gay Winner & a Sore Loser," September 26]. When George Bush proposed his faith-based initiative, Joe Lieberman was the leading cheerleader among Democrats. He...

Lesbian-free zone.(Letter to the editor)
October 24, 2006... As a woman I am often left wanting for lesbian editorial content in The Advocate. Your recent Fall TV Preview ["The Best List," September 26] overlooked one of the most positive examples of quality lesbian programming; namely, [the N channel's]...

Mississippi burned.(Letter to the editor)
October 24, 2006... Just received the September 26 issue today and was reading it with interest when--Shock! Horror! There on page 22, the Rants & Raves quote from Justin "I Wish I Had Talent" Timberlake! I can't decide which is more demeaning--his slam to...

Such a deal.(Letter to the editor)
October 24, 2006... Just an FYI regarding your piece on freebies from Focus on the Family ["Gifts for You From the Far Right," September 26]: The morons have obviously caught on to us! I read the piece, squealed with glee, and immediately headed to the idiots' Web...

Call to arms.(Letter to the editor)
October 24, 2006... More gay and lesbian people need to do what Michael Cich is doing ["I Want to Serve," September 26]. Young gay people need to volunteer en masse at their local recruiters' offices. Also we need to write to our congressional representative to...

The advocate poll.
October 24, 2006... Q: Does the United States, unable to establish law and order in Iraq, bear some responsibility for the executions of say Iraqis? * "If America, the 'model democracy,' openly demeans gays, why shouldn't emerging democracies follow suit?" ...

Forbidden love?(The Bubble at Toronto International Film Festival )(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... A movie about a gay love affair between an Israeli and a Palestinian man was bound to pop someone's bubble. A new feature film from Israel called The Bubble, which depicts such a romance and had its international premiere at the Toronto...

Sgt. Brett Parson.(D.C. Metropolitan Police Department)(Interview)
October 24, 2006... A former professional hockey referee, Sgt. Brett Parson heads the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. The GLLU has a staff of 14, and its officers investigate hate crimes and other offenses and...

ComeOutPoker.com.(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... Data: ComeOutPoker.com is the world's first online poker room geared exclusively toward LGBT people. Launched September 12, it features virtually every poker game ever created. (Note: Online gambling constitutes a legal gray area, so play at...

Top 5 international stories @advocate.com.(Manvendra Singh Gohil celebrates his birthday)(Hong Kong on prohibiting minor gay men from having sex)(Lech Kaczynski on antigay views )(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... 1. Gay Indian prince celebrates birthday with estranged family Manvendra Singh Gohil turned 41 on September 17 in the company of his royal family, who had initially disowned him afar he came out. 2. Hong Kong court strikes down sodomy...

Meanwhile, they're getting married.(Alberto Linero and Alberto Sanchez tie know)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... While the fight for marriage equality here at home inches along--if it moves at all--two male air force privates in Seville, Spain, wed in grand fashion September 15 without controversy. Alberto Linero, 27, and Alberto Sanchez, 24, joined some...

Uncovering Hedwig.(John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... John Cameron Mitchell, whose new movie Shortbus is the subject of this issue's cover story, appeared on the cover of The Advocate himself five years ago as an "innovator" for his bold portrayal of fictional German transsexual Hansel "Hedwig"...

"Straight" men who have sex with men.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... A recently published study of 4,193 New York City men showed that those who identify as straight--surprise!--didn't have sex with only women. Percentage of straight-identified men who had sex with at least one man in previous year: ...

Transitions.(Ann Richards dies, Martina Navratilova retires, Jeffrey Nielsen appointed back at Brigham Young University)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... CAME OUT THOMAS ROBERTS, a CNN Headline News anchor, while speaking on a panel at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association annual conference in Miami, September 8. The following week he was reassigned to a field reporter...

Tyron Garner.(In memoriam)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... Like countless LGBT Americans, Tyron Garner, who died in a Houston hospital September 11, longed to live a life of serenity and comfort. But when Houston police burst into the home of his friend John Geddes Lawrence in September 1998 and...

Friend or foe.(Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hires Ellen DeGeneres )(Christian Television Network launches Pure Passion)(Arnold Schwarzenegger refuses to sign a bill)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... FRIEND THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES, for hiring Ellen DeGeneres to host the 2007 Oscars. For those who think coming out will ruin your career, read this and weep. FOE CHRISTIAN TELEVISION NETWORK, which launched Pure...

Scarlet fever: "hey Opie, is all your hair red?" What being a redhead taught the author about being gay--and about the pleasure of being unique.
October 24, 2006... As a kid I was incessantly taunted with nicknames like Opie, Alfred E. Neuman, or Archie Andrews. I was likened to "that little boy from The Partridge Family" and Ronald McDonald. Once I was asked if Little Orphan Annie was my sister. I...

Rants & raves.(celebrities opinions)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... "Definitely women will love [Ugly Betty]... and gay fashionistas!" --Ugly Betty's executive producer SALMA HAYEK, discussing her show's appeal with TV Guide, September 11 "To me, masculinity is the ability to flirt with the...

The bi society.(BUZZ)(trends in the music world)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... Recently sandwiched between Yung Joe's "It's Goin' Down" and Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" on Billboard's top R&B/Hip Hop Singles Sales chart was an equally racy romp, "She Bi," by rapper Ice Mizzle. Aided no doubt by its salacious title...

Minority leader: barely out of high school, blogger Steven Emmanuel is changing lives with QueerKidofColor.com.(GENQ)(Website overview)
October 24, 2006... While his friends spend their time fine-tuning their MySpace profiles or watching videos on YouTube, 18-year-old Steven Emmanuel is doing something a lot more substantial with his online hours. With his blog QueerKidofColor.com, the Latino...

Not alone in the Big Apple.(20something services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender )
October 24, 2006... Who says New York is a lonely city? A gay networking group called 20something is bringing disparate queer youths together and providing them with true New York experiences. "A couple months ago we were at a cafe and saw John Cameron...

Outspoken.(GROUP TO WATCH)(gay counselor talks about discrimination)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... Last summer I worked two internships in Los Angeles and as a result was burned-out from the big city. I began looking for something more down-to-earth, and working with children in the wilderness sounded perfect. So in April I interviewed with...

Positive message: one bus. Six weeks. Six HIV-positive youths on a cross-country mission to wake young people up about AIDS.(GENQ)
October 24, 2006... "I never thought it'd happen to me," says 27-year-old Tom Donohue, recalling when he learned three years ago that he was HIV-positive. Like most people, Donohue was terrified when he got the news. But he became inspired as well. He visited the...

Genq poll.
October 24, 2006... Q: How did you meet your LGBT friends? In the September 26 issue we asked: In what ways do you think gay culture contributes to eating disorders? Results: Popularity of bar/club scene: 8% Thin images in gay media: 21% ...

Annette Bening: steely tough but alluringly vulnerable--her screen persona had us at The Grifters. Now she's Augusten Burroughs's deliciously mad bisexual mom in Running With Scissors.(Interview)
October 24, 2006... Deirdre Burroughs in Running With Scissors had to have been a really shattering kind of character to play. How did you go about loving her? "Shattering" is a good word. I didn't find it hard to fall in love with her--she's just so human to...

Sinking Santorum: why are gays and lesbians pounding the pavement for a U.S. Senate candidate who opposes same-sex marriage and won't stand up for gays in the military? Look at whom he has a good chance of defeating.
October 24, 2006... For lesbian and gay political activists, asking for votes in Bella Vista--a progressive urban community on the edge of south Philadelphia just a stone's throw from the city's main gay neighborhood--is like trick-or-treating in subarbia, and...

Dude worship on YouTube: images of puffed-up bodybuilders made popular in 1950s publications are alive and well as videos on the Internet. Only now they're creating a new connection between say and straight men.
October 24, 2006... Somewhere in America, a fit, tan, hairless 19-year-old straight boy who goes by the online name "Weatiez" demonstrates calisthenics while standing in his bedroom with a poster of a hot blond topless chick on the wall behind him. He's the kind...

Spying on you.(CI Host's Christopher Faulkner)(Interview)(Brief article)
October 24, 2006... You can delete Internet files and erase online profiles, but there is no hiding what you do, where you go, and whom you talk to online, says Christopher Faulkner, a cyber security and online safety expert and CEO of CI Host, which calls itself...

Online with live bears: the popular blog LiveJournal has become an international gathering place for bears. And we're not talking about cave-dwelling creatures.
October 24, 2006... "We all like hairy men. We all have so much in common!" That's how many social events for bears are characterized, says Louisville, Ky.-based artist and musician Jeb Edwards. "But really, we don't," he says. If you want to get to know bears,...

The preacher lied: Michelangelo Signorile examines the case of Andrew Marin, a lay minister who exploited his lesbian friends to promote himself as a "bridge" between gays and evangelicals. After HRC and others bought into his pitch, his true antigay colors began to shine through.(NEWS COMMENTARY)(Human Rights Campaign)
October 24, 2006... How is it that officials at the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the Empire State Pride Agenda, and other prominent gay groups got suckered by a 25-year-old heterosexual evangelical Christian, a man who...