The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from September 2003

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from September 2003

Camping out.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 2, 2003... Thank you so much for your article on Camp, the Todd Graff movie ["Happy Campers," July 22]. I saw it and loved it not only because I love musicals but because I actually worked at Stagedoor Manor, the camp it is based on, in the summer of...

Thought police.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 2, 2003... I am writing in response to the article about Aaron Price being found not guilty of a hate crime in Georgia [The Nation, July 22]. Hallelujah! Finally, a jury and judge with some common sense. If you commit a violent crime, you should be...

Getting to know you.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 2, 2003... I've never actually been moved to write a letter to a magazine until just now when I finished reading Andrew Sullivan's column titled "Reaching Straight Men" [Last Word, July 22]. I am very involved in the fight for LGBT equality, but I am also...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(reader forum)(gays and depression)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... * "Although I do suffer from depression, it has nothing to do with my sexuality. I have successfully treated it and continue to lead a full and happy life with my partner." * "Before I came out, I dealt with depression on and off and...

Boy rejects boy.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 2, 2003... With Boy Meets Boy, TV has produced yet another Find Your Mr./Ms. Right reality show with exactly one African-American candidate, who most often gets eliminated in the first or second round ["The Dating Game," July 8]. Why do the producers...

Corrections.(reader forum)(Correction Notice)
September 2, 2003... In our July 22 Buzz item "Meet the Gay Parents," the roster of executive producers for It's All Relative should have also included the name of Anne Flett-Giordano. Also, a Nation item about the California supreme court should have been...

Celebrating 50 years.(my perspective)(gay couple together 50 years)
September 2, 2003... When Bill and I committed to each other in 1953 we were stumbling in the dark. The word "homosexuality" was not mentioned anywhere, and we were always assumed to be straight. Same-sex couples today know where they stand in a way we couldn't....

Rents & raves.(views on same sex marriage)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... "I was amazed to discover that many people die each year in antigay attacks.... Bigotry has no place in this great nation.... Please don't be a part of it." --Bob Hope (1903-2003), in a 1988 public service ad for the Gay and Lesbian...

Backlash fever: is the mainstream push for gay marriage actually setting the movement back?(Politics)
September 2, 2003... Taking his first strong position on gay marriage, President Bush on July 30 officially joined a fevered and growing debate on the issue. After paraphrasing the Bible in an apparent attempt to encourage Americans to tolerate the gays and...

City council nightmare.(Crime)(New York City council member killed by constituent)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... How in 2003 could labeling someone gay be so damaging to a political candidate that he would kill over it? That's the question that many New Yorkers are grappling with in the wake of the July 24 murder of city councilman James Davis by a...

Gay teacher gets Disney distinction.(Education)(Walt Disney Co.'s annual American Teacher Awards goes to Randy Heite)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... When Randy Heite came out of the closet in 1994, he thought his job as a kindergarten teacher at Kingsley Elementary School in Evanston, Ill., would be in jeopardy. Instead, he was widely accepted by colleagues and parents, two of whom last...

A bad head start.(Politics)(discrimination by religous organiations with Head Start programs)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... In what activists are calling an attempt to allow taxpayer-funded discrimination, the U.S. House of Representatives on July 25 passed, by one vote, a bill that would let religious organizations receiving federal funds for Head Start programs...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(recently passed laws and regulations regarding gay rights)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... Moorhead, Minn. The city council on July 21 unanimously voted to add protections for sexual orientation to the city human rights ordinance. When the ordinance was established in 1989, the council specifically voted to exclude sexual...

Gay toddlers?(Sweden)(Stockholm Pride ad campaign)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... Child-protection advocates are screaming about a Swedish ad campaign to promote the idea that sexual orientation can be determined as early as childhood. "Pedophiles use the argument that children have a sexual identity," said Rosita Runegrund,...

Bullying our man in Baghdad: gay journalist Jeffrey Kofman is the target of an alleged smear campaign after reporting on disgruntled U.S. soldiers in Iraq.(Behind the Headlines)(Interview)
September 2, 2003... After ABC News reporter Jeffrey Kofman contributed to a story about the sinking morale among American service member's in Iraq, the openly gay correspondent found himself the target of an alleged smear campaign. His report, which quoted U.S....

Orbitz ad ogles gay dollars.(Marketing)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... A television commercial unveiled during the July 15 episode of Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Gay is reportedly the first-ever TV spot to include unambiguously gay representations in a mainstream pitch to gay consumers. The ad for...

A warning to biased bosses.(Employment)(Desert Palace v. Costa sex-based discrimination case)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... A June U.S. Supreme Court decision in Desert Palace v. Costa makes it easier to successfully sue for workplace discrimination by ruling that a Las Vegas woman was not required to provide "direct evidence" of sex-based discrimination when she...

MCC loses largest church.(Religion)(Cathedral of Hope in Dallas leaves Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... The Cathedral of Hope in Dallas rocked the largest gay Christian denomination in the United States on July 27 when it announced it would sever ties with the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, based in Los Angeles. The...

Transitions.(The Advocate Report)(marriage and death of those in gay community)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... DIED: Billy Edgar, 57, a pioneering gay actor who went by the name Sweet William in the 1970s, of an apparent suicide, June 24. DIED: Jed Mattes, 50, the literary agent and activist who nurtured some of gay and lesbian literature's most...

On Advocate.com.(On the Web)(issue contents of web journal)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... BREAKING NEWS: Visit www.advocate.com for the latest news, entertainment and health headlines, updated twice a day. FIRST PEBSON Jersey girl Memories of a long-ago summer romance on the New Jersey shore inspire writer Kate Walter...

Gay marriage battles go cyber.(On the Web)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2003... Two new Web sites are taking the fight for gay marriage to the Internet. In July several founders of StopDrLaura.com, a Web site launched in 2000 to urge a boycott of antigay talk-show host Laura Schlessinger's TV show, reunited to fight a...

Gay activism and campus life: October 9, 1990.(From the Advocate Archives)
September 2, 2003... Nearly 13 years ago, in 1990, The Advocate devoted a package of five articles to the "campus revolution" at colleges and universities across the nation. "A previous decade of polite debate with university administrators and fellow scholars...

Liza with a V.(the Buzz)
September 2, 2003... SPECULATION on what led to the demise of Liza Minnelli's 16-month marriage has been rampant in recent weeks, but The Buzz's favorite David Gest guess links the schism to V Graham Norton, the irreverent British talk show hosted by the United...

The best man.(the Buzz)
September 2, 2003... CINEMA STUD Seann William Scott can't make a move--much less a movie--without scoring homo points. In the current American Wedding (left)--his third film as dumb-jock chick-magnet Steve Stifler--Scott performs a wacky mating dance in a gay bar...

Bridal blessing.(the Buzz)
September 2, 2003... THE SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER issue of Bride's magazine is 704 pages long, but it's the single page about same-sex ceremonies that's getting the Conde Nast wedding bible the most attention. Titled "Outward Bound," David Toussaint's article calls gay...

The business of marriage: gay Americans eager to get hitched are bringing much-needed tourism dollars to SARS-weary Toronto.(Society)
September 2, 2003... Toronto city councilor Kyle Rae had a great deal of work to do in preparation for his wedding day, June 20. He and his partner, artist Mark Reid, had guests to invite, a venue to line up, and a call to answer from CNN--the network wanted to...

Bringing marriage home: the Reverend Troy Perry has one request for couples getting married in Canada: think twice before filing a court challenge in the United States.(Society)
September 2, 2003... When the Reverend Troy Perry asked the state of California to recognize stone-sex marriage in 1970, he became the first person to file a gay-marriage challenge in a U.S. court. But now Perry, founder and moderator of the Universal Fellowship of...

Forget the China pattern: the I Do Foundation helps couples create a charitable donation registry.(Society)
September 2, 2003... Long before Canada s alluring new options for gay and lesbian weddings hit the headlines, Sheila Allen and Alex Volin decided to declare their commitment to each other in a ceremony on July 6. The women wanted to ensure the event would...

Big in Japan: the country's first out transgendered elected official hopes to be a role model in a country where few dare to break the mold of tradition.(World)
September 2, 2003... Aya Kamikawa's appearance reveals nothing out of the ordinary. Her serene posture and graceful movements project an air of ultrafemininity. In a society that reveres conformity, "Kamikawa casts an image of the prototypical Japanese woman. ...

Rider of the storm: as reality TV alum Jim Morrison takes stab at public office, a contest he won in a New York City gay bar becomes an issue in the campaign.(Politics)
September 2, 2003... Jim Morrison wants to be the next state senator from New Jersey's 24th legislative district. On the face of it, the cards seem stacked against him. He's young (32), he's never held political office, and he's running as an openly gay liberal...

Faith in school: as mainstream churches continue to wrestle with homosexuality, some religious colleges are taking an increasingly welcoming attitude toward gay students.(Education)
September 2, 2003... After graduating from a Roman Catholic high school in Aurora, Colo., Scott Shields decided to attend Regis University, a Jesuit-run school with a conservative Catholic environment, located in nearby Denver. And despite the church's continued...

Beyond coed: a growing number of universities are taking a "gender-blind" approach to higher education.(Education)
September 2, 2003... The college experience is laden with traditions, like fraternity parties and late-night cram sessions. But some colleges and universities are tweaking that experience this fall, especially as it relates to gender, and revolutionizing college...

New York public: the first accredited public high school for gay students will open its doors this fall.(Education)
September 2, 2003... Twenty-five years after San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk was assassinated, New York City is creating the first full-scale, accredited public high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students and naming it after Milk....

Queer eye confidential: the firings! The budgets! The filthy bathtub! Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Fab 5 and their two equally fab producers spill the beans on how reality TV's queerest twist turned into the hottest show of the summer.
September 2, 2003... Have you ever wondered what it's like to live in a whirlwind? Just spend the afternoon in New York's Chelsea district with the stars of the summer's biggest hit show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. It debuted to record numbers on Bravo...

How TV made us gay.(final cut)
September 2, 2003... The media's hyperventilation over Queer Eye for the Straight Guy tickles me to no end. We all know that shows like this--and years and years of more subtle predecessors--have always been the way we avowed homosexuals indoctrinate unsuspecting...

Sex and the ciudad: the sexy Spanish comedy Km. 0 throws together a dozen or so strangers on a steamy night in Madrid.
September 2, 2003... Km. 0 * Written and directed by Juan Luis Iborra and Yolanda Garcia Serrano * Starring Carlos Fuentes, Victor Ullate Jr., Merce Pons, Georges Corraface * TLA Releasing Coincidence can be a tricky firing in the movies. "When it works it's...

From Hairspray to Hollywood: Hairspray's hunky Matt Morrison plays a gay boy-band singer in the new comedy Marci X.(film)
September 2, 2003... For a Broadway performer, enjoying a little champagne in New York City after a triumphant night at the Tonys would seem a fitting thing to do. Matt Morrison, who plays dreamboat Link Larkin in the Best Musical-winning smash Hairspray, took the...

Darling John: Maverick director John Schlesinger forever changed the face of gay cinema.(in memoriam)
September 2, 2003... In his nearly 40-year career as a film director, John Schlesinger was never one to flinch from controversial material, be it the empty decadence of early-1960s London (Darling), the gritty life of New York City hustlers and gigolos (Midnight...

Revenge of the nerd: American Splendor's Toby Radloff is out and proud about his sexuality and his nerddom.(film)
September 2, 2003... Toby Radloff is not your average gay icon. The openly gay Cleve land file clerk who appears as himself in the film adaptation of coworker Harvey Pekar's autobiographical comic book, American Splendor, has never appeared shirtless in a bar rag...

Such a drag: drag king doc Venus Boyz suffers from the filmmaker's apparent unfamiliarity with the world she's portraying.
September 2, 2003... Venus Boyz * Directed by Gabriel Baur * First Run Features This nice-looking but dreadfully dull portrait of a half dozen "gender pioneers" contains a handful of interesting moments that could have made for a terrific short film....

Isaac hits the Target: Isaac Mizrahi brings his couture panache to a new line of women's clothing for the hippest of discount retailers.(culture)
September 2, 2003... Isaac Mizrahi: fashion maven, movie star, TV talk-show host, Broadway costume designer... discount retail supplier? Yes, and in a big way. In August shoppers at Target stores across America began making fashion history by buying affordable and...

Dancing with Luther: a new album and a greatest-hits compilation remind us why we love Luther Vandross, whether he's family or not.
September 2, 2003... Dance With My Father * Luther Vandross * J Records The Essential Luther Vandross * Luther Vandross * Legend/Sony Records Luther Vandross has long straddled the line between his well-deserved status as one of R&B's legendary artists and...

Kate selectively remembered: out writer A. Scott Berg reverts to "don't ask, don't tell" in his Hepburn biography.
September 2, 2003... Kate Remembered * A. Scott Berg * Putnam * $25.95 "I kept wondering why this virtual stranger, whose reclusiveness among movie stars was second only to Garbo's, had made herself so available to me," A. Scott Berg rapturously muses early on...

What he overcame: a fine new biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, the great, gay hero of the American civil rights movement.(book excerpt)
September 2, 2003... "Who is Bayard Rustin?" That's the first question posed by acclaimed gay historian John D'Emilio in Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin (Free Press, $35). An eminent scholar who also happens to teller, D'Emilio has written the...

In his own words.
September 2, 2003... Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin * Edited by Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise * Cleis Press * $16.95 "Because we stand in the center of progress toward democracy, [gay people] have a terrifying responsibility to...

Three men and a pickup: novelist Paul Russell evokes the tensions as city meets country and man meets boy.
September 2, 2003... War Against the Animals Paul Russell * St. Martin's * $24.95 Paul Russell's smashing new novel explores a subject that is almost taboo in contemporary American fiction: class. Affluent Manhattan gay men have been moving upstate to the...

Chicago's brilliant son: in his new production of Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, director Frank Galati conjures Afghanistan from his longtime home in the Windy City.(theater)
September 2, 2003... When it comes to conveying what major political events cost ordinary people, few theatrical talents can top Frank Galati. Despite his longtime residence in Chicago, Galati may be best known for his work on Broadway, where in the 1990s he...

Criminal lover: Michael K. Williams brings passion and larceny to HBO's The Wire in his role as a tough gay drug dealer.(television)
September 2, 2003... Straight actor Michael K. Williams has had his eyes opened to some fundamental gay issues in the process of playing charismatic drug dealer dealer in the hit. HBO series The Wire. While taking on his first gay role, Williams learned immediately...

Six stitches under: Popular creator Ryan Murphy returns with Nip/Tuck, a plastic surgery drama on the cutting edge.(television)
September 2, 2003... Series creator Ryan Murphy may be openly gay, and his work to date--such as the WB's cult fare satire Popular--may be loved by gay viewers, but he will tell you that "there is no obvious gay sensibility" In his new hit FX series, Nip/Tuck. ...

Freedom of expression.(last word)
September 2, 2003... It seemed like just another, quiet dinner at T.G.I. Friday's in Laurel, Md., when "T.K."--a nose guard for the women s professional football team the D.C. Divas got up to use the women's room. However, the night turned out to be anything but...

Scott's merit.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 16, 2003... I just finished reading the article on Scott Merritt, the now--out centerfold in Playgirl magazine, and felt it was one of the best coming-out articles I have read in the pages of The Advocate ["Great Scott," August 19]. Michael Montanez,...

Scott's demerit.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 16, 2003... After the monumental Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas affirming our rights, I waited in anticipation for the next issue of The Advocate. Then it arrived, and what do I see on the front cover? A Playgirl centerfold. What a way for "our"...

Legal matters.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 16, 2003... Bruce Steele's humor in "Having the Last Laugh" was right on the money [Letter From the Editor in Chief, August 19]. I giggled myself when I read the cover line "First Time Ever. Legal in 50 States." It feels good to laugh for a change, some 17...

Setting us straight.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 16, 2003... I was incredulous as I read "10 Reasons Gays Chase Straights" in your recent Sex issue [August 19]. I have been openly gay since I was 15 years old, and I have never chased a straight guy thinking I could lure him into a sexual encounter or an...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(The Advocate Poll)
September 16, 2003... In the July 22 issue, readers were asked: Do you think legal marriage in Canada will cause an antigay backlash in the United States? Yes 43% No 50% Undecided 7% Note(pie graph)...

Virgin territory.(reader forum)
September 16, 2003... Your August 19 article "Like a Virgin" left me wondering why the subjects of the article are working so hard to preserve their aura of "virginity." Michael Empric supposedly diagnosed his homosexuality by virtue of "an inventory of his...

Defining courage.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
September 16, 2003... As a 49-year-old American trans-man living in Toronto, I could not have been more impressed with Paul Chandler's courage ["A Boy's Own Story," August 19]. I've been told many times that I have courage, but I never had to endure high school as...

The folly of Harvey Milk High.(my perspective)
September 16, 2003... Before I came out of the closet, my younger brother made homophobic comments on a regular basis. Anything that wasn't "cool" was "gay." Then our all-boys school invited a gay man to address the student body about homophobia. He got a positive...

Rants & raves.
September 16, 2003... "Oh, what's the difference, Liz. They're just a couple of fags!" New York socialite Lee Radziwill in 1979, talking to Liz Smith about the court battle between Gore Vidal and Truman Capote (pictured, far right, with Radziwill in 1967), in...

Recall ramifications: what will California's recall election do to gay rights in the Golden State?(Politics)
September 16, 2003... As Californians weigh the possible outcome of an October 7 gubernatorial recall election, some gay voters are wondering what the election will mean for the progress of pro-gay legislation in the state. "The LGBT community has a lot at...

Good neighbors.(Pride)
September 16, 2003... An act of hate perpetrated on the residents of a middle-class neighborhood in suburban Minneapolis has inspired a simple act of compassion. After the Fern Hill neighborhood of St. Louis Park, Minn., was papered with antigay pamphlets on...

Too gay for Carolina consumers.(Media)
September 16, 2003... The word gay is a bit too much for residents of Charlotte, N.C.--at least that was the argument used by a billboard company that rejected an ad campaign sponsored by the local gay group Time Out Youth. Atlanta-based Adams Outdoor Advertising...

Art out of hate.(Vandalism)
September 16, 2003... More than 600 books in the San Francisco Public Library, almost all having gay themes, were carved up for nearly a year before the perpetrator was caught in 2001. But rather than discard them, as the vandal might have hoped, the defaced books...

Safe but unequal?(Education)
September 16, 2003... Slain gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk never would have approved of the segregation of gay and lesbian students, according to his nephew Andy Milk, who joined a growing list of opponents of Harvey Milk High School, New York City's planned school...

Across the nation.
September 16, 2003... San Francisco, Calif. The state supreme court on August 4 ruled in favor of upholding second-parent adoptions in California, affirming the legal right of same-sex couples to adopt each other's children. Cleveland Heights, Ohio The...

Sodomy equals silence.(Uzbekistan)
September 16, 2003... Sodomy laws may be a thing of the past in the United States, but for openly gay Uzbek journalist Ruslan Sharipov, 25, they're still a harsh reality. In what international human rights groups decried as a politically motivated act, a district...

Bob Barr on our side: a renowned adversary of the gay rights movement, Bob Barr is arguing against a federal constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.(Behind the Headlines)
September 16, 2003... One of America's most determined foes of gay rights could become one of the cause's most important allies. Former Georgia congressman Bob Barr, who was the architect of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, is now one of the nation's loudest...

Ovarian obstacle.(Fertility)
September 16, 2003... Finding sperm isn't the only obstacle many lesbians may encounter when it comes to getting pregnant. A new study now suggests that lesbians are more likely to suffer from polycystic ovarian syndrome, a common cause of infertility. In addition...

Preventing prevention.(HIV/AIDS)
September 16, 2003... AIDS diagnoses are up for the first time in a decade, and now some activists are pointing to the Bush administration's "hands-off" approach to HIV prevention as the cause of the problem. Although the 2.2% increase in diagnoses in 2002 could be...

A reverberating condemnation.(Catholicism)
September 16, 2003... The fallout from a July 31 Vatican document, in which the Roman Catholic Church strongly denounced gay marriage and adoption by gays, continues to spread. In Canada--where many top politicians are Catholic, including Prime Minister Jean...

Transitions.
September 16, 2003... DIED: William R. Bright, 81, co-founder of the antigay college organization Campus Crusade for Christ, of complications from pulmonary fibrosis, July 19. DIED: Brian Wright, 42, a figure-skating choreographer who designed winning routines...

Not pretty enough.(Generation Q)
September 16, 2003... The great power of television is its ability to reinforce or change people's personal convictions almost subconsciously--especially the opinions of teenagers. Play a music video enough times on MTV, and suddenly a nobody becomes a star. Talent...

Confronting the candidates.(Campaign 2004)
September 16, 2003... John Kerry is the latest major presidential candidate to speak directly to gay and lesbian voters through an Advocate interview [page 32]. Read our Q&As with leading Democratic contenders Howard Dean (left) and Dick Gephardt, only at...

The new kid on the web.(High School Diary 2)
September 16, 2003... Eighteen-year-old Donny has just begun his senior year of high school in the Midwest. It will be his first year as an openly gay student. Follow his journey to graduation exclusively at www.advocate.com.

Tell us your story.(Coming Out)
September 16, 2003... To mark National Coming Out Day on October 11, The Advocate again invites readers to come out in the pages of our national newsmagazine. Send your story, along with your full name and contact info, to survey@advocate,com.

The crime of sex: October 27, 1998.(From the Advocate Archives)
September 16, 2003... Five years ago The Advocate investigated how the sodomy laws still in effect in about half the states encouraged antigay discrimination. "From custody cases to the military, [the laws] are used to bolster the argument that homosexuality is...

Sharon Stone, to the highest bidder.(the Buzz)
September 16, 2003... At an August benefit for Los Angeles's Project Angel Food, auctioneer Sharon Stone (right) said she'd throw in a kiss if donor Joni Rimm (left) upped her bid from $40,000 to $50,000. The kiss apparently lasted 45 seconds, or $222 per second....

Ben's playing for our team.(the Buzz)
September 16, 2003... BEN AFFLECK has his bat in hand and he's ready to come out of the closet in one of two gay baseball projects. He's long held the movie rights to Peter Lefcourt's hilarious novel The Dreyfus Affair, which follows an all-American, Cal Ripken...

Malcolm gets Craig.(The Buzz)
September 16, 2003... "I'VE HAD IT with all these straight actors and their closed-mouth kissing, trying to show the world how 'brave' they are," cracks Craig Chester, promising that he and out Caroline in the City alum Malcolm Gets will deliver spicier fare when...

Bye-bye, Miss America's lie: abstinence activist Erika Harold, who steps down as Miss America this month, misrepresented her platform at the 2002 pageant. This year gay fans and volunteers will be watching closely for such "stealth" candidates.(Culture)
September 16, 2003... When Erika Harold was crowned Miss America 2003, she seemed to be following the example set by women like AIDS-awareness advocate and Miss America 1998 Kate Shindle. Harold, formerly Miss Illinois, promised a reign that would emphasize...

Gay man of God: the Reverend V. Gene Robinson recounts the scandal-ridden process that led to his confirmation as the first openly gay Episcopal bishop.(Religion)
September 16, 2003... There is a sign outside most if not all Episcopal churches that reads THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WELCOMES YOU. That welcome, though, hasn't always been extended to gay worshipers and clergy in the church. Now, with the House of Bishops' August 5 vote...

Kerry's conundrum: pro-gay in just about every other way, Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry says he just won't support same-sex marriage.(Campaign 2004)
September 16, 2003... In the conference room of John Kerry's modest presidential campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C., sits a black-and-white photograph of Kerry and John Lennon taken at a political rally in the early 1970s. With his leather bomber jacket and...

Sodomy criminals no more: the Supreme Court's ruling in Lawrence v. Texas may clear the records of those convicted under sodomy laws--including the one U.S. sodomy law left standing, in the military.(Court)
September 16, 2003... "Matthew R. Limon, having been found guilty of one count of criminal sodomy... you are hereby sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of 206 months." So ordered Kansas district court judge Richard M. Smith,...

Pretty in prime time.(notes from a blond)
September 16, 2003... Probably no one expected American television to get quite so gay quite so fast. Sure, there's been Will & Grace (NBC even showed six episodes consecutively a few years ago) and the 900 or so gay sidekicks, wacky neighbors, and sassy...