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

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

Send in the clown! The Saturday Night Live veteran once played a fey man in a sweater and is now poised to run for the U.S. Senate. His new documentary God Spoke charts the rise of a liberal hero.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Stuart Smalley )(Interview)
September 12, 2006... Let's get this out of the way. Is Stuart Smalley gay? I don't know! That's a really good question... and don't think that wasn't the honest answer. I've never discussed whether he is or not. I think I know, but it's never been the issue....

Spare us the puppy love.(money spent on a puppy's abnormal behaviour)(Editorial)
September 12, 2006... The good news is, the puppy's cute. The bad news: $900,000 that could have been used to help educate Americans about gay lives was instead wasted on an ill-conceived media campaign about a dog who moos. Yes, that's right. A pup that...

Out on the street: we asked a sampling of LGBT people in New Orleans ...(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... "How has Katrina changed your life as an LGBT citizen of New Orleans. JENNIFER AMADEE, 28, INSURANCE "My relationship ended My partner is from Michigan, and she and her son went back for his safety. I had to stay for my job," ...

Too much of a good thing?(Letter to the editor)
September 12, 2006... I am an openly gay psychotherapist who wants to congratulate you on your editorial about our community liking sex ["We Like Sex, and That's OK," August 15]. I think in order for us to be whole persons, we must grow in all areas of our life,...

Sex issues.(Letter to the editor)
September 12, 2006... When I saw the August 15 Summer Sex Issue, I cringed inside and immediately thought of an old episode of Ellen where she asks a newsstand owner for the latest issue of The Advocate and he directs her to the pornography section. At the time I...

Hopeless, romantic.(Letter to the editor)
September 12, 2006... In reading Neal Broverman's article "Dumped Again? Curses!" [August 15], I was surprised to know I wasn't the only gay guy on the planet with the same ideas of love and relationships. As a 21-year-old, I have found it impossible to find anyone...

Touchy-feely.(Letter to the editor)
September 12, 2006... Rod Hagen's First Person column "At Your Service" [August 15] mirrors my own experience over the past 30 years. My medium is massage. I've been surprised how many men are starved simply for a kind touch, until I reflected that, aside from sex,...

Correction.(Correction notice)
September 12, 2006... The chart contained in our August 29 story "Fixing HIV Spending" contained an error with regard to The Advocate's prescription for Medicaid spending. Rather than cut funds from $6.8 billion, the budget proposed by the Bush administration, to...

The Advocate poll.(Letter to the editor)
September 12, 2006... Q: Do you believe organized boycotts can change the pro-gay or antigay policies of large corporations? * "Any highly organized boycott will have an effect on a business. The challenge is making the community aware of why the boycott is...

Fat Gregg is dead.
September 12, 2006... I've been two things as long as I can remember: fat and gay. And when I say fat, I mean fat. At my peak I weighed nearly 400 pounds. I was one cheeseburger away from someone tying ropes to me and floating me down New York City's Fifth Avenue...

Making "ex-gay" sheep.(homosexual behavior of rams)
September 12, 2006... If there are gay sheep, can there also be ex-gay sheep. At Oregon Health and Science University and Oregon State University, researchers are exploring ways to reform rams that love other rams, and they have come under fire from an animal rights...

Fall gay rights preview.(Supreme Court laws)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... High court decisions against same-sex marriage in New York State and Washington State marked this summer as a tough season in the history of LGBT equality. Here's a quick look at pending cases in other states and when they might be resolved:...

But enough about marriage ...(same sex marriage equality rights)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... Fighting for marriage rights is a worthy cause but shouldn't be our only focus, say the organizers of a new coalition dubbed Beyond Same-Sex Marriage. Launched in July after antigay decisions from the New York State and Washington State...

The advocate's equality clock.(lesbian gay bisexual transgender)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... How many years before we reach full equality for LGBT Americans? In June we would have guessed about 15 years, but after July's setbacks, the clock ticked back. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

The honeymooners.(Brigit Elizondo and Karlene Kelley)(Interview)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... On August 2 a Columbus, Ohio, radio station awarded an all-expenses-paid vacation to Brigit Elizondo and Karlene Kelley as part of a state fair promotion in which 20 couples renewed their vows aboard a Ferris wheel. The women didn't think the...

Synchronized discrimination.(San Francisco Tsunami Swim Club, San Francisco Tsunami Swim Club)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... A synchronized swim team from the San Francisco Tsunami Swim Club had all the moves to participate in an exhibition at the FINA World Masters Championships held at Stanford University in August. There was just one problem: There are men on the...

By the numbers: the public and gay rights.
September 12, 2006... A poll of 2,003 adults released August 3 showed where Americans currently stand on gay rights SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OPPOSE 56% SUPPORT 35% DON'T'KNOW 9% Note: Table made from pie chart. CIVIL UNIONS OPPOSE...

Top 5 people in the news @advocate.com.(Jeffrey John on partnership with Anglican priest)(Billie Jean King will be added to National Tennis Center)(Daniel Veatch on a world record for backstroke swimming)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... 1. The Very Reverend Jeffrey John It was announced July 30 that the dean of St. Albans Cathedral in Great Britain--a close friend to Anglican Church head Rowan Williams--registered a domestic partnership with his male partner, a fellow...

Hanns Ebensten.(pioneer and author)(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... When my parents moved to Key West, Fla., in 1997, they acquired some highly unusual neighbors: Hanns Ebensten, the gay travel pioneer and author--who died July 24 at age 82--and his partner of over 40 years, Brian Kenney. The elderly couple...

Victorious.(Jolie Justus as senator)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... JOLIE JUSTUS, 35, in the Democratic primary race for Missouri's 10th district state senate seat, in Kansas City, August 8. Since the district is heavily Democratic and she faces only token Republican opposition in the November general election,...

Born.(Barbara Gaines and Aari Ludvigsen new born)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... SIMON MICHAEL LUDVIGSEN GAINES, son of Barbara Gaines and Aari Ludvigsen, in New York City, July 31. Gaines is the longtime executive producer of the Late Show With David Letterman on CBS.

Died.(Arlene Raven and Bob Hoven)(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... ARLENE RAVEN, 62, a pioneering historian and advocate for women's art, of cancer in Brooklyn, N.Y., August 1. Raven was a founder of the Feminist Studio Workshop and the Lesbian Art Project in New York. BOB HOVEN, 75, founder and publisher...

Friend or foe.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(civil rights of gays)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... FRIEND JAY LENO, who joked, "Ann Coulter... said 'Bill Clinton is gay' [on CNBC].... Just because she's the only woman on the planet he wouldn't have sex with." If all the men who wouldn't sleep with Coulter turned out to be gay, we'd have...

Death by sodomy.(Supreme Court laws on sodomy)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... The U.S. Supreme Court struck down all U.S. sodomy laws in 2003, and no European countries outlaw gay sex--not even Vatican City. But laws against homosexuality are alive and well in many nations around the world, where penalties range from a...

China girl.(Qiao Qiao appreciation)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... Forget Iatu, those Russian fake-lesbian pop stars. China's Qiao Qiao is the real thing: She runs a lively Saturday women's night at her bar in Beijing and has a girlfriend of more than three years. With her sharp, pretty face and spiky boyish...

Rants & raves.(celebrities on gays)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... "Does this mean I'm no longer Miss Coco Peru but Sehora Coco Peru?" --Clinton Leupp on his alter ego's Web site, MissCocoPeru.com, recounting his wedding to his Spanish partner of 11 years, Rafael, at a castle in Garrucha, Spain, on July...

A gay's best friend: enlightened straight guys are providing solace and understanding to a growing number of young male queers.
September 12, 2006... Kevin Brewer is a popular, attractive, straight football star at Mt. Hebron High School in Maryland. And the 17-year-old senior is also a proud friend of classmate Luke Johnson, who just happens to be gay. "Gays should be treated no differently...

Outspoken.(lesbian on parents )
September 12, 2006... I have come out as a lesbian to my parents three times. The first two times I scrambled to deny it all when they reacted negatively, blaming it on a moment of weakness. But between my freshman and sophomore years of college I met a girl...

Young trans hero.(Harvard University math teaching assistant opinions)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... "Now when prospective students e-mail us with questions, we can tell them Harvard is a comfortable place." Age: 21 Home: Cambridge, Mass. Work: Harvard University math teaching assistant Relationship status: Boyfriend (Greg)...

GENQ poll.
September 12, 2006... Q: Are most of your friends gay or straight? In the August 29 issue we asked: How would you make your college more gay-friendly? Results: More LGBT courses 31% More funds for the LGBT center 19% Diversity training for...

"This is home: a year after the hurricane devastated their community, many gays and lesbians are still struggling to rebuild. Others are deciding whether to come back at all.(Tommy Misener and Bobby Blatchley)
September 12, 2006... By the time Tommy Misener and Bobby Blatchley returned from their annual trip with friends to the Alabama Gulf Coast last summer, the lush landscaping around their charming two-bedroom home in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans had gotten...

A flood, a wolf, and gays: playwright Tim Maddock wants people to think about the discrimination he encountered after Katrina, particularly toward a dog named Pete.
September 12, 2006... When actor Tim Maddock saw the r television images of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, he decided to travel from his home in Los Angeles back to the place where he had first embraced his gay identity on a memorable spring break 14...

Christina up close: Christina Aguilera just released her big, bold Back to Basics. She's also managing her career, enjoying her marriage, and speaking up for her LGBT friends. A gay press exclusive with the 25-year-old superstar.(lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender )(Interview)
September 12, 2006... Christina Aguilera can also whip your ass at Donkey Kong. "I'm extremely good at video games," asserts the Staten Island, N.Y.-born, Pennsylvania-raised singer between sips of Pellegrino in the bustling bar of L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills....

Running from stardom: Joseph Fiennes's star is on the rise again, thanks to a role as the real-life lover of author Augusten Burroughs in this fall's Running With Scissors.(Fall Entertainment special)
September 12, 2006... Most moviegoers, gay and straight, took a good, long look at Joseph Fiennes in the Oscar-winning films Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love and figured him for a big new movie star. Eight years later, despite his slow-burning screen mojo,...

An irreverent gay joke.(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... As told by Rachel Harris The repeat-offender straight girl playing lesbian (she's at it again in this fall's For Your Consideration) tells her favorite gay joke. This redneck decides to go to community college, where the dean of admissions...

Film.
September 12, 2006... September Hollywoodland (Focus Features) If Brandon Routh left you cold as Superman, how about Ben Affleck? He plays actor George Reeves (TV's Superman) in this look at the star's mysterious death. Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, and Bob Hoskins...

Pop music.
September 12, 2006... September Beyonce, B'day (Columbia) Why settle for balloons and cake when you can celebrate turning 25 by dropping a new album instead? The Dreamgirls star wrote, arranged, and coproduced the whole shebang, assisted by the Neptunes, Swizz...

Theater.
September 12, 2006... September Season of Shores (National tour through Nov. 19: Dallas, Palm Springs, Calif.; St. Louis, Nashville, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Stars Delta Burke and Leslie Jordan in Del Shores's acclaimed plays Sordid Lives and Southern Baptist...

Hot picks.(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... MUSIC Catie Curtis: Long Night Moon Now Available (Compass Records) The iconic lesbian folk singer is back with a new CO about questioning and reconnecting, written when Curtis first became a parent. Divine Goddesses Now Available...

Books.
September 12, 2006... September Stephen Beachy, Some Phantom/No Time Flat (Suspect Thoughts Press). Bay Area novelist Stephen Beachy is best known for his New York magazine story last October that exposed the true identity of the young HIV-positive gay hustler...

Still not silent.(Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 12, 2006... Few Hollywood blockbusters have had the impact of 1995's Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story--the true tale of a 25-year Army veteran (Glenn Close) dismissed for coming out as a lesbian. The movie attracted more than 25 million...

The passion of the MelTom: Gibson and Cruise have long been untouchable movie icons despite their attacks on things say. So should we rejoice in their recent public humiliations?(COMMENTARY)
September 12, 2006... It's not even Labor Day, and already 2006 is a banner year for lavender schadenfreude. Like many gays out there, you probably felt as I did that the career juggernauts of Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise would continue to bulldoze over our feeble...

That's entertainment! Four fun-filled gadgets to entertain you this fall.(TOYS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... Sennheiser gets it--we want our headphones to reflect our style. That's why the German firm released a wild variety of new headphones like the MX 55V Street ($40) and the MXL 70V Sport ($45) that are actually adapted to how you use them. ...

Wild Rover.(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... My obsession with Land Rover dates back to my early teen years in Johannesburg, when Range Rovers were passports to great adventures in the African veldt. Hopping up into Land Rover USA's Supercharged Range Rover Sport, I felt that old...

Paris/Sedaris.(THE GOODS)(Tania Katan meets up David Sedaris)
September 12, 2006... It's a breezy Monday in WeHo, the kind that makes you believe anything is possible. My partner, Angel& and I rush down Santa Monica Boulevard to A Different Light bookstore. We're going to meet David Sedaris. Angela seems content to jog, but...

Second opinions.(Brief article)
September 12, 2006... "Will [Lance] Bass's story of being a very wealthy gay man separated from a straight world by mansions and security someday help someone realize that they too are incredibly wealthy and can face the struggles that coming out of the closet...

Quietly to victory: congress passed and President Bush signed into law new 401(k) benefits for same-sex couples. How did the Human Rights Campaign and others win this fight? Very quietly.(Human Rights Campaign Fund's Joe Solmonese)(Interview)
September 26, 2006... How did this happen? This is something that we have worked on for four years. Why do we want to get married? Well, let's look at the 1,100 economic inequities that we suffer from. We looked out across the legislative landscape and saw this...

A gay winner & a sore loser.(FROM THE EDITORS)(Patricia Todd wins against Joseph I. Lieberman)
September 26, 2006... Patricia Todd clearly won. Joe Lieberman clearly lost. That's how direct elections work. Todd, an out lesbian candidate, won two primary face-offs to be one of Birmingham's Democratic candidates for the Alabama state legislature--virtually...

Out on the street: we asked a sampling of LGBT people in West Hollywood Calif....(Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... "Why are there are no leading gay characters left on network TV?" PATRICK TUNG, 33 BANKER "There are a lot of conservative fundamentalists, and [television executives] don't want to offend them." PATTI PENN, 37 ARTIST "Maybe...

Partying on.(Letter to the editor)
September 26, 2006... Thank you for your piece on the urban sex party phenomenon ["They're Peddling Death," August 29]. Sean Kennedy's research sheds much-needed light on a growing and troubling trend. I do believe, though, that it is important to get at the heart...

Criminal behavior.(Letter to the editor)
September 26, 2006... In the August 29 issue you published an editorial titled "Is Lying About HIV a Crime?" Unfortunately, you did not publish the dissenting opinion [that appeared on Advocate.com]. You should have printed both points of view. After all, the...

Beirut syndrome?(Letter to the editor)
September 26, 2006... Warren Singh-Bartlett laments over how "cruelly we have all been deceived" with regard to the recent attacks on Beirut, a city he describes as "gay-friendly" yet where homosexuality remains outlawed [First Person, August 29]. There are many...

The Advocate poll.
September 26, 2006... Q: Are the promoters who allow or encourage unsafe sex at their parties more responsible for the spread of HIV than the men who attend? * "Yes, because they create a venue that promotes this unhealthy behavior. People get into the 'mob'...

I want to serve.(ACTIVISM)(gay people in the army)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... "It's the first time I've been discriminated against because of my sexual orientation, and though I knew they would tell me no, I wasn't ready for that," said Michael Cich of Stillwater, Okla., by phone after attempting to enlist in the Army at...

Wal-Mart puts on a gay-friendly face.(National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... Wal-Mart offers no domestic-partner benefits and has been known to decline to sell certain LGBT-oriented products. So it wasn't surprising that a national debate erupted August 21 when the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce announced...

Top 5 stories from the XVI International Aids Conference @Advocate.com.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... 1. Black leaders declare war on AIDS Jesse Jackson, NAACP chairman Julian Bond, and others vowed to help eradicate AIDS in the black community, including combatting homophobia. 2. Activists call for end to U.S. ban on HIV-positive...

Political waffler alert: Iraq War vet Tammy Duckworth wants equality for gay soldiers--but not really.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... When Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran running as a Democrat for a Chicago-area U.S. House seat, said she thought anyone willing to serve in the military should be able to do so--regardless of sexual orientation--one could be excused for...

A widow's fight.(SHORT ANSWERS)(Linda Saegert )(Interview)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... In August a New York State judge dismissed the wrongful death suit that Linda Saegert filed on behalf of her late partner, Victoria Sarafino, who was killed in a 2003 car accident. The Long Island resident told The Advocate that Sarafino was a...

Gifts for you from the far right.(THE ADVOCATE REPORT)(Focus on the Family offers free gifts)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... If the best place to hit your enemy is the wallet, a Seattle writer has devised the perfect sucker punch for Focus on the Family. The archconservative, antigay Colorado Springs, Colo.-based organization sends out DVDs, CDs, books, and other...

Born.(Matt Nye and Jann Wenner new born Noah Jaspar Nye Wenner)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... NOAH JASPAR NYE WENNER, August 20, to partners Matt Nye and Jann Wenner, impresario of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, and Men's Journal. Wenner's second son (he has another with his ex-wife), Noah weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces at birth, Liz Smith...

Hired.(Sam Champion has been appointed as a weathercaster for Good Morning America)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... SAM CHAMPION, as weathercaster for Good Morning America, in New York City, August 22. The popular blond worked at the city's local ABC affiliate, WABC TV, for 18 years. He stares September 5 and will also serve as weather editor for ABC News.

Saved.(The Boom Boom Room)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... THE BOOM BOOM ROOM, the famous Laguna Beach, Calif., gay bar, from being shut down in September, after the new owner extended the watering hole's lease for 11 more months, August 17. The former owners, who still run the bar, will look for a new...

Resigned.(Illinois Family Institute appoints Peter Labarbera)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... PETER LaBARBERA, 44, as executive director of the far-right Illinois Family Institute, to relaunch the Naperville, Ill.-based group Americans for Truth, now to be focused exclusively on combating the "homosexual lobby," August 16. "Homosexual,...

By the numbers military discharges.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... The U.S. military discharged 742 gay people under "don't ask, don't tell" in fiscal year 2005, up from 668 in fiscal 2004. Several bases stand out for their marked increases: 2004 2005 Fort Campbell, Ky....

Friend or foe.(civil rights of sexual minorities)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... FRIEND The AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, which responded to a demonstration by "ex-gay" activists by stating, "For over three decades the consensus of the mental health community has been that homosexuality is not an illness and therefore...

Aussie bum: the 27-year-old Queensland "jackeroo" (Aussie for "cowboy") and former model made it to the final four on Australian Big Brother this summer, just months after surviving a vicious gay bashing.(REALITY TV CONTESTANT / David Graham)
September 26, 2006... When I was 19 I went to Sydney with my mates, and everywhere we went model agents came up and gave me their card. My mates said, "Look, this is an opportunity to do something and get off the farm." A week later I was in Italy doing the...

Rants & raves.(on gays)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... "God forbid [if Taylor Hicks were] gay, and all these people in Mississippi who voted for him are like, 'Oh, my God, I voted for a queer.'" --JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, talking about his mixed feelings about American Idol and its audience, in the...

Meet the bloggers / pink is the new blog.(Trent Vanegas)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... Name: Trent Vanegas Age: 32 Location: North Hollywood, Calif. URL: www.pinkisthenewblog.com Year launched: 2004 Visitors per month: "Around 4 million." Why you started: "I wanted to get into the habit of writing every day. I...

Wasting away: what's driving young gay men to starve, binge, and purge?(GENQ)
September 26, 2006... "I realized I had an eating disorders after I chipped my tooth while binge-eating," says Jamie Mattson, a 24-year-old gay Seattle man. "It was erosion of the enamel from throwing up two or three times a week for the past three years. I had to...

Young gay hero / Katherine McDonough.(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... Age: 21 Home: Bronx, N.Y. School: Emerson College in Boston; majoring in film and political communication Relationship status: With girlfriend, Angie Leadership roles: Served as president of EAGLE, Emerson's LGBT student...

Outspoken / Julius Berman.(GENQ)
September 26, 2006... I recently graduated from Deerfield Academy, a prestigious New England prep school, where I came out in the spring of my junior year. At this point I am finding it bewildering to turn back and survey the path I took. I came out to the 600...

The Advocate GENQ Poll.
September 26, 2006... Q: In what ways do you think gay culture contributes to eating disorders? In the August 15 issue we asked: Is it ever OK to have sex for pay? Results: Sure: 43% If it's to earn money for school: 5% Only if, it's a...

Sandra Oh.(Interview)
September 26, 2006... Oh, Sandra! She steals her scenes in Sideways and the show in Greys Anatomy. Emmy-nominated and a fixture in indie movies--see her this December in Thorn Fitzgerald's AIDS-related drama 3 Needles--Oh never fails to delight and surprise...

Targeted by death squads: an escalating campaign of "sexual cleansing" in Iraq has led to the executions of many gays and lesbians. Some have managed to flee. Those left behind hide from public view.(GAYS IN IRAQ)
September 26, 2006... "Every gay and lesbian here lives in fear, just pure fear, of being beaten or killed," says Ahmad, a 34-year-old gay man, via telephone from his home in Baghdad. "Homosexuality is seen here as imported from the West and as the work of the...

Saudis love "gay sex".(Google Inc.)(Brief article)
September 26, 2006... Who's really interested in gay sex? If the powerful search engine Google is any indication, Saudi Arabians are. According to the new Google Trends feature, which shows statistics for aggregated search information, the Middle Eastern kingdom,...

Life and death on the waiting list: states with drug waiting lists for low-income AIDS patients are getting some relief from the Bush administration's new prescription drug program.(HEALTH)
September 26, 2006... The letter David Woods received from the state of Kentucky in July contained some surprisingly good news. The 52-year-old AIDS patient, who has been HIV-positive for 16 years, was being taken off the waiting list for the Kentucky AIDS Drug...

On the wild side: Julian McMahon has no sexual hang-ups, and he's not afraid to say so.(Interview)
September 26, 2006... It's probably just a testament to his scalpel-sharp performance on TV's naughtiest drama, Nip/Tuck, but the idea of meeting Julian McMahon on a street corner in Hollywood without a chaperone, even in broad daylight, seems a bit dicey. He's more...

The best list: what the advocate will be watching this fall.
September 26, 2006... Best sitcom Ugly Betty (ABC, Thursdays at 8 P.M., premieres September 28) El Diablo Wore Prada? Adapted from a Colombian TV serial (Yo Soy Betty, la Fea), this much-buzzed-about comedy follows an ugly duckling, Betty Suarez (America...

Queens of the closet: middle-aged men who don't know they're gay are all the rage this season.(ABC's Help Me Help You, The Class )
September 26, 2006... It has been almost 30 years since Jodie Dallas sashayed out of the closet on the series premiere of Soap in 1977, and you'd think that the upcoming crop of primetime television offerings would feature more than just a few closeted fags begging...

Band of brothers: in October gay identical twins Jacob and Joshua will rock logo in a new reality series.(Reality TV)
September 26, 2006... Reality TV has produced many a gay icon, and the upcoming Logo reality series Jacob & Joshua: Nemesis Rising (premiering October 16) gives us two for the price of one. Jacob and Joshua Miller are gay identical twins attempting to establish...

Overhead and underrated: Andy LeMaster, front man for now it's overhead, is the new gay darling of indie rock.
September 26, 2006... Move over, Stephin Merritt. Step aside, Conor Oberst. It's time to anoint a new pinup boy for gay fans of indie rock. "I'm actually really happy to be talking to the gay press," laughs Andy LeMaster of the Athens, Ga.-based outfit Now It's...

Putting the "adult" in adultery: a gay couple's open relationship is put to the test in Christopher Bram's probing new novel, Exiles in America.(Interview)
September 26, 2006... Christopher Bram's latest novel, Exiles in America, is so compulsively readable it's easy to overlook its brimming wisdom. The story follows Zack and Daniel, a long-term openly nonmonogamous couple, and Daniel's fiery affair with a married...

Boost i835.
September 26, 2006... If an iPod feels like Stone Age tech to you, you're ready for the Boost i835 ($129). It's a phone that not only brings you MTV but also comes with an antimicrobial coating and the just-introduced ability to ID songs. Just hold the phone up to...

Kodak EasyShare V610.
September 26, 2006... How did they cram it all in? The Kodak EasyShare V610 ($450) has managed to pack two lenses--one with a 10x optical zoom-and built-in Bluetooth for wireless photo transfers into a body that's only 0.9 inches thick. Portable and powerful--we...