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Nbr. 2004, May 2004

A barb is a sharp implement: Jim David, one of the comics showcased on Comedy Central's new Out on the Edge, talks about surviving gorilla suits, mafiosi, and the nasty barbs on Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn.

Television

A beautiful eye: remembering superstar photographer Francesco Scavullo, who helped to define an era.

In memoriam - Brief Article

A bisexual mom comes out.

My perspective

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

A bishop's blessing.

Religion - J. Jon Bruno - Brief Article

A bright spot in Ohio.

Repeal - Brief Article

A call to arms.

My perspective

A call to arms.

First-Person

A champion retires: after nearly nine years of putting a human face on gay rights, Elizabeth Birch leaves HRC.

Politics - Human Rights Campaign

A chorus of growth.

Generation Q

A critical Eye.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

A cruise down: shark alley.

Sweat - Column

A dad's love.

First Person

A different kind of clubbing: from softball to bowling, sports clubs are bringing gays and lesbians together across the U.S.

Gays in Sports

A double feature for film buffs.

Video Recording Review - Brief Article

A family fight: will the battle for adoption rights get more difficult as same-sex marriage advances?

Adoption

A flexible inner peace: yoga helps gay men and lesbians stay fit and develop self-esteem. there are even classes for those who like to go naked.

Gay In Sports

A floundering amendment.

Politics - Colorado House of Representatives votes down Federal Marriage Amendment - Brief Article

A free speech lesson in Utah.

Education - T-shirt slogan suspension - Brief Article

A friendlier Bible.

Christianity - Brief Article

A gay Latino voice is silenced.

Activism - Brief Article

A gay old divorce: want the full rights of marriage? Get ready for the full cost of divorce: from $1,000 to $100,000 to ... well, the sky's the limit.

Money Talks

A gift for giving.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - Brief Article - Advertisement

A good fit.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

A home run against homophobia.

Behind the Headlines

A kick in the teeth.

Coastal disturbances

A little more conversation.

On social acceptance of gays and lesbians - Editorial

A long road to recognition.

Honduras - Brief Article

A magical musical about mum.

The Buzz - Brief Article

A majority leader comes out: Rhode Island legislator Gordon Fox decided to tell everyone why the battle for marriage equality in the Ocean State is personal.

Behind the Headlines - Interview - Biography

A makeover for the Fab 5?

Arts & Entertainment

A marriage bias? San Francisco news outlets sideline gay reporters who choose to get married.

Media

A maverick on gay marriage: former Massachusetts governor William Weld stands out in the Republican Party as a straight man arguing for same-sex marriage.

Behind the Headlines

A minister's vindication.

Church

A minority within a minority.

My perspective Mohammed Itani

A more radical identity.

Generation Q - Brief Article

A mother's pain and defiance: Sylvia Guerrero, mother of slain transgendered youth Gwen Araujo, faces the trial of her daughter's accused killers with anxious resolve.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

A new Paige.

The Buzz - Brief Article

A new woman in Rapid City: a South Dakota city councilman and Air Force veteran transitions to female, preparing for a new life in a conservative Midwestern town.

Politics - Biography

A night of remembrance.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions - Remember project '04 - Brief Article - Calendar

A nod to Ohio gay families.

Parenting - Brief Article

A one-man gay rights movement: Ruslan Sharipov, an openly gay journalist and dissident in Muslim Uzbekistan, gains international attention after his conviction under a Soviet-era sodomy law.

Human Rights

A phone call away: the only all-ages national help line for GLBT Americans is seeing an uptick in calls in the wake of George W. Bush's reelection.

Community

A pitch against the D.C. expos.

Nightlife - Brief Article

A place in the sun.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions - Zumanity - Brief Article

A portrait of pain: a movie about a gay teen artist's suicide is making a powerful mark--from high schools to Capitol Hill. Can it ease the harassment?

Activism

A powerful voice is silenced.

FannyAnn Eddy murdered - Brief Article

A revolution in the states: gay and lesbian candidates are campaigning for state-level offices like never before. And even where conservative attitudes dominate, they're finding it a friendly experience.

Campaign 2004

A road less ordinary: a new anthology of travel writing goes off the beaten path--and raises money for an even bigger literary endeavor.

Books - Raphael Kadushin - Interview

A star is scorned.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

A Tad naked.

The Buzz - Gorman's 2000 collection - Brief Article

A victory for students.

Education - Morgan Hill Unified School District - Brief Article

A way with words: Patty Griffin's powerful new CD reveals a singer-songwriter at the height of her craft.

Impossible Dream - Sound Recording Review

Absinthe minded.

Orientation - Liqueurs - Brief Article

Across the Nation.

Brief Article

Across the Nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - News on gay and lesbian rights, incidences of homophobia, United States - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Advocate Report - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation

Across the nation.

The Nation - Gay and lesbian rights - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Advocate Report - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Permanent Partners Immigration Act - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Advocate Report

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Across the nation.

The Nation - Brief Article

Activism and furniture.

Community - Brief Article

Activism at the jewelry counter.

Generation Q - Brief Article - Column

Adam Woest and Trevor Theys, to nine consecutive life terms each for the 2003 massacre of nine men.

Sentenced - Brief Article

Adopted by bears: filming Bear Cub, a movie set in Spain's gay bear culture, was an eye-opener for hunky straight actor Jose Luis Garcia-Perez.

Film - Movie Review

Advocate.com.

Against the odds: My partner and I have decided to fight for my children--whatever it takes.

Custody - Column

Aged to perfection: at age 55, marketing executive Rick Dinihanian is Playgirl's latest openly gay cover man--proving that sex appeal comes at all ages.

Culture - Biography

Ageless ambiguity: Morrissey's back with a new album, and longtime British fan and biographer Mark Simpson still wants him.

Saint Morrissey - You Are the Quarry - Book Review - Sound Recording Review

Ahead of their class: high school students across the nation are not just coming out in big numbers; they're competing for traditional leadership roles.

AIDS redux.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Aimee Gelnaw.

Resigned - Brief Article

Airing out Foot Locker.

Employment - Brief Article

Alanis sings Cole.

The Buzz - Alanis Morissette - Cole Porter - Brief Article

Alexander the straight.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Alexan-dreck: Oliver Stone's Alexander may be bi-inclusive, but it's still a staggering disaster.

Film review - Movie Review

Al-Fatiha.

Honored

All Bettes are off: Bette Midler has been adored by gay audiences for her entire career. So why is she so wishy-washy about supporting same-sex marriage?

People - Interview

All gays on deck!(Advocate Travel)

All heart: Catie Curtis is anything but coy with her emotions on her latest CD.

'Dreaming in Romance Languages' - Sound Recording Review

All the queen's madmen: the two comedians behind Little Britain create a wide range of wacko characters, including 'the only gay in the village'.

Matt Lucas, David Walliams - Television Program Review

'All the requirements of marriage': a Long Island man continues his fight to have his Vermont civil union recognized in New York two years after his partner died in a hospital.

Behind the Headlines

All-American Fran: in a comprehensive ad campaign, Fran Drescher and the ACLU speak out on same-sex marriage.

Culture - American Civil Liberties Union

Allies on the right Republican leaders are telling their rank and file not to support gay marriage. Is anyone listening?

Marriage

Almost positive: X-Men star James Marsden talks about being taken hostage by Scott Speedman in the HIV drama The 24th Day.

Film - Interview

Alp wanted!(Charted Territory)

America's first top model: more outrageous truths from once-and-forever supermodel Janice Dickinson.

'Everything about Me Is Fake... and I'm Perfect!' - Brief Article - Book Review

Amsterdam: this proud enclave of liberalism holds its own into the 21st century.

Our Towns

An eye on the House: Brett Wagner wants to become part of a new generation of openly gay congresspeople, but he's chosen a difficult route to get there.

Campaign 2004: the road to congress - Biography

An immaculate infection: being prepared for an emergency is crucial--especially when 'lesbian' is a foreign concept to your doctor.

++Health

An unmannerly pre-Election Day splenetic.

Commentary

And the award for 'Best Performance by a Fund-raiser' goes to ...'.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events + promotions - Academy of Friends Gala - Brief Article

Andersonville, Ga.

First Person - Advocate.com

Angels for gay inmates: thanks to two straight deputies, gay inmates in the L.A. County jail have a chance to get an education and learn how to stay out of prison.

Society

Anger, yes. Despair, no: the election. We all thought it would be resolved over the issue of the war. And it was. But not simply by the war against terror. By the war against gay couples. Karl Rove stealthily sowed fear and paranoia among rural, evangelical voters in states like Ohio and put his man over the top.

Against the current

Annoyance, straight up.

Postcards - Letter to the Editor

Another gay filmmaker, another NC-17.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Another killing in Alabama.

Crime - Brief Article

Another risk for breast cancer.

Research - Brief Article

Anyone for cheesecake?.

The Buzz - The Ballad of Bettie Page - Brief Article

Appointed.

Transitions - Daniel Hooper, Jennifer Mason, Jay Weisner - Brief Article

Appointed.

Transitions - The Point Foundation - Brief Article

Are gay priests to blame? David France, who wrote the definitive investigation of the Catholic Church's sex scandal, argues that the Vatican's homophobia drove many gay priests to abuse youths.

Books

Arianna gets her game on: Arianna Huffington talks about her blistering new book, Fanatics & Fools, regime change in Washington, and advancing gay rights in America.

Hot reads - Interview

Art apart: set your mind free with images that are beautiful, challenging, and gay.

Art listings - Brief Article

Art you can dance to: the wild, weird sounds of Tracy + the Plastics are fit for both booty shakers and performance art fans.

Brief Article

Asia's battle for pink dollars.

Singapore - Brief Article

Aspirin vs. breast cancer.

Research - Brief Article

Assessing Kerry.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Athens exposed.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors - The Olympics in ancient Greece - Brief Article

Athletes talk about Gay Games V.

August 18, 1998

Aunties and uncles.

My perspective - Family

Awarded.

Transitions - Brief Article

Babylon in San Francisco: Beach Blanket Babylon is one of the longest-running attractions of the City by the Bay. But is it gay? Well, thereon hangs a tale.

Theater

Back to the Stone age: Angie Stone says she loves her gay fans--and we'll love dancing to her new CD.

Music - Brief Article

'Bad wurds' in Louisiana: a lesbian mom faces a defiant school board after her young son is punished for telling his classmates that she is gay.

Behind the Headlines

Baldwin's new battle: Capitol Hill's only openly lesbian lawmaker preps for a tough reelection. If only she knew who she was running against.

The Road To Congress - Tammy Baldwin - Interview - Biography

Banking made easy: Washington Mutual.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - Advertisement

Baptists to skip school.

Far Right - Public school diversity opposed - Brief Article

Barbara Boxer.

Honored - Brief Article

Bare truth: as Bare: a Pop Opera storms off-Broadway, the musical's creators tell how their own lives inspired their passionate cult hit about two Catholic boys in love.

Stage

Barred from the games.

My perspective

Bartending and the priesthood.

Generation Q - Brief Article

Bathe together and stay together.

Retail - Baudelaire sales promotion - Brief Article

Battle in the Bay State.

Election - Brief Article

Battling black gay apathy in church.

Religion - Brief Article

Bear or straight?

Culture

Bearly there.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

'Beautiful,' damn it: the Linda Perry-penned Christina Aguilera hit--not to mention the sexy video--was the great queer anthem of 2003.

Music

Beautiful music.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Because advocates are sexy.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - Brief Article - Advertisement

Becoming a Visible Man.

Book - Brief Article - Book Review

Becoming her mother: Lisa Kron's new show reaffirms her gift for turning family drama into universal comedy.

Theater

Bella Maffia: Nip/Tuck's Roma Maffia takes center stage with a harrowing pregnancy for her lesbian character, Liz Cruz.

TV

Beloved taskmaster: a new biography recalls the masterful choreography--and difficult personality--of Jerome Robbins.

Book Review

Berlin screen sensations.

The Buzz - Awards for gay-themed films - Brief Article

Bet on black: how Hollywood's off-center icon Karen Black wound up singing on the set of the new gay independent film Gypsy 83.

Film - Interview - Biography

Better health care through marriage.

Benefits - Statistics on medically uninsured gays and lesbians - Brief Article

Better luck next time: promising openly gay and lesbian candidates across the country fell by the wayside in 2004. Surprisingly, their sexuality was not an issue with voters.

The Road To Congress

Beyond marriage.

Reader forum

Bianca and baby.

The Buzz

Big flu season alarming.

HIV/AIDS - Brief Article

Big gay following: .

New Feature - Interview of Jennifer Coolidge - Interview

Big gay following: new feature: .

Arts & entertainment - Interview of Jon Stewart - Interview

Big gay following: Tyra Banks: the host of America's Next Top Model provides sassy answers to silly questions.

New Feature - Brief Article - Interview

Big gay following: Wanda Sykes.

Arts & entertainment - Interview - Comedian - Interview

Bigmouth strikes again: Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart seems to be channeling the exquisite angst of Morrissey on the group's new CD.

Bill & Al's excellent adventure: out Oscar winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) talks about taking on Alfred Kinsey, bisexual icon of the sexual revolution, in a a new film.

Film - Interview

Bill Brochtrup's shady TV date.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Bisexual pride.

Reader forum - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor

Bitter breakup.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Bittersweet victory post 9/11.

Benefits - Compensation award - Brief Article

Black and white and dull all over: interracial sex is taboo in Proteus, but the storytelling fails to arouse.

Movie Review

Blog from the future: what follows are excerpts from the recently discover ed blogs of Adrian Blue, a young actor-writer-director-waiter caught in the midst of World War IV in 2008. These items remained in Adrian's 'mail to be sent' box until his body was found, PDA in hand, his Starbucks.com e-mail account still active.

Final cut

Bloggers get active: from BlogActive's powerful outing campaign to diary entries that build fan bases, the voices of gay bloggers are louder than ever.

Gay Cyber Revolution - BlogActive.com

Bloody crystal.

Coastal disturbances - Crystal meth

Boo! We're gay!(notes from a blond) (Halloween celebrations)

Book ban stopped.

Education - The Solon - Gay themed books - Brief Article

Book of Days: what can readers expect from Latter Days, the book? Author T. Fabris gives a quick preview.

Books - Brief Article

Bordering on equality: as Maine recognizes domestic partnerships, Virginia bans them. What happens next?

Legislation - Brief Article

Bourne's supremacy: exclusive: the outrageously entertaining choreographer who brought man-man love to Swan Lake talks about coming to America with his new Nutcracker!(dance) (Interview)

Boys II men: official navy photos from World War II capture an innocent intimacy bordering on homoeroticism.

Military - At Ease: Navy Men of World War II - Brief Article

Bravehearts: the real gay McCoys in Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh are true.

Cover Story

Brazil's other hot spot.

Advocate Travel

Breathtaking Brazil: Brazilian-born photographer Marcelo Krasilcic returns to both the far and familiar reaches of his native country to capture the magnificient landscapes of South America's most gay-friendly coast.

Brief Article

Bridget's new jones.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Bridging the schism.

Episcopal Church - Brief Article

Bridging two worlds.

My perspective - Column

Bright & brassy: legendary actor-author-wit Stephen Fry makes his screen directorial debut with Bright Young Things.

Film - Interview

Bringing equality to Ireland: prime minister Ahern says gays couples deserve greater rights.

Europe - Brief Article

Bringing marriage Down Under.

Australia - Same-sex marriage - Brief Article

Bringing marriage to New Mexico: Republican county clerk Victoria Dunlap will be out of a job in January, but until then she'll fight for the rights of same-sex couples.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Bringing the world to Israel: having established a gay pride celebration in Jerusalem, Hagai El-Ad is now looking to 2005, when WorldPride will come to his city.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Bringing trans care into the fold.

Health Care - Brief Article

Broadway bares all: PBS's six-hour documentary on the Great White Way is more than just another op'nin', another show.

Public Broadcasting Service - Television Program Review

Brother bare: Son Frere director Patrice Chereau may be the coolest queer filmmaker you've never heard of.

Brothers to the max: Brother to Brother star Anthony Mackie talks about how he and the film's gay director pushed it to the limits.

Film - Movie Review

Buddhist eye.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Bugged by pretty ads.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Bullish on bears.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Bundling beauties.

Winter Radar - Brief Article

Bush vs. Kerry, day by day.

Election 2004

Bush's activist judge.

Far Right - George W. Bush - Brief Article

Bush's betrayal: by welcoming gay and lesbian Republicans into the party, George W. Bush earned 1 million gay votes in 2000. Four years later, many of even the most faithful gay Republicans have deserted him.

Politics

Bushwhacked again: gay Americans face an uphill battle during the next four years under George W. Bush. They are trying to keep a sense of optimism.

Campaign 2004

Bush-whacked down under.

Australia - George W. Bush - Brief Article

Bye, bi?

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Caged heat: the Producers' hilarious Gary Beach gets his name above the title in La Cage aux Folles.

Theater - Gary Beach

California loses an adversary.

Obituary - William J. Knight - Brief Article - Obituary

Call me the irreverend.

Don't get me started - Same-sex marriage

Calling classy couples.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - ROmanCE Voyages - Brief Article - Advertisement

Can Mass. dodge marriage?

Legislation - Equal marriage rights - Brief Article

Candidates for marriage: only three major Democratic candidates for president support full marriage rights for same-sex couples: Dennis Kucinich, Carole Moseley Braun, and Al Sharpton. So why don't more gay voters support them?

Campaign 2004

Capital crimes.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Caribbean calm.

Advocate Travel

Caribbean killing.

Jamaica - Brian Williamson - Brief Article

Carried away.

Fall Radar - Brief Article

Carry on, Cary Grant.

Notes from a blond

Causing effects: meet the gay and lesbian digital artists behind Hollywood's splashiest special effects.

Hollywood Issue

Cautious victory.

Employment - Cirque du Soleil - Brief Article

Censoring history: the National Park Service has reportedly reversed a decision to edit gay images out of a Lincoln Memorial video. But history may still be altered.

Politics

Chad Allen and two 20-somethings in an SUV take on Costa Rica.

Challenging masculinity: a rise in male-on-male sexual harassment in the workplace is more about homophobia than sexual favors.

At Issue

Changing history: the Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas took many people by surprise--but those who had been fighting antigay sodomy laws nationwide knew the landmark ruling was years in the making.

Courts

Changing young minds.

High School Diary - Donny Coram rights his comments in Advocate.com - Brief Article

Cherry's a Village person.

The Buzz - Cherry Jones - Brief Article

Chicago's lesbian leader: Deborah Mell is trying to convince Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to support same-sex marriage--after all, he is her brother-in-law.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Childless and happy.

My perspective

China waking up to a pandemic.

HIV/AIDS - Brief Article

China's gay cultural revolution.

Choosing the lesser evil.

Generation Q - Presidential candidates - Brief Article

Chrissy on marriage.

Q & A

Cirque pays out.

HIV/AIDS - Cirque du Soleil - Brief Article

Civil marriage, civil rights.

Broadside

Civil unions come to New Zealand: Chris Carter has fought long and hard to make his country the first in the Southern Hemisphere to provide full rights to same-sex couples.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Civil unions: the radical choice.

Left hook

Cleaner waters: April 24, 1990.

From the Advocate - Brief Article

Climbing on top: Sydney's Harbour Bridge offers the best--and scariest--vacation workout for viewing the Australian metropolis.

Sweat

Clive's biz adventure: super author Clive Barker expands his yarn about one plucky girl named Candy and her exploits in a fantasy universe.

Book - Book Review

Close the curtain and smile: in a new book, Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction uses photo-booth strips to chronicle a strange year.

Don't Try This at Home

Closeted in the capital: they're powerful, Republican, and gay. Will the marriage battle finally get them to come out to their bosses?

Politics

Clothes not optional.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Coaxing young gays to the polls: a new kind of gay-straight alliance hopes to get young voters involved in the 2004 presidential race.

Politics

Coffee talk.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Colin Farrell bi and bi: the star of Alexander and A Home at the End of the World talks about playing bisexual two films in a row.

Film - Interview - Cover Story

Come the evolution.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Comeuppance for the scouts.

Litigation

Comic book heroes: queer comics creators and their fans will make the scene at San Diego's world-renowned Comic-Con International.

Culture

Coming on The L Word.

Don't get me started

Coming out ... as straight.

First Person - Allison Burnett - Brief Article

Coming out and facing danger.

Hate Crime - Brief Article

Coming out before God: minister Beth Stroud worked up the courage to come out in her flock. Now featured in a PBS documentary, she may face a trial to determine her future as a pastor.

Religion - Interview

Coming out in the colonies: how would being gay play in the 17th-century village re-created for PBS's Colonial House? Two men found out. An Advocate exclusive.

Television - Jonathon Allen - Craig Tuminaro - Interview

Coming out of WWII: researchers are rushing to record the stories of gay and lesbian World War II veterans before it's too late.

Military

Coming out, with U-Haul.

First Person

Coming soon: the good and the Bad.

The buzz - Cannes Film Festival - Brief Article

Common ground.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Congressman Studds comes out: September 15, 1983.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article

Conspiracy theory.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Conventional warfare.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Coors image still teetering.

Activism - Brief Article

Correction.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Correction.

Correction Notice

Correction.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Correction.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Correction.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Correction.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Correction.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Correction.

Postcards - Correction Notice

Corrections.

Correction Notice

Corrections.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Corrections.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Corrections.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Corrections.

Reader forum - Correction Notice

Counting on black media.

Activism - National Black Justice Coalition - Brief Article

Counting on Florida: Jim Stork could become the next openly gay man elected to Congress, but while campaigning in his conservative district he's careful about touting that fact.

Campaign 2004: the road to Congress - Biography

Coupled gays a worthy target.

Marketing - Brief Article

Courting discrimination: the 2003 Supreme Court ruling that demolished sodomy laws has yet to provide a boost for gay rights at the local level.

Courts

Courts closed? Congress wants to prevent judges from ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. But is that constitutional?

Judiciary - The marriage protection act

Cover girls: Lesbians on Ecstasy creates joyous and outlandish riffs on dyke classics.

Concert - Concert Review

Criminal clergy? Universalist minister Kay Greenleaf is facing criminal charges for marrying same-sex couples, but that hasn't slowed her down.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Crossing party lines.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Cruising ... for books.

Notes from a blond - Column

Cruising with Tarzan.

Advocate Travel

Crystal's destructive path: gay men continue to be systematically ravaged by the deadly drug as officials try to stop an epidemic.

Health

CSI, but not g-a-y.

The Buzz - Crime Scene Investigation - Brief Article

Culture clunk: the Stendhal Syndrome artlessly revives two Terrence McNally playlets about our reaction to art.

Cumming up roses.

The Buzz - Alan Cumming - New perfumes - Brief Article

Cusick's stand.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Cutting Colin: as A Home at the End of the World hits the screen, the filmmakers talk about slimming down the novel--and axing Colin Farrell's nude scene.

Film - Director Michael Mayer, author Michael Cunningham - Interview

Cyber center stage: David Bohnett turns his Internet success story into critical support for local GLBT Internet access and other causes.

Gay Cyber Revolution - David Bohnett Foundation - Brief Article

Daddy doubts.

First Person

Daddy's boy.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Dad's coming-out.

First Person - Www.advocate.com - Brief Article

Dakhla Oasis, Egypt, 1993.

Souvenir - Brief Article

Dallas gets a lesbian sheriff.

Law Enforcement - Brief Article

Dance fever.

The Buzz - MTV Movie Awards omits Eric Allan Kramer - Brief Article

Dance music dos & don'ts: it's White Party season, and you want music that will make you shake it, Four Advocate music critics offer their picks for must-buy and must-avoid dance music collections.

Danger on the right: former conservative journalist and current media watchdog David Brock talks about his new book documenting the right wing's grip on the airwaves.

Books - Interview

Danny and Paul: blurred no more.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Dark comedy, bright tunes.

The Buzz

Darrell David Rice, 36, a man once charged but later exonerated in the 1996 slayings of a lesbian couple in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park.

Indicted - Brief Article

David Pasquarelli.

Died - AIDS activist, San Francisco, California - Brief Article - Obituary

David vs. Goliath.

Summer Reading - Brief Article

Dead poets' society: three great gay poets live again on spoken-word CDs that let you read along.

The Voice of the Poet: Allen Ginsberg - The Voice of the Poet: W.H. Auden - The Voice of the Poet: Frank O'Hara - Audiobook Review

Dead presidents: one of Stephen Sondheim's darkest visions, Assassins is powerful and timely stuff, even in an uneven new production.

Theater Review

Dealing with the big 'D': I've been battling my depression for two years. Here's what you can learn from my struggle.

++ Health - Column

Dear Governor McGreevey ...

Minority retort

Dear Mary.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Dear Republican friends ...

Coastal disturbances

Debating censorship.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Debunking Darwin.

Evolution - Homosexuality - Brief Article

Defending his life.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Defending Ms. Behavior.

Media - Brief Article

Defending the rainbow.

Generation Q - Flag cermony - Brief Article

Degrees of safety.

Syphilis - Brief Article

Demarco McCullum.

Executed - Brief Article

Dennis Triglia, the Libertarian candidate for the Hawaii state legislature from the Big Island.

Married - Brief Article

Deputy short shorts: Tom Lennon shows a lot of leg--and wit--on Comedy Central's hilarious Reno 911!(television) (Television Program Review)

Der Fuhrer on the down low.

Notes from a blond - Adolph Hitler

Desert oasis.

Reader forum

Desperate but not serious: out creator Marc Cherry dishes Desperate Housewives, one of the new season's most eagerly awaited shows.

Fall Television Preview - Interview

Died.

Transitions - Thom Gunn - Joy Rosenblatt - Scott Stewart - Brief Article - Obituary

Died.

Transitions - Leroy S. Walker - Brief Article - Obituary

Died.

Transitions - Obituary

Died.

Transitions - Brief Article

Died.

Transitions - Obituary

Died.

Transitions - Brief Article

Died.

Transition - Brief Article

Died.

Transitions - James E. Barnett - King Thackston - Raymond Vino - Brief Article - Obituary

Died.

Transitions - Brief Article

Died.

Transitions - Brief Article

Digging out of debt: for gay people, especially 20-somethings, getting ahead financially can be painful. Here are three first steps.

Money Talks

Dirty pillow talk: Justin Jorgensen's Obscene Interiors explores what's really disgusting about Web porn--people's furniture.

Books - Interview

Display of affection: a major Warhol exhibit shows off the private collection of the artist's onetime boyfriend.

Art

Disturbing studies.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Diversifying Wall Street.

Finance - PlanetOut - Brief Article

Divine David: Michaelangelo's most famous sculpture has been adored for exactly 500 years.

Familiar faces

Dixie mystery: a best-selling author tells the true story of Charleston socialite Dawn Simmons, whose transition from male to female was just one of her adventures.

Doctor dread.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Doctor phobia: even though they're out to family and friends, many gays and lesbians still fear coming out in their doctors' offices. As a result, they're not getting the best care.

++Health

Documenting the truth.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Dodging the altar: gay men and lesbians aren't exactly rushing to marry in Canada. Why marriage equality isn't such a big deal up north.

Marriage

Does my mom hate me?

My perspective - Gay son

Does teen pride save lives?

Research - Brief Article

Doing it for the money.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Doing unto others: it's the holidays, which means you've got too many gifts to buy for too many special people in your life. But we've got ideas for you--yes, we do--ranging from the geeky to the generous.

Holiday gift guide - Buyers Guide

DOMA's unlikely victims: a Washington State lesbian couple's bankruptcy was the catalyst for an all-out battle over the federal gay marriage ban.

At Issue

Domestic argument: while some call for moderation after November 2, advocates for marriage equality aren't backing off.

At Issue

Donald Aldrich.

Executed - Brief Article

Don't tread on us: in the 11 states that added marriage discrimination to their constitutions on November 2, gay and lesbian residents are taking stock. Here they share their stories of how the new laws will affect their lives.

Campaign 2004

Down 'n' dishy: Mario Cantone's howlingly funny one-man show is the gayest ticket on Broadway.

Theater Review

Dressed for excess: with Boy George playing performance artist Leigh Bowery, Taboo gave us the year's gayest costumes.

Theater

Driver's ed.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Driving sales: car companies find success advertising to gay consumers and supporting groups that work for equality.

The driver's seat

Ducking the issue.

Reader forum - J.L. King raises the ire of readers when he says 'gay is white' - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor

Dude looks like a lady: TBS's reality show He's a Lady will put 11 brawny straight guys in touch with their feminine sides.

Television

Dueling gay games in 2006: Chicago is the new chosen city for Gay Games 2006, while Montreal will offer a competing event. Can either break the Games' financial curse?

Dyke rock diehards: the Butchies mix a raw sound with life-affirming lyrics on their polished but raucous new CD.

'Make Yr Life' - Sound Recording Review

East African Eden?

Orientation - Emerson & Green Hotel - Travel destination for gays - Brief Article

Elected.

Transitions - John Frederick - Brief Article

Enemies of the states: as part of a national right-wing get-out-the-vote effort, an unprecedented number of state-level marriage bans will go before voters on November 2 and are expected to pass. Are we losing the battle for equality?

Campaign 2004

English transition: British artist Anya Gallaccio lives in her native England because it allows her to be with her American partner. But that's not where she'd choose to be.

Equal marriage, equal treatment.

Benefits - Brief Article

Equality by boycott.

Economy - Brief Article

Equality in the window.

The Nation - Kenneth Cole display - Brief Article

Equality through Barbie.

Lawsuit - Lesbian student wins discrimination case, Queens, New York - Brief Article

Erasing gay patients.

Politics - Gays conspicuously absent from federal government's National Healthcare Disparities Report - Brief Article

European unions.

Marriage

Evan Wolfson.

Honored - By Family Pride Coalition - Brief Article

Everything fans want: Want Two feels a bit like Rufus Wainwright vamping until his next album--but the enclosed concert DVD is a must for devotees of the out troubadour.

Sound Recording Review

Everything your kids want to know about sex ...

Books - Brief Article

Everything's coming out Rosie: pro golfer Rosie Jones is coming out, keeping her friends, gaining endorsements, and playing her best.

Sports - Interview - Biography

Everywhere man: sexually, spiritually, and politically, Christopher Isherwood lived his life to the limits--a gay hero for our time.

Book Review

Excited about Everett: January 20, 1998.

From the Advocate Archives - Rupert Everett - Brief Article

Exporting homophobia.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Extra fry.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Fab four.

The Buzz - Trading Spaces - Brief Article

'Faggot' phobia.

Arts & entertainment

'Faggots' victorious.

Commentary

Fahrenheit x 2.

Faisal Alam, as director and president at the board for the gay Muslim group Al-Fatiha Foundation.

Resigned - Brief Article

Fall films with settings you can simply fall into.

On Location - Brief Article

False home testing.

HIV/AIDS - Home test kits - Brief Article

Falwell's new windfall.

Far Right - Jerry Falwell - Faith and Values Coalition - Brief Article

Family affair.

Silver Screen - Brief Article

Family crisis.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Family feud.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Family in Florence.

Postcards - Letter to the Editor

Family reunion.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Fantasia 2004: the newest American Idol talks about gay fans and family, her new CD, and being a single mom.

Music - Interview

Fashion bashin': Vice magazine's take-no prisoners fashion guide is universally offensive and very funny.

Book Review

Fashionable after 40.

Funny Uncle

Father figure.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Fight for your rights & have fun!(The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions) (Advertisement)

Fighting for our pride: what does Stonewall mean to us now? Plenty, and it's all in this book, says a postmodern West Coaster.

Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution - Book Review

Final notice: Heather Lewis's Notice--actually her second novel--is published two years after her suicide.

Book Review

Finding asylum: after he was arrested for sodomy and tortured in Uzbekistan, bisexual reporter Ruslan Sharipov escaped to the United States.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Finding the accordionist.

Editor's letter - Editorial

Finely aged Indigo: the Indigo Girls return to their vintage sound--while keeping it fresh--on their terrific new CD.

Firelands.

Book - Book Review

First Church of Christ.

Separated - Gay rights support - Brief Article

First-class sass.

Goods To Go

Fit for a queen.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to Events+ Promotions - Crown Royal Master Blender, whiskey - Brief Article

Five alive: with her own new live album climbing the charts, jazz virtuoso Patricia Barber tells us about the live recordings she loves best.

Music - Interview

Flashback in Africa.

First Person

Florida backpedals on gay fathers.

Parenting - Brief Article

Flying high: Five Flights is breathless fun--and bravura art too.

Theater Review

For better, for worse, for us.

My perspective - California state senator shares her thoughts on same sex marriage - Column

For kids.

Molly's Family - King & King & Family - The Boy Who Cried Fabulous - Brief Article - Children's Review - Book Review

For moms and dads.

Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is - Gay Men Choosing Parenthood - Brief Article - Book Review

For the love of Franz Ferdinand.

The Buzz - Brief Article

For the love of Pat.

R family - Short Story

Forced marriage?

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Foreign flagging.

Orientation

Foreman fed up.

Activism - Brief Article

Forever.

R family - Same-sex marriage

Forever Florence: Felice Picano rekindles the forbidden passion and unmatched glory of Tuscany's perpetually blooming flower.

Frank talk equals better health.

Health Care - Lesbians - Brief Article

French flop: the always-stunning Catherine Deneuve can't save this limp and unnecessary retread of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

From Gollum to Gotham: actor Andy Serkis trades middle-earth for Midtown as Jennifer Garner's gay boss in the comedy 13 Going on 30.

Film - Interview - Biography

From outlaws to in-laws: San Francisco is still a city that takes its sex seriously ... even if the outlaw fringe now seems like more of a them park than a dedicated way of life.

Notes from a blond

From Philly to France.

Advocate Travel - Brief Article

From queer to eternity: comics master Alan Moore tackles the history of homosexuality in the epic poem The Mirror of Love.

Books - Book Review

Frontier wedding: a photograph survives the years to bear witness to the love of a cowboy and his two-spirit bride.

Art - Brief Article

Full court press: George W. Bush has a very clear position on what makes good judges--and it's not a willingness to advance gay equality.

Politics

Full disclosure.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Full equality?

Reader forum - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor

Fun and Games?

Reader forum

Fun city.

Bookmark

Fun in the sun.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions - Winter Party Festival - Brief Article - Calendar

Fun with Dick and George.

Dick Cheney - George W. Bush - Brief Article

Future tense.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Garden state of bliss: while awaiting a decision on same-sex marriage from its highest court, New Jersey passes a landmark statewide domestic-partnership law.

At Issue - Brief Article

Garofalo sounds off.

Q&A

Gavin's gay gamble: Mayor Gavin Newsom makes San Francisco a mecca for gay marriage. What was this straight guy thinking?

Gay Anglicans hurt too.

Religion - Brief Article

Gay couple vs. the IRS.

News Feature - Brief Article

Gay employees get lost.

Government

Gay guide to the Oscars: this year's race looks as straight as can be, but there's queerness if you dig for it.

Hollywood Issue

Gay in every classroom.

Education - Brief Article

Gay in the day of LBJ: NBC's 1965-set American Dreams explores the life of its gay character.

Fall Television Preview - Television Program Review

Gay in the Navy: openly gay troops who fought in the Iraqi war say they were accepted in their units. They wonder why the U.S. still has 'don't ask, don't tell'.

Military

Gay in the White House.

The Buzz - West Wing - Brief Article

Gay, lez, Bai.

The Buzz - Bai Ling - Brief Article - Interview

Gay libelous no more? A federal judge has ruled that being thought to be gay can no longer be considered a bad thing.

Courts - Nancy Gertner

Gay male testosterone drop.

Aging - Brief Article

Gay man's best friend.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Gay marriage A-OK with divorce lawyers.

Law - Brief Article

Gay marriage goes mainstream: November 30, 1993.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article

Gay marriage Inc.: fledgling companies are cashing in on gay and lesbian couples before and after they walk down the aisle.

Marriage

Gay marriages in limbo: couples wed in Oregon and California and waiting to marry in Massachusetts anxiously await the next step: full equality.

Marriage

Gay marriage's secret weapons: local politicians, like New Paltz, N.Y., mayor Jason West, are the most effective activists for marriage equality.

Marriage

Gay men on the pill.

Against the current - Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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

Gay prisoners face tough conditions; August 4, 1971.

Form the Advocate Archives

Gay rights go national: November 7, 1973.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article

Gay, straight, man, woman: now on DOVD: the creator of Queer as Folk brings us Bob & Rose, about a gay man who falls in love with the last person he would have expected.

Television Program Review

Gay style boosts straight spending.

Retail - Brief Article

Gay? Trans? Whatever.

Publishing - Lambda Literary Foundation removes book about transsexuals from its list of award finalists following protests by transgender activists - Brief Article

Gay TV 2003 instructions.

Television

Gay wedding bells for ABC? Set in Massachusetts, the sitcom It's All Relative could be network TV's first series with legally married gay characters--if the network pops the question.

Life After Gay Marriage

Gay youth onstage.

Generation Q - Brief Article

Gays and lesbians win big at the polls.

Election - Brief Article

Gays and the church: September 1, 1993.

From the Advocate Archives

Gays get their due at Yale.

History - Brief Article

Gay-straight alliance.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Gender killers.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Gender truths.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

General impressions.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

General's orders: exclusive interview: retired four-star general Wesley Clark thinks 'don't ask, don't tell' needs to go and same-sex unions are here to stay. Can these pro-gay positions win him voters' support--and the Democratic presidential nomination?

Campaign 2004 - Interview - Cover Story

Generation quiet.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Gentrification and homopbobia: August 7, 1980.

From the Advocate

Get a room! The Out Traveler revved up five gay-centric hotel booking engines to see how well they perform.

Site Seeing - Brief Article

Get thee to a theater.

Stage - Calendar

Get wired: watch season 1 on DVD and you may find yourself fatally addicted to HBO's The Wire.

Television series - Television Program Review

Get your career on track.

Let's Get To Work

Getting blue.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors - Advertisement

Getting her wings.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Getting the in-laws covered.

Postcards - Letter to the Editor

Gifts with a purpose.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions

Girl meets boy: while gorgeous James was turning heads, best friend Andra was the mother figure who drew the heat. Here's her side of the story.

Television

Girl meets boys: Fox tests one woman's gaydar on the guess-who's-not-gay dating show Playing It Straight.

Television

Giuliani supports the gays--sort of: June 28,1994.

From the Advocate Archives - Editorial

Glam? Thank you, ma'am: gender blenders Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Toilet Boys return with new releases.

Sound Recording Review

Glimmers of hope: the election of pro-gay lawmakers ends the threat of a backlash in Massachusetts.

At Issue

Go junior! Go senior! Half-gay Danish dance duo Junior Senior continues to sweep America off its feet.

Music Hall Of Fame 2004 - Interview

Going public with gay.

Finance - Brief Article

Going solo against DOMA as one Florida lawyer challenges the federal marriage ban, some gays would like him to back off.

Lawsuit - Defense of Marriage Act - Ellis Rubin

Going where no two boys have gone before: on children's TV, Canadian drama Degrassi: The Next Generation boldly explores gay themes by having a major teen character come out--and fall in love with a classmate.

Television

Gold shines: out vocalist Ari Gold reaches for the top on his sassy and slick new CD.

Music review - Video Recording Review

Good lovin': recasting the '70s gay sexual revolution, beyond shame captures the yearning of young gay men for those good bad old days.

Book Review

Good news, bad news.

Time line 2003 - Gays - Calendar

Goodbye, Georgie Girl.

New Zealand

Gotta dance: out choreographer-actor Scott Grossman shines on top TV pageants, in films, and in Broadway shows. But first came ... football?

Television - Biography

Grace of Arcadia: Becky Wahlstrom on the ongoing curiosity about the sexuality of her Joan of Arcadia character, Grace Polk.

Fall Television Preview - Brief Article - Interview

Grandmothers on wheels.

Advocacy - Carrie Ross-Stone, Elisia Ross-Stone - Brief Article

Grave humor: championed by John Cameron Mitchell, Jonathan Caouette's crazy, confessional film Tarnation is moving gay and straight audiences to tears and laughter.

Film - Movie Review

Great gay ways: Andy Towle walks on the wilder side of 10 streets around the globe.

Perfect 10

Green Day dawns anew: Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong talks about the band's political and provocative new opus, American Idiot.

Music

Growing pains: a French high school jock deals with being forced out of the closet in You'll Get Over It.

Movie Review

Guys like Fred.

Last word - Coming out - Column

Hairy subject.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Hall of love and death: Michael C. Hall, the straight actor who so perfectly embodies the gay funeral director on HBO's Six Feet Under, talks frankly about internalized homophobia, sex on-camera, and what's next for David Fisher.

Interview - Cover Story - Biography

Han Ong returns: the queer Filipino literary phenomenon is back with a provocative new novel.

Books

Hanging with Antonio: Antonio Sabato Jr. tells all about putting his underwear model body back on the line as a mysterious gay seducer in the upcoming film Testosterone.

The sex issue - Interview - Cover Story

Happy? Go Lucky: Melissa Etheridge's joy over her love life shines through just about every track on her latest CD.

Harassment not protected.

Employment - Posting of antigay Bible quotes - Brief Article

Harry Taylor.

Died - Brief Article - Obituary

Hatred brings us together.

Generation Q - Gay and African American students - Brief Article

He don't hate me: Spike Lee gives his most revealing interview ever about homophobia, the down Low, queer bashing, gay parenting, and She Hate Me, his winning new lesbian comedy.

Film - Interview

Healing in her own hands: a decade ago, Meg Gaines received news that she had ovarian cancer. She beat the odds and is helping others face their fears.

Lesbians and cancer

Heart still burns; Larry Kramer's classic AIDS play The Normal Heart, revived in New York 20 years to the day after its opening, still cuts deep. A talk with leading men Raul Esparza and Billy Warlock.

Theater - Interview

Heather Headley comes home.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events + promotions - Brief Article

Heaven trumps gender equality.

Education - School board trustee refuses to follow state law protecting transgendered students, Westminster, California - Brief Article

Hedwig's altar itch.

The Buzz - Universal Life Church reverend John Cameron 'Hedwig' Mitchell coproduces benefit concert in support of gay marriage - Brief Article

Hell House of the stars: the freaky fundamentalist frightfest gets a production Hollywood will never forget.

Theater

Help for gay entrepreneurs.

Business - Brief Article

Her splendor: Gavin Lambert's page-turner of a biography captures the magic of Hollywood legend Natalie Wood.

Here to represent: Patrik-Ian Polk wondered why there was no TV show about black gay men. So he created one.

DVD - Interview

Herpes threat no less for lesbians.

Disease - Brief Article

He's delightful, he's delicious: De-Lovely's John Barrowman on singing Cole Porter and flashing his bum.

Music - Interview

Hiding among the Bushies: Barry Hayes took a job in Bush's reelection effort without mentioning he's gay. Turns out his coworkers needed no excuse to spew homophobia.

Politics

High on the Alps.

Advocate Travel

Hired.

Transitions - Brief Article

Hired.

Transitions - Appointment - Brief Article

His own Pulitzer: out playwright Doug Wright reflects on winning the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for his Broadway hit I Am My Own Wife.

Theater - Brief Article - Interview

Historical record.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Hit 'em with the truth.

Gay activism - Editorial

HIV and travel: the world may not be your oyster when you roam openly as HIV-positive.

Investigation

Hold the assimilation.

Last word

Hollywood's homophobia: March 26, 1991.

From the Advocate - Brief Article

Holy high school! Meet the out team behind teen Christian comedy Saved! in which star Jena Malone carries her gay boyfriend's baby.

Spotlight feature - Brian Dannelly - Michael Urban - Interview

Holy man.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Holy terror: Pedro Almodovar talks about Catholicism, the thrill of the 'prohibited,' and the Bad Education of an entire generation.

Film - Interview of Pedro Almodovar - Interview

Holy waters!(the Buzz) (A John Waters Christmas) (live show) (Brief Article)

Homomonument.

Amsterdam - Brief Article

Homophobic deity?

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Homosexuality no 'sin' in E.U.

Italy - Brief Article

Hong Kong: a queer world opens in the New York of Asia.

Honored.

Transitions - Tammy Baldwin, Mary Bonauto - Brief Article

Honored.

Transitions - Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell - Brief Article

Honored.

Transitions - Brief Article

Hope springs eternal.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events + promotions - Children's Hope Foundation - Brief Article

Hot reads.

Books - Bibliography

Hotels for gay visitors.

Travel - Brief Article

Hothead does Michigan: the comics' infamous 'homicidal lesbian terrorist' makes her stage debut at this summer's Michigan fest.

Theater - Hothead Paisan: The Musical, Act One

House rules.

Minority retort

How Chucky got lucky: what makes those monstrous Chucky flicks such fun? Credit out auteur Don Mancini and his divinely gay-adjacent leading lady, Jennifer Tilly.

Film - Seed of Chucky

How I came to Swoon.

First Person - Brief Article

How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater.

Book Review

How to be gay.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

How you can volunteer.

Marriage battlefield - Gay rights organizations - Brief Article

How you can volunteer.

Marriage battlefield - Same-sex marriage - Brief Article

How you can volunteer.

Marriage battlefield

How you can volunteer.

Marriage battlefield - DontAmend.com is a campaign aimed at stopping federal government's effort to ban same-sex marriage - Brief Article

How you can volunteer.

Marriage battlefield - National Gay and Lesbian Task Force - Freedom to Marry - Brief Article

'I love my job': the opportunity to succeed as openly gay and lesbian professionals gives these men and women high regard for their employers.

Careers - Biography

I want to be elected.

The Buzz - American Candidate - Brief Article

Iconic Nicole.

Reader forum - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor

Idol gossip.

Television

If they could see me now: the new season of High School Reunion features Daniel, who's out, proud, and up in the face of his Texas classmates.

Television

Imagining marriage.

Book Excerpt

In bad company.

Reader forum

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

In praise of eating out.

Movie Review

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

In the year 2054.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Including bisexuals.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

India's new lesbian fire: the gay-themed Girlfriend caused riots among Indian fundamentalists. So why don't queers like the film?

Culture

Indie rockin'.

Music

Inside Showgirls.

Hollywood

Inspiration and aspiration: behind The Normal Heart's still-powerful call to arms is an equally vibrant message about the dangers of letting pop culture define us.

Theater Review

Insurance for the unmarried.

Benefits - Brief Article

Insurance insecurity: gay men and lesbians are not only more likely to go without health insurance, they have their own unique set of problems that comes with the lack of proper care.

++Health

Invasion of the Queer Mongols?

Orientation: dispatches from the editors

Is gay life better in Europe? An openly antigay president wins his second term. Voters OK a dozen statewide marriage bans. Gays feeling unwanted in the USA may be looking for utopia overseas. Here's a reality check from gay Europeans themselves.

Is gay the new black?

Commentary

Is your travel insurance gay-friendly? Make it your policy to ask.

Travel Matters

Islamic Society of North America.

Withdrew

Islands for rent: be it a windswept Irish isle or a Caribbean secret getaway, you can rule your own fantasy island-for a price!(Dreams) (private island owners)

It hasn't gone away.

My perspective

It takes a fairy: Paul Rudnick's hilarious Valhalla explores gay men's historical imperative to make something pretty.

It takes a retirement village: gay men and lesbians are turning the idea of retirement on its head with their own homes away from homes.

Lifestyle

It's a wonderful life.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

It's all natural: biologist and transwoman Joan Roughgarden takes on Darwin and science's traditional view of sexuality.

Books - Interview

It's cooler in Canada.

Gay emigration

Jazz baby: to 26-year-old Shawn Ryan, life is a cabaret, and he's coming to one near you.

Music

Jennifer Russell.

Reader's Pick - 2001 VW NEW BEETLE - Brief Article

Jim Leach.

Honored - Brief Article

Jim McGreevey: crushed by the closet: for years the New Jersey governor hid that he's gay. Then he resigned amid a flurry of scandals. A behind-the-scenes look at how his double life clouded his judgment.

Cover Story

John Waters's Baltimore: see Maryland's greatest city through the eyes of the king of bad taste.

People Who Travel - Column

Judging McGreevey: will the public see New Jersey governor James McGreevey's dramatic coming-out as the reason he needs to resign?

Coming Out

June 24, 1986: the gay struggle with drugs.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article

Just for fun.

Holiday gift guide - Buyers Guide

Just how far will Logo go? As MTV chief Tom Freston launches the first gay-themed basic-cable channel, viewers and marketers assess its PG-rated plan.

Television

Just Koz: smooth-jazz golden boy Dave Koz comes out--fresh off his adventurous new album, Saxophonic.

Music Hall Of Fame 2004 - Interview - Biography

Just married and ready for a fight.

Civil Rights - Brief Article

Just say 'mo.

News from a blond

Kathleen DeBold.

Honored - By Uncommon Legacy Foundation - Brief Article

Kathy and Mo's wild ride: Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney are returning to their off-Broadway roots with a hilarious new show--but first there's the pro-choice march, the sick nanny, and the telltale cell phone.

Theater - Interview

Kathy Griffin.

Big Gay Following - Interview - Interview

k.d. loves Canada: k.d. lang talks about fame, gay marriage, and her latest album, a valentine to her home country.

Music - Interview

Keep the bathhouses, lose the shame: the problems of increasing HIV infection and rampant crystal use among gay men are intertwined, argues PATRICK MOORE, so they need to be attacked in tandem. The first steps are to combat the self-loathing attached to gay sexuality and to reach out to sexually active gay men where they meet.

Commentary - Column

Keeping the faith: after years of being left behind by most organized religions, many gays and lesbians are fighting to reclaim their deeply held beliefs.

Interview - Cover Story

Keith Cylar.

Died - New York AIDS activist - Brief Article - Obituary

Ken Veenstra, an antigay Iowa state senator, in his bid for reelection.

Defeated - Brief Article

Kerry for doubters.

Left hook - John F. Kerry - Column

Kerry's plan for gay America: an estimated 4 million gay and lesbian voters could determine the outcome of perhaps the closest presidential race in U.S. history. In an exclusive interview, John Kerry makes his case for the gay vote.

The Advocate Interview - Interview

Key conductor: world-renowned lesbian conductor Sebrina Maria Alfonso found a way to move home to Key West--she imported a symphony.

Music - Interview

Key West our fantasy island.

Our towns - Brief Article

'Kick-ass' black gay TV.

The Buzz

Kicked out of America.

My perspective

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

Kidd in a candy store: this year acclaimed book designer (and author) Chip Kidd was the subject of a book about his own work.

Books

Kiki and Herb's expiration date.

The Buzz - Kiki and Herb Will Die for You - Brief Article

Killer looks.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Kiss us, Kate: Kate Clinton scores with a smart new CD and a wicked ear for politics.

Audiovisual Review

Kissed out of school: two Maryland high school students drew more attention than they expected when they staged a same-sex kiss in the school cafeteria.

Activism - River Hill High School

Knot gonna take it.

Movie Review - Brief Article

Knoxville or bust.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Kolbe's quiet fights: the only openly gay Republican in Congress has taken the GOP's Christian right wing to task--and survived politically.

The Road To Congress - Grand Old Party - Jim Kolbe - Biography

Koz celebre.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Kramer vs. Reagan.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Kushner on America.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

L is for Leisha: as The L Word's only out lesbian cast member, Leisha Hailey is surrounded by hot women (and men) in the sexiest new show since queer as Folk. Welcome to Showtime's steamy new hit.

Cover Story

L is for liberating.

Commentary

L is for lovin': the L Word soundtrack is loaded with luscious lyricism for when you're feeling lascivious.

Sound Recording Review

La belle LaBruce: two sexy new DVDs remind us that in the world of Canadian provocateur Bruce LaBruce, the revolution will not be PG-13.

Movie Review

Lack of marriage taxes seniors.

Retirement - Brief Article

Le Tigre purrs and roars: with an accessible and energetic major-label debut, the feminist trio seems poised for--gasp!--mainstream success.

Sound Recording Review

Leading the parade.

Pride 2004 - Biography

Learning from Melissa.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Left and centered: Air America radio's Rachel Maddow is out, brilliant, and ready to defend the other L word: liberal.

Radio

Legally wed in Colorado, 1975: pioneering gay couple Anthony Sullivan and Richard Adams didn't just get legally married 29 years ago; they stood up and demanded to be recognized.

Legislative long shot: a daring law to legalize gay weddings clears a legislative hurdle in California. Will other states follow suit?

Marriage

Leon King II.

Appointed - Brief Article

Lesbian chic, part deux.

My perspective

Lesbian golfers fight handicap.

Benefits

Lesbian love, actually.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Lesbian minister's new day.

Methodist Church - Karen Dammann of United Methodist Church, Ellensburg, Washington - Brief Article

Lesbian vs. Dreier.

Election - Brief Article

Lesbians and breast cancer: September 30, 1997.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article

Lesbians' weight debate: research shows that lesbians may face a greater risk of heart disease. But are the findings skewed against larger women?

Health

Leslie Jordan's wise sass: the hilarious Leslie Jordan, foil of Will & Grace's Karen Walker, hits the stage with Like a Dog on Linoleum, his latest one-man show.

Theater

Let's all go to the lobby.

Film

Let's get to work.

Workplace Advice - Brief Article

Let's hear it for the boys.

Don't get me started

Let's rock.

Bahamas - Brief Article

Lewis loved Clark? Intriguing hints abound about America's historic trailblazers.

Our History - Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition - Gay expeditions

Licenses for all.

Marriage - Brief Article

Life after gay marriage: what happens now that gay and lesbian couples can get hitched in San Francisco and Massachusetts? The political backlash has already begun, but the battle for equality may be won in the newlyweds' everyday lives.

Cover Story

Life after Iraq: Brian Hughes helped rescue Jessica Lynch from her Iraqi captors--then he rescued himself from the military's antigay policy.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Life lessons from Melissa: Melissa Etheridge is now one of thousands of lesbians battling breast cancer. A special report from the women and researchers on the front lines.

Lesbians and breast cancer - Cover Story

Lipstick Los Angeles: the L word and go fish! Writer and actor takes a stab at defining a lesbian category in this city of gorgeous Hollywood women.

Transport - Cover Story

Live and loud: a quick guide to the summer's hottest music tours--gay, lesbian, and otherwise.

Music

Livelihood at risk for reggae stars.

Sponsorship - Brief Article

Living outside the stereotype.

Generation Q - Brief Article

Locas forever: their punk romance ignited the famed comic series Love and Rockets. Now Maggie and Hopey get a book all their own.

Book Review

Locas: those wild and mixed up.

Log Cabin fever: the nation's largest gay Republican organization says Bush's call for a constitutional marriage ban has only strengthened its resolve.

Politics - George W. Bush

Log jam.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Look who's walkin': thirty-eight years after 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin',' Nancy Sinatra collaborates with Morrissey on a smokin'-hot new album.

Music

Looking at gay-friendly Europe.

April 28, 1987

Looking for queerer TV.

Generation Q - Brief Article

Looking to 'cure' gay bus riders.

Far Right - Brief Article

Losing an important ally.

In Memorian - Brief Article

Losing mom.

First Person

Loud opposition, quiet support: in the face of a noisy antigay crusade, a few Democrats bravely back same-sex marriage. Others, fearing political costs, keep their support behind closed doors.

Marriage

Lounging Laos.

Table Tops

Love in P-town.

Advocate Travel

Love power: Melissa's new concert DVD, Lucky Live, puts you in the front row for a night with a performer who's charged as never before.

Melissa Etheridge - Video Recording Review

Love-mad Mormons.

Art - Controversial photographs by gay artist are stolen, Salt Lake City, Utah - Brief Article

Love's a bitch: Mexican import A Thousand Clouds of Peace is an intoxicating look at lost love.

Movie Review

Lowdown on the down low: J.L. King discusses his new book about African-American men seeking gay sex 'on the down low.'.

Books - Interview

Lucky by numbers.

Entertainment - Brief Article - Advertisement

Lust at last: at age 70, illustrator Bob Ziering shows his gay erotic art for the first time.

Art - Interview

Major label action.

Music

Making abuse a bigger issue.

Domestic Violence - Brief Article

Making gay black history: Ron Oden was no stranger to success when his historic election as Palm Springs mayor made international headlines.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Making overtures: B.D. Wong was thrilled by Pacific Overtures when he was a kid. Now he's in the lead.

Theater

Making pastors political.

Benefits - Brief Article

Margaret muzzled.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Marriage by the book.

Marriage comes to Quebec.

Canada - Court of appeal upholds ruling that prevention of same-sex marriage violates Canadian Charter of Rights - Brief Article

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

Marriage is conservative.

Commentary - Mark Goldblatt - Brief Article

Marriage on his mind.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Marriage on the list.

Family Matters

Marriage support crystal-clear.

Retail - Nambe offers crystal bowls - Brief Article

Marriage vs. unions.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Marriage war correspondent.

Book Review

Marriage's bloody backlash: legal victories and the movement to legalize gay marriage have meant an increase in gay bashing.

Marriage

Marriages by the Bay.

First Person

Marriage's grass roots: the activist who led the equal marriage movement in Hawaii recalls the long road to Massachusetts.

Commentary

Married.

Transitions - Brief Article

Married in Massachusetts: meet the seven gay and lesbian couples whose desire to get hitched led to the court ruling that shook the nation.

News Of The Year

Marry me and save: gays and lesbians who can legally marry in May could enjoy a financial boost.

Money Talks

Mary Cheney is missing: Amid a nationwide debate over marriage, the vice president's lesbian daughter remains silent. Activists are increasing pressure on her to speak out as other gay children of marriage opponents have already done.

Mary, meet Esther.

First Person

Massachusetts may allow same-sex marriages, but most states will not recognize them.

Bans across the nation - Brief Article

Massachusetts: state of our union.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors

Matthew Cusick.

Honored - Brief Article

Mauresmo number 1.

Sports - Brief Article

May 7,1975: gay couples get marriage licenses.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article

McGreevey, pro and con.

Commentary - Brief Article

McGreevey's cry for help.

My perspective

McGreevey's new life.

Politics - James E. McGreevey - Brief Article

Meanwhile, in Georgia ... Among the many openly gay and lesbian candidates running in state-level contests this year, these are some other notable names on the November ballot.

Election 2004 - Brief Article

Measure of a man: The Opposite Sex, a two-part showtime documentary, begins with the gripping journey of trans man Rene Pena, a God-fearing, married truck driver.

Television

Medaling in Athens.

The World - Brief Article

Medical firsts.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Meet the castaway: the Real Gilligan's Island's Eric Anderson: gay, cute, and a real-life professor even.

Television

Meet the must-reads.

Books - Buyers Guide

Meet the president.

Generation Q - Gays - Brief Article

Melissa & Tammy: a love story.

News Of The Year - Melissa Etheridge - Tammy Lynn Michaels - Cover Story

Melissa rewinds: as her new DVD hits stores, Melissa Etheridge remembers each of the albums that brought her here.

Music - Interview

Memorializing Gwen.

Advocacy

Men-only spaces.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Men's health.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Merritt's multiple tracks: a new Magnetic Fields album and an opera are just a few of the new projects for composer Stephin Merritt.

Arts & entertainment - Interview

Message received.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Metro, Metro Man.

Escapes - Advertisement

Michael's David.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Military Community Services Network.

Launched

Military gays face harsh treatment: July 2, 1975.

From the Advocate Archives

Milk 'n' Kinsey.

Brief Article

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

Mislabeled paradise.

Postcards - Letter to the Editor

Miss marriage suggests.

Don't get me started - Same-sex marriage

Modern Ranch Living.

Book - Brief Article - Book Review

Mondo Homo: Your Essential Guide to Queer Pop Culture.

Brief Article - Book Review

More good news.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

More than coffee and sex.

Generation Q - Brief Article

Mormon fuzzy: the circuit-boy-meets-Mormon romance Latter Days is sweet, sexy, and affecting.

Movie Review

Mother and child reunion.

R family

Movado SE[R] automatic.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - Advertisement

Movies to watch from the couch: Sundance Channel's nonfiction DocDay series and other TV documentaries celebrate gay pride all June long.

Television - Television Program Review

Ms. Pac-Man's gay kids: the growing number of out video garners has led to more gay game characters.

Holiday gift guide

Much ado.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

My big Italian wedding.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

My dad's core values.

My perspective - Supporting gay rights

My first time.

First Person

My mother, myself: a lesbian daughter provides a rare glimpse into Puerto Rican family life in a somewhat disconnected memoir.

Brief Article

My, my, how could I resist you?

ABBA: The Book - Book Review

My straight little brother.

My perspective

My Vermont (begin strikethrough)civil union(end strikethrough) divorce.

My perspective

Nanny knows best: Patrick Breen plays the gay nanny who helps Kevin Hill become a capable single parent.

Fall Television Preview

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association.

Appointed - D'Arcy Kemnitz - Brief Article

Networking better than a split.

Episcopal Church - Brief Article

Never a bride?

Minority retort - Same-sex marriage

Never in the closet.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Never mind the bollocks.

The Buzz

New England nuptials? A little-known law restricting marriage in Massachusetts could prevent nonresident gay and lesbian couples from getting hitched. Here's what you need to know to get married in the Bay State.

Life After Gay Marriage

New homes.

Gay-positive travel destinations - Editorial

New Mexican nuptials.

Marriage - Brief Article

New shows: warm up those TiVos, kids, it's time for the new fall season!(Fall Television Preview) (Calendar)

NIA exposed: My Big Fat Greek Wedding's indie queen is back ... in a corset! Nia Vardalos dishes with costar Alec Mapa about her new 'dinner theater drag' comedy, Connie and Carla.

Film - Interview

No Bachelor for her: OutTV mogul Brooke Karzen makes hits like The Bachelor at the office--and savors time with her family at home.

Fall Television Preview

No drugs, just sex.

Prosecution

No lesbians allowed.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

No, no, JoJo!(Orientation) (Brief Article)

No pride--and no cockroaches.

Catholicism - Brief Article

No special rights.

Letter from the editor in chief - Editorial

No to nuptials in Arizona.

Courts - Same-sex marriage - Brief Article

Not for women only.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Not getting married today: in January, California will equal Vermont in states' rights for same-sex couples. But some gays and lesbians are finding advantages to remaining legally single.

Partnerships

Not giving up: activists vow that roadblocks to marriage equality in San Francisco and Massachusetts will be only temporary.

Marriage

Not her best man.

Politics - Mary Cheney - Same-sex marriage - Brief Article

Not married at Prudential.

Benefits - Lesbian sues Prudential Life Insurance Co. for medical insurance for her spouse - Brief Article

Not real enough.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Not so divine.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Not-so-gay days at Dollywood.

Business - Brief Article

Not-so-sweet 16: a new novel about a gay teen and his pickpocket dad avoids all the coming-out cliches.

Belmondo Style - Brief Article - Young Adult Review - Book Review

Now boarding! You too can take the ups, downs, twists, and turns of snowboarding like a pro.

Sweat - Alpine Snowboard National Championships - Gay snowboarding event - Column

October 17, 1995: frank talk from Barney Frank.

From the Advocate Archives

Off the Beaten Track: Three Centuries of Women Travellers.

Books To Pack - Brief Article - Book Review

Oh, you beautiful dolls.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

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

Ok to be gay at Sandals.

Travel - Brief Article

O'Leary's toughest fight: Jean O'Leary isn't letting her diagnosis of terminal lung cancer dampen her renowned passion for politics and gay rights.

Activism

On faith.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

On the beach: Paul Freeman's book Bondi Classic depicts an endless, erotic summer.

Art - Brief Article - Book Review

On the towns: want to get married in your hometown? Urge your local officials to follow the path of these cities' defiant leaders.

On with the Schmo.

The Buzz - The Joe Schmo Show - Brief Article

Once upon a time in New York.

Minority retortge

One for the boys: as The L Word's resident straight-arrow hunk, Eric Mabius will win gay hearts everywhere.

Cover Story

One last word.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

One life's new gay hunk.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Only in Oregon.

My perspective - Gay rights activist comments on legalization of same-sex marriage - Column

Open and affirming.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Open house.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Openly Bey: at 64, master jazz vocalist Andy Bey is out and proud--and he's just made one of his best records yet.

Music

Oppression TV?

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Oregon's crusaders: mayors weren't the only ones to bring hope and joy to the lives of thousands of gay couples this year. Several county commissioners in Portland are also being called heroes.

People of the year: the mayors - Brief Article

Organs for HIV+ patients.

HIV/AIDS - Brief Article

Orphaned in Oklahoma.

Legislation - Gay adoption ban - Brief Article

Oscar = death? The heroes of Boys Don't Cry, Philadelphia, and Kiss of the Spider Woman won Oscars for their actors but were doomed by the final reel. Why is it that when it comes to queer characters ...

Hollywood Issue

Oscar bait: Ellen DeGeneres isn't the only queer artist who helped make Finding Nemo the biggest hit of 2003.

Hollywood Issue

Our Lady awakens.

First Person

Our man on Capitol Hill: Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank may not need to fight for reelection, but he's still got a major battle in front of him.

The Road To Congress

Our own kingdom?

Australia - Brief Article

Our readers get married: gay and lesbian couples from around the world talk about the special day they said 'I do'.

Valentine's gays

Our wedding album: the images of May 17, from towns across Massachusetts, express emotions no words could capture, as overjoyed gay and lesbian couples obtain fully legal marriage licenses for the first time in U.S. history.

News

Out and silver in Holland: Olympic silver medalist Johan Kenkhuis says being openly gay in the Netherlands is no big deal. But neither is being a champion swimmer.

Out at a women's college.

Generation Q - Brief Article

Out at Sundance.

The Buzz

Out at 16--in Texas.

High School Diary

Out but invisible.

Commentary - African American gays - Brief Article

Out but not down.

Novel - Book Review

Out in Congress.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Out in Las Vegas.

City on a page

Out in Miami-Dade.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Out in the real world: not only does this season of MTV's The Real World give us out, proud Willie--he's also not the only gay houseguest.

Fall Television Preview

Out in the Terry family: Randall Terry says his son's coming-out was a betrayal, and he's still determined to deny 'special civil rights' to gays.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Out of bounds: Amelie Mauresmo, the 24-year-old French lesbian tennis star, spends off-court time with writer Douglas Robson.

People who travel - Brief Article - Interview

Out of the cabinet.

Canada - British Columbia legislator - Brief Article

Out of the closet.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Out of the running.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Out on sorority row.

First Person

Outback ennui: despite Toni Collette, Japanese Story is crushingly dull.

Movie Review

Outfitters on the bias.

Retail

Outing themselves: the founders of a group of gay U.S. senate staffers say threatened outings on Capitol Hill do nothing to help gay rights.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Over and out.

Notes from a blond

Pacific passions.

Travel Queeries - Gay socialization

Pack mentality.

Goods To Go - Brief Article

Pack money, safety tips, and good health.

Site Seeing

Painting for his life: actor Thom Bierdz rises above his shocking family story to begin a bright new career as an artist.

Art

Papal indignities.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Papal power.

Reader forum - Religious aspects of same-sex marriage - Brief Article

Parent vs. parent: gay dads and lesbian moms are winning new recognition of their rights, but many still lose their children.

Custody

Parker at loose ends: Craig Lucas's Reckless doesn't ignite, despite the presence of Mary-Louise Parker.

Play - Theater Review

Party arty: dance beat meets high art in Technova's new CD.

Music

Party crashers: nearly invisible at the Democratic National Convention, the fight for gay equality will be front and center at the Republican rally--beginning with the opening speaker, Jerry Falwell.

Election

Passions past: acclaimed Irish novelist Emma Donoghue spins a world of pansexual intrigue in 18th-century London.

Book Review

Patience is a virtue: at peace with his sexuality, George Michael produces his best and gayest record ever.

Sound Recording Review

Paul Winfield: the gay actor's truest role was seen by a small audience.

In memoriam

Paula Wolfe.

Resigned - From Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Utah - Brief Article

Pay-for-gay content: start-up services Sirius OutQ satellite radio and Here Pay-Per-View offer queer programming for paying customers--and have big plans for 2004.

Media

Peachtree's players: the gay couple behind the Atlanta stage phenomenon Peachtree Battle cast a satiric eye in every direction.

John Gibson, Anthonty Morris - Interview - Biography

People of the year: the mayors: during a year in which marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples played a major role on the political stage, three mayors were willing to lead the way by taking risks and challenging the system.

[Perfect 10] the world's top gay-welcoming spa retreats.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors

Perfectly San Francisco.

Bookmark - Brief Article

'Perverts,' not gays.

Belgium - Brief Article

Phil Rauch.

Died - Central Alberta AIDS Network Society, of heart failure - Brief Article - Obituary

Philly's pitch for gay tourists.

Marketing - Philadelphia - Brief Article

Phuket, Thailand, October 2000.

Souvenir - Brief Article

Picture perfect: taking vacation photos to keep. Tips for the right cameras, angles, and attitudes.

Travel matters

Pillow flop: Rock Hudson's memory deserves better than the misguided '50s Hollywood-closet comedy Straight-Jacket.

Movie - Movie Review

Pink Christmas: with Too Cool for Christmas, here TV expands the idea of what makes a 'family' holiday movie and gives jolly old St. Nick a makeover of its own.

Television

Pitch, pitch, pitch.

Notes from a blond

Pitcher, not catcher.

Athletics - Gay pore video - Brief Article

Playing lesbian on TV.

December 15, 1992 - Brief Article

Playing politics.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Plug and play.

Holiday gift guide - Buyers Guide

Poker faces: meet the queer producers behind the Bravo hit Celebrity Poker Showdown.

Television - Bryan Scott, Marcia Mule - Interview

Political science?

Censorship - Brief Article

Pope on board?

Catholic Church - George W. Bush seeks Vatican aid - Brief Article

Porn star wants you ... safe: Harvey Fierstein and gay-porn superstar Michael Lucas talk about Lucas's safe-sex campaign (hot!) and crystal meth (not!).

Activism - Interview

Portland's lifetime commitment: as Oregon continues to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry, some are describing the Pacific Northwest state as the new ground zero for marriage equality.

Marriage

Positive travel experience.

Postcards - Letter to the Editor

Postcards.

Letter to the Editor

Postcards: letters from readers.

Postelection reality check.

Commentary

Pour me a video: it's too darn hot outside, so take off that wet bathing suit and slip into some fun summer DVDs.

Dvd

Praise the Lorde: reading a new biography of Audre Lorde, Rebecca Walker reflects on the life and work of the legendary poet.

Warrior Poet - Book Review

Predicting the future of being gay: January 10, 1984.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article - Reprint

Prejudice out at school.

Brazil - Brazil Against Homophobia - Brief Article

Preservation-minded: a new book by the best-selling author of Farm Boys makes an interesting connection between gay men and historic preservation.

A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture - Book Review

Pricing threatens AIDS therapy.

Medications - Norvir - National Institutes of Health - Abbott Laboratories - Brief Article

Pride and self-hatred.

Coastal disturbances - Column

Pride anthems for a new century: update your gay pride soundtrack with these postmillenial queer anthems.

Music

Pride, patriotism and Queer Eye: the nation has changed quite a bit since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuted last summer, The Fab 5 talk about their role in the gay rights revolution--and how the show has affected their love lives.

Panel Discussion - Cover Story

Prime minister's peril.

Peru - Brief Article

Princess in a necktie.

Generation Q - Brief Article

Priorities.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Prize specimen: no gay novel ever won the Booker Prize--until now.

Book Review

Prodding the Fortune 500: one gay rights leader learned that equality in the workplace may come by simply asking for it.

Careers - Malcom Lazin

Pro-gay enough.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Props to a gay hero: Duane Boutte talks about bringing the Harlem Renaissance to life in the person of out poet Bruce Nugent.

Film

Proud gay Republican.

Generation Q - Brief Article

Provincetown's new pioneers: on the tip of Cape Cod, 'P-town' has been for decades the place gays and lesbians went to escape convention. Now they're flocking there to get hitched.

Marriage

Puerto Rican media bash.

Homophobia - Gay rights groups, activists plan to file complaint over attacks on gays in television and radio - Brief Article

Putting Freud's gay theory to rest.

Research - Sigmund Freud - Brief Article

Putting his stamp on love: the man who bent the O in LOVE is everywhere this summer. Catching up with 75-year-old out painter Robert Indiana.

Art - Biography

QAF, pro and con.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Queer as comics: meet a real-life Michael Novotny: Richard Neal, owner of Dallas's Zeus Comics and Collectibles.

Queer As Folk - Brief Article - Interview - Biography

Queer as Folk: the ultimate episode guide.

Interview - Cover Story

Queer eye for the santa guy: just because St. Nick's a few hundred years old is no reason for him to be unfashionable. Carson Kressley says it's time Santa donned some gay apparel.

Television - Brief Article

Queer in their fashion: new releases from indie vets PJ Harvey and SonicYouth are reminders of why gay and lesbian audiences have embraced their sound.

Queer kids vs. Mean Girls.

The Buzz

Queer pilgrims.

Orientation - Brief Article

Queer stages, coast to coast: planning a winter or spring getaway to New York or San Francisco? Both cities offer a terrific early harvest of gay and lesbian theater.

Theater

Queer, talented, and on their own: a handful of unsigned out artists whose CDs are making waves with adventurous audiences.

Music

Queering Las Vegas.

Travel Queeries

Rallying against marriage in the Bay State.

Far Right - Brief Article

Rallying the college troops.

Generation Q

Ralph-Paul Gernhardt.

Inducted - Brief Article

Rangers to the rescue.

Inn Focus

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Sports & politics

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Brief Article

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Brief Article

Rants & raves.

Special Marriage Edition

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

All Republican Edition! - Brief Article

Rants & raves.

Brief Article

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Brief Article

Rants & raves.

Rants & raves.

Rants 2003.

Gay and lesbian rights

Rare virus scare.

Disease - Brief Article

Reaching out to the down low: a look inside the clubs where men have secret gay sex reveals why many can't be convinced to play safe.

Society

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll - Letter to the Editor

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll - Letter to the Editor

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll - Readers respond to question of whether they will get actively involved in fighting Federal Marriage Amendment - Brief Article

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

Reader forum

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

Reader forum - Brief Article

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll - Illustration

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

The Advocate Poll

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.

Brief Article

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Reader forum - Brief Article

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The Advocate Poll - Brief Article

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The Advocate Poll - Brief Article

Reader comments from www.advocote.com.

The Advocate Poll - Readers respond to question of whether they would move in order to be legally married to their same-sex partner - Brief Article

Reading something gay.

Reader forum - Don Clark's Loving Someone Gay should be included as one of the best books to read about being gay sj - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor

Ready. Set. Logo! Will MTV-backed basic cable channel Logo change the world for gays and lesbians? You'll have to wait until February to find out.

Fall Television Preview

Reason enough to be out.

Generation Q

Regarding Henry: Irish novelist Colm Toibin talks about writing The Master, his riveting journey into the mind of America's great gay writer Henry James.

Hot reads - Interview

Reining champions: two out team members take us backstage at Cavalia, the Cirque-inspired show where trainers and acrobats explore humanity's ancient bond with the horse.

Theater

Relationships weigh on youth.

Mental Health - Brief Article

Relative success.

The Buzz

Religious rejection: Iowa's Jonathan Wilson is the latest target of lawmakers who make no bones about voting strictly on their religious views.

Politics

Religious right shelves Crest.

Boycott - Brief Article

R.E.M. hopes Bush will move on.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Renaissance woman: a female artist finds sanctuary in marriage to a gay man in the Medici-era novel The Birth of Venus.

Rent's due, at last.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Reporting on 'gay marriage'.

Far Right

Republicans vs. the military: can Log Cabin's court challenge to the military's gay ban succeed in a time of war?

At Issue

Reservations and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Postcards - Letter to the Editor

Return of the antidiva: gay fans welcome the latest from the brilliant Bjork.

Medulla - Sound Recording Review

Return of the bug chaser: a controversial documentary on gay men who seek HIV infection gets its U.S. premiere, renewing a national debate about unsafe sex and AIDS.

Return of the out rock icons: the long-awaited reunion of American Music Club and the Hidden Cameras' sophomore effort both yield delight.

Return to Fabulous: season 5 of Absolutely Fabulous--new on DVD--marks a return to form for the wonderfully wicked Britcom.

Richard sightings.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Richard's redemption: what is it like to spend 68 years of your life in the closet? Richard Chamberlain digs deeper than ever to tell us why it happened and how he finally got out.

Coming Out

Riding for a cure.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - Advertisement

Right and wrong.

Reader forum - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor

Robert Mason.

Reader's Pick - 2000 Chrysler Sebring Convertible - Brief Article

Robinson's first year: a year of controversy and protest following his consecration as the first openly gay bishop hasn't dampened Gene Robinson's faith.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Rocky in Colorado.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Role models needed.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Ron Jr. on the record: the son of Ronald Reagan breaks his silence regarding the whisper campaign that he is gay.

Politics - Interview

Rosie, light and dark.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Royally gay in Luxembourg.

United Kingdom - British embassador to Luxembourg and his partner become first officially recognized gay couple to have audience with Queen of England - Brief Article

Rufus of Montreal: viewing Canada's multicultural mecca through the world-weary eyes of its native queer bard.

Star Paths

Rupert behaving badly.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Rupert's return: coming back to The Advocate after a nearly seven-year absence, Rupert Everett talks about playing Stage Beauty's king in drag, trying to make a gay James Bond movie, and killing John Schlesinger.

Rupert Everett - Interview - Cover Story

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

Russki business: tough uneven, this menage a trois comedy signals the start of new queer Russian cinema.

Arts & entertainment - Movie - Movie Review

Same-sex Simpsons.

The Buzz

San Francisco loses a pioneer.

Obituary - Brief Article - Obituary

San Francisco touches a king.

Cambodia - Brief Article

Sapphic survivors.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Satire lost on antigay group.

Far Right - Simple Truths Our Priority - Brief Article

Satisfying wanderlust.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors - Brief Article

Saugatuck: Michigan's secret treasure.

Our Towns

Saving Mass. marriage.

News Feature

Scared of sex: Gay people paralyzed by a fear of STDs need to know: Celibacy driven by terror can be bad for your health.

Health

Scaring the bejesus.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Schmooze cruise: over 1,000 gay men on an Atlantis events European cruise navigate a social circuit as colorful as the voyage itself.

School days.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Scotty's last moments: the murder of a gay teen--allegedly at the hands of his best friends--has rattled a small Alabama town.

Crime

Scouts take a hit.

Society - Boy Scouts of America - Brief Article

Scream two: punk rock rappers and lesbian couple Scream Club keep it real--and real funny.

Music

Sea story: at age 92, Jack Lawrence, out lyricist of 'Beyond the Sea,' talks about his new autobiography--and about having Kevin Spacey sing his words.

Books

Seasons of love: celebrated playwright Paula Vogel talks about her own celebrations--a New York theater season devoted to her work, and a wedding with her longtime partner.

Theater - Interview of Paula Vogel - Interview

Seattle stadium standoff.

Protest - Safeco Stadium - Brief Article

Seedy Safari.

Orientation - Baby on Safari - Brief Article

Seeking equality in divorce.

Canada - Brief Article

Senate power shifts: with bills like the antigay Federal Marriage Amendment dominating the current Senate's attention, 2004 races will determine whether next year's senate could be friendlier.

The Road To Congress

Senor wrong: the sexy-refugee-meets-uptight-Spaniard flick Bulgarian Lovers never digs deep enough.

Movie Review

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

Sex and relationships: while the battle for same-sex marriage dominates the news, gay and lesbian couples have the spotlight. But not all of us opt for marriage or even monogamy. In this special report, 24 Advocate readers, ages 18 to 71, share their experiences of sex and relationships. Are the most enduring partnerships begun in the bedroom? Or is it something else that brings and keeps us together?

Survey

Sex and shame.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Sex, drugs, gay men, and Carrie Fisher: the unsinkable actress-author, whose gay superagent husband left her for another man, talks about getting it all down on paper in her funny and forgiving new novel.

Books

Sex, drugs, love, loss: screenwriter Ron Nyswaner lays bare his private struggle with drugs and hustlers in a sizzling new memoir.

Books - Biography

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

Sexy beast: getting to know the two sides of the tough-as-nails, smooth-as-silk Range Rover.

The driver's seat - Product/Service Evaluation

Shania Twain.

Big gay following: new feature - Interview of Shania Twain - Interview

She's Not There: a Life in Two Genders.

Book - Book Review

Show me discrimination.

Missouri - Marriage discrimination amendment - Brief Article

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

Side by side: unlike most cities, New York has two gay neighborhoods. And although they adjoin geographically, they are worlds apart.

Different Strokes

Simply the best.

Books - Gay nonfiction - Bibliography - Biography

Sinful in Tennessee.

Government - County commissioner in Rhea County, Tennessee, puts forward motion to charge gay men and lesbians for crimes against nature - Brief Article

Singing at the statehouse.

Generation Q

Singing the blues.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Sins of the father.

Reader forum - Randall Terry is not respected by readers of the Advocate - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor

Sistah! The Color Purple returns as a Broadway-bound stage musical.

Brief Article

Sister to sister: in the days of Brother to Brother, New York's wild women held their own.

All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930 - Brief Article - Book Review

Sisters with cameras: Director Yvonne Welbon talks about discovering the advantage lesbian directors have over their straight counterparts, while tracing the history of female African-American filmmakers in Sisters in Cinema.

Television

Six who see the future: meet the next generation of silicon all-stars--gay and lesbian innovators and entrepreneurs whose work is rocking the digital world.

Gay Cyber Revolution

Size matter's.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to Events+ Promotions - Casio Exilim EX-Z4U digital camera - Brief Article

Skating around the the truth?

Sports - Mike Danton - Brief Article

Slain transgenders Gwen Araujo and Toni 'Delicious' Green, at the sixth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Remembered - Brief Article

Snuffing out the butts: campaigns to convince gay men and lesbians to ditch cigarettes try to cut through a long-held addiction.

Health

So-called gay expert.

Generation Q - Coming out - Brief Article

Southern Comfort, with a twist.

The Buzz - Alan Cumming - Brief Article

Sparks on fire: he's angry with the president. He's tired of being misunderstood. And he's ready for another season of making out with Robert Gant. Queer as Folk star Hal Sparks lets fly with an in-your-face interview.

Hal Sparks - Interview - Cover Story

Speak for thyself.

Religion - Dennis Ray - Brief Article

Speaking Charlize.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Speech! Speech!(Book Excerpt)

Spirited advocacy.

HIV/AIDS - California's Merryvale Vineyards to make donations to AIDS activist group Project Inform - Brief Article

Spotlight on the gay right.

The Buzz - Gay Republicans - Movie Review

Spotlighting AIDS.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Spring fling.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to Events+ Promotions - Breakout Travel - Brief Article

Spring getaways.

Seasonal Offerings

Spring has sprung!(The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events + promotions) (Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation) (Brief Article)

Spring reading.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors - Name All the Animals - Wonderlands: Goad Gay Travel Writing - Book Review

Spring time for Queer Film: it's the calm between the Oscars and the summer movie season; find out which new gay films are worth your while.

Stage frightening.

The Buzz - Showbiz Moms & Dads - Brief Article

Star power.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Stars in his eyes: photographer Michael Childers mounts a retrospective of his A-list oeuvre--and recalls his long relationship with late filmmaker John Schlesinger.

Art

Stars speak out against the Federal Marriage Amendment; forty-two artists speak out for their gay fans and against President Bush's push to write discrimination into the U.S. Constitution.

Music Hall Of Fame 2004 - Cover Story

Starsky loves Hutch?

The Buzz - Brief Article

Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition.

Hired - Brief Article

Status seekers.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Still a WILD Thing.

The Buzz - Performances of Neve Campbell - Brief Article

Still a wonder: a new Wonder Woman DVD boxed set rekindles the Amazon love among gay and lesbian fans.

Dvd - Wonder Woman: The Complete First Season - Video Recording Review

Still breaking silence: checking in with Janis Ian on music, politics, recording with Dolly Parton, and the joys of married life.

Music - Interview - Biography

Still out.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Stoli on ice.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - Advertisement

Straight allies.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Straight cops' gay 101: a Canadian police force asks heterosexual recruits to take a crash course in being out and proud.

Tolerance

Straight talk on gay unions.

Marriage - Straight Alliance for Marriage Equality - Brief Article

Street-drug status for Viagra?

Drugs - Brief Article

Strictly by the numbers: Brooklyn is the work of newcomers, but it never breaks out of its tried-and-true mold.

Musical - Theater Review

Strokes video vs. stroke video.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Stronger than ever: cult dance princess Kristine W whipped leukemia on her way to a triumphant new CD and tour. Next stop: Dinah Shore weekend.

Music

Stronger than the mighty cirque: when Cirque du Soleil fired openly gay gymnast Matthew Cusick from his dream job for being HIV-positive, he fought back and won.

Gays in Sports

Suave. Sophisticated. Gay? Five DVDs and a new documentary on TCM recall the continuing allure--and mystery--of Cary Grant.

Video - Turner Classic Movies - Video Recording Review

Suddenly Cynthia.

The Buzz - Brief Article

Summer movie preview: our annual guide to the gayest films of the season--and the ones that ought to be gayer.

Surprising Senegal.

An overview of where to go and stay in Senegal if you are gay

Surprisingly misinformed.

Survey - Same-sex marriage - Brief Article

Survey says.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Survival of the gay gene.

Research - Brief Article

Swaggart slays gays with 'humor'.

Far Right - Brief Article

Swiss please.

Orientation - Gay bars - Brief Article

Take this, America! With a sultry new record, the Aussie dance goddess seals her hold on us.

Talkin' 'bout a revolution: Margaret Cho's new comedy concert film, Revolution, debuts on Sundance Channel--and she's as pissed off and hilarious as ever.

Television - Interview

Talking about hurtful words.

Education

Talking trash: as much as we loved the gay-savvy Pirates of the Caribbean, that's how much we hated these gay-shabby 'comedies' of 2003.

Film

Teamwork.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Ted Kennedy.

Honored - Brief Article

Texas Triangle.

Acquired - Texas Triangle - Brief Article

Thank you, Jean.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Thank you, Susan.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Thanksgiving with moms.

The Buzz - Television series - Brief Article

That swinging Schwarzenegger.

Last word

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions.

The Advocate Poll.

Reader forum

The Advocate Poll.

Reader forum - Brief Article

The Advocate poll.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

The Advocate poll: sponsored by Subaru.

Reader forum - Brief Article

The Advocate's first candidate poll: October 28, 1970.

From the Advocate Archives

The aging of innocence: the author of Sissyphobia returns with an anecdotal and informative book on how gay men handle the travails of age whether--17 or 70.

Reeling in the Years: Gay Men's Perspectives on Age and Ageism - Book Review

The amazing trace: Comedy Central parodies reality TV with the animated--and queer-friendly --Drawn Together.

Fall Television Preview

The archbishop's wisdom.

Religion

The auto repair closet: Advocate associate news editor John Caldwell is ready to admit that he once donned overalls and wielded a socket wrench, though his passion for the engine was short-lived.

The driver's seat

The ballad of John and Tony: John Tartaglia, the adorable star of the Tony-bound Avenue Q, talks about the second job he's taken on since coming out: ambassador of gay understanding.

Theater - Interview

The big chill censorship: Paul Reubens: arrested for collecting vintage nude photos. Howard Stern: silenced for on-air speech. How a nationwide crackdown on 'obscenity' could freeze out gay and lesbian expression for years to come.

Cover Story

The big reveal.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

The bishop's husband.

Epicospal Church - Otis Charles - Brief Article - Biography

The black divide: African-Americans who refuse to support equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians are shoving their own history back into the closet.

Commentary - Column

The bride's side.

First Person

The cardinal's cover-up: a new play skewers an arrogant church with its own words.

Theater - Sin - Theater Review

The case for marriage.

Activism - Magazine's Web site offers links and information - Brief Article

The closet leads to hepatitis.

Health Care - Brief Article

The cover of 2003.

The dangerous life of Emile Hirsch: the young rising star talks about the gap between playing a gay-leaning teen in The Mudge Boy and a 'homophobic badass' in Lords of Dogtown.

Spotlight feature - Biography

The deal-breaker.

Against the current - George W. Bush and gay rights

The diva, the nurse, & the bears: there's at least something to love in each of these iffy new fall films.

Callas Forever - Yes Nurse! No Nurse! - Bear Cub - Movie Review

The doctor is out.

The domino effect: White House opposition to gay marriage in Massachusetts may have set off a cascade of antigay state laws.

Marriage Rights

The election should rally gay youth.

Generation Q - Brief Article

The future according to whom?

Election - Brief Article

The future of gay: if recent history is any indication, the lives of gay men and lesbians--from marriage to the military--will be drastically different by the year 2054. Will there even be a word for gay?

Society

The gamblers: Guinevere Turner and Kevin Smith on the long, strange decade it's been since the premiere of Go Fish and Clerks.

Arts & entertainment

The Girl With the Golden Bouffant: An Original Jane Bond Parody.

Brief Article - Book Review

The good book?

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

The goodbye guy.

Book Excerpts

The greater good.

Reader forum - Reader gives his praise to Paris Barclay - Letter to the Editor

The hate-crimes wedge.

Legislation - Brief Article

The home of your dreams.

Notes from a blond

The horror, the horror.

Movie Review - Movie Review

The hot 9.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors

The IT list.

Orientation - Brief Article

The it list.

Orientation - Brief Article

The Kerry gamble.

Against the current - John Kerry's policies on gay and lesbian rights - Column

The kids are all right: three teens who are being raised by gay parents are taking on the conservative establishment to defend their families.

Parenting

The lady slim shady.

The Buzz - Eminem - Brief Article

The lonely gay olympian: openly gay and lesbian olympians will be in short supply this summer in Athens. Meet Robert Dover, the one out competitor so far.

Gay In Sports

The low cost of equality.

Benefits

The m is for marriage.

The buzz - I'm Gay and I'm Getting Married - Brief Article

The M Word: Writes on Same-Sex Marriage.

Book - Brief Article - Book Review

The Maine event.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors - Advertisement

The making of a Monster: for Charlize Theron, the love scenes with Christina Ricci were the easy part. Every other aspect of playing homeless serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster was 'extremely hard.' Just days from a likely Oscar win, she opens up about her journey with Aileen, nearly breaking down on the set, and what her mother thought.

Hollywood Issue - Cover Story

The man behind the Housewives: how out creator Marc Cherry's insight into Desperate living led to one of TV's biggest hits.

Television

The most dangerous people in America: in this election year, gays and lesbians need to pay closer attention than ever to friend and foe, because who we don't know can definitely hurt us. Here's a primer on nine people who put equal rights at risk by their actions or inactions.

Commentary

The new degaying of Hollywood: Alexander. Troy. Brokeback Mountain. De-Lovely. Straightening up history's heroes, desexing literature's love stories, Hollywood is making gay movies-without the 'gay'.

Film

The next gay plague.

Health

The next steps down the aisle: the U.S. Senate strikes down one antigay constitutional amendment, but another one is on the way. That's in addition to the key battles across the country.

Marriage

The other. presidential race: Chrissy Gephardt and Keith Boykin are running for president on Showtime's American Candidate. The prize? A prime-time chance to speak their minds.

Politics

The out traveler: destination station.

The outlook for HIV meds: a whole new class of anti-HIV drugs is on the horizon, but some patients are running out of time.

Health - Tipranavir

The party line.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

The password is 'gay'.

Notes from a blond

The peril of online polling.

Far Right - Same-sex marriage - Brief Article

The politics of a book release.

Far Right - Brief Article

The politics of change.

Editor's Letter - Alaska - travel destination - Editorial

The politics of gay bashing.

Religion - Brief Article

The politics of outing: a congressman's abrupt retirement has reignited debate over exposing closeted antigay lawmakers.

At Issue

The power of mould.

The Buzz - Bob Mould - Brief Article

The Professor's back ... and this time he's gay.

The Buzz

The queerest-named places in the U.S. of A.

Orientation - Travel destinations for gays - Brief Article

The Real Deal: 2004 National AIDS benefit.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to Events+ Promotions

The real gay survivors.

Coastal disturbances - Reality television program Airline

The reel thing!(The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events + promotions) (Broadway Bares XIV) (Brief Article)

The road to hell: Greg Behrman's book on Africa's AIDS holocaust reflects the best intentions. Will it wake anybody up?

Book Review

The road to marriage.

Commentary - Brief Article

The sacred and the pop star.

Against the current - Same-sex marriage

The Seals on the Icepack and More Gay Travel Adventures.

Books To Pack - Brief Article - Book Review

The second epidemic.

Reader forum

The Senate's gay games: passage of a hate-crimes bill may have been a political ploy to boost the antigay Federal Marriage Amendment.

Politics

The state of our unions.

My perspective

The time warp, again: a punk-flavored Rocky Horror tribute album captures the subversive sexiness of the original.

The tipping point: beginning May 17 in Massachusetts, gay and lesbian couples will be able to obtain fully legal marriage licenses for the first time in U.S. history. What does this mean for gay equality?

Marriage

The trouble with Big Bill: tennis great Bill Tilden was disgraced because of his sexuality. Now playwright A.R. Gurney and star John Michael Higgins are telling his story.

Theater

The true tales of a cruise ship entertainer.

Orientation

The true tales of a room service waiter.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors - Brief Article

The Truman show: with the first collection of his letters, a complete volume of his short stories, and a fresh edition of his first novel, Truman Capote is hot again.

Book Review

The truth about 'unit cohesion': the excuse for barring out soldiers is the reverse of the truth, according to a new survey released exclusively to The Advocate.

Military

The two faces of George: despite statements to the contrary, Bush's 'compassionate conservatism' may stop short of protecting gay men and lesbians.

Politics - George W. Bush

The two Nijinskys: Hamburg Ballet's John Neumeier uses twins to dance the story of bisexual ballet god Vaslay Nijinsky. The result? Fantastic.

Dance

The velocity of Zoe: at 17, she has already written a critically admired book and snagged a six-figure contract; 2003 was quite a year for Zoe Trope (not her real name).

Books

The View From Stalin's Head.

Brief Article - Book Review

The WB's new VIP: as the network's new president of entertainment, David Janollari hopes to continue the WB's history of queer inclusivity.

Fall Television Preview - Brief Article

The white picket fence.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

The wonder of it all: two gay creators and a bitterly funny lesbian character make Wonderfalls queer must-see TV.

Television

The word on Leisha.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Their last headline: Aleta Fenceroy and Jean Mayberry were behind the headlines for years, but the duo known as 'Fenceberry' needed to move on.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

There goes the gayborhood: the urban renewal of Asbury Park, N.J., renews the debate: can gay men and lesbians single-handedly transform bad neighborhoods?

Society

These gay kids today!(notes from a blond) (general public's changing perceptions of gays and lesbians) (Column)

Think Pink: Kyle MacLachlan plays a ghostly but gorgeous Cary Grant in Ian Iqbal Rashid's screwball debut, Touch of Pink.

Film - Biography

This is middle age? Martina's back--winning two more Grand Slam titles and, at 47, beating players half her age.

Sports - Martina Navratilova - Interview

This month on Advocate.com.

Reader forum

This torch still burns: Harvey Fierstein revisits the movie version of Torch Song Trilogy with a new DVD commentary.

Arts & entertainment - Interview

Through a joke, darkly: Augusten Burroughs is the gay humorist of the season, as he has come back with an excruciating new collection.

Books

Thwarting marriage with intimidation?

Lawsuit - Defense of Marriage Act - Brief Article

Tina Podlodowski.

Hired - Lifelong AIDS Alliance, King County, Washington - Brief Article

Tips for emigrating.

Tis' the season.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions - Holly Folly - Brief Article - Calendar

Together in Tennessee: Kristie Bacon decides to confront her antigay Tennessee town.

Pride 2004

Tolerance OK, but not for gays.

Macedonia - Brief Article

Tonya meets Tony: with fiery Tonya Pinkins in the lead, Tony Kushner's tough musical Caroline, or Change takes aim at Broadway.

Theater

Too butch to get asylum: the Canadian government says Fernando Enrique Rivera is not nelly enough to be in danger of persecution, so it's sending him home.

Immigration

Too much drama.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Top 10 books.

Best Of The Year

Top 10 celebrity bachelors.

The Buzz

Top 10 film.

Worst Of The Year

Top 10 gay travel movies of all time.

Orientation

Top 10 music.

Best Of The Year

Top 10 television.

Best Of The Year

Top 10 theater.

Best Of The Year

Tornado from Oz: Aussie artistic director Stanton Welch will make Houston Ballet the go-to place for hot new choreographers.

Dance - Interview

Tortured analysis.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Touched by Angels.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Tradition! Tradition? A new book provides gays with a road map on how to argue for same-sex marriage rights.

Brief Article - Book Review

Trannies play the field.

Sports - Brief Article

Transgender marriage ban.

Immigration - Brief Article

Transitions.

People - Brief Article - Obituary

Transitions.

People - Brief Article - Obituary

Transitions.

Transitions.

Pets Are Wonderful Support - Brief Article

Transitions.

Brief Article

Transitions.

The Advocate Report - Brief Article

Travel babble.

Orientation: dispatches from the editors - Brief Article

Travel babble.

Orientation - Brief Article

Travel queries.

Customs

Travelscopes.

Horoscopes

Travelscopes.

Travelscopes.

Trevor at six: since 1998 sympathetic ears have worked the help line of the Trevor Project to try to prevent GLBT teen suicide.

Troubled body image.

Generation Q - Young gay men - Brief Article

Truly, madly, depp-ly: Johnny Depp reasserted his unique magnetism with his performance as a fey-but-not-gay brigand in the summer's biggest hit.

Film

T-shirt says it all.

Retail - Www.gay-american.com - Brief Article

Tunes queer for the straight ear.

Turning hate into beauty: there's healing power in 'Reversing Vandalism,' the San Francisco library's response to defacement of its gay-themed books.

Art

TV's gay spin zone.

Last word

TV's new 'good thing': drag domestic diva Brini Maxwell swears she's not out to be the new Martha, Tell that to the devotees of her cable show.

Television - Biography

Twin cities theater.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Two steps down the aisle, one step back.

Marriage - Washington, California cases - Brief Article

Two's company: dance and life partners Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson mark gay pride season with the 10th anniversary of their acclaimed company, Complexions.

Dance

Under the queer eye: a new book reminds us why lesbians--and everybody else--love the Fab 5.

Book Review

Undoing an amendment.

Marriage - Brief Article

Unfit parents?

Adoption - Gay couples - Brief Article

Unmanly spirits.

Sales - Brief Article

Unmarried in San Francisco: Dave and Jeff Chandler say the invalidation of their San Francisco marriage only makes them more determined to fight.

Behind the Headlines - Interview

Unsafe at any speed.

Broadside - Safer sex

Unsigned on the dotted line: six great new CDs from unsigned queer performers that belong in your heavy rotation.

Sound Recording Review

Unveiling Islam: out Irshad Manji takes on the faith's treatment of women, gays, and Jews in a brave new book.

Books

Utah's ban reaches all.

Amendment - Same-sex marriage ban - Brief Article

V. Gene Robinson.

Honored - Brief Article

Vacation station.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to Events+ Promotions - Brief Article

Valentines for marriage.

Equality

Valley of the doll: in a gloriously kitschy new picture book, Barbie finally gets the Hollywood glamour treatment she deserves.

Books

Vandals for gay marriage.

Religion - Brief Article

Venice unmasked.

Victory in Kentucky.

Education - Brief Article

Video distortion.

Catholicism - Journalist protests Catholic Church video against same-sex marriage - Brief Article

Virginia is not for lovers.

Legislation - Brief Article

Virginia reich.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Visibility leads to queer bashing: April 2, 1981.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article

Vito, Randy, and Harvey.

My perspective - Vito Russo, Randy Shilts, Harvey Milk - Brief Article

Vodka-la-la-la.

Holiday gift guide - Brief Article - Buyers Guide

Voices carry.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Voodoo in the house: what do you get when you mix a voodoo priestess who happens to be gay with a passel of mismatched housemates? Mad, mad TV.

Television

Voted off.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Voted off the island.

Tanzania - Zanzibar - Brief Article

Voting bloc party: how did the Democratic Party measure up in courting gay voters this election?

At Issue

Wake up and smell the coffee!(Orientation: dispatches from the editors) (Stork's coffeehouse) (Brief Article)

War hero.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Weapons of mass homophobia: for weeks we have been pummeled with images of homosexual acts used as a tactic to humiliate and torture Iraqi prisoners. Such atrocities, writes Patrick Moore, arise directly from the vicious demonization of gay people in our society, from the White House on down.

Commentary

Wedding cake walk.

First Person

Wedding day jitters.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

WeHo ... mophobia.

First Person - Brief Article

WeHo, warts and all: in the 1970s the most popular dance club barred blacks, Latinos, women, and older men. Today, the city council would stop that in a heartbeat.

My perspective - West Hollywood - Column

Weight of the world: openly gay Chris Morgan hopes to win a world weight-lifting title.

Sports - World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation

Welcome to Canada.

Commentary - Brief Article

Welcome to summer camp: Nicole Kidman and writer Paul Rudnick talk about remaking The Stepford Wives in an era when 'traditional values' are scarier than ever.

Summer movie preview - Interview - Cover Story

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

We're Here, we're ... They may not have the backing of Viacom, but other cable channels are targeting queer audiences.

Fall Television Preview - Here TV

We're still divine, darling.

Don't get me started

What can you do?

Same-sex marriage

What really matters.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

What would Audre do?

Final cut - Audre Lorde - Column

What's funny about gay marriage?

The Buzz - Newspaper comic strips address gay marriage issue - Brief Article

What's new, Buenos Aires? Don't cry for the 'Paris of South America.' She's rebounded after a peso plummet and is as sophisticated and stylish as ever.

Transport

When Bush comes to shove: how could gay Republicans ever have thought that a president who walks with religous extremists would do the right thing? Dude, where's your gaydar?

Left hook - George W. Bush

When outing works.

Broadside

Where there's Sparks.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Where you live.

Reader forum

White-collar coming-out: being out in corporate America has meant success for some gays and lesbians. Most wish others weren't so closeted.

Gay Corporate Leaders

Whitehorse & frozen dreams: revisiting the Arctic of his youth, a Canadian writer finds his way home.

Transport

Whore on Broadway.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - Brief Article - Advertisement

Who's on our side?

Election - Same-sex marriage - Brief Article

Who's that ... boy? The thriller Transfixed heralds the arrival of an exciting--and androgynous--new presence in world cinema.

Movie Review

Who's your daddy? Anime feature Tokyo Godfathers puts a fresh spin on the old trio-adopts-a-foundling story.

Movie Review

Who's your doggy? National Geographic Channel's new Dog Whisperer takes on pampered pets--and their owners.

Fall Television Preview

Why Bush hates you: Part I: October 20, 1992.

From the Advocate Archives - Brief Article

Why Bush's win is a victory for gays: like Howard Dean and John Kerry, George W. Bush has come out in favor of same-sex civil unions. What that means, writes Abner Mason, is that if we can work with the Administration instead of against it, the 2004 election could mark a turning point in acceptance of gay relationships.

Commentary

Why can't the idol be gay? America's favorite reality TV contest may be cutting contestants who appear 'too gay'.

Television - American Idol

Why did Melissa cross the road? Melissa Ferrick talks about taking risks to put out her latest CD, The Other Side.

Music - Interview - Biography

Why I like Fridays.

Entertainment - Brief Article

Why I'm not a bear.

Left hook - Fetishism, social class, and sexuality - Column

Why Judy matters.

Culture - Singer and actress Judy Garland - Column

Why Mom won't get married.

My perspective

Why not go-go to Homo a Go Go?

Music Preview - The queer Olympia, Washington event is reviewed - Brief Article

Why Reagan ignored AIDS.

Commentary - Ronald Reagan - Brief Article

Why the federal marriage amendment will fail; the battle over a federal amendment banning same-sex marriage may be waged in Congress this summer. But history suggests it isn't going to be easy to pass.

Life After Gay Marriage

Why wait? Modern Art without lines.

The Advocate bulletin: our essential Holiday guide to Events+Promotions - Millennium Broadway or UN Plaza Hotels - Advertisement

Wife-swapping lesbians.

The Buzz - New television series Wife Swap - Brief Article

Wilde boys.

The Buzz

William's room.

Final cut

Wilton Station creates sophisticated village living in the Fort Lauderdale area.

Special Advertisement

Winds of change.

Reader forum

Winning black support.

Activism - Brief Article

Winning equality in the workplace.

Benefits - Brief Article

Winning it all.

My perspective - Same-sex marriage

Winning with words in the U.K.

Literature - Brief Article

Witchiepoo made me gay! The DVD reissue of a Gen X classic reminds us how very queer H.R. Pufnstuf always was.

Without his father's blessing: his lawmaker dad may be California's leading opponent of equal rights for gays, but that didn't stop David Knight from getting married in San Francisco.

Behind the Headlines - Son of Republican California state senator William Knight - Interview

Wombstock rocks.

Summer Music - Michigan Womyn's Music Festival

Women scorned.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

Women's movement: out choreographer Gina Gibney shows battered women how dance can help rebuild their lives.

Dance

Womyn in the mist.

Straight Outing

Wooing gays with wedding bells.

France - Brief Article

Worldwide pride: whether wearing festive balloons in Paris, being escorted by police in Zagreb, or marching masked in Taipei, brave gay men and lesbians find their own ways to celebrate pride across the globe.

Worldwide wedding bells.

Marriage - Brief Article

Xorin the magnificent: Los Angeles designer Xorin Balbes creates extraordinary homes and 'shares the wealth' by hosting parties for gay causes.

Culture

Year-end movies: the sizzling six.

Arts & entertainment - Brief Article - Calendar

Yes, Virginia, there is a boycott.

Activism - VirginiaIsForHaters.org - Brief Article

You can't take it with you. Why it's never too soon to get a will and an estate plan.

MOney Talks

You don't know Jack.

The Buzz - Lee Rose - Brief Article

You read it here first.

Commentary

Young and dating in Utah.

Generation Q

Young voters come out: partisan gay political groups are reaching out to GLBT students on the nation's college campuses.

Activism

Youth speaking to youth.

HIV/AIDS - Hope's Voice - Brief Article

10% of a million?

Money - Brief Article

10 ways to fix pride: it's time to stop complaining about the muscle boys and drag queens and to start applying our queer eyes to a pride parade makeover.

Commentary - Brief Article

100 plus 1.

Reader forum - Letter to the Editor

4 to watch in 2004: young Hollywood's idols are discovering their gay sides in challenging new movies.

Hollywood Issue