... and four great pilgrimages: classic mass experiences to expand your spiritual worldview without skimping on style.
A backward three-somersault tuck (with a twist): diving's a sport where splashes are ordinarily discouraged. But Australian Matthew Mitcham's decision to come out of the closet has attracted the whole world's attention to this top-ranked jock's shot at Olympic gold.
Cover story
A bakery grows in Detroit: when a lesbian couple opened a bakery in a blighted Motor City neighborhood 11 years ago, they prospered--and so did their customers, employees, and the local economy.
COMMUNITY - Jackie Victor and Ann Perrault of Avalon International Breads - Company overview
A big check, a big caveat: gay men living in homophobic countries are finally getting HIV treatment--but they can't thank their own governments for it.
Forward - Brief article
A broader bully pulpit: as Congress grapples with solutions for a faltering economy, Barney Frank sits at the center of power.
POLITICS
A business-class ticket, both ways: in 2000, Cadillac revamped its look, feel, and image--and eight years later it's doing it again. The Advocate takes a look at the new-incarnation CTS, with Gaywheels.com's Marty Padgett behind the wheel.
FAST LANE: AUTOS - Product/service evaluation
A calm voice: in an era of over-the-top, eclectic female vocalists, out singer-songwriter Jennifer O'Connor is a welcome break.
Here With Me - Sound recording review
A change is gonna come: Thalia Zedek returns with another solo album. This time she's got backup.
Liars And Prayers - Sound recording review
A comic of errors: writer Jonathan Ames breaks into graphic novels with The Alcoholic, in which a young man's affair with his best friend haunts him for years.
BOOKS
A deal to purchase LPI Media.
ANNOUNCED - Regent Releasing; PlanetOut - Brief article
A different kind of pride: gone are the rainbow pendants and triangle charms. Today's jewelry for gay consumers takes on a subtler aesthetic.
A fan's tribute: among the messages we received after Heath Ledger's death was this painting from artist Thorn Bierdz, titled 'Lost Cowboys.' Below, he explains his motivation.
Brief article
A gamble worth taking: Illinois has unveiled the first lottery scratch-off ticket to benefit HIV/AIDS organizations.
HEALTH - The Illinois Quality of Life, Red Ribbon Cash
A gift before dying: Microsoft's Ric Weiland leaves a multimillion-dollar legacy to the gay rights movement.
Forward - Brief article
A grant of $1.2 million.
DONATED - National Gay Task Force recieves a grant of $1.2 million from Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund - Brief article
A holiday guide to political disaster: the key to staying sane no matter what happens? Ask, what would Yoko do?
Yoko Ono
A kiss after dying.
Forward - Remembrance for gay victims of Third Reich - Brief article
A league of her own: bisexual second baseman Vicky Galindo stretches the stereotype of women in softball as she heads to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
PROFILE
A legend in her time: will Del Martin's legacy remain intact after November 4?
Forward - Brief article
A Lexus in wolf's clothing: well-known for its impeccably built luxury cars, Lexus now wants to wear racing stripes.
Lexus IS F - Product/service evaluation - Brief article
A little help from your friends: how creating a peer group can hold you accountable to your dreams.
CAREERS
A love that will never grow old.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
A moment in time.
Castro - Brief article
A new generation of pod people: U.K.-based Yotel is invading sleepless airports with posh privacy cabins to make your next dreaded layover gloriously unconscious.
ORIENTATION
A new map of the heavens.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
A night at the museum: a new gallery preserves history in a changing landscape.
Forward - One Archives Gallery and Museum
A pinker shade of Chinese red: on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, China is experiencing a full lavender revolution.
A president to be proud of: John McCain isn't perfect on gay issues. But gay voters should approach the Arizona senator with an open mind.
GUEST OPINION
A Raisin in The Sun.
Brief article
A royal affair: the first full-length album from lesbian duo Yo! Majesty turns what could have been novelty into a hip-hop force to be reckoned with.
Sound recording review
A sketch of our own: The Big Gay Sketch Show is the gay Saturday night live--only, you know, funny.
A tipping point year? In every civil rights battle there comes a time when momentum tips irreversibly in its favor. Was 2007 that year for us? Two opposing views.
2007: YEAR IN REVIEW
A true first.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
A true gentleman: recollections of an unforgettable spirit named John Burnside.
Forward
A true pioneer.
FROM THE EDITOR
A Very British Gangster.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
A very good year.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
A year of firsts.
PEOPLE - Academy Awards night 2007 - Brief article
A year of gay thinking: a flurry of personal appearances and professional obligations causes one man to hit his gay threshold.
Column
About a boy: Irish actor Johnny O'Callaghan went to Africa to help a friend make a documentary about AIDS orphans--but what he found was his son.
FAMILY
About-face: in May a federal court ruled that the U.S. military needs to prove how Maj. Margaret Witt's sexual orientation threatened morale in her unit. Suddenly the Air Force nurse became the new face of the fight against 'don't ask, don't tell'.
NEWS
Across The Universe.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Adam Block.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Adam Epstein.
THEATER - Interview
Adamo Ruggiero.
CAME OUT - Brief article
Advocate.com top 10.
AFA keeps gay at bay: by filtering gay from its news site, the conservative group becomes a laughingstock.
Forward - American Family Association filters the word gay in online news site, OneNewsNow.com - Brief article
After the fall: Oscar Wilde's only grandson, Merlin Holland, wants to shed light on the years that followed his grandfather's infamous imprisonment.
Q & A - Interview
Aged to perfection.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Aging in America: forget canasta--senior citizens are having sex just like the rest of us. But until gay groups like SAGE came around, no one ever talked to them about it. As Kate Dailey finds out, that's just one of many innovations credited to gays and lesbians.
AGING - Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders
AIDS archives, ruby slippers now under same roof.
Forward - Brief article
Air America's sweetheart.
DOSSIER - Rachel Maddow - Interview - Brief article
Alanis Morissette.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Alec Baldwin.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Alex Ross.
SELECTED - Alex Ross has been selected as a 2008 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Brief article
All you never learned in kindergarten: here's your chance to bone up on the gay history they didn't teach in school.
Forward - Brief article
Allan Spear.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
American Airlines.
THE ADVOCATE Bulletin: Our Essential Guide to Events and Promotions - Brief article
American lesbian: with a career retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, Catherine Opie takes her place among the greatest artists of her generation.
ART
American Music Club: The Golden Age.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
An actor who changed gay lives: he didn't win an Academy Award. But Heath Ledger's performance in Brokeback Mountain moved real people to grieve, get honest, come out, and claim their own destinies. Here are a few of their stories.
An archbishop for all: Desmond Tutu sees gay and lesbian rights as part of the larger struggle in the fight for freedom and dignity for all.
NEWS
Anatomy of a failed campaign: in two short months, the battle over California's Proposition 8 went from double-digit opposition to passing with 52% of the vote on Election Day. Could the heartbreaking loss have been avoided? Depends on who you ask.
Andy Warhol's Pittsburgh: the working-class background of the iconic queer artist.
ORIENTATION: LOCAL LEGENDS
Angels at The Advocate.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
Anna Faris.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Another first.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Antiaging creams: they're not just for women anymore.
FAST LANE - Buyers guide - Brief article
Antigay and proud: a look at the latest crop of hate-based groups from coast to coast.
COLUMN: BITTER, PARTY OF ONE - Column
Antony and the Johnsons: Another World.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
HONORED - Archbishop Desmond Tutu recieves Outspoken Award - Brief article
Ariodante.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Arriving fashionably late: Volkswagen's 2009 Tiguan is a welcome addition to the compact SUV party, even if it did keep us waiting.
FAST LANE - Product/service evaluation
Art goes green.
Forward - Anna Goodson Management - Brief article
Artful accommodations: there's no room for cookie-cutter paintings at these hip hotels where LGBT artists add to the colorful mix.
ORIENTATION: HOTELS WE LOVE - Gladstone Hotel - Lancaster Arts Hotel - 21C Museum Hotel - Hotel review
Arthur Russell: Love Is Overtaking Me.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Art's quiet lion.
Robert Rauschenberg - In memoriam - Brief article
As Ellen goes, so goes the nation: when Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi got married in California in August, there were no protests, no career fallout, and no media backlash, just congratulations from all.
Atlas Sound: Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Audiophile: the gadgets and gear that make your sound sing.
FAST LANE - Buyers guide
Aussie bums: Summer Heights High--a faux-reality series that HBO imported from Australia--gives Little Britain USA a run for its money.
Back on the yellow brick road: Gregory Maguire returns to the Land of Oz with the story of a not-so-cowardly lion.
BOOKS - A Lion Among Men
Back to school: homoerotic Oxford high jinks are remade in Brideshead revisited, but sometimes a kiss just doesn't cut it.
Brideshead Revisited - Movie review
Back to the bully pulpit: after eight years of avoidance by the Bush administration, will Obama or McCain champion gay rights in American foreign policy?
POLITICS - Barack Obama and John McCain
Back to the Planet: Season 5 of The L Word on DVD reminds us of the good old days.
DVD - Brief article - Video recording review
Ballot Measure 9.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Bang, Crunch.
BOOK PICKS - Brief article - Book review
Bare market: trouble on Wall Street may spell the same for nonprofits that rely on financial support from Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and companies like them.
MONEY
Bareback.
THEATER - Equus - Brief article
Barney Frank's take on Washington, D.C.
Interview
Bass notes.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Battleground states.
POLITICS
BBQ season: it's time to spark up the grill.
FAST LANE - Buyers guide
Be the best.
Buyers guide
Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Bees to honey: gay blogger Jeremy Hooper leaves behind the blogosphere's bitch-and-smear and learns that it's more effective to befriend your enemies.
FIRST PERSON
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Beladi: A Night at the Pyramids.
Brief article
Bertrand Delanoe.
RUNNING - Bertrand Delanoe is running for leadership of France's divided Socialist Party - Brief article
Best Dad Ever? Offended by Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage, one straight Christian Republican father takes his state to court.
Forward - Bill McConkey
Best of Breed: Volume 1.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Bette Davis Collection Volume 3.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Beyond Hatred.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Beyond the core: get off the beaten path in the Big Apple's lesser-known gay hoods. Adapted from The Out Traveler: New York City guidebook.
ORIENTATION
Bicycle trips 101.
ORIENTATION: HEALTH
Bigger, Stronger, Faster.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Bill Welch.
PRESIDING - Marriage ceremony for six same-sex couples, to be held on Penn State University's campus - Brief article
Birth control for lesbian teens.
Forward - Brief article
Biting wit: if you're hungry for heroines, here are two girls you can really sink your teeth into.
Teeth - Persepolis - Movie review
Bitter: Sweet: Drama.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Black Kids: Partie Traumatic.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Blank page: of the 88 papers in California that publish wedding announcements, only one refuses to include gay celebrations.
Forward - Lodi News Sentinel - Brief article
Blood runs cold in San Jose.
Forward - Brief article
Bloom off the rose?
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Body talk.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Bonnie and Clyde.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Boom over Miami: Sunny Miami is home to pristine beaches, dynamic nightlife, and the nation's most glutted condo market. What's a local gay real estate agent to do? We asked 38-year-old Bryan Halda.
DOSSIER - Interview
Boys behaving badly.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Boystown.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Brazilian Girls: New York City.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Breaking barriers.
FROM THE EDITORS - Editorial
Breaking the ice: the gay-themed film Breakfast With Scot is so mainstream, even the National Hockey League got behind it.
FILM - Movie review - Brief article
Bridging the divide: Black state legislator Jason Bartlett's coming-out could serve to unify two communities.
Forward - Interview
Brokeback screenwriter Diana Ossana on heath.
Health Ledger - Brief article
Bulletin.
PRIDE 2008
Butch Jamie.
DVD PICKS - Plot summary - Brief article
Buying time.
Gay political action - Brief article
By the numbers: bright lights, big disease.
Forward - HIV infections - Brief article
By the numbers: don't-hold-your-breath edition.
Forward - Constitutional amendments - Chronology - Brief article
By the numbers: follow the leader.
Forward - Chronology - Brief article
By the numbers: GSAs in the USA.
Forward - Gay-Straight Alliance Network - Brief article
By the numbers: out at the ball game.
Forward - Sports spectators who engage with excessive display of affection in public will be kicked out the park - Brief article
By the numbers: presidential birthday candles.
Forward - The ages of president of the United States - Brief article - List
By the numbers: real estate.
Gays' residential real estates - Table
By the numbers: White ain't so green.
Forward - White Party - Brief article
California marriage primer: everything you ever wanted to know about gay marriage in the Golden State.
Call it a comeback: after years of flailing, the members of R.E.M. return to reclaim their title as alt-rock kingpins.
Accelerate - Sound recording review
Camp out.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Campaign rhetoric.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Can you afford to be gay?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Candidates by the issues: you've followed the debates, listened to the stump speeches, and watched the candidates play political hot potato with gay issues. But before you march into the caucus room or voting booth in 2008, take a look at how the frontrunners for president stand on all things gay.
Candidates face off: wonder where the presidential hopefuls stand on gay issues? Look no further.
POLITICS - John McCain and Barack Obama
Carl S. McGee.
ARRESTED - Brief article
Carson's Parisian shopping spree: we recently sent the indomitable TV star of How to Look Good Naked on a shopping bender in Paris. His notes from the French fashion front.
ORIENTATION
[Cartoon].
Cartoon
Cartoon.
Cartoon
Cartoon.
Cartoon
Cartoon.
Cartoon
Cartoon.
Cartoon.
Cartoon
Cat Power: Jukebox.
MUSIC PICKS
Cat scratch fever: London's calling with the sultry, tech-loving 2009 Jaguar XF.
FAST LANE: AUTOS - Product/service evaluation
Celine Dion Live In Las Vegas: A New Day.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Century-old scourge: could clues about the beginning of AIDS lead to its end?
Forward - Brief article
Charity case: when you're shopping around this coming holiday season for the perfect present, go light on the pocketbook and feed your conscience instead.
Charles Moskos.
Obituary - Brief article
Charles Whitebread.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Chemistry.com.
THE ADVOCATE Bulletin: Our Essential Guide to Events and Promotions - Website overview - Brief article
Cheyenne stands tall: most leading men are afraid to be out and proud. Cheyenne Jackson is bigger than that.
The Music Issue
City girl.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Class of 2008: most likely to succeed: The Advocate honors two students graduating this spring who are making a solid mark in the gay rights movement locally, nationally, worldwide.
YOUTH - Samantha Cannon and Ryan Tauriainen
Classic omission.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Clay Aiken.
Brief article
Claymates in crisis: for Clay Aiken fans, 'gay' is still the love that dare not speak its name.
Brief article
Cody Castagna.
DISMISSED - Charges against Cody Castagna to be dismissed - Brief article
Colton Ford: Tug of War.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Comedy, played straight: the films of Judd Apatow are redefining comedy--but are women and gays in on the joke?
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Comfortably numb no more: a new memoir about one woman's fight with addiction speaks volumes.
Jennifer Storm's Blackout Girl - Interview
Coming out but canceled: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Tom Lenk had it all figured out--he'd announce he's gay just as his first on-screen same-sex kiss aired on Fox's new series Do Not Disturb. But the network had different plans.
TV
Coming out day 2008.
FIRST PERSON
Coming out in the big leagues: why John Amaeichi didn't change the world of professional sports.
2007: YEAR IN REVIEW
Coming to America.
TV - David Walliams and Matt Lucas are exporting Little Britain show for HBO - Brief article
Connecticut rings in: now that the Constitution State has become the third in the nation to extend marriage equality, what's next?
NEWS
Converted coupes.
FAST LANE - Convertible automobiles - Product/service evaluation
Corey for President.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Correct change.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
Correction.
FEEDBACK - Correction notice
Correction.
FEEDBACK - Correction notice
Correction.
FEEDBACK - Correction notice
Correction.
FEEDBACK - Correction notice
Correction.
FEEDBACK - Correction notice
Correction.
FEEDBACK - Correction notice
Correction.
FEEDBACK - Correction notice
Corrections.
FEEDBACK - Correction notice
Corridor of love: Connecticut could tip the scales in favor of a marriage equality zone that stretches from Vermont to New Jersey--but how will the decision sway voters in California?
NEWS
Cruising 101.
Detroit, Michigan - Brief article
Cry-Baby On Broadway!(THE ADVOCATE Bulletin: Our Essential Guide to Events and Promotions) (Brief article)
Cumming to America.
Forward - Alan Cumming will take American citizenship test - Interview - Brief article
Cyd Charisse.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth, with the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, for their film Freeheld, February 24.
HONORED - Brief article
Dame Shirley Bassey: Get the Party Started.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Dancing with Lance.
TV - Lance Bass joins Dancing With the Stars - Brief article
Dangerous liaisons.
Forward - Man accused by her wife for infecting her with HIV - Brief article
Datebook: 01.15-01.29.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 01.29-02.26.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 02.26-03.11.
Brief article - Calendar
Datebook 03.11-03.25.
Forward - Brief article - Calendar
Datebook 03.25-04.08.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 04.08-04.22.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook: 04.22-05.06.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 0506-0520.
Forward
Datebook 05.20-06.17.
Forward
Datebook 06.17-07.01.
Forward - Brief article - Calendar
Datebook 07.01--07.15.
Calendar
Datebook 07.15-08.12.
Forward
Datebook 08.12-08.26.
Forward - Brief article - Calendar
Datebook 08.26-09.09.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 09.23-10.07.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 10.07-10.21.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 10.21-11.04.
Calendar
Datebook 11.04-11.18.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 11.18-12.02.
Forward - Calendar
Datebook 12.02-12.16.
Forward - Brief article - Calendar
David Duchovny.
Interview
David Watkin.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Dear President-elect Obama, we gave you our vote (at least most of us did). Will you now fight for our full equality? Open letters from 17 gay men and lesbians.
Death of a showgirl: in the '90s, Jahna Steele was one of Vegas's most celebrated topless performers. Did being outed as transgender contribute to her demise?
THE VEGAS ISSUE - In memoriam
Deciphering L, G, B, and T.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Defining virginity.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Desert roads and wildfires.
THE MEANING OF TRAVEL - Travel narrative
Devotchka: A Mad & Faithful Telling.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Dexter: The Complete Second Season.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Diane Lane.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Died.
Transitions - Charlton Heston - Obituary - Brief article
Died.
Transitions - Obituary - Brief article
Digging for dollars: in 2006 less than 9% of total funding for LGBT issues went to groups that work with blacks, Latinos, and other people of color. Conn Corrigan finds out why--and what's being done to resolve the imbalance.
ACTIVISM - FIERCE
Ding-Dong, Jesse Helms is dead!(NEWS) (In memoriam)
Dirty little secret: in her latest book, Abortion & Life, bisexual author and activist Jennifer Baumgardner has compiled the stories of 15 women who discuss one of their most personal moments--their abortions. In an excerpt from the book, singer Ani DiFranco shares her abortion story.
BOOKS - Brief article
Divine providence: welcome to the friendliest, most artistic city in New England--which happens to have its own gay mayor.
ORIENTATION: THREE GAY DAYS
Diving for dollars: sizing up the financial future of gay gold medalist Matthew Mitcham.
Forward - Brief article
Do it yourself: gay Libertarians oppose government-imposed discrimination in marriage laws and military policies. But they also oppose employment protections and hate-crimes legislation. A paradox?
POLITICS
Do you find gray hair sexy?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Do you plan on getting married in California?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Do you think hate speech in the blogosphere should be censored?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Do you think people are taking HIV less seriously now that they see it as a manageable disease?
Brief article
Do you think the company you work for is financially sound?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Do you think the next U.S. president will champion LGBT rights on the international stage?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Does your company offer domestic-partner insurance?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Dog Tags.
DVD PICKS - Plot summary - Brief article
Dollar for dollar: what does it really cost to live the high life?
Brief article
Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie.
MUSIC PICKS
Don Bachardy: with two recent gallery shows and a new film about his life with Christopher Isherwood, the artist enjoys the rewards of a gay life well lived.
PROFILE - Interview
Don't mask, do tell: Gadzooks! Comic heroes come flying out of the closet.
Forward - Brief article
Dorothy vs. Snow White.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Dub Pistols: Speakers and Tweeters.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Dude, action sports are, like totally homophobic: founded on an image of alternative lifestyle, the counterculture world of snowboarding, skating, and surfing has become one of the most uptight scenes around.
NEWS
DVD picks.
Brief article - List
Dynamic duo: lesbians swoon and the music industry takes notice as The L Word's Leisha Hailey and bandmate Camilla Grey's Uh Huh Her releases its debut album, Common Reaction.
Dynamic duo: with a retrospective currently at the de Young Museum in San Francisco and a tour slated for later this year, the controversial art team Gilbert and George are about to remind America of the beauty of bad taste.
Eagles of Death Metal: Heart On.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Eastern Promises.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Eccentric Glamour: Creating An Insanely More Fabulous You.
BOOK PICKS - Brief article - Book review
Eco warriors: when gay meets green, great things happen.
THE GREEN ISSUE - Environment friendly gay living - List
Economic crisis.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Ed live!(OUT TRAVELERS)
Ed live!(OUT TRAVELERS)
Ed live!(OUT TRAVELERS)
Edie Sedgwick: Things Are Getting Sinister and Sinisterer.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Editor's letter.
OUT TRAVELERS - Editorial
Eleven elections to watch: the contenders to pay attention to on November 4.
Forward
Eleven Men Out.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Enchanted.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
End to U.S. ban on HIV-positive travelers?
ORIENTATION
Equality Illinois.
Brief article
Ersi Arvizu: Friend for Life.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Estelle.
MUSIC PICKS - Shine - Sound recording review - Brief article
Estelle Getty.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Everything they always wanted to know about sex: because their health class doesn't always include the safe-sex lessons that they need, some Chicago teens have taken matters (and the lessons) into their own hands--by staging a new show.
COMMUNITY - 'Fast Forward' by About Face Youth Theatre
Ex marks the spot.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Excess-orize your pet.
FAST LANE - Pet accessories - Buyers guide - Brief article
Executive order.
UPHELD - Brief article
EXES & OHS: The Complete First Season.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Fab five: the best of gay entertainment in 2007.
Forward - Brief article
Fairy tales: the director and stars of the new Broadway production of Shrek talk about playing gay, fighting off fans, and the best coming-out gift for Clay Aiken.
THEATER - Interview
Farewell, Anne.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Fasten your leashes: the Dogtravel Company invites you to fly the furry skies.
ORIENTATION - Taking your pet on your travels - Brief article
Fat Girls.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Favorite uncle.
CULTURE
Fear of flying ... to the White House: in the heady first years of feminism, lesbians crashed the party, forever bonding the two movements. To win the presidency, Hillary Clinton must reckon with both.
Female Catholics.
THREATENED - Brief article
Ferron: Boulder.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Field of dreams: in the broccoli and strawberry fields of central California, LGBT farmworkers face everything from violence to cuts in pay simply for being who they are. How one woman and a cutting-edge legal project are leading the fight for justice.
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders; Lisa Cisneros
Fine & Thandie: with two new films in theaters this month, British actress Thandie Newton gives us a Crash course in versatility.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Finn's Girl.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Fire To Fire: New And Selected Poems.
BOOK PICKS - Brief article - Book review
First couple.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Fit and fierce: Jackie Warner weighs in.
ORIENTATION: HEALTH - An interview with Jackie Warner - Interview
Fitting in by standing out: two films make a play to join the canon of misfit cinema.
FILM - Penelope - Charlie Bartlett - Movie review
Five films you didn't know were gay.
List
Five questions for Tom Brokaw.
Forward - Interview
Flawless: New York house trio the Ones prove that looking good is only half the battle.
Sound recording review
Flying the unfriendly skies: one flight attendant explains how he's held on to both his job and sanity.
DOSSIER - Stephen Schembs - Interview - Brief article
Foleygate.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Food fights: best first-class airline meals.
ORIENTATION: TASTE - List
For the Bible Tells Me So.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Foreign exchange: searching for the next frontier in LGBT filmmaking? Look overseas.
FILM - XXY; The Edge of Heaven - Movie review
Fowl behavior: PETA's untamed gay ringleader discusses Thanksgiving, baby fur, and saving the world.
Forward - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - Interview - Brief article
Free to be you and me.
FROM THE EDITOR
Friends with benefits: what's a little make-believe romance between acquaintances?
Column
From RV to rock star bus: move on from ancient RVs to live like a celeb in your own road trip tour bus.
ORIENTATION: UPGRADE - Recreational vehicles
Funny lady.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Funny lady: SNL starlet Molly Shannon returns to the small screen in the American adaptation of the hit Australian show Kath & Kim.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Saturday Night Live - Interview
F4M? F4F? WTF! Celeb mags are all agog: Lindsay is either lesbian, bisexual, or just another straight girl engaged in an elaborate--albeit genius--publicity stunt. But really, what difference does it make?
NEWS - Lindsay Lohan
Gambian president: kill gays. The world: zzzzzzz.
Forward - Yahya Jammeh - Brief article
Gary Herb.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
HIRED - Brief article
Gay and lesbian workers' rights.
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s gay and lesbian workers' rights - Brief article
'Gay bi gay gay'.
MUSIC - Brief article
Gay immigrants put the I before the G.
Employment and civil rights
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network.
Resignation of Kevin Jennings - Brief article
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network.
PROMOTED - Eliza Byard promoted to executive director of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network - Brief article
Gay reporter exposes affair, ruins political career! He may not be Woodward or Bernstein, but veteran National Enquirer reporter Rick Egusquiza knows how to take down a politician--John Edwards, in this case.
NEWS
Gay retro motor lodges: who needs Motel 6 when you can shake off road fatigue at these stylized gay-owned digs?
Gay travel milestones.
TRANSPORT - Travel accomodation for the LGBT community - List
Gay travel website directory.
Directory
Gay travel website directory.
Website list
Gay Vegas: with a new slate of casino-free hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants, and amped-up shows, Las Vegas as once again beckoning the world to its (reinvented) party, and this time it's inviting the gays. take a look at what's new in Sin City.
THE VEGAS ISSUE
Gay-baiting ads get their due: writer Bob Garfield takes issue with intolerance being used as marketing.
DOSSIER - Interview
Gays and violence.
Health News You Should Know - Brief article
Gays, straights, and divorce.
Forward - Spouses announce they're gay and want divorce
Gene Copello.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Generational divide?
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Get a job--and keep it! Gay-friendly employment policies and protections are of little solace if your company goes belly-up. So it's with today's tumultuous economy in mind that this year's profile of the country's most pro-gay companies focuses on the businesses with the best staying power. Whether your employer is one of the picks or not, it never hurts to check out your options.
BEST COMPANIES
Get out of the rabbit hole: as the Internet continues to suck us into a virtual reality, gay culture in the real world is slipping away.
COLUMN: COASTAL DISTURBANCES - Column
Get over yourself: are addictions and bad habits standing in your way?
CAREERS
Get up, stand up.
WORKPLACE - Demonstrations and protests - Brief article
Giant hunk of talent.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Gimme Shelter: with a new movie about gay surfers, here networks finally catches the perfect wave.
Shelter
Girl Talk: Feed the Animals.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Girl trouble: the dearth of new lesbian films showing in theaters raises the question, what's happened to sapphic cinema?
FILM
GLBT Center.
APPOINTED - Brief article
Glen Campbell.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Global pride warriors: in the spirit of widespread change, meet four international gay rights activists from Nepal, Russia, Nigeria, and Chile.
WORLD - Sunil Pant, Nikolai Alekseev, Sewedo Joseph Akoro and Andres Ignacio Rivera Duarte
Glue.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Going clubbing with Mini: the new Clubman gives Mini's city chic new allure--and serious size where it was needed. Gaywheels's Joe LaMuraglia drives the hot new hatchback around Madrid on a tour of tapas and torque.
FAST LANE - Mini Cooper Clubman - Product/service evaluation
Going green in NOLA.
FIRST PERSON
Going to the chapel--again.
MORE ON ADVOCATE.COM - Brief article
Golden opportunity: how the GOP helped bring gay marriage to California.
NEWS - Grand Old Party of the Republican Party of the United States
Golden years? Elegy and Before I Forget portray May-December romances in two very different lights.
Movie review
Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree.
MUSIC PICKS
Good times and bum times, we've seen them all ...
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
Goodbye to four of the greatest generation.
Forward - Obituary - Brief article - List
Gossip Girl.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Green day ... and night.
BUSINESS - Ford Motor Co. reduces the building's heating and cooling needs, cleans air and storm-water runoff, and provides a home for nesting birds - Brief article
Green Issues.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Guess the gay resort town.
Brief article
Guilty pleasure: it may not be sensible to love the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8--but what's gas mileage in the face of a HEMI?
FAST LANE - Product/service evaluation
Gus Van Sant's Portland visions: West Coast urban evolution documented through the viewfinder of a local out filmmaker.
Movie location of Milk
Hair-raising.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Handle with care: travel tips for toting toto.
ORIENTATION - Taking care of your pet when traveling - Brief article
Happy New Year: five bottles of bubbly worth toasting.
FAST LANE - Buyers guide - Brief article
Has there been a gay leader comparable to Harvey Milk since Milk's death?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Hate is in the air.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Hate speech?
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Hating on TiVo.
Forward - Brief article
Have you ever had a MRSA infection?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus - Table - Brief article
Hawaii's polysexual past: cross-dressers, queer concubines, and the Sin of Onan--the Hawaii of pre-European contact had it all.
ORIENTATION: OUR HISTORY
He sees dead people: Director Bruce LaBruce on his new gay zombie film, the corporate takeover of culture, and--of course--sex.
FILM - Interview
Hearing unimpaired: Janice Dickinson's newest male model is adorable, gay--and deaf.
DOSSIER - Martin Ritchie - Interview
Heartbreak: Lies.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Helping folks get it on (and put it on).
DOSSIER - Karlyn Lotney - Interview - Brief article
He-Man and The Masters of The Universe, volume 2.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
High School Musical: with charm and imagination to spare, the magic of Were the World Mine is worth singing about.
Movie review
Hill-bound? Jared Polis proves that Obama and Palin aren't the only ones vying for the history books on November 4.
Forward - Barack Obama - Sarah Palin
Hip hymns: ask anyone who has ever hailed a cab in the snow with an armload of presents: multitasking is essential at Christmastime. That goes for holiday music too. Here are some albums doing double duty as really good music.
MUSIC - Sound recording review
Hip-hop homophobia.
MUSIC - Brief article
His day in court: National Center for Lesbian Rights legal counsel Shannon Price Minter reflects on making the case for marriage equality before the California supreme court.
Column
History in the making: the debut from Hercules and Love Affair recalls the golden age of '80s dance music while still marching to the beat of a fresh and original drummer.
Sound recording review
Hold the wine, please: don't confuse debut artist Dully with all those other British Motown bad girls.
MUSIC - Sound recording review
Hollywood is dead. Long live Hollywood!(FROM THE EDITOR) (Editorial)
homo.phobo.sphere n An environment created by antigay postings on Internet blogs that spreads hate, produces fear, and is still protected by free speech.
MEDIA
Honoring Harvey.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Hopes dashed.
Health News You Should Know - Herpes research counting on to reduce susceptibility to HIV infection - Brief article
How green is gay?
FROM THE EDITOR - Letter to the editor
How I Met Your Mother: Season 3.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Husband material.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Husbands: when Austin Bunn leaves behind his boyfriend of six years to move to Kentucky, he finds himself immersed in a culture of married men looking for gay sex. In this account of the past year of his life, Bunn searches for what compels these men to their indiscretions and discovers that the answers may lie in his own past.
THE SEX ISSUE
'I always like to go places I've never been'.
STAR PATHS: K.D. LANG - Interview
I am gay and I am hip-hop: a music industry insider explains how hip-hop helped him grow from traumatized teen to proud gay man.
FIRST PERSON
I don't: why one Californian, delighted with his newfound right to marry, won't dare walk down the aisle again.
COLUMN: MINORITY RETORT
I Dreamt Under the Water.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
I have a dream ... ticket: Clinton and Obama say they won't run together. But LGBT voters can hope.
COLUMN: ROD & REAL - Hillary Clinton; Barack Obama
I think I can, I think I can: four friends manage to take their off-Broadway production--called [title of show]--to the Great White Way just by saying it was going to happen.
If they build it, will we come? A slate of new luxe resorts and boutique hotels aims to turn Vegas into the next gay travel indulgence. But can the slot machine mecca really become a high roller's paradise? SEAN KENNEDY assesses the scene.
THE VEGAS ISSUE
I'll take the girlfriend.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
I'm Not There.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
In a family way.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
In good faith.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
In memoriam: notable passings of 2007.
Forward - Brief article
In Style.
PROMOTED - Ariel Foxman promoted as as the new managing editor of In Style magazine - Brief article
Inciting violence.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Inclusive exclusivity: out W Hotels president Ross Klein explains how gay and lesbian--and all--guests should be treated in a 21st-century hotel.
ORIENTATION: Q+A - Interview
Increasing the environment *: a daily log chronicles the sacrifices one man makes for the good of the planet.
COLUMN: THE WHITE PARTY - Column
Indulge me for a minute.
FROM THE EDITOR
Indulge your inner ironman.
FAST LANE - Sporting goods - Buyers guide
Ingrid Wilhite.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Inside the insider.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
International incident.
WORLD - Same-sex marriage - Brief article
Is the defeat of California's Prop. 8 worth it if Arizona's antigay Prop. 102 passes?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Is your family a village?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: Sunday at Devil Dirt.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Israel at 60: as the Jewish state celebrates its diamond anniversary, its progressive policies continue to shine like a gay jewel in the Middle Eastern rough.
ORIENTATION: INVESTIGATION
It isn't easy being green.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
It's a bird, it's a plane ... no, it's Super Queer! The alter ego of one Ohio student prefers activism dressed in a rainbow cape and Rollerblades.
GEN Q - Jennifer Dietsch
It's about the bottom line: the top 10 pro-gay--and financially stable--companies in the country.
List
It's all about the Benjamins.
POLITICS - Brief article
It's lovely at the top: out journalist Randy Lovely takes over as editor at the conservative Arizona Republic and learns firsthand what it means to be a novelty.
NEWS
It's the high-def frontier: it's a whole new world, so keep your wits--and your remotes--about you.
FAST LANE - Pioneer Elite
Ivan Toms.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Jack Kerouac's long and winding Road trip: the revolutionary 1957 travel memoir On the Road ignited a generation and flung open the floodgates of hip 'otherness.' At its core is a heartbreaking and oblique queer romance.
Jamie Lidell.
MUSIC PICKS - Jim - Sound recording review - Brief article
Janet Jackson.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Jay Brannan: Goddamned.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Jil Aigrot: Words of Love.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Joan Crawford Collection Vol. 2.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
John Krasinski.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
John Montana.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
John Turner.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Join the true jet set: who needs first class when you and your friends can relish in your own personal airplane service?
ORIENTATION: UPGRADE - Air charter services
Jolie Holland: The Living and the Dead.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Jon Hamm.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Judging Ani.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Juicy Mother 2: How They met.
BOOK PICKS - Brief article - Book review
Just like old times.
WORLD - Discrimination against gays - Brief article
Justice for all.
MORE ON ADVOCATE.COM - Brief article
Justus Kohncke: Safe and Sound.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Kate Nash: Made of Bricks.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Keeping it vague: Bloc Party front man Kele Okereke came out of the closet last year. But the band's latest release still eschews sexual labels--and it works.
Sound recording review
Kent Snyder.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Keri Hilson: In a Perfect World ...
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Kid Sister: Dream Date.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Killing hate crimes.
Forward
Kimberly Peirce and the art of war: with Stop-Loss, the queer director comes of age.
Interview
Kiss Insurance.
Abreva Pump for cold sore - Brief article
Kiss it.
HEALTH - DNA 11 - Brief article
Kiss my tax: intolerance and bigotry aside, the most quantifiable injustice of being gay may be the taxes.
Kmart exec gives it up for marriage.
Forward - Bill Stewart campaigns for equal marriage - Brief article
Know your faults.
DOSSIER - Earthquakes - Interview - Brief article
Kyle Chandler.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
L.A. schools add queer cinema to curricula.
Forward - E.O. Green Junior High School among the schools that will screen Tru Loved - Los Angeles Unified School District
Labor of love: is society ready for this pregnant husband?
FIRST PERSON
Ladies, start your engines: lesbian sex lives may get a boost from Viagra.
Forward - Brief article
Larry Michael Townsend.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Lars and the Real Girl.
Brief article - Video recording review
Lasting inspiration: pay Memorial Day respects at these destination-worthy grave sites of our LGBT forerunners.
ORIENTATION - List
Late bloomer: Lucinda Williams's new album, Little Honey, embraces her icon status while proving she's still a maverick.
Sound recording review
Leap of faith: fans of Logo's Noah's Arc cried foul when the network canceled the landmark series. Can a feature film version of the show win them back?
FILM - Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom - Movie review
Lee Sherman Dreyfus.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Legal marriage.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Legally wed.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Leo Abse.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Lesbian who lunches: who knew Jada Pinkett Smith--with all her yoga, child-raising, rock 'n' rolling, and world-changing--would have the time to put a sapphic twist on October's remake of the 1939 camp classic The Women?
FILM
Let's get spiritual: deemed sinners or simply made invisible by their childhood religions, many gays and lesbians are embracing alternative faiths that unabashedly embrace them. Here are three people proving God and gay aren't mutually exclusive.
RELIGION
Let's wait awhile: manhunt be damned! This Gen-Y college student is staying a virgin until he snags the right guy.
FIRST PERSON
Letter from the editor.
OUT TRAVELERS - Editorial - Brief article
Letter from the editor.
OUT TRAVELERS - Editorial
Liberate Lodi!(FEEDBACK) (Letter to the editor)
Life lesson.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Life on the road: a cabaret? Christopher Isherwood and William Caskey's epic South American journey was a test of relationship stamina.
ORIENTATION: OUR HISTORY
Life without puberty: hormone blockers for minors, the trans movement's new frontier.
Forward
Light Fell.
BOOK PICKS - Brief article - Book review
Lili Haydn.
MUSIC PICKS - Place Between Places - Brief article
Listen up! There are gay musicians and there are musicians who happen to be gay. These 10 emerging artists span a range of genres including punk, folk, rap, and everything in between. But it's not about who you sleep with for these and an ever-growing generation of musician. In the end it's all about the music.
Little Anne and Paul Wallfisch: When Good Things Happen to Bad Pianos.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Living with HIV: The Advocate spent three weeks in the lives of three HIV-positive men, proving that while the disease is no longer a death sentence, it isn't a piece of cake either.
HEALTH
Logo.
PROMOTED - Lisa Sherman - Brief article
Looking for Cheyenne.
Brief article
Los Campesinos!(MUSIC PICKS) (Hold on Now, Youngster...) (Brief article)
Lost boys.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Lost in translation: what's not gay about girl-on-girl comic book love? In Japan, everything. Caroline Ryder explores the elusive world of lesbian manga.
BOOKS
Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Love and marriage: movie weddings will never be the same after these gay directors crash the party.
Kiss the Bride and Married Life - Movie review
Love counts.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Love stories.
Cover story
Love! Valour! Commerce! The California marriage equality victory means big bucks for the state economy--and good news for the budget crisis there. But as Jen Christensen finds out, businesses around the country are raking it in too.
BUSINESS
Loving and loathing in Las Vegas: gays and lesbians are streaming into Vegas to start new lives. But are they really happy with what they find?
THE VEGAS ISSUE
Lykke Li.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Lyn-Lake: the twin cities' new artsy corner.
GAYBORHOOD WATCH: MINNEAPOLIS
Ma'am, would you care for some facts with that? Judging from her congressional testimony, Elaine Donnelly may be the most strident civilian opponent of lifting 'don't ask, don't tell.' Too bad her reasons for keeping the policy in place aren't sound.
POLITICS
Mad Men: Season One.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Majority rules: with 35 seats up for grabs in the U.S. Senate this November, is an ironclad Democratic majority of 60 in sight?
POLITICS
Manhattan's roaring gay days.
TRANSPORT - City overview - Cover story
Manhunt witch hunt.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Mark Pickerel: Cody's Dream.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Market to market.
A la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers - Brief article
Marriage: the bliss & the battle: when California's supreme court cleared the way for marriage equality, our world changed. How will we keep our enemies from changing it back? An Advocate special report.
Marrying with money: how the buying power of gays may win the marriage fight.
GUEST OPINION
Martha Plimpton.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Martian Child.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Mary, Mary.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
MassEquality.
APPOINTED - Brief article
Matmos: Supreme Balloon.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Matt Alber: Hide Nothing.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Matt and LoAnn's downloads for the road.
OUT TRAVELERS - Letter to the editor
Maxim Thorne.
RESIGNED - Brief article
Meet the bloggers.
Forward - Sandi T. of The Lesbian Mafia - Website overview - Brief article
Meet the bloggers: Nathaniel Rogers.
Forward - Brief article
Meet the Brave Ones: our Pride issue celebrates an extraordinary group of LGBT people whose courage is changing the world.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
Michael Brown.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Michael Davis.
SENTENCED - Brief article
Michael Jackson: Thriller 25.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Michael Shernoff.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Michelle Williams: Unexpected.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Mile-high expectations: with people like Tammy Baldwin center stage, there's hope that the Democratic National Convention will give gay issues the spotlight.
POLITICS - Brief article
Milestone moments: new LGBT tours for 2008: these first-time journeys have editorial director Matt Link's inner lesbian and associate editor LoAnn Halden's inner gay man mentally packing their bags.
Hers are Louis Vuitton, of course. - OUT TRAVELERS
Milk in his blood: meet Harvey Milk's cousin Michael Salem, lingerie entrepreneur and drag designer to the stars.
Forward - Interview - Brief article
Milk no MLK.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Milosh: iii.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Missionaries at the door?
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Mixed messages: weeks before he was brazenly killed by his teenage crush, 15-year-old Lawrence King was encouraged to be himself. Did that lesson help send him to his grave?
Brandon McInerney - Cover story
Moby.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Moby: Last Night Remixed.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Modern love.
ART - Broad Contemporary Art Museum - Brief article
Mogul in the making: with two new films coming out in November, writer-director Shamim Serif is one lesbian filmmaker who is enjoying bang-up success.
Q&A - Interview
Molding Bob Mould: on his latest release, the eclectic musician fuses his many identities.
MUSIC - District Line - Sound recording review
Moment of truth: you may remember coming out, but how much do you think about the moment you realized you were gay? A new HBO documentary lets real people tell their stories of when they knew.
FILM - When I Knew
Monty Python's Life of Brian.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Morgan Geist: Double Night Time.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Morgan Spurlock.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Mormons gone wild: after one man undresses missionaries for his calendar, BYU strips him of his degree.
DOSSIER - Chad Hardy - Brief article
Most memorable meals: we asked acclaimed LGBT chefs, TV foodies, and restaurateurs to tempt our taste buds with their all-time favorite dining experiences from across the globe.
ORIENTATION: TASTE
Movado Safiro[TM].
THE ADVOCATE Bulletin: Our Essential Guide to Events and Promotions - Brief article
Mr. Smith goes to Washington: but will anyone follow? How one man on two wheels who has a passion for all things green aims to spawn a bevy of eco queers.
ENVIRONMENT - Blake Smith
Ms. Mayor: keep your eye on E. Denise Simmons, the gay mayor of America's smartest city.
Forward - Interview
Mt. Sims: Happily Ever After.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Music picks.
Sound recordings - Sound recording review - Brief article
Music to your ears: the only instrument that pales on Kaki King's latest album is her voice.
Dreaming of Revenge - Sound recording review
My five top road trips.
OUT TRAVELERS - Brief article
My muse, my love: the two sides of artist-photographer Meghan Quinn.
THE SEX ISSUE
My not-so-big fat gay wedding: getting hitched in Vegas without the kitsch.
GUEST COLUMN
My sweet Lord: though he was eliminated in the first episode of the The Gospel Dream, singer Tony Sweet still hopes to make an impact--by coming out of the closet. God help him.
TV
Myra Riddell.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.
DVD PICKS
M83: Saturdays = Youth.
Sound recording review - Brief article
Name change.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Narcissus enters the apocalypse: Anthony Goicolea earned a legion of fans and collectors for his homoerotic photo montages of adolescent boys at play. When he switched to photographing grim landscapes and family narratives, not everyone went along.
ART
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
APPOINTED - Brief article
National parks go lavender.
ORIENTATION - Aramark Parks & Resorts accomodates LGBT visitors - Brief article
National Youth Advocacy Coalition.
APPOINTED - Brief article
Never Back Down.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Nip tuck: gay men are going under the knife in record numbers in search of pretty pecs and a six-pack stomach.
HEALTH - Gay men having surgery for chest and stomach muscles
No country for black men: John McCain may put his country first, but has America earned that honor?
Column
No more divas.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
No shrinking violet: killers front man Brandon Flowers kinda likes the gay rumors but has yet to seal the deal with Rufus.
BGF: BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Noise maker: the Magnetic Fields' latest is a masterful experience in low fidelity.
Distortion - Sound recording review
Not a tomboy in a dress: after walking away from a contract at Island Records, lesbian rocker L.P. returns to her androgynous roots with her anticipated third album.
MUSIC
Not another gay movie: the follow-up to a successful 2006 satire, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild aims to be even more outrageous and ends up losing its way.
Movie review
Not so civil service.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Not your grandmother's diesel.
FAST LANE - Volkswagen Jetta
Not your mama's burlesque.
CULTURE - Brown Girls Burlesque - Brief article
Not-so-safe sex.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Obama and gay equality.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Objects of suspicion: love a man, love a woman, either way they distrust you. What is it about bisexual women that lesbians hate so much?
SEXUALITY
Odyssey to Cambodia.
Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
One is not the loneliest number: BMW returns to its 3-series roots with the light and affordable 1-series.
FAST LANE: AUTOS - BMW 1281 - Product/service evaluation
One-two punch: how lone blogger Andy Towle and his thousands of readers took on religious fanatics and brought online giant Manhunt to its knees.
MEDIA
Onward and upward: in May 2007 a tornado nearly demolished the town of Greensburg, Kan. One year later resident David Yohn says things couldn't be better.
Open book: Chuck Palahniuk writes stories that fearlessly expose the darkest parts of the human experience. So why is it that when it comes to his sexuality there are still some things he likes to keep hidden?
SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW
Openhouse.
APPOINTED - Seth Kilbourn, as executive director of Openhouse - Brief article
Our House.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Our new hero ... Arnold?
FROM THE EDITOR - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Editorial
Out on the Street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
Brief article
Out on the street.
Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out on the street.
Brief article
Out on the street.
Brief article
Out on the street.
Brief article
Out on the street.
FEEDBACK
Out on the street: we asked a sampling of LGBT people in Charleston, S.C.: 'who impressed you most in 2007?'.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
Out to sea: will an ongoing lawsuit by former executives mean stormy weather for Olivia?
Olivia Cruises and Resorts' case
Out travelers of the past.
OUT TRAVELERS - James Baldwin - Quotation
Out travelers of the past.
OUT TRAVELERS - Quotation
Out travelers of the past.
OUT TRAVELERS
Palm 'Springs' Pilates weekend.
ORIENTATION: HEALTH - Interview
Paper trail.
Forward - Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever - Excerpt
Paper trail.
Forward - Dumbfounded - Excerpt
Paranoid Park.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Parenting skills.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Partners in romance: what's the secret behind Judith Gould, best-selling author of sweeping romance novels? She's actually a couple of gay men.
BOOKS - Nick Bienes and Rhea Gallaher
Patricia Cornwell: the famed crime novelist has kept us spellbound with her fiction. Now she's telling her truth--as a happily married lesbian who's speaking out for equal rights.
PROFILE - Interview
Patricia Mulpeter.
DECLARED INNOCENT - Brief article
Patrick Dempsey.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Patty Larkin: Watch the Sky.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
'Pen' is mighty.
Forward - Gay writers - Brief article
Pennsylvania pending.
ELECTION 2008 - Pennsylvania primaries - Brief article
People in your neighborhood: the gay characters we'll be watching on TV this season.
TV
Personal Best.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Peter Moren: The Last Tycoon.
Sound recording review - Brief article
Philadelphia's funky Queen Village.
Philippe de Montebello.
STEPPING DOWN - Brief article
Philly stands up to scouts.
Forward - Philadelphia's Cradle of Liberty Council - Brief article
Pie-in-the-sky presidency? The prospect of the nation's first black president sparks the hope that a gay president is drawing nearer.
Pioneers all.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Pipe dreams: bedazzled in Swarovski crystals and playing an instrument of his own design, 27-year-old organ virtuoso Cameron Carpenter could very well be the brightest star since Liberace.
MUSIC - Interview
Playing gay: Fable II for Xbox 360--featuring gay marriage and visible gaydar--is the most inclusive video game ever created.
VIDEO GAMES
Plugged in: can General Motors' innovative electric car--coming to you as early as 2010--live up to the hype? Sean Kennedy looks under the hood of the Chevy Volt.
THE GREEN ISSUE - Chevrolet Volt
Politically incorrect: Denis Leary can wear a dress and use the word fag--and get away with it.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Poll results.
OUT TRAVELERS - Brief article
Poll results.
OUT TRAVELERS - Table
Portrait of a killer: the most haunting element of Tom Kalin's new film Savage Grace is the face of newcomer Eddie Redmayne.
FILM - Movie review
Posh happenings.
Gay events
Posh happenings.
List - Calendar
Posh happenings.
Gay gatherings
Potty mouth: Seinfeld alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus loves bad words and gay marriage.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Pow! Zowie!(FEEDBACK) (Letter to the editor)
Power players: five gay and lesbian entrepreneurs who are making the world go 'round.
Pray it forward.
Forward - Table
Predator and prey: Ashton and Demi, parodies on SNL, even a string of popular dating websites. The public is fascinated with older women who seek the company of younger men. But what about their sapphic counterparts? Tricia Romano tracks the growing phenomenon of the lesbian cougar.
THE SEX ISSUE - Saturday Night Live - Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
Prelude to a kiss? The chaste gay couple on As the World Turns frustrates fans, enrages religious zealots, and lends the 52-year-old show some much-needed buzz.
Forward
President Cherry Jones.
Brief article
President McCain?
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Pretty, unpretentious: Dido's first album in five years delivers more feel-good lyrics and laid-back style without sounding stale.
Safe Trip Home - Sound recording review
Priced out?
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Pride down under.
CELEBRATIONS - Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade - Brief article
[Pride.sup.2].
List
Primaries schedule.
Brief article - Calendar
Primary primer.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Priscilla Ahn: A Good Day.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Project Angel Food.
APPOINTED - Brief article
Project Runway: The Complete Fourth Season.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Projection runway: fashion designer Tom Ford segues into celluloid with a daring film project.
Forward
Public sex confidential: overnight, Senator Larry Craig became the poster boy for public sex. But as Benoit Denizet-Lewis reminds us, the phenomenon is anything but new--and it's not just a closeted Republican thing. So what is it that still drives some in the gay community out of the bedroom and into the bathroom?
2007: YEAR IN REVIEW
Queens of comedy: the country's most famous comedy club gives gays the mike.
Laugh Factory's 'Thank Gays It's Friday' - Brief article
Queer Euro musicians on tour in 2008: three oh, so local out acts to catch on your next trip across the pond.
ORIENTATION - Bearforcel; Bee Stings - Brief article - List
Queer eye for the big girl: with his new show How to Look Good Naked, Carson Kressley teaches women to love themselves in all shapes and sizes.
TV - Interview
Queer mating for straight dating: dumping gender roles as a way to find love.
Forward - Deeper Dating - Brief article
Queer studies: college towns in Heartland, USA, can be positively gay.
ORIENTATION: PERFECT TEN
Quick fix.
Forward - Brief article
R Family man: as R Family Vacations embarks on its first Mexican cruise, Anne Stockwell talks with cofounder Gregg Kaminsky about making waves and changing attitudes.
Forward - Interview
Rachael Yamagata: A Record in Two Parts ... Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Racial comments.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Rade 'Rod' Kobila.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Randal Forrester.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Rants & raves.
Forward - Quotation
Rants & raves.
Forward
Rants & raves.
Forward
Rants & raves.
Forward - Quotation - Brief article
Rants & raves.
Forward - Quotation
Rants & raves.
Forward
Rants & raves.
Quotation
Rants & raves.
Rants & raves.
Forward
Rants & raves.
Forward
Rants & raves.
Forward
Rants & raves.
Rants & raves.
Forward - Quotation - Brief article
Rants & raves.
Forward - Quotation - Brief article
Rants & raves.
Quotations - Quotation
Rants & raves.
Forward - Brief article
Rants & raves.
Forward
Rants & raves.
Forward
Rants & raves.
Rants & raves.
Forward - Brief article
Rants & raves: our favorite quotes of 2007 from Advocate interviews.
Forward - Brief article
Rational enquirer?
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Ray of light.
FIRST PERSON - Brief article
Reader, meet author: one Los Angeles critic's Monday night film series turns the table and makes Hollywood come to its fans,.
FILM - Stephen Farber - Interview
Ready to make nice: how to get along with your right-wing relatives.
COLUMN: THE WHITE PARTY - Column
Rece$$ionary tremors: forgive us for stating the obvious, but the economy is tanking. Meet eight gay people caught in the debris.
Record breaker.
DOSSIER - Karen Pearson - Interview
Red Gold.
Russia repealed the ban on blood from gay male donors - Brief article
Regent Media's acquisition.
FINALIZED - Regent Media's acquisition of PlanetOut's magazine and book publishing businesses - Brief article
Regina Shavers.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Relax, it's just sex: it's what comes after that should make you a little nervous.
A Four Letter Word - My Blueberry Nights - Movie review
Relax--it's just TV: this summer brings a slate of new reality shows featuring gay participants, but forget about positive representations. As Choire Sicha finds out, it's all about the crazies, and in the end, that's the real progress.
Spectator
Remains of the day: luxe archaeological tours indulge your Indiana Jones fantasies without sending your fedora flying.
ORIENTATION: UPGRADE - Calendar
Remembering Larry.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Remembering Matthew: ten years after his brutal murder, those who knew him best--and those who learned of him only at the end--remember that week in October and reflect on the legacy of Matthew Shepard.
Remembering the lost.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Renaissance faire: a new book claims that America's on the verge of a renaissance in culture and business--and, no surprise, gay people are ahead of the trend.
CULTURE - The Rise of the Cultural Consumer - and What It Means to Your Business - Interview
Rent.
CLOSED - Brief article
Rescue me: photographer Matt Albiani focuses his lens on lifeguards across the USA, raising the question ... which way to the beach?
Brief article
Rest in peace: what to take to get to sleep.
FAST LANE - Buyers guide
Rethinking marriage.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Return to the love shack: the B-52s, the world's greatest party band, comes out (in more ways than one) with its first new album in 16 years.
MUSIC - Funplex
Reversal of fortune: when Evan Fallenberg, a U.S.-born writer and translator living in Israel, split up with the mother of his children to live with the man in his life, he hadn't bargained on finding himself in a new role: wife.
FIRST PERSON
Reversals of fortune: it's been the best of times and the worst of times for Gary Cloutier.
Forward - Interview - Brief article
Richard Blackwell.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Richard Quest.
ARRESTED - Brief article
Robert Arthur.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Robert Calhoun.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Robyn.
MUSIC PICKS - Robyn - Sound recording review - Brief article
Roller derby queens: short skirts, fishnets, and full contact. Inside the lesbian underground of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls.
Ronald H. Haines.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Rooms with the write stuff: check into stylish lodgings where celebrated gay authors once rested their pens.
ORIENTATION: HOTELS WE LOVE
Rosie's Variety Show.
ANNOUNCED - Brief article
Rubbing Oscar elbows in tinseltown.
ORIENTATION - Los Angeles - List
Rubbing you the right way.
ORIENTATION - Applying sunscreen and suntan the right way - Brief article
Rufus to the rescue: our favorite troubadour is staging a green initiative that's mysteriously cool--just like him.
THE GREEN ISSUE - Blackout Sabbath - Rufus Wainwright - Cover story
Rufus's world.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Sad anniversary.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Safe in the stalls.
Forward - Safe2Pee website - Website overview - Brief article
Sally Kern.
EXPOSED - Brief article
Sally Kern: a star is boring: what happened when this antigay wingnut was exposed on YouTube? She saw it as her big break.
COLUMN: MOUTH OF THE SOUTH - Column
Sam Adams.
ELECTED - Brief article
Same-sex social studies: the publishers of a new book want all kids to know about gay history.
Forward - Brief article
San Francisco showdown: lesbian activist says HRC crushed her dissent--and broke her arm.
Forward - Catherine Cusic
Sarah Bettens: Shine.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Sarah McLachlan.
MUSIC PICKS - Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff, vol. 2 - Sound recording review - Brief article
Saturn's little wagon is big on value: already on European roads for years, Saturn's Astra wagon finally appears stateside.
Product/service evaluation
Say cheese.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Say cheese: two New York City women make culinary waves with their artisanal ricotta.
BUSINESS
Scenes of a Sexual Nature.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Scott E. Graham.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Scott Free: The Pink Album.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Scott Jordan.
CAME OUT - Brief article
Scripting Savage Grace.
FILM - Howard A. Rodman writes for Savage Grace - Brief article
Sean Massey.
SWORN IN - CAME OUT - Brief article
Second nature: does the gay community have a one-track mind? Three activists move beyond sexual identity and find their greater selves in nongay causes.
ACTIVISM - Dan Mathews, Anthony Romero, and Connie Wolf - Interview
Seeing double: partners in life and work, Joaquin Trujillo and Brian Paumier are making waves in art circles with their poetic and emotionally charged photography.
ART
Senseless murders, senseless times.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
Service-members Legal Defense Network.
RESIGNED - Steve Rails - Brief article
Seth MacFarlane.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Severing diplomatic ties: Michael Guest, the former American ambassador to Romania, retired from the Foreign Service in November because of the State Department's unequal treatment of gay diplomats and their partners. In this exclusive Advocate sit-down, Andrew Noyes talks to Guest and his partner about what led to their decision--and why their union was more important than Guest's career.
Interview - Cover story
Sex and the City: The Movie.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Sex and the sovereign: gay Brits have spoken: Prince Harry's their man.
Forward - Brief article
Sex changes down south.
INTERNATIONAL - Government of Cuba wants to pay for the sex changes of its transgender citizens - Brief article
Sex. Gender. Employment discrimination: one woman's successful lawsuit against the Library of Congress could spell more legal victories for transgender employees across the country.
LAW - Diane Schroer
Sex toys and children make uneasy bedfellows.
Forward - Adam Male sex toy business pushes philanthropy - Brief article
Shannon Price Minter.
HONORED - Shannon Price Minter, as one of the top 100 lawyers in California - Brief article
Shelby, Dusty, demons, and dreams: Dusty Springfield danced with personal demons all her life. Now Shelby Lynne is channeling Dusty's music for a new generation. Is she channeling Dusty's demons too?
Shelby Lynne works inspired by Dusty Springfield
Shelter Me.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
She's bringing sexy back: in this summer's Sex and the City, Kim Cattrall is back for more. But the woman who symbolizes sex with no strings isn't anything like her screen persona--except of course when she is.
SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW - Interview
Shooting down dadt.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Short North: the toast of Columbus' arts scene.
ORIENTATION: GAYBORHOOD WATCH
Should the Swiss stick to army knives and chocolate?
Health News You Should Know
Si'a's quiet side: chatty and chirpy when she's talking about her career as an uber-inside musician, Sia downplays her sexuality.
Sia Furler
Sick of Sarah.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Signing with style.
FAST LANE: AUTOS - Luxury pens - Brief article
Simon Bookish: Everything/Everything.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Simone: Simone on Simone.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Sister, you're bumming me out.
Health News You Should Know - Relationships with your siblings may affect your mental health - Brief article
Sitdown, standup: what moves a man to act? For Gus Van Sant's latest hero, the answer is nothing not even murder.
Paranoid Park, Chicago 10 - Movie review
Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Smart money: in a time of economic calamity, one voice rises above the panic.
Forward
Snoop speaks: in the midst of the fifth and final season of the wire, Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson talks about life on set, dealing drugs, dating 'miss fine' ... oh, and that murder rap.
Interview
S'nuff said.
Forward - Josh and Jasper and the Tale of Snoozefoxie - Brief article
So long, Heath.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
So long, partner: in his short life, Heath Ledger barely had time to tap his potential. But for us, he had already achieved the performance of a lifetime--and losing him so soon after Brokeback Mountain is like suffering a death in the family.
In memoriam
Soft-core Catholics.
Forward - Catholics for Choice
Some like it hot!(TRANSPORT)
Somewhere over the rainbow: Margaret Cho forces a little reality into her fantasy life on The Cho Show.
TV
Soul-searching: instead of demonizing 'ex-gay' ministries, Save Me takes the more difficult path and examines the reasons some people seek treatment in the first place.
FILM - Movie review
Sour note.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
South by southwest.
BACK PAGE - Rock Out at Oil Can Harry's and Rain in Austin - Brief article
South of Nowhere.
ENDING - Brief article
South of the border: want to save money and still enjoy a nice lifestyle in retirement? Join the hundreds of other gay retirees relocating to Mexico and other countries where the dollar still goes far.
MONEY
Southland Tales.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Spain's envoy for change.
Forward - Pedro Zerolo
Spanish Lessons: threesomes and lesbian kisses--what Woody Allen learned on his summer vacation.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Movie review
Speak out, get fired.
JUSTICE - Ariana Losco fired for speaking out about harassment by her supervisor - Brief article
Staph retreat: reports a 'flesh-eating,' drug-resistant bacterial infection spreading among gay men prompted a media frenzy, a gay backlash, and finally, an apology from the researchers behind the study. Tim Murphy sorts out what happened--and what you need to know about MRSA.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
States of matrimony.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Staying alive.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Stephanie Tubbs Jones.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Stewart Kessler.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Sticks and stones: when this lesbian comic uses the f word, friends know she's speaking with love. But what about her son?
GUEST OPINION - Fags
Still wild: the glitterati honor Maurice Sendak, the literary world's newest out icon.
Brief article
Storytellers.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Straight man: Adrien Brody does his best to let loose for his gay fans.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING - Interview
Subtlety and sex.
FROM THE EDITORS - Editorial
Support your local gay performer: gay men will turn out in droves to support our favorite female stars. But with gay entertainers, we're not interested. What's up with that?
COLUMN: MOUTH OF THE SOUTH - Column
Supreme beings: there are innumerable reasons to head to the polls this November. The most important? The future of the United States Supreme Court.
Elections of supreme court justices
Susan Powter returns.
Q&A - Susan Powter returns with a new book, The Politics of Stupid - Brief article
Suzanne Westenhoefer: A Bottom On Top.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Sweeney Todd.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Sweet Melissa: The Advocate's favorite cover girl talks about the next stage of her evolution.
Melissa Etheridge - Interview
Sympathy pains: furniture entrepreneur Mitchell Gold turns his attention from sofas and tables to the trials of growing up gay in America.
Forward - Interview - Brief article
Tad Mosel.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Taking inventory: a weekly breast cancer support group teaches one lesbian how to value what she has by embracing what she's lost.
FIRST PERSON
Tales of the chapel.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Talking about silence.
DOSSIER - Day of Silence
Talking snakes and Santa Claus.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Team Gina.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Teenage Angst.
DVD PICKS - Plot summary - Brief article
Television dreams: a young gay boy takes refuge in talk shows only to later find himself on the other side of the screen.
COLUMN: MINORITY RETORT - Alec Mapa - Column
The Advocate iMIX.
ADVOCATE INSIDER
The Advocate poll.
Brief article
The Advocate poll.
FEEDBACK - Brief article
The advocate poll.
Brief article
The advocate poll: are you more likely to support an artist if he or she identifies as LGBT?
FEEDBACK - Brief article
The Advocate poll: should LGBT teens exercise caution in expressing their identity?
Brief article
The Advocate poll: who is most responsible for cleaning up the planet?
Brief article
The Advocate poll: would you vote against a pro-gay GOP senator to seat a Democrat?
Brief article
The age of ignorance.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
The age of the silver fox: Anderson Cooper, George Clooney, Sean Connery. How a little gray hair makes men the object of lust and redefines how one 30-something thinks about growing old.
THE SEX ISSUE
The Annuals: Such Fun.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
The anointed one: dance artist Jonah Bokaer is the future of the art world.
Dance
The Arizona Republic.
Appointment of Randy Lovely as editor - Brief article
The art of condoms.
FAST LANE - Buyers guide - Brief article
The B word.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The Barry Sisters: Our Way.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
The believers: three years after the furor over a teenage boy who was forcibly sent to one of its camps, the ex-gay movement may be losing steam. Meanwhile, ex-gay survivors are gaining strength. But are the two groups really that different?
NEWS - Zach Stark sent to Exodus International camp
The best gay-owned spas in the U.S.: with the phenomenal growth in spas, how can a traveler tell the true-blue homosexual establishments from the merely metrosexual ones? Our top picks.
PERFECT TEN: SPAS - List
The best inland gay beaches.
ORIENTATION - List
The best new aids drugs.
HEALTH - Pfizer's Selzentry and Merck's Isentress - Brief article
The Black Keys.
MUSIC PICKS - Attack and Release - Brief article
The Breeders: Mountain Battles.
Sound recording review - Brief article
The Bubble.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
The Carmen Miranda Collection.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
The changing face of hate.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The city and the writer.
STAR PATHS: ARMISTEAD MAUPIN - Interview
The closet as security risk: the National Security Agency courts openly gay employees.
Forward - Brief article
The color of money.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The conservatives made me do it: right-wing rhetoric may have inspired one man to violence in Tennessee. Thanks, Ann Coulter!(Jim David Adkisson ) (Column)
The Conversion.
BOOK PICKS - Brief article - Book review
The co$t of being gay: we all agree that sexual orientation isn't just about whom you sleep with but how much of your identity is tied up in the things you have to buy (not to mention the price you're willing to pay for them).
Cover story
The couple that directs together ... With a television show in development, a documentary nearly wrapped, and their feature film Lake City--starring Sissy Spacek--released this November, Hunter Hill and Perry Moore are building a media empire.
FILM - Interview
The cult of (green) consumption: why being trendy is the worst thing that could happen to the environmental movement.
Essay
The Dandy Warhols.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
The eco-conscious shopper: how to buy your way to a greener tomorrow.
FAST LANE
The Edge of Heaven.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
The education of Peter Flinsch: how a single kiss would turn one Nazi soldier into one of the 20th century's greatest creators of gay erotica.
ART
The exit interview: after 18 years as one of our most visible LGBT activists, Matt Foreman has stepped down as head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Trading grassroots power for financial influence, his new role at the Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund has him allocating $8 million in annual funding for LGBT causes. Kerry Eleveld asks him about the switch, what's in store for the movement, and where we're missing the mark.
NEWS - Interview
The F word.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The Faint: Fasciinatiion.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
The first cut is the deepest: born in the wrong body? This femme fatale can relate--in a whole new way.
'Quid Pro Quo' and 'The Wackness' - Movie review
The five must-have albums for fall.
MUSIC - Sound recording review
The Foley follies: the scandal surrounding former Florida Republican representative Mark Foley was critical in the Democrats' 2006 takeover of Congress. Now that an investigation has determined he broke no law, was winning an election worth perpetuating gay stereotypes?
COMMENTARY
The gay Cobain: eighteen years after his death, the music world honors 'Upchuck,' the man who set Seattle on fire.
Forward - Charles Gerra - Kurt Cobain - Brief article
The gay good fellas: inside the real gay Mafia: Gill Action Fund.
The gay map of Latin America.
The gay map of the Orthodox world.
The gay M.L.K.: after years in making, focus features brings Harvey milk to the big screen.
The gill effect.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The glass half full: looking at the positive side of the 2008 election.
Forward - Brief article
The golden age of stewardess chic: the swinging mid '60s to the mid '70s saw the zenith of the 'stew' as sex symbol, fashionista, and cultural icon. Carson Kressley gives us his exclusive commentary on the style trends that shaped the high-flying skies.
ORIENTATION: TRAVEL FASHION - Fashion in airline personnel's clothing - List
The Grand Canyon: a spiritual journey to Arizona's desert heart: nation hopping: the most awe-inspiring geological wonders of Arizona reside in the most culturally rich corner of the state. The Grand Canyon and the Navajo and Hopi Nations--a journey that's transporting in more ways than one.
TRANSPORT - Travel narrative
The green guru: Danny Seo was born to save the Earth.
THE GREEN ISSUE - Interview
The hardest job in show business: documentarian John Roecker gives voice to the stories, stars, and scandalous secrets of the gay skin trade.
TELEVISION - Interview
The he-said, he-said two step: a wrongful termination lawsuit against the DNC refuses to go away.
Forward - Democratic National Committee - Howard Dean - Donald Hitchcock - Brief article
The Hollywood issue: starring Kathy Griffin in ... my life on the gay list: the hardest working woman in showbiz made a career playing to gay men--and in the process became one.
Interview
The horror, the fabulous horror: just in time for Halloween, Matthew Link takes us on a tour of our favorite 'Queer Horror' movie locales, where gay sensibilities and the dark unknown campily converge ...
ORIENTATION
The insider is out: in 2006 a blog announced to the world that Thomas Roberts is gay, and the then CNN anchor instantly became the poster boy for a very rare breed: the out news anchor. But as Sean Kennedy reports, the success of Roberts and other out anchors and on-air talent may finally shatter their industry's glass ceiling for gays--and usher in the future of broadcast news.
BROADCAST NEWS - Interview - Cover story
The joke bombed.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The kids are all right.
BOOKS - 'Shelter' by Lucky Michaels - Brief article - Book review
The L. Word.
ENDING - Brief article
The L Word 5.0: what's in store on this season of The L Word? Michele Kort goes on location and gets the goods.
SPECTATOR
The last great bookstore.
Forward - Little Sister's bookstore - Brief article
The Living End lives again: Gregg Araki's sexy and angry AIDS road movie hits DVD in a revamped new edition.
The Love Boat: Season One, Vol. One.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
The makeup artist: CoverGirl bets that soccer moms will find something in common with its next 'face'--a rich, famous gay talk-show host.
Forward - Ellen DeGeneres - Brief article
The man show.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The man who broke the mold: Bob Mould is what every young musician aspires to be--versatile successful, and beloved. How one man became a legend by defying definition.
Interview
The man who freed Wall Street.
WORK - Walter Schubert - Interview
The man who would be senator: is out North Carolina Democrat Jim Neal too much of a long shot to unseat incumbent Elizabeth Dole?
POLITICS - Interview
The map of Asia.
ORIENTATION
The marrying man: four years after he pushed same-sex marriage forward in the national debate, Gavin Newsom is waiting for his answer in the California supreme court. So are we.
Marriage
The merits of scouting.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The moment of truth.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
The month-by-month film guide.
SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW - Calendar
The Motor City finds its Mojo: despite tough economic times, downtown development is making Detroit a diamond in the rust.
The Mystery of Eva Peron.
Brief article
The name game: California says gays are 'suspect.' Connecticut calls us 'quasi-suspect.' Huh?
Brief article
The new American classic: Rachel Maddow's not only bringing thinking back to TV news, she's assuring herself a spot on the Mount Rushmore of broadcasting, right next to Murrow, Cronkite, and Brokaw.
Interview - Cover story
The New Century.
THEATER - Quotation
The new gay Vegas.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
The new guard: will Hollywood really let unlikely ingenues like Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood ascend to the A-list?
Smart People and The Life Before Her Eyes - Movie review
The next Olympians.
PORTFOLIO - Jeff Sheng photographs gay athletes
The other 48: if California indeed sets the pace in this marriage equality marathon, which states will be the next to cross the finish line?
The parent trap: when Keith Ferrazzi and his partner decided to become dads, he used his own tools as a professional development coach to figure out how to do it.
The Pier 40 fight.
Forward - Brief article
The pink apple: gay candidates swarm New York's city council races.
POLITICS - Gay politicians contending for city council seat - Brief article
The pinking of Capitol Hill: the formation of an LGBT affinity group at the SEC and an LGBT congressional caucus presage a warmer atmosphere for gays in Washington.
POLITICS - Lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders - United States Securities and Exchange Commission
The players: a look at the gay men and women who make Sin City spectacular.
THE VEGAS ISSUE - List
The politics of race: a black LGBT presidential forum in Los Angeles helps define a powerful voting bloc.
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders
The present past.
Potsdamer Platz
The real meaning of green.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The resurrection of Harvey Milk: on the 30th anniversary of his death, and with the new Gus Van Sant biopic bearing his name, Harvey Milk is bigger than ever. As movie audiences nationwide reflect on the man who was, one can't help but wonder about the man who might have been. What if Milk hadn't been murdered?
Cover story
The return of Marlon Riggs.
Tongues Untied: Black Men Loving Black Men - Brief article
The right hook: considering her woeful lack of experience with gay issues, what can we really expect from Sarah Palin?
POLITICS
The Roots.
MUSIC PICKS - Rising Down - Sound recording review - Brief article
The running mate: when Barack Obama tapped Delaware senator Joseph Biden to be his vice president, he made a good move for gay rights.
The Seafarer.
THE ADVOCATE Bulletin: Our Essential Guide to Events and Promotions - Brief article
The shy one: Tracy Chapman reveals little of herself in her work--and that's the best thing she can do for her music.
Our Bright Future - Sound recording review
The Sissy Awards: every year we have to endure our fair share of idiots, but this year takes the cake. So we here at The Advocate have reinstated our Annual Sissy Awards, recognizing those who show arrogant stupidity, dishonesty, or just a severe lack of spine. From Paris Hilton to Peter Pace, let's give it up for this year's <begin strikethrough>winners<end strikethrough> losers.
2007: YEAR IN REVIEW
The Tudors.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
The Ultimate Matrix Collection.
DVD PICKS
The universal language.
THE MEANING OF TRAVEL
The Valley of the Sun: Arizona's burgeoning neighbor cities of energetic Phoenix and luxe Scottsdale are turning lavender.
THREE GAY DAYS: PHOENIX
The Village People.
HONORED - Brief article
The village people: the old adage about raising children takes on new meaning as the kids of gay and lesbian families grow up with a plethora of both biological and alternative parents. Chloe Harris looks at how queerspawn and their pioneering parents are redefining the American family.
FAMILY
The wedding's off.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
The world's don't-miss car shows: whether you're a certified grease monkey or just know where the gas goes in, the world's great auto shows make a fashionable and intriguing centerpiece for any gay vacation.
Calendar
The year in covers.
Forward - Brief article
The year in queer.
2007: YEAR IN REVIEW
The Yucatan's queer Mayan past.
ORIENTATION: OUR-HISTORY - Brief article
The 11th Hour.
Brief article - Video recording review
These American lives: the long-awaited small-screen edition of Del Shores's classic comedy about the rural South, Sordid Lives, comes to Logo this summer. Shores gives us a first look at what to expect from his cast of characters.
SPECTATOR
These Arms Are Snakes: Tail Swallower & Dove.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
They're here, they're queer, and they don't need us ... or do they?
YOUTH
Third party: after nearly a decade, Portishead returns with a new twist on an old idea.
Third - Sound recording review
This is our moment. Are you in?
FROM THE EDITOR - California Supreme Court desicion in favor of LGBT people - Editorial
Thomas Disch.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Thomas Morgan.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Three top trips: Ed's travel milestones.
OUT TRAVELERS - Websites for great travel destinations - Website list - Brief article
Ticket to fly? Paying extra to erase your travel's environmental damage is easy, but does carbon offsetting really clean our planet or just ease a guilty conscience?
ENVIRONMENT
Tin Man.
DVD PICKS - Brief article
Tina Dico: Count to Ten.
Sound recording review - Brief article
To be young, gifted, and out.
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial - Brief article
Tom Dolby.
SHORT ANSWERS - The Sixth Form - Brief article - Book review
Tom Lantos.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Top 5 in 5: a half decade of model covers.
OUT TRAVELERS - Brief article
Torch songs: Amy Ray's latest solo album steps away from her folkie Indigo past and into her punk present.
Didn't It Feel Kinder - Sound recording review
Trans panic in a Colorado town: by all accounts, Angie Zapata lived her life in the open, yet a killer claims that it was Zapata's decision to conceal her biological identity that sent him into an uncontrollable rage.
NEWS - Greeley, Colorado - Allen Ray Andrade
Trans visibility.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Transitioning into Corporate America: a new resource hopes to prove transgender and employed aren't mutually exclusive terms.
Forward - Brief article
Transpositions: as the media world buzzed about the 'pregnant man,' trans activists stayed relatively mum. Now we're asking: Has Thomas Beatie's public exposure hurt the transgender movement?
CULTURE
Troubled waters.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Truth in advertising.
MEDIA - Brief article
Turbulence and change on the gay high seas.
ORIENTATION: UPGRADE - RSVP Vacations and Atlantis Events, and Olivia Travel continues to serve LGBT community - Brief article
Two-hit wonder: with a reunion tour wrapping up this month in the United States, Yaz releases a boxed set surveying its modest yet astonishing career.
Ugly Betty: she's no looker. But the 2009 Toyota Matrix has a heart of gold.
FAST LANE - Product/service evaluation - Brief article
Unconditional love: the host of a popular Christian TV show comes out of the closet and finds his calling in the process.
FIRST PERSON - The Remix
Unconditional lumping.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Un-conventional diversions: the nation's leading business convention destinations can be, shall we say, less than lavender, but that doesn't mean you can't find a gay ol' time. Take off that name badge and roll up your sleeves--it's time to play hooky!(ORIENTATION)
Various Artists.
MUSIC PICKS - In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 - Brief article
Various Artists: Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Various Artists: Disco Not Disco.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Various Artists: Easy Beatles: Irresistible In-Sound Interpretations from the '60s and '70s.
Sound recording review - Brief article
Various Artists: Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Vegas, baby.
BACK PAGE - The Advocate celebrated the release of its Vegas issue - Brief article
Viva la diva! For the ultimate fan pilgrimage, celebrate the lives and times of gay-popular icons old and new at these carefully (sometimes obsessively) curated private collections and diva museums.
ORIENTATION - Website list
Viva LuPone!(MUSIC) (Patti LuPone) (Brief article)
Vivian Girls: Vivian Girls.
MUSIC PICKS - Sound recording review - Brief article
Voices carry: a new tour tests the market for gays with guitars.
Forward - Brief article
Voodoo? I do! Couples looking to tie the knot--with a machete dance--head to New Orleans for the latest in alternative commitment ceremonies.
ORIENTATION
Wagon Ho: Gaywheels.com's Zach Taylor left his baggage behind to test the 2009 Audi A4 Avant--but he didn't need to.
FAST LANE - Product/service evaluation
Wal-Mart is not for lovers.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Was 2007 a turning point for gay rights?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Table - Brief article
We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Las Vegas: 'is Las Vegas a gay mecca?'.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender - Brief article
We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Los Angeles: 'What film or TV show has most accurately portrayed gay life?'.
Out on the Street - Brief article
We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Philadelphia: 'what's your favorite summer Olympic sport?'.
Out on the Street - Brief article
We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Salt Lake City: 'Is there more to Salt Lake City than the Mormon Church?'.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender - Brief article
We build these cities.
Forward - Who's Your City? by Richard Florida - Interview
Web exclusives at OutTraveler.com.
OUT TRAVELERS
Weeds: Season 3.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
We're in the money.
Forward - LGBT organization's finance - Brief article
What if ...
FROM THE EDITOR - Editorial
Wheelchair envy.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
When do you think the U.S. will elect a gay president?
THE ADVOCATE POLL - Brief article
When politics becomes personal: the Republican mayor of San Diego upset the party line when he came out in support of same-sex marriage last year. Now Jerry Sanders is ruffling feathers again by fighting to beat Proposition 8.
When rites don't result in rights: after being arrested on drug and weapons charges, a California couple realize that their marriage means nothing in federal court.
Scott and Mark Venes
Where have you been, K.D.? After seven years off center stage, the lesbian crooner returns with a new philosophy on life and music.
MUSIC - K.D. Lang with her new album Watershed - Interview
Where the boys were: what do 20-something gays think of the vintage film The Boys in the Band, just released on DVD? One guess ...
DVD - Video recording review
Where the gays are: a look at same-sex household patterns shows a surprising shift in the places gays are calling home.
List
Why do 'I do'? Poet and memoirist Mark Doty didn't want to marry his partner. Sure, they were in love and there were benefits to be had, but Doty was afraid that legal recognition might change his relationship. Then he reliazed that it's the other way around: that his union, and others like it, will likely change the institution of marriage--forever.
Cover story
Why wasn't this the year of Lance Bass?
Interview - Cover story
Wikipedia or the bigoted.
Conservapedia.com - Brief article
Will scandal sink NYC's top lesbian?
Forward - Christine Quinn
Will the real JT Leroy please stand up? Two years after The New York Times discovered the truth behind fictitious writer JT LeRoy, Savannah Knoop reveals how she became the face of a literary scandal.
BOOKS - Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy
William E. Woods.
DIED - Obituary - Brief article
Winning Bette: the legendary Bette Midler holds forth on art, illusion, marriage, kids, and the eternal lure of Las Vegas.
THE VEGAS ISSUE - Interview - Cover story
Wisely: Wisely.
MUSIC PICKS
With friends like these.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Women of my year: they called us Senator, Madame Speaker, and nappy-headed ho. Whatever. We rocked!(COMMENTARY)
Word basher.
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
World's best antique fairs: who says antiquing is for little old ladies? Upscale international shows are booming in popularity, luring the creme de la creme of the art, furniture, and fashion worlds--and some regular people too.
ORIENTATION
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
Xanadu: The Original Broadway Cast Recording.
MUSIC PICKS - Brief article
Yelle.
MUSIC PICKS - Pop-Up - Brief article
Your country or your partner?
FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor
Your e-mails.
OUT TRAVELERS - Letter to the editor
Your e-mails.
OUT TRAVELERS - Letter to the editor
Your e-mails.
OUT TRAVELERS - Letter to the editor
Your friends and enemies.
MORE ON ADVOCATE.COM - Gay rights activists - Brief article
Your questions our answers.
OUT TRAVELERS
Your questions our answers.
OUT TRAVELERS
Your snapshots.
OUT TRAVELERS - Letter to the editor
Your snapshots.
OUT TRAVELERS
Your snapshots.
OUT TRAVELERS - Photograph
Your tips.
OUT TRAVELERS - Letter to the editor
Your tips.
OUT TRAVELERS - Letter to the editor
Your tips.
OUT TRAVELERS - Brief article
Yves Saint Laurent.
Obituary - Brief article
10 trips that will change your life: the transformative nature of journeys can be subtle or profound, but these ten adventures may change the way you feel about travel altogether, with itineraries that provoke, challenge, ant dare you to come back a different person.
2008 pride guide: your definitive list of this year's celebrations. We've also chosen four not-so-expected destinations overseas and told you just how to create your own exotic pride. Enjoy!(CELEBRATIONS) (Calendar)
2008 road trips: three ultimate routes: Geneva to Zurich San Francisco to L.A. Auckland to Wellington.
30 Rock: Season Two.
DVD PICKS - Brief article - Video recording review
5 vaccines you need to know.
YOUR HEALTH / BOOK EXCERPT - Excerpt
