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The first segment of a new Bravo miniseries, Out of the Closet, highlights groundbreaking moments in gay TV history. The Advocate’s reviewer notes how the show details the evolution of gay identity on our television screens By Anne Caldwell
Advocate.com’s feisty reviewer deciphers Troy and finds it to be borderline soft-core porn and nothing more than a technological wonder. By Charles Karel Bouley II
President Bush isn’t wrong about “judicial activism,” this columnist argues, but that doesn’t make him right about same-sex marriage. In fact, Bush’s own pleas to Muslims to support his war on terror can be used to argue in favor of tolerance for gay weddings. By Mark Goldblatt
Administrators at a high school in Salt Lake City say they were only upholding their school’s dress code when they banned an antismoking T-shirt that features the slogan “Queers Kick Ash.” But the students have a different story. By John Caldwell
It’s disco week on American Idol and Donna Summer honors all her gay fans by looking like a drag queen. But can Hawaii’s homegirl Jasmine and Miss Piggy/J. Lo love child Diana survive the onslaught of two divas beneath a giant disco ball? By Q. Allan Brocka
Out Real World Miami star Dan Renzi tells all about his recent arrest for indecent exposure in an adult movie theater in an exclusive Advocate.com interview. By Anderson Jones
Single and feeling blue, a young gay man recalls the flush and blush of his first crush—only to realize his memories are far from warm and fuzzy. By Trent J. Koland
An ordinary day takes on new meaning when this lesbian mom stops by the town clerk’s office to cross an unordinary errand off her list: paying for her civil marriage ceremony.By Lisa Eisenbud
Never know just what to say to your mom on Mother’s Day? Out author Taro Gold’s new book, The Tao of Mom, has 365 answers. In a brief Q&A, Gold offers a few more pearls of wisdom just for gays and lesbians. By Bruce C. Steele
Virginia
is not for GLBT loversVirginia’s antigay legislature recently passed a law to keep gay and lesbian couples from sharing any of the benefits that should come with long-term partnership. Now the state’s only openly gay lawmaker speaks out against the move. By Adam Ebbin
Writer-performers Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers skewer celebrity relationships in their off-Broadway hit, Matt & Ben, now onstage in Los Angeles. But will showbiz outsiders appreciate the show’s pop-culture lingo? By Anderson Jones
President Bush’s endorsement of a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage has the Log Cabin Republicans united against his move, but many at the organization’s national convention said they will still vote for him. By John Caldwell
In 1996, when John Kerry was one of the few U.S. senators to oppose the antigay federal Defense of Marriage Act, he wrote for The Advocate a passionate column on the civil rights struggle for gay and lesbian equality. That article is reprinted here. By Sen. John F. Kerry
In Chicago for the national Day of Silence, the event’s founder wishes all gay and lesbian adults--who often think today’s kids are apathetic--could see how brave and motivated many LGBT youths really are. By Kevin Jennings, Executive Director, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
A new Cinemax documentary from Party Monster filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato explores the sexuality of Hitler. But can it make the case that the Führer was a fairy? By Ryan MacDonald
For this lesbian mother, a recent episode of NBC’s ER made the fear of losing her children dramatically real, and it underlined what the marriage fight is really about By Allison F. Bauer
At 49 and 11/12, our columnist is desperately seeking role models who are smartly stylish, uniquely self-expressive, and...of a certain age. Nominees include Calvin Klein, Ian McKellen, and...Jeff Stryker? By Christopher Harrity
President Bush’s press conference left our columnist angry but also reassured that there’s light at the end of the tunnel for gay and lesbian Americans By Charles Karel Bouley II
Our career coach offers advice to an aspiring astrologist who struggles with “normalcy” and a facilities manager who’s done with the dirty work. By Ed Vladich
Thirty-one Advocate readers share their marriage stories from San Francisco, New Mexico, Vancouver, and beyond By our readers
The onslaught of gay weddings is the endpoint in a long process of overcoming the closet. Because only once you’re willing to stand up to being labeled a “fag” can you demand equal access to a rite as conservative as marriage. By David Ehrenstein
In an excerpt from his new book, Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America, a gay journalist makes his case for the importance of marriage both for society and for gays and lesbians. By Jonathan Rauch
The openly lesbian daughter of former presidential candidate Dick Gephardt, who will be helping to bring gay voters to the polls in 2004, talks frankly about coming out, whether she will marry her partner, and why she feels no ill will toward Mary Cheney. By Chad Graham
A holy father from the Old Catholic Church answers readers’ questions and offers advice about dealing with homosexuality within the context of traditional Christianity. By Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson, Benedictine Order of St. John the Beloved (an Old Catholic order)
In the second of Advocate.com’s series of “talking points” to counter arguments against same-sex marriage, we take on everything from “marriage exists only for procreation” to “doesn’t traditional marriage need to be protected?” By Mike Rush Talking points on marriage, part 1 In the first of Advocate.com’s series of “talking points” to counter arguments against same-sex marriage, we take on “civil unions are just as good” and “are you saying that mothers are irrelevant?” By Ryan James Kim
When an innocent young gay man from Canada accidentally winds up at a swingers party in Vegas, he finds he’s the least adventurous person in the room. And that was before the lap dance By Josh Murray
Longtime lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon talk about their lives before and after becoming the first same-sex couple to marry in San Francisco By John Caldwell
You’ve heard about the long lines, the rain, the mayor, the court decisions, the political fallout. In this account of his own San Francisco marriage, The Advocate’s editor in chief offers some glimpses of other revealing and intimate moments in an unprecedented point in history—and in his 17-year relationship. By Bruce C. Steele
For the new year, the good doctor answers new questions about masturbation, herpes, sex toys, oral joys, and what happens when one partner loses her libido By Susan Ball, M.D., MPH
In his latest column, our gay-health specialist answers questions from a number of men whose problems are preventing them from having a healthy sex life, including an overriding fear of sexually transmitted diseases, impotence, ulcerative colitis, and a rare disease of the penis thats not responding to treatment By Stephen E. Goldstone, MD
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Out in the Terry family Randall Terry says his sons coming-out was a betrayal, and hes still determined to deny special civil rights to gays. By Benjamin Ryan Angels for gay inmates Thanks to two straight deputies, gay inmates in the L.A. County jail have a chance to get an education and learn how to stay out of prison. By Richard Andreoli Legislative long shot A daring law to legalize gay weddings clears a legislative hurdle in California. Will other states follow suit? By Mike Hudson Everythings coming out Rosie Pro golfer Rosie Jones is coming out, keeping her friends, gaining endorsements, and playing her best. By Michele Kort Heart still burns Larry Kramers classic AIDS play The Normal Heart, revived in New York 20 years to the day after its opening, still cuts deep. A talk with leading men Raúl Esparza and Billy Warlock. By Michael Giltz Lowdown on the down low J.L. King discusses his new book about African-American men seeking gay sex on the down low. By Anderson Jones
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