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It’s music mogul Clive Davis’s week on American Idol, which means it’s really Whitney Houston Week. But will all those power ballads work for Fantasia? Can our flower-addicted columnist resist voting for Jasmine? And who is Diana again? By Q. Allan Brocka 
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 Ann 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 
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 that’s not responding to treatment By Stephen E. Goldstone, MD
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STORY:Chicago’s lesbian leader Deborah Mell is trying to convince Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to support same-sex marriage—after all, he is her brother-in-law. By Lisa Neff CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT ISSUE LINKS TO SITES RELATED TO THIS ISSUE
 Chicago’s lesbian leader Deborah Mell is trying to convince Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to support same-sex marriage—after all, he is her brother-in-law. By Lisa Neff Baldwin’s new battle Capitol Hill’s only openly lesbian lawmaker preps for a tough reelection. If only she knew who she was running against. By Adele Stan  Patience is a virtue At peace with his sexuality, George Michael produces his best and gayest record ever. By Charles Karel Bouley II Suave. Sophisticated. Gay? Five DVDs and a new documentary on TCM recall the continuing allure—and mystery—of Cary Grant. By David Ehrenstein
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