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House will vote on FMA
Following the lead of their counterparts in the U.S. Senate, who have vowed to vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment next week, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives (including Tom DeLay, pictured) have said they will bring their own version of the constitutional marriage ban up for a vote before the presidential election in November.Read the full story>>>
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NEWS FEATURE
Kerry, Edwards, and the gay vote
The Democratic ticket is now complete, and gay men and lesbians can expect a good deal of support from John Kerry and John Edwards this campaign season—except when it comes to same-sex marriage. By Chad Graham


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NEWS FEATURE
Gays could face the draft
If the military draft returns, “don’t ask, don’t tell” seems like an easy out for anyone who doesn’t want to serve, gay or not. Forget about it: Military experts say that under a reinstated draft, able-bodied gay men and lesbians will likely be inducted into the U.S. military. By Steven Harbaugh


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COMMENTARY
Most gentlemen don't like closets
A New York Observer columnist suggests that gay people have “lost most everything interesting” by coming out of the closet and that secrecy is “the hottest gay lifestyle of all.” Our own columnist begs to differ. By David Ehrenstein


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THEATER REVIEW
Hedwig in Hollywood
Just because it’s been made into a movie doesn’t mean Hedwig and the Angry Inch doesn’t still rock the house onstage. A current Los Angeles production is a shining example of how to do right by the cult classic musical. By Steven Harbaugh


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BOOK REVIEW
Clinton vs. Sedaris: What to read?
Here’s the choice: 957 pages of My Life by Bill Clinton or 22 essays drawn from the quirky life of David Sedaris? Bergdorf Blondes or Donna Brazile’s Cooking With Grease? The Advocate’s news features editor picks the best summer books to save gay readers from literary hell. By Chad Graham


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COMMENTARY
Can you spell community without unity?
African-American gays and lesbians are too often left out in the battle for equal marriage rights—an oversight that makes “mainstream” gay groups as guilty of elitism as our enemies on the Right. It’s not too late to come together. By Jasmyne Cannick


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LET'S GET TO WORK
Not profiting from not-for-profit
Our career coach offers advice to a professional who feels unfulfilled by his not-for-profit job and another who has relocation anxiety. By Ed Vladich


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FIRST PERSON
Out on sorority row
Coming out to her sorority was the most terrifying thing possible, until she actually did it. An Advocate intern recounts the night she told her 80 sisters that she is a lesbian. By Ann Caldwell


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MUSIC REVIEW
The passion of Daniel Cartier
A Friendster encounter and a live performance reminds this Advocate.com contributor of the transcendental talent of out singer-songwriter Daniel Cartier, who has a new album and is on the road—this week, in San Diego, L.A., and San Francisco. By Michael Matson


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Q & A
Garofalo sounds off
In an exclusive interview with Advocate.com, actress, radio personality, and dedicated activist Janeane Garofalo spouts off about the evils of the Republican Party, revolutionizing radio, and the joy of being mistaken as a lesbian. By Andrew Harmon


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COMMENTARY
Larry Kramer on Ronald Reagan
The AIDS epidemic has been one of the two great holocausts of modern history, notes Larry Kramer, and Ronald Reagan chose to say nothing about it until the seventh year of his presidency. In all the early coverage of his death, why was this forgotten? Kramer, for one, is counting the bodies to mark the passing of the man he calls "Adolf Reagan
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COMMENTARY
"Reagan did not give me HIV"
In his response to Larry Kramer’s just-published commentary on the former president, Advocate columnist Andrew Sullivan argues the facts and offers his own assessment of the Reagan administration’s response to the AIDS crisis.


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MOVIE REVIEW
Diesel's fuel enough for me
Vin Diesel has what it takes to wrap gay men and straight women around his not-so-little finger, and his latest romp, The Chronicles of Riddick, is fun, beautiful, and action-packed.
By Charles Karel Bouley II

WELL WOMEN
Learning begins in bed
This month’s questions elicit advice on oral sex, what constitutes an orgasm, overcoming muscle cramps, and how to avoid the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.
By Dr. Susan C. Ball

COMMENTARY
A letter to Nancy Reagan
His anger shunted aside for the moment, our columnist reflects on the humanity of Mrs. Reagan’s final farewell to her husband. For the sake of Nancy’s grief, at least, the “silent monsters” who ignored AIDS have become human. Would they grant him the same courtesy?
By Charles Karel Bouley

FIRST PERSON
Coming out...as straight
Novelist and screenwriter Allison Burnett didn’t intend to be a closeted heterosexual. But when he wrote his first novel, Christopher, about a gay man’s seduction of his gorgeous straight neighbor, people made assumptions he didn’t always correct.
By Allison Burnett

MOVIE REVIEW
In praise of Eating Out
The debut film from out filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka imagines a world where being gay is no big deal and hooking up is all anyone is thinking about.
By Ryan James Kim

THEATER REVIEW
He gets the square
Michael Airington nails the essence of the late, great Hollywood Squares comedian in “A Night With Paul Lynde,” a one-man show currently onstage in Los Angeles.
By A. Ashley Hoff

NEWS FEATURE
Was Reagan really antigay?
Before becoming president, Ronald Reagan publicly opposed a law that would have barred gays and lesbians from teaching in California—a fight that was instrumental in forming the Log Cabin Republicans. Yet once in the White House he appeared to ignore the AIDS crisis for years. What happened?
By Steven Harbaugh

COMMENTARY
Why Reagan ignored AIDS
College students born during the Reagan years ask: How could the president have done so little for so long while so many died? It wasn’t as simple as homophobia. It was politics.
By Michael Bronski

NEWS FEATURE
Is Reagan's legacy still hurting gays?
Gay men and lesbians have renewed the longstanding debate about what impact Ronald Reagan's policies had on AIDS and gay rights. While some mark his early sympathy for gays, many continue to blame the late president for countless deaths and current antigay crusades.
By Chad Graham

HIGH SCHOOL DIARY
Changing young minds
The Advocate’s high school correspondent recounts a story of two decidedly different students who don’t think gays and lesbians should be able to have children. But can minds be changed with just a little education?
By Donny Coram

COMMENTARY
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
The LGBT community needs her inside political support, but does Mary Cheney have the courage to step outside of her father’s guarded garden?

By Lincoln Rose


SMALL SCREEN
American Idol out—so to speak
Four hours of American Idol finale-dom have our recapper on the floor, testing out his own rendition of “Summertime” and wondering just why Ryan Seacrest is so obsessed with Jim Verraros. And, oh yeah, they finally announce the winner. Surprise!
By Q. Allan Brocka

COMMENTARY
Why conservatives should support marriage equality
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

NEWS FEATURE
Gay students wage battle to be heard
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

NEWS FEATURE
The Real Jail: Kansas City
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

FIRST PERSON
My first time
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

FAMILY MATTERS
This price is right
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

COMMENTARY
Virginia is not for GLBT lovers
Virginia’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

FIRST PERSON
Tears of elation and frustration
Thirty-one Advocate readers share their marriage stories from San Francisco, New Mexico, Vancouver, and beyond
By our readers

COMMENTARY
Talking points on marriage, part 2
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 

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Singing for God and gays
What happens when two male Christian singers fall in love? If they’re Jason & deMarco, they sing even better. Archbishop Bruce Simpson meets the gay couple who have created “spirit pop.”   
NEWS FEATURES
Criminal clergy?
Universalist minister Kay Greenleaf is facing criminal charges for marrying same-sex couples, but that hasn’t slowed her down.
By Patrick Letellier
It takes a retirement village

Gay men and lesbians are turning the idea of retirement on its head with their own homes away from homes.
By Dan Allen  
  
 
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Parenting books
Suggesting reading for LGBT families in need of advice, affirmation, and even amusement. By Regina Marler 
Back to the Stone age

Angie Stone says she loves her gay fans—and we’ll love dancing to her new CD. By Jeremy Blacklow
Hothead does Michigan

The comics’ infamous “homicidal lesbian terrorist” makes her stage debut at this summer’s Michigan fest. By Margaret Coble 
Pour me a video

It’s too darn hot outside, so take off that wet bathing suit and slip into some fun summer DVDs.
By Alonso Duralde 

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Gay youth onstage
Generation Q guest columnist
Danny Zaccagnino created a one-man play about his experiences as a gay youth and found it healing for himself and helpful for others.
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House Republicans vow to vote on marriage ban before election
New Mexico supreme court rejects same-sex marriage
Federal court rules in favor of removing antigay banners
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Couples sue for marriage rights in Maryland
Transgendered pharmacist files gender discrimination complaint in Denver
New Mexico attorney general asks high court to reject same-sex marriage
North Dakota gay rights activists campaign against marriage amendment
Arkansas activist says marriage ban could spur antigay violence
Maine community recognizes 20 years of change following gay slaying
Entertainment

In Demand to carry Here TV's pay-per-view programming
Health

Drugmakers may violate U.S. law
U.S. and Thai activists plan protest of AIDS conference
FDA approves widespread use of HIV test
Richard Gere helps launch Indian AIDS project
Events

Harvey Finkelstein's Sock Puppet Showgirls onstage in Chicago, July 2-31
Kinsey Sicks perform in San Francisco July 3 and July 9
Queer Eye's Jai Rodriguez returns to Broadway's Rent through July 17
L.A. Opera presents A Little Night Music, July 7-31
L.A. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Outfest, July 8 to July 19
New York forum on July 13 will focus on rise in HIV infections among gay men
Michael Airington stars in A Night With Paul Lynde in L.A. through July 10
Hedwig and the Angry Inch extended through July 11 in West Hollywood
Southern Baptist Sissies onstage in San Francisco through July 11
Condemned in the Classroom, July 15 in NYC
Fire Island Dance Festival to be held the weekend of July 16
Family Pride Coalition to host two Family Weeks, July 17-24 and July 31-August 6
Alec Mapa to star in M. Butterfly through July 18 in L.A.
Marlowe's Edward II on stage in Los Angeles through July 24
The Rocky Horror Show onstage in Washington, D.C., through July 25
Richard Kramer's Theater District to be onstage in Los Angeles through August 1
"We Are Family: Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Parents" photo exhibit in S.F. through August 1
ANT to headline "Gender Blender" at the Hollywood Improv on August 4
Los Angeles Latin Pride Festival in Echo Park on August 7
Wonderlands Book Tour readings at W Hotels across the U.S. through September 4
Exhibits of same-sex wedding photos in San Francisco through September 18
Christopher Isherwood exhibition on display in San Marino, Calif., through October 3
amfAR to lead fund-raising trek along Great Wall of China, October 24-31

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