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States butt heads over child custody case
Less than a month after a Virginia judge took over jurisdiction of a lesbian couple's child custody case in Vermont and ruled in favor of the biological mother, a Vermont judge has issued a competing decision, pitting the two states against each other and holding the mother in contempt of the court. Read the full story>>>

Hedwig grows up
John Cameron Mitchell, writer-director and star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, is now a mentor to fellow filmmaker Jonathan Caouette. In an Advocate.com exclusive interview, he talks about how he discovered Caouette’s Tarnation
By Bruce C. Steele

Sixteen and ready to change the world
The Advocate’s third annual high school diary begins as our diarist enters a new school—her third in Texas in three years—and shares her ambitious plans to increase queer visibility in her conservative community, a suburb of Houston.
By Paige Palmer

“The Year of the Gay” at Notre Dame
The university’s gay and lesbian students were tired of living in the dark ages, so in the past year they’ve brought the school’s LGBT contingent into the media spotlight.
By Joanna Basile

Mean people and marriage
The new film Mean Creek, about teenagers’ plotting revenge on a bully, includes one boy with two dads—and a lesson about the real power of same-sex marriage.
By Bruce C. Steele

Still swooning over Swoon
Recording a DVD commentary track for the film Swoon, in which he starred, Craig Chester rediscovered things he didn't want to know about himself and something about the importance of the New Queer Cinema, back when it was actually still new. By Craig Chester

Married and suing the IRS
The two men whose fluke wedding in 1971 was the basis for Minnesota's judicial precedent banning same-sex marriage now say the Internal Revenue Service owes them $793.28 because they could not file their tax returns as a married couple. By Mike Hudson

"I do" by the book
Same-sex marriage has not just inspired political books arguing the cases for and against: It's also generated a terrific "how to" book and a moving photography document, By Regina Marler

Who will be the next McGreevey?
The New Jersey governor came out in a very public and——belatedly——honest manner. Does that now pave the way for the country’s closeted celebrities, politicians, and athletes to be open about their sexuality? By Chad Graham, Senior News Editor

McGreevey: Bittersweet coming-out
The New Jersey governor’s story as an openly gay man has just begun. Whether he can transform it from a cautionary tale of failure to a story of victory in the long fight for equality is now up to him. By John Crabtree-Ireland

God invalidates the California supreme court
The decision stripping away rights from almost 4,000 gay and lesbian couples duly married in San Francisco is a legal blow, but it can’t invalidate commitments made before God and community. The strength of our love will continue to propel our struggle for equality. By Rev. G. Penny Nixon, Ph.D., Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Community Church

Cop of the year enters seminary
In an exclusive excerpt from his autobiography, The Gay Face of God, an ex-police officer and current openly gay archbishop recalls his seminary days—and his break with the Roman Catholic Church. By Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson, Benedictine Order of St. John the Beloved (an Old Catholic order)

More than the gospel truth
In the battle for marriage equality, trying to snip religion out of the equation is a poor strategy. After all, both Christianity and the United States were founded on inclusiveness. By Justin Deabler

Gay or Asian?
For a writer who is both, watching Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is both empowering and disheartening. By Ryan James Kim

I'll tumble 4 ya
A lesbian firefighter with an eye on Hollywood stunt work and a gay man trapped in tech purgatory seek our career guru's advice this month. By Ed Vladich

A wedding ring's ripple effect
What difference does a legal wedding make in the lives of two women who’ve been together for 24 years? You’d be surprised. By Lisa Eisenbud

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

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Carry on, Cary Grant
Notes From a Blond columnist Bruce Vilanch reminisces about Cary Grant and his rumored homosexuality in light of current films that conjure up his mythical status.

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Colin Farrell, bi and bi
The star of Alexander and A Home at the End of the World talks about playing bisexual two films in a row. By Mike Szymanski

Judging McGreevey
Will the public see New Jersey governor James McGreevey’s dramatic coming-out as the reason he needs to resign? By Jon Barrett
Unmarried in San Francisco
Dave and Jeff Chandler say the invalidation of their San Francisco marriage only makes them more determined to fight. By John Caldwell
Coaxing young gays to the polls
A new kind of gay-straight alliance hopes to get young voters involved in the 2004 presidential race. By Adele M. Stan

Let’s all go to the lobby
The Advocate’s fall entertainment preview of upcoming films of interest to gay and lesbian viewers. By Michael Giltz
Look who’s walkin’
Thirty-eight years after “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” Nancy Sinatra collaborates with Morrissey on a smokin’-hot new album. By Kurt B. Reighley
Grave humor
Championed by John Cameron Mitchell, Jonathan Caouette’s crazy confessional film Tarnation is moving gay and straight audiences to tears and laughter. By Bruce C. Steele

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A Republican family’s values
My Perspective guest columnist and author Taro Gold explains why his Republican-registered family won’t be voting along party lines this November.
Living outside the stereotype
Generation Q guest columnist Scott Williams talks about the dilemma of not being “gay enough” or “straight enough” to fit society’s stereotypes.
Carry on, Cary Grant
Notes From a Blond columnist Bruce Vilanch reminisces about Cary Grant and his rumored homosexuality in light of current films that conjure up his mythical status.
For the love of Pat R Family columnist Rosie O’Donnell on her recently deceased seventh-grade teacher and the positive effects she had on Rosie’s growing up.

Alexander the platonic
Would you be less inclined to see Alexander if his relationship with Hephaestion is depicted as purely platonic?

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