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Louisiana approves gay marriage ban
Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on statewide ballots around the country this year. Read the full story>>>

Careers without borders
A physician’s “vision quest” to rediscover meaning in his career serves as a model for other floundering workers, while a U.S. expatriate’s Danish dilemma looks to our advice columnist like a opportunity for successful self-employment. By Ed Vladich

Coming out...as Cuban
Why aren't there more Latino men visible in the gay rights movement? Maybe because telling Mom you're gay is a little different for a man whose family values masculinity above all else. By Will J. Castillo

Me and the 'tweens
A single lesbian in the suburbs can start feeling a little lonely—and exposed. So when two fifth-graders approach outside a discount store, how honest should she be?. By Jenni Spinner

Boycott for Equality: Good move
If gays and lesbians show unity by dropping out of the economy for 24 hours on October 8, we can make such a powerful impact that the entire country will take notice of our demand for equality. By Dale Duncan

Boycott for Equality: Bad idea
Boycotts need to identify specific offending targets to achieve their ends. Who will suffer from the proposed Boycott for Equality on October 8? Friend and foe alike, including our own Human Rights Campaign. By Mike Masters

Lesbian, Republican, and angry
What’s a nice Jewish lesbian doing in a political party with a platform that’s antigay and antichoice? Trying to win it back from the far-right activists who have steered it away from one its core values: freedom. By Carol L. Newman

Hamm brothers: Thanks, gay fans
Olympic champs Paul and Morgan Hamm talk about their gay fans—and relatives—as they make their way across the country in a post-Athens gymnastics tour. By Cyd Zeigler Jr.

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

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)

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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Crushed by the closet
For years the New Jersey fovernor hid that he's gay. Then he resigned amid a flurry of scandals. A behind-the-scenes look at how his double life clouded his judgement By Chad Graham & Jeremy Quittner

Crushed by the closet
For years the New Jersey governor hid that he's gay. Then he resigned amid a flurry of scandals. A behind-the-scenes look at how his double life clouded his judgement. By Chad Graham & Jeremy Quittner
Scotty's last moments The murder of a gay teen allegedly at the hands of his best friends—has rattled a small Alabama town. By Jen Christensen
Come out, already McGreevey is the exception: Other politicians who have emerged from the closet have thrived. By Chad Graham

Ready. Set. Logo! Will MTV-backed basic cable channel Logo change the world for gays and lesbians? By Adam B. Vary
Fall television preview Complete listings By Richard Andreoli
Melissa Rewinds As her new DVD hits stores, Melissa Etheridge remembers each of the albums that brought her here. By Dennis Hensley

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My Vermont Divorce My Perspective columnist and writer Kathy Anderson examines how divorce is euqally important as marriage when it comes to validating same-sex unions.
Bartending and the priesthood Why is Generation Q columnist Christian Eichenlaub, a bartender in a gay bar, the leader of a gay-straight alliance, and an aspiring Catholic priest?
The real gay survivors Coastal Disturbances columnist Christopher Rice finds positive portrayals of gays on the job in A&E’s reality series Airline.

Governor McGreevey
Do you think New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey should have resigned from office?

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