Stories Collection

  1. On July 4, 1965, a small group of neatly dressed men and women staged a protest in fr...
  2. The only bright spot on election night was noticing that the Queer Eye guys had appar...
  3. Thanks for featuring openly gay power lifter Chris Morgan ["Weight of the World,...
  4. (1) Kinsey Out writer-director Bill Condon's fascinating tribute to the sex researche...
  5. It wasn't when Queer Eye's Fab 5 made over a gay guy or even when Graham Norton debut...
  6. Photographer Alisa Pengue's name was misspelled in the photo credit on page 40 of our...
  7. "I hope we all realize that, as of November 2, gay rights are officially dead. A...
  8. A new T-shirt by Make It Happen Ventures capitalizes on a phrase that made headlines ...
  9. What's more difficult than helping your teenage son through his coming-out? Coming ou...
  10. Alexander * Written by Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle, and Laeta Kalogridis * Directe...
  11. Friday, two weeks before the election, I was in the Atlanta airport boarding a flight...
  12. Thanks to its discriminatory policies, including banning openly gay members, the Boy ...
  13. Minorities have often looked to Neighborhood Economic Development Organizations to ge...
  14. After 10 years in the United States without a green card, Austin Kiyomiya had had eno...
  15. You know we love you, Santa, but isn't it time to update that look a little? Your fri...
  16. For the movie fan in your life, film scholar Jenni Olson has a delightful double offe...
  17. The Solon, Iowa, school board shut down a few antsy parents who wanted to ban two gay...
  18. Now that evangelicals have proved their political mettle by helping to reelect Presid...
  19. In this issue of The Advocate we celebrate the efforts of three mayors who were willi...
  20. The first original movie produced to air on gay and lesbian premium cable network Her...
  21. Matthew Bourne snared American audiences nearly a decade ago with his radical Swan La...
  22. ACQUIRED: The gay community magazine Texas Triangle, by Qtexas Publishing LLC. The co...
  23. THE MOTION Picture Association of America continued its jihad against gay sexuality i...
  24. Locas: The Maggie and Hopey Stories * By Jaime Hernandez * Fantagraphics * $49.95 L...
  25. After 11 states across the nation passed constitutional amendments banning same-sex m...
  26. Television shows revolving around four women have been a staple of Marc Cherry's care...
  27. I am a 33-year-old woman, with breast cancer running a strong and wicked course throu...
  28. A new amendment to the Utah constitution doesn't just ban same-sex marriage; it says ...
  29. EXECUTED: Demarco McCullum, 30, for the 1994 abduction, robbery, beating, and fatal s...
  30. WHEN OUT ACTOR Anthony Rapp heard that director Chris Columbus was finally bringing R...
  31. Perhaps the most important election this year was held in May, when single mother Fan...
  32. I am glad more gay and lesbian people are starting to realize that there is more to t...
  33. Eugene, Ore. More than 100 students at North Eugene High School on November 4 walke...
  34. REMEMBERED: Slain transgenders Gwen Araujo and Toni "Delicious" Green, at t...
  35. Harold's End * JT LeRoy * Last Gasp * $19.95 A former teen hustler himself, JT LeRo...
  36. Former New Jersey governor James E. McGreevey--who resigned November 15 after confess...
  37. Shortly after Election Day, the Gay and Lesbian National Hotline received a call from...
  38. If I outgrow another pair of jeans, someone's getting sued. Don't worry, Mag! I'd s...
  39. I was angered by Laura Weinstock's column [Last Word, November 23]. Northampton is kn...
  40. Extending greater rights to gay and lesbian couples would be the "Christian"...
  41. Elsey McLeod doesn't think she's asking for anything unusual. The Colorado woman just...
  42. As conservative culture lumbers across the land, gay Americans can be grateful for Wa...
  43. "Every night I felt I made a difference ." says Diane McDonald. a former vo...
  44. Isherwood: A Life Revealed * Peter Parker * Random House * $39.95 "Chisolm w...
  45. In May 2003 Ruslan Sharipov was arrested by the government of Uzbekistan for "en...
  46. RESIGNED: Aimee Gelnaw, as executive director for the pro-gay parents organization Fa...
  47. I was married for 12 years. My wife and I had four healthy boys, and I had a great jo...
  48. The incredible scene of thousands of gay couples publicly celebrating their weddings ...
  49. Some of my best friends are Republicans. I grew up in the Deep South, so they were ha...
  50. Despite what some might say is a derogatory name, a New Zealand wine targeting the co...
  51. Name: Nathan Julius Age: 21 Hometown: Pullman, Wash As I sit here writing this,...
  52. CDs (1) WITH THE LIGHTS OUT Nirvana (Geffen/UME) Courtney Love isn't the Grinch aft...
  53. The same day that San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom ordered city officials to issue ma...
  54. "America's First Gay City," as West Hollywood, Calif., is sometimes called,...
  55. Mitchell Anderson, who came out while still a regular on TV's Party of Five, is happi...
  56. According to political commentators, the 2004 election was a defeat for gay rights an...
  57. After reading your October 12 article "Hell House of the Stars," I was naus...
  58. Just how difficult is it for GLBT Americans to move to Europe? It'll take time and ca...
  59. The life that I had in Kuwait as a young boy was a painful experience for me. From th...
  60. "I'm what they call a real conch," confirms Sebrina Maria Alfonso. "A ...
  61. "We here in New York are too close to the terrorism and the homosexuals. Only pe...
  62. Those who study the existence of a gay male gene have long been perplexed by the fact...
  63. So many prestige films, so little time. To make the rest of the year easier, The Advo...
  64. The Line of Beauty * Man Hollinghurst * Bloomsbury * $24.95 Set in London in the fl...
  65. After Vermont legislators passed that state's landmark civil unions law in 2000, a po...
  66. In eight more states now, gay couples have no relationship rights at all. If you are ...
  67. Regarding the interview with Rupert Everett in the November 9 issue ["Rupert's R...
  68. Gay and lesbian worshippers are welcome in the Roman Catholic Church as long as they ...
  69. You I Love * Written by Olga Stolpovskaya * Directed by Stolpovskaya and Dmitry Troit...
  70. When gay America needs a spokesperson for the really important stuff--our obsession w...
  71. In the same state where voters overwhelming passed a sweeping constitutional ban on s...
  72. I'm a feminist. I'm a daughter. I'm a sister. I'm a Democrat. I'm girly, and I love a...
  73. In addition to the three victories in the Massachusetts legislature, roughly three do...
  74. Ralph-Paul Gernhardt, 70, publisher of Gay Chicago, into the city-sponsored Chicago G...
  75. Straight-Jacket * Written and directed by Richard Day * Starring Matt Letscher, Carri...
  76. DIED: The Reverend George Gardner, 69, a liberal Kansas minister known for performing...
  77. Europe's gay rights front, covered in the current issue of The Advocate, wasn't alway...
  78. I am a PFLAG mom with a gay son. I just read J Graigory's column about his severed re...
  79. There's a new sheriff in Dallas. And not only is she the first elected female sheriff...
  80. What do the results of this year's election mean for gay and lesbian Americans? Find ...
  81. Laugh Whore * Written and performed by Mario Cantone * Directed by Joe Mantello * Cor...
  82. Switzerland isn't a part of this issue's Europe coverage, but the country's gay and l...
  83. "PEOPLE IN THE U.S. think Brazil is a gay paradise, but we're fighting every day...
  84. Coverage of bears and bear culture in the gay press is just too rare for it to be was...
  85. Bettendorf, Iowa The city council on November 2 voted 6-2 to add sexual orientation...
  86. The Cheney family may show little pride in their gay daughter and her partner, but so...
  87. "IF YOU DON'T have yourself a merry little Christmas, you might as well kill you...
  88. The election of 2004 got personal for gay Americans. Their lives became the social we...
  89. Making antigay statements may not harm your political career in Italy, but don't expe...
  90. Less Than Perfect's Owen (Andy Dick) is surrounded by his lesbian rooms--played by Jo...
  91. "I am what I am. I don't want praise. I don't want pity." Those iconic line...
  92. Dutch swimmer Johan Kenkhuis wasn't publicly out when he casually told a newspaper re...
  93. Phil Sorensen and his partner of 20 years, Christopher Staker, waited a long time and...
  94. I was surprised that your associate news editor, John Caldwell, denigrated "vulg...
  95. Almost a year after V. Gene Robinson was consecrated as the first openly gay bishop i...
  96. Surely it's fate that B.D. Wong would star in the first Broadway revival of Stephen S...
  97. Renowned British artist Anya Gallaccio has always been drawn to the concept of transi...
  98. Last year Sarah Rose Werner was so fed up with the way GLBT Americans were being trea...
  99. Reading "More Than Coffee and Sex" over my breakfast this morning, I am ins...
  100. A rare sexually transmitted disease that is spreading among gay men in Western Europe...
  101. To: radclyffeh@lesbigay.tv From: honestabel@lesbigay.tv Subject: Today's pitch me...
  102. Thank you for your article on low testosterone levels [Health & Science, November...
  103. One in three people in same-sex relationships likely experience some form of domestic...
  104. Randi Rome, 48 Little Rock, Arkansas Artist and community organizer As far as t...
  105. Could the lyrics of the love song "Beyond the Sea, made famous by the late Bobby...
  106. When television producer Sherwood Schwartz stranded seven castaways on the 1960s show...
  107. The producers of He's a Lady did not consult the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Def...
  108. The stock market is now a little bit gay. PlanetOut, a media company that caters to g...
  109. As the chili of autumn and winter sets in, get a fresh dose of summer in Provincetown...
  110. She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders. *Jennifer Finney Boylan * Broadway *$24.95 ...
  111. Every year at Montclair State University in New Jersey we hold a flag-raising ceremon...
  112. Every subset of lesbian culture has its own soundtrack. Are you a leather-jacketed Me...
  113. "I'm that odd mixture of, on the one hand, being a gay icon and, on the other ha...
  114. As city leaders and major league baseball fans exalted at the news on September 29 th...
  115. The recent news that openly lesbian rock musician Melissa Etheridge is battling breas...
  116. From the Hamptons and Fire Island to New York City, Rochester and Buffalo, Empire Sta...
  117. The M Word: Writes on Same-Sex Marriage * Edited by Kathy Pories * Algonquin * $12.95...
  118. IT'S HARD to resist making puns and sordid asides about tiffs one. Gay lave Alan Cumm...
  119. Want Two (CD-DVD combo) * Rufus Wainwright * DreamWorkS * $21.95 Elton John has cal...
  120. New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg says he's gay-friendly, but his actions say oth...
  121. basketGuy provides distinctive gifts and artfully composed gift baskets with a discer...
  122. Applause and a standing ovation for Tony Kushner's anti-Bush article in your October ...
  123. In a move that surprised many legal advocates, lawyers for the gay political group Lo...
  124. Just minutes after rocker Melissa Etheridge posted notice on her Web site October 8 t...
  125. New York playwright and novelist Han Ong put himself on the map in 2001 with the cele...
  126. Ending a long-running battle with gay rights activists and lawmakers from across the ...
  127. Gay and lesbian workers don't just need protection from discrimination in the workpla...
  128. WHY WASN'T there a lesbian love story among all the her threads in Richard Curtis's h...
  129. How many vistas can you squeeze into five states? The 73 riders of Braking the Cycle ...
  130. While spending a semester of college studying in Amsterdam, I came to realize that th...
  131. Our favorite Canadian-born crossover goddess has long since proved that there's nobod...
  132. In January 1994, at the age of 38, I was diagnosed with what the doctor called a &quo...
  133. How I paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater * Mar...
  134. "Don't you and Ann want to get married?" When same-sex couples in San Franc...
  135. A widely anticipated Anglican report on homosexuality called October 18 for an apolog...
  136. The next time the antigay group Focus on the Family comes to the Tampa, Fla., area wi...
  137. WHAT WAS IT that set off our gaydar about the Professor on the original Gilligan's Is...
  138. Call ROmanCE Voyages about the new 2005 season! Exotic Galapagos Adventure starting a...
  139. On New Year's Day, 2005, one of the country's most sweeping domestic-partnership laws...
  140. Chris Morgan's path to becoming one of the strongest men in the world began at a Lond...
  141. Pipe-leaping plumbers? Sure. Big-breasted archaeologists? Whatever. But the first tim...
  142. Modern Ranch Living * Mark Jude Poirier * Miramax * $23.95 Anyone familiar with the...
  143. Despite a banner year for out candidates in statewide and local elections, gay men an...
  144. I don't agree with everything the Kerry-Edwards ticket stands for--in particular, the...
  145. Wally Harper, 63, an openly gay Broadway arranger and composer who was Barbara Cook's...
  146. Even a queer ol' Scrooge who considers the adage "It's better to give than to re...
  147. Reminding consumers that the best way to enjoy Stolichnaya[R] genuine Russian vodka i...
  148. It may be the worst of times, but it's also the best of times for Paula Vogel. In Sep...
  149. These days, gay people most often invoke mid-century sex researcher Alfred Kinsey as ...
  150. Mondo Homo: Your Essential Guide to Queer Pop Culture * Edited by Richard Andreoli * ...
  151. One spring day in April 2003, the First United Methodist Church in Philadelphia's Ger...
  152. Ohio lawmakers might strongly oppose the recognition of gay and lesbian couples. But ...
  153. Donald Aldrich, 39, a Texas man convicted of abducting and killing a gay man 11 years...
  154. Pioneer DVR-810H-S DVD Recorder with built-in TiVo This is heaven for your TV-addict ...
  155. Fasten your seat belts! Mario Cantone stars on Broadway in this one man variety show ...
  156. "I'm still jet-lagged," warns director Pedro Almodovar before giving an int...
  157. Becoming a Visible Man * Jamison Green * Vanderbilt * $24.95 Well-known as a transg...
  158. Barry Hayes's description of being a mole in a Republican campaign organization provi...
  159. San Francisco, Calif. A civil trial in the case of Jeremy Burke, a transgendered ma...
  160. Matthew Cusick 32, a gay gymnast who won an HIV discrimination suit settlement from C...
  161. Cheeky tees Hot new fashion that's part wit, part time warp. Are you feeling "...
  162. Find someone who wants to hear your opinion ... and has one of their own. With Advoca...
  163. Reckless * Written by Craig Lucas * Directed by Mark Brokaw * Starring Mary-Louise Pa...
  164. The Raspberry Reich * Written and directed by Bruce LaBruce * Starring Susanne Sachss...
  165. Firelands * Michael Jensen * Alyson * $14.95 Jensen won fans with Frontiers, his ga...
  166. When Green Day sing that they are the faggot America" in their hit single "...
  167. Banking Made Easy More service. More convenience. While other checking accounts try...
  168. The My Perspective column by Ed Ishmael, "It Hasn't Gone Away" [October 26]...
  169. Openly gay British author Alan Hollinghurst has not only made a name for himself in t...
  170. The results of the presidential election are almost beside the point when it comes to...
  171. Ketel One gifts Choose a simple boxed bottle of ultrapremium Ketel One, a bottle with...
  172. Distinguished by aerodynamic contours and Movado's signature black Museum dial, the s...
  173. Brooklyn: The Musical * Book, music, and lyrics by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherso...
  174. Until a couple of weeks ago I didn't watch HBO's The Wire and didn't see why I should...
  175. Godstar: Thee Director's Cut *Psychic TV * Voiceprint Early Years * Toilet Boys * O...
  176. Widely known as one of the Southern Hemisphere's most gay-friendly places, New Zealan...
  177. No, we don't want Thorn, Jai, Ted, Carson, and Kyan to change, but Queer Eye for the ...
  178. The Inner Circle * T.C. Boyle * Viking * $25.95 If Eve knew the seed structure and ...
  179. With our VIP ticket package see the new MoMA without standing in line or viewing-time...
  180. Life Mask * Emma Donoghue * Harcourt * $26 If you have a weak heart or just a short...
  181. Growing up around openly gay relatives would certainly seem to improve the odds of a ...
  182. Two years ago, my partner, daughter, and I moved from San Francisco to Northampton, M...
  183. As U.S. representative David Dreier continued to avoid questions about his sexual ori...
  184. When Todd Murray was diagnosed HIV-positive at age 20, he was frustrated by the fact ...
  185. Three months two days, and 16 hours was the exact duration of my most recent relation...
  186. It's autumn, when a young musician's thoughts turn toward polities and love. A slew o...
  187. In February 2004 Arizona congressman Jim Kolbe--the only openly gay Republican in Con...
  188. "I would appreciate it if in the future you would address me as Truman Capote, a...
  189. After a loud bang followed by the telltale thump, thump, thump of a flat tire floppin...
  190. Many thanks to Johnny Knoxville for such a hilarious, fascinating interview, and big ...
  191. The use of antigay slurs in America's public high schools is rampant. And every time ...
  192. Following a year of deep divisions over homosexuality, gay and lesbian members and th...
  193. Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts could be overturned by a pending constitutional am...