Stories Collection

  1. Speaking on behalf of the research team that conducted the National LGBT College Stud...
  2. First Jaron Chase Nabors, one of four men accused of killing transgendered teenager E...
  3. It has long been assumed that the Internet is the starting point for many unsafe sexu...
  4. "I would like to think that I had insight into the women in Little Women because I wa...
  5. Yes, I'm still proud to be an American, but in Paris I'm often proudest to reassure m...
  6. Des Moines, Iowa A new two-year contract with Iowa state workers now extends health...
  7. In 1977, advocate writer Mark Thompson explored the nature of that fashion artifice k...
  8. "I've been dogged by my musical choices," says jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch....
  9. I would like to voice my disgust with Rob Chin's review of Tatu's latest release, 200...
  10. In the first ruling of its kind in Australia, a court on February 21 rejected governm...
  11. A NEW CROP OF GAY FILMS SUGGESTS IT'S GOOD to be bad. Judging from the 53rd annual Be...
  12. When executive producers Howard Gewirtz and Steven Levitan were first writing the sup...
  13. I'd like to add to your account of New York's Oscar Wilde Bookshop a little about the...
  14. Thirteen Egyptian men have been arrested in Cairo for homosexuality, a security offic...
  15. IT WAS BETTE DAVIS herself who inspired out playwright David Rambo to adapt her 1950 ...
  16. Bitsy Mae. Latrelle. Noleta. Sissy. LaSonia--pronounced "lasagna." These are the name...
  17. In my native Israel, every citizen has to serve in the army when they turn 18--men an...
  18. In early March, Charles R. Middleton, with full academic pomp and circumstance, was o...
  19. When Howard Dean signed civil unions legislation into law, the Vermont governor's pol...
  20. Bend It Like Beckham * Directed and cowritten by Gurinder Chadha * Starring Parminder...
  21. "I'm not gay. The only man I've kissed is Jason Lee." --Ben Affleck, in the March i...
  22. Lesbian researcher Lynn S. Hall says her studies of identical twins indicate that fac...
  23. Bug chasers. Condom haters. Plague denialists. Is it any wonder that DAVID EHRENSTEIN...
  24. Patty Manning, a.k.a. Patty Elvis, to her knees, reaches out to her audience with her...
  25. I have never been more embarrassed for--and ashamed of--The Advocate than I was upon ...
  26. Last year it was Mets slugger Mike Piazza. This year it is the great Dodgers left-han...
  27. Shortly after reports of an outbreak of staph infections among gay men in Los Angeles...
  28. A recent ad from Abercrombie & Fitch featuring a naked young hunk rolling around on a...
  29. The Last Sunday in June * Written by Jonathan Tolins * Directed by Trip Cullman * Sta...
  30. When I first read the article about the computer game Postal 2, I was shocked and ang...
  31. Theron McGriff is relying on the kindness of friends and the compassion of strangers ...
  32. Right-wing billionaire Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza, is investing $200 mil...
  33. For a new generation of gay and lesbian designers, the closet is hopelessly out of st...
  34. "What can you do when you are a total freak, but make the freak show more fabulous th...
  35. As an out reporter who favorably reviewed The Ethel Merman Disco Album for Billboard ...
  36. A Florida trial that commenced with an age-old question--"What makes a man a man?"--e...
  37. DIED: Arnold Glassman, 56, a documentary film editor and filmmaker, February 19, Glas...
  38. Since the memo went out that war is not a gay issue, I decided to give peace a chance...
  39. When third-generation American master portraitist Jamie Wyeth approached Rudolf Nurey...
  40. Upon stumbling across the book review for NYC Pet Project: A Collection of Portraits ...
  41. Psychiatrist John E. Fryer, whose appearance as "Dr. H. Anonymous" at a 1972 meeting ...
  42. BREAKING NEWS: Visit www.advocate.com for the latest news, entertainment, and health ...
  43. It all started at an open-mike night when college pals Kathryn Jacobson and Martie Ma...
  44. My Dear Stieglitz: Letters of Marsden Hartley and Alfred Stieglitz, 1912-1915 * Edite...
  45. "Society is a little more forgiving of two women kissing than two men. It's sad but t...
  46. New Yorkers thought they had read the final chapter on the Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the ...
  47. SURE, YOU CAN WATCH Queer as Folk on DVD or on TV (the third season begins March 2). ...
  48. Used to be when you mentioned the Hollywood 10, nobody thought you were speaking abou...
  49. Once again, one of the world's smallest countries is taking the biggest steps in expa...
  50. For nearly six years the Divine Rhythm Society held all-night parties in San Francisc...
  51. In 1990, when President George H.W. Bush was preparing to go to war with Iraq, Mara M...
  52. Few musicals achieve multiple-recording status the way John Kander and Fred Ebb's mur...
  53. The former manager of Leona Helmsley's Park Lane Hotel in Manhattan emerged victoriou...
  54. When Conoco and Phillips Petroleum merged last August, the new company rescinded Cono...
  55. When Subaru became the first automaker to market its cars specifically to gay and les...
  56. When American composer Lou Harrison died at age 85 on February 2, the nation was alre...
  57. OK, you win. I have long been among those who resent it when you put a nongay person ...
  58. Out lesbian Hilary Rosen is hanging up her headphones and picking up a bedtime story,...
  59. AMENDED: Caterpillar Inc.'s nondiscrimination policy, to include protections based on...
  60. When a 20-year-old woman tested positive for HIV last year, her physicians were baffl...
  61. "You must try this! It's a spinach enchilada with avocado and black beans. And this i...
  62. I loved your article "So Happy Together" [February 18]. Chronicling all the gay coupl...
  63. As governor of Texas, George W. Bush supported the state s antigay sodomy law. But as...
  64. BREAKING NEWS: Visit www.advocate.com for the latest news, entertainment, and health ...
  65. President Bush startled the nation in January when he announced during his State of t...
  66. Jessica is one of the greats," says out writer-director Jane Anderson, describing Jes...
  67. Nearly 28% of all American females under 30 fantasize about having lesbian sex, accor...
  68. While star-studded Hollywood benefits for AIDS are now common, in 1985 they were new....
  69. The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film * Lisa Daniel and Claire Jackson...
  70. A beneficiary of the Northeast AIDS Ride for nearly a decade, New York's Lesbian, Gay...
  71. Activists hope a white bedroom will send up red flags to teenagers when it comes to t...
  72. "The Hours is not a gay film," says David Hare, the acclaimed British playwright who ...
  73. Imagine yourself back in the familiar world of high school--except that something's d...
  74. In your interview with Charles Moskos [Behind the Headlines, February 18], he asks, "...
  75. Colorado Springs, Colo. A drop in donations forced the antigay group Focus on the F...
  76. Gay African-Americans now have two new online resources designed to help with the uni...
  77. The Hours Why It's Here Perhaps you missed our cover story and should consider turn...
  78. Arguments about whether there's a "gay gene" have roiled scholars for years. But as O...
  79. As a gay senior, I have observed that many gay men spend a lifetime never finding or ...
  80. Confusion about the scope of the United Kingdom's "no promo homo" law, Section 28, is...
  81. WILL YOUNG--WHO WON THE U.K. Pop Idol contest and then promptly came out--is finally ...
  82. Alex was actually hyperventilating. "I'm ... I'm ... I think I'm gay," he finally gas...
  83. Racially insensitive remarks cost Trent Lott his job as U.S. Senate majority leader, ...
  84. LAST ISSUE, THE BUZZ REPORTED ON THE MOVIE Party Monster, a true story with Macaulay ...
  85. Nearly 10 years ago Rose Troche was broke. Sure, she had directed the lesbian cult cl...
  86. The gender issue, as brought out by Riki Wilchins in Last Word [February 4], is the p...
  87. Voice-over artist Trev Broudy and his friend Edward Ulett were hugging good night out...
  88. When Mel Heifetz scans a copy of "The Gay Guide to Center City Philadelphia," a broch...
  89. After nearly 20 years of hustling along the club underground, Elizabeth Ziff is savor...
  90. Both my partner, Joanna, and I were surprised and concerned when, on December 30, our...
  91. Doctors will be getting a crash course in lesbian health issues, thanks to a program ...
  92. [A] Travelers: Joe Baldassare, 53, and Bill Bartek, 49 Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Cal...
  93. The Ethel Merman Disco Album * Fynsworth Alley Why do we love the Bad? Do we need i...
  94. "Anything involving motorcycles and women." --Rapper and Chicago star Queen Latifah...
  95. It was late January when Rolling Stone published a story on "bug chasers"--men who in...
  96. In Edinburgh last summer, I attended a dance party called Joy at a club called Ego, w...
  97. "I don't know if I was repressed or what, but being gay never even crossed my mind," ...
  98. A check for $557,390. That's what Peggy Neff received from the federal government to ...
  99. Health officials are trying to figure out why an outbreak of drug-resistant staph inf...
  100. It was almost 17 years ago, but it could have been a century. During oral arguments b...
  101. "I've been accused in productions of leaning a little heavily on the humor in the pla...
  102. The gay rights movement lost another pioneer when activist Morris Kight died peaceful...
  103. DIED: Mary Dunlap, 54, gay rights advocate and civil rights lawyer, of pancreatic can...
  104. John Lawrence and Tyron Garner were taking advantage of the privacy most couples take...
  105. Shanghai Moon * Written by Charles Busch * Directed by Carl Andress * Starring Busch ...
  106. As devotees of classical and modern dance, my life partner and I have followed Americ...
  107. There will be one less power lesbian in the nation's capital next year--Hilary Rosen,...
  108. This week on Advocate.com BREAKING NEWS: Visit www.advocate.com for the latest news...
  109. It's been more than four years since John Lawrence and Tyron Garner were arrested and...
  110. It's a classic tale of New Yorkers with bite and a certain magnetism. A story of peop...
  111. I can't believe that Herb Ritts did not make the cover and that you chose some unknow...
  112. The derailed appointment of HIV-positive Christian activist Jerry Thacker to the Pres...
  113. As the Supreme Court considers the case of Lawrence v. Texas, which disputes the cons...
  114. Dorian * Will Self * Grove Press * $24 Described by one Victorian critic as rich in...
  115. I found your article "Better Dating Through Circuitry" [February 4] very interesting,...
  116. Sacramento, Calif. A caucus of lesbian and gay state legislators introduced four ga...
  117. Postal 2 won't hit stores until March, but that hasn't stopped gay activists from pro...
  118. "Well, you know she has to die, because she won't put on a tight dress," quips Adam S...
  119. When New York State passed a gay and lesbian civil rights bill in December, after 31 ...
  120. Police in Cape Town, South Africa, hope the sole survivor of a January 20 massacre at...
  121. CHARLES BUSCH, AL PACINO, JANE FONDA, Gina Gershon, Jason Priestley--the Sundance Fil...
  122. Maggie Cassella is used to the road less traveled. Armed with a burgeoning avocation ...
  123. As a recovering sex addict and member of Sex Addicts Anonymous, I was thrilled to see...
  124. How's this for a top story? David Bianco, founder of gay news service Q Syndicate, wh...
  125. Before Out magazine, before Newsweek, Sarah Pettit slept under my Christmas tree in L...
  126. Witness James Baldwin * Biography * Directed by Angie Coretti * A&E * February 20, 8 ...
  127. A proposal to move San Francisco's gay pride celebration from its traditional end-of-...
  128. The nation's leading business schools are learning that inclusion is good business. I...
  129. The dangers faced by America's gay and lesbian youth--such as unsafe sex practices, r...
  130. Watching the short films of Belgian film director Bavo Defurne, four of which have re...
  131. Sometime before the Ballets Russes' debut in Paris at the beginning of the last centu...
  132. Charles Pickering, President Bush's nominee for the fifth U.S. circuit court of appea...
  133. Gay men and lesbians are about to get a national 24-hour radio station that is on the...
  134. BRAINWORKS Decorative painting and studio backdrops Proprietor Erin Adams Locat...
  135. Gerry * Written by Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, and Gus Van Sant * Directed by Gus Van ...
  136. What should a gay activist group do? Here's a great example: You can organize, protes...
  137. When it comes to initiating social change in the business world, the Equality Project...
  138. Leaders of America's second-largest branch of Judaism are set to consider a potential...
  139. The telephone has been ringing off the hook on Christopher Street at New York City's ...
  140. Alec Mapa has lent his talents to art (Broadway's M. Butterfly) and commerce (CBS's s...
  141. Thank you for your selection of Rosie O'Donnell as The Advocate's Person of the Year ...
  142. A minor decision at Brigham A Young University's TV stations is a major coup for gay ...
  143. DIED: Joe Carroccio, 45, cofounder of the Cleveland chapter of ACT UP, of cirrhosis a...
  144. Say a little prayer for actor Dan Futterman--he could be the one to ring the bell of ...
  145. How does it feel to have written the gay play of the year? Richard Greenberg seems ge...
  146. You did a great job on "A Teen Idol's Dreams" [January 21]. I was particularly moved ...
  147. Gay couples in small to medium-size cities around the country now have an advantage s...
  148. As the United States and Iraq inch ever closer to a second Gulf War, members of Congr...
  149. Advocate: I want to make sure we have your whole gay career here. You've got your sid...
  150. You can probably count on one finger the academic memoirs that include topless pinup ...
  151. City officials launched a fund-raising drive in January in an effort to commission a ...
  152. BREAKING NEWS: Visit www.advocate.com for the latest news, entertainment, and health ...
  153. Being queer in the movies, on TV, and in plays doesn't mean misery and woe anymore. W...
  154. I watched two people at the jukebox who were too busy to notice me. The dark-haired g...
  155. I was saddened to open your yearend issue to find yet more sniping at Dan Pallotta ["...
  156. The city council on January 7 passed an ordinance banning antigay discrimination in s...
  157. Police say two men who posted a gay personal ad on the community-oriented Web site Cr...
  158. My friend the openly gay actor was bitching over his sugar-free, fat-free, flour-free...
  159. Few people have experienced the insidious homophobia of Hollywood as personally and a...
  160. Mike Goodridge seemed to miss the big picture in his story "Does MPAA = Most Parents ...
  161. Hate-crime charges were filed January 9 against ex-Morehouse College student Aaron Pr...
  162. In this issue's interview with Dan Futterman, Will & Grace producers talk about Will'...
  163. The gates are finally closing on Oz. HBO's mesmerizing, no-holds-barred dramatic seri...
  164. As a public figure whose personal life has been the subject of media scrutiny, Lou Re...
  165. There I sat on a rainy afternoon with a gorgeous man named Daniel in a Jacuzzi in San...
  166. On January 10 the city passed an ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on gender...
  167. "I LIKE CONTROVERSY," ACTOR JORDAN SHANNON tells The Buzz. Maybe that's why the 22-ye...
  168. A Tobias Beecher (played by Lee Tergesen): A lawyer jailed for killing a girl while d...
  169. 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane * Tatu * Interscope Boy, if Morrissey supposedly got sni...
  170. "I'll get a few drag queens to be behind me, and I'll be very happy." --Catherine Z...
  171. Although many Hollywood actors have been called "gay for pay," megastar Tom Cruise mi...
  172. "FUCK PORN," says John Cameron Mitchell, creator of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. "It's ...
  173. Thelma & Louise (special edition DVD) * Written by Callie Khouri * Directed by Ridley...
  174. To gay and lesbian aficionados of musical theater, cabaret, and flat-out superb singi...
  175. As Senate majority leader, Bill Frist of Tennessee certainly seems more moderate than...
  176. On December 13, in the midst of a massive social justice movement, Buenos Aires becam...
  177. Michael, a 32-year-old grant administrator living in New York City, got his first tas...
  178. When Jennifer Yakes joined pop-punk outfit Leah Stargazing, she was less concerned ab...
  179. After 31 years of bouncing around the senate, and eleventh-hour infighting between ga...
  180. BREAKING NEWS: Visit www.advocate.com for the latest news, entertainment, and health ...
  181. That the Internet continues to revolutionize dating for gays at a faster pace than fo...
  182. "I think the fact that I was comfortable and happy and enjoyed what I was doing in my...
  183. Your interview with Justin Timberlake in The Advocate's Coolest Straight People of 20...
  184. The openly gay architect of the 1963 civil rights march on Washington will be honored...
  185. The wildly popular computer game The Sims is a favorite among cyber-gaming enthusiast...
  186. Alto, bronzeado, e bonitao. That's Portuguese for "tall, dark, and handsome," only th...
  187. As Meat Loves Salt * Maria McCann * Harcourt * $15 Jacob Cullen, the unforgettable ...
  188. Thank you for interviewing newly elected sheriff Sheila Prue of Windham County, Vt. [...
  189. If reports from a company claiming to be the first to successfully clone humans are t...
  190. As celebrated dancer Marcelo Gomes formally comes out in this issue, The Advocate loo...
  191. When I first started writing this column 5 1/2 years ago, my goal was modest: to prov...
  192. At first glance, the work of out Los Angeles-based artist Jon Planas seems like pure ...