Stories Collection

  1. In early June, I found myself on assignment for The Advocate at the Playboy Mansion, ...
  2. Scott Merritt, Playgirl's 30th-anniversary centerfold, is sitting in the bar of Toron...
  3. FIRST-PERSON Out at 13 What happens when a precocious child comes out to his pare...
  4. One look at the men in Men--lithe, powerful, often nude yet quite calm around their f...
  5. If they're anything like the rest of the let-live hetero-sexual population in the nat...
  6. Mary Matalin apologizes for Senator Santorum's antigay comments by saying gays should...
  7. Paul Chandler of Denver attended his first gay pride celebration last year. It was in...
  8. There's nothing new about gay men searching for godlike boyfriends. But how former mo...
  9. I love your latest issue, but the best is E. Lynn Harris's story ["A Visible Life," J...
  10. Many thanks to Richard Goldstein for his great column, "Acting Out" [Last Word, July ...
  11. I feel sorry for Patrick Guerriero, the Massachusetts gay Republican who has been cal...
  12. Just weeks after Philadelphia's Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of Americ...
  13. DIED: Nancy Diuguid, 54, an American-born director who pioneered gay and women's thea...
  14. A few days before Prime Minister Jean Chretien's June 17 announcement that Canada wou...
  15. It's raining twinks. Boys Life, that omnibus film series for ageist gay white males w...
  16. Overwhelmed by protests over plans to fly a gay pride flag on the same pole as Old Gl...
  17. The Advocate's high school correspondent attends his graduation without his parents, ...
  18. Donald Trump is in trouble with another big-haired blond. Like all the other buxom bl...
  19. Avenue Q is a mythical neighborhood in the lower East Village, "the place you live wh...
  20. Thank you so much for sharing the story of the two dads in Kentucky ["And Babies Make...
  21. At the press time the U.S. Supreme Court had not issued its decision in the Lawrence ...
  22. Andrew Hyde, the youngest gay contestant in the third season of CBS's The Amazing Rac...
  23. Alongtime leader when it comes to diversity, IBM is now making another bold move. The...
  24. Boston's South End, two years ago: Woman berates her husband for his slovenly appeara...
  25. What a nice surprise to see your story on scuba diver Judith Rubin ["The Poseidon Adv...
  26. After claiming his partner was killed in the September 11, 2001, attack on the World ...
  27. If you're planning a visit this summer to one of our top 10 weekend getaways [see pag...
  28. WEEKEND GETAWAYS In the contiguous 48 states [1] Key West, Fla. The Conch Republi...
  29. You want to make it in Hollywood, and you're gay. Are you ahead of the game--or behin...
  30. I think marketing analyst Bill Doyle would probably deduce that the black people who ...
  31. Sacramento, Calif. In a nationwide first, the state supreme court on June 18 decree...
  32. How many Web clicks does it take to uncover a presidential candidate's gay-friendline...
  33. High school student know instinctively what adults often need help to understand: Gay...
  34. About halfway through the new PBS American Masters documentary The Education of Gore ...
  35. In our June 24 Nation item titled "Gay Families Ahoy," R Family Vacations cofounder G...
  36. As gay pride celebrations unfolded in countries around the world, June proved to be a...
  37. people have always said that it's a small world. And the gay world, they say, is even...
  38. Because gay Asians and their admirers face unique conflicts and quandaries, I'm devot...
  39. Mary Renault is an enduring literary superstar, and not just because of her addictive...
  40. We two have come together to create change from very different backgrounds. Many peop...
  41. Some of the most ferocious fighting during the war in Iraq took place near the gates ...
  42. Before The Advocate looked at Camp, a movie about a musical theater summer camp, in t...
  43. They're both top jazz artists, but their music is worlds apart. Singer-pianist Dena D...
  44. How many straight men have you talked to lately? I ask only because it seems to me th...
  45. "Naw, naw, that's not a question that I'm gonna answer. That's not my kind of questio...
  46. Gay and lesbian seniors are not only getting their own facilities to help them throug...
  47. Apparently there's gay action within the Matrix, even if it's virtual. Enter the Matr...
  48. The walls of New York's famed Knitting Factory nightclub seem to be shaking. A capaci...
  49. After having read the June 24 issue three times, tears still come to my eyes. The pri...
  50. Should controversial talk show host Michael Savage have the right to demand damage.s ...
  51. If you're a sexually active gay man, the need to ask about a partner's HIV status may...
  52. "WE'RE EXCITED because it's the first network series to have gay parenting," says Cra...
  53. Talk about a dog-eat-dog town. A minute ago filmmaker Charles Herman-Wurmfeld (Kissin...
  54. I have rarely seen your magazine cover issues of people of color, but the June 24 iss...
  55. After the recent acquittal of a Georgia man on hatecrimes charges in the case of an a...
  56. I plan to be a good bishop, not a gay bishop," said the Reverend V. Gene Robinson, wh...
  57. OK, SO WE KNOW that the Terminator series is supposed to be a vehicle for Ah-nuld, bu...
  58. Director Francois Ozon is such a whiz that his wry, subversively sexy movies could sp...
  59. Is Kentucky becoming a model for pro-gay change in the South? In light of the firesto...
  60. Nothing has really changed at ExxonMobil. Still, gay rights activists were pleased wi...
  61. We're out. We're proud. We're on Prozac? It's been nearly 30 years since the Americ...
  62. Nazi Germany not only devised the pink triangle symbol and killed thousands of gay me...
  63. Heaps of praise should be accorded B.D. Wong and his partner, Richie Jackson, for cou...
  64. Ruth Harlow, legal director for the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, has argu...
  65. DIED: Adrienne Fuzee, 53, founder of Lesbians in the Visual Arts, of heart failure, M...
  66. * Joel Palefsky, MD, with Jody Handley * Warner * $14.95 The numbers are frighteni...
  67. Do you ever feel caught between those who think homosexuality isn't as bad as hooking...
  68. I got very angry reading about the new book by Harlyn Aizley, Buying Dad ["The Parent...
  69. Was Jesus gay? That controversial question, subject of a 1992 book by J. Robert Willi...
  70. BREAKING NEWS: Visit www.advocate.com for the latest news, entertainment, and health ...
  71. While the World Sleeps; Writing From the First Twenty Years of the Global AIDS Plague...
  72. The Advocate has done a great service for the community with the excellent material a...
  73. Texas lawmakers weren't satisfied that their state already recognized only opposite-s...
  74. Before Chrissy Gephardt came out as a lesbian and announced her support for her fathe...
  75. When Doug Spearman left Los Angeles to be part of a group of 38 guys from around the ...
  76. Attorney General John Ashcroft has, for the first time ever for a federal agency, ban...
  77. Looking for a safe outlet for your inner writer? Or perhaps your sexuality? Conside...
  78. Surprises on reality television are so cheap and common these days that most new twis...
  79. Your article on Dick Gephardt's recent decision to try to win gay voters with his sud...
  80. Denver, Colo. The Presbyterian Church (USA) ended its national convention May 31 wi...
  81. OUT DIRECTOR Gus Van Sant scored a major upset at the Cannes Film Festival, winning t...
  82. Naked Boys Singing, the Cats of gay theater, is celebrating its 400th year off-Broadw...
  83. When I read the Cincinnati papers' coverage of the Reverend Stephen Van Kuiken, I pra...
  84. The appeal of their convictions for having gay sex on a Nile riverboat has led to fre...
  85. THE NEW SHOWTIME SERIES Dead Like Me--about a teenage girl's adventures in the afterl...
  86. "It's less a film about bisexuality than a film about indecision," says writer-direct...
  87. In reading Christopher Rice's "I Hate Boys" [Last Word, June 10], I am at a loss as t...
  88. Before a nail bomb went off at a nightclub where she was celebrating a friend's birth...
  89. Chrissy Gephardt is going where no child of a presidential aspirant has gone before--...
  90. American Fabulous * Directed by Reno Dakota * Sundance Channel * Premieres June...
  91. Gay and lesbian Hoosiers made historic progress in the 2003 on of the Indiana general...
  92. People in Philadelphia were surprised to learn in May that a local longtime gay activ...
  93. They were supposed to be gay rights champions in a White House filled with antigay ac...
  94. In his 1991 debut novel, Invisible Life, E. Lynn Harris captivated readers with his s...
  95. "I can talk about it now because I'm not afraid anymore." --Actor Richard Chamberla...
  96. Just in time for Toronto's gay pride celebration, a recent and persistent outbreak of...
  97. Just weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to announce its decision in La...
  98. Gay activist, elected official, and martyr Harvey Milk is nearly as busy in his after...
  99. Caitlin Meuse was one of more than 200,000 students at approximately 2,000 high schoo...
  100. The stabbing death of 15-year-old Sakia in Newark, NJ., on May 11 has people in Newar...
  101. Ashland, Ore. Students at Southern Oregon University canceled a blood drive because...
  102. "Poor Benny's life is going from riches to ditches, and Morgan couldn't be happier. H...
  103. Stopping by The Advocate's offices en route to her next match, Monica Webb brings to ...
  104. Gypsy * Book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim * Di...
  105. Ah, the joys of Washington: that wonderful city where sanctimony and intellectual dis...
  106. Has Los Angeles painter Jeff Griggs been sniffing too much paint ["The President, the...
  107. The parents of slain soldier Pfc. Barry Winchell have long demonstrated their tenacit...
  108. Malta, one of 10 countries set to join the European Union in the next year, is draggi...
  109. Like so many closeted gay teenagers who faced this high school rite of passage, David...
  110. "You can run into homophobia anywhere, but I really do think that attitude is in the ...
  111. Pandemic: Facing AIDS * Directed by Rory Kennedy * HBO * Premieres June 15 Ever sin...
  112. Your May 27 story "Taking Initiative," about the efforts of Phillip Winston to use hi...
  113. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, whose Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition has actively supported gay ...
  114. Among a recent wave of executions in Iran for wide-ranging offenses, three men were h...
  115. ELLEN DEGENERES is preparing for her debut as a syndicated talk-show host this fall, ...
  116. The speed. The cars. The drivers. The crashes. The pit crew. The competition. The dra...
  117. Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay * Directed by Eric Slade * PBS, June 20, 1...
  118. Thank you for the really swell piece on the release of the DVD of my film Women in Lo...
  119. As Gilbert Baker, creator of the rainbow flag, and others in Key West, Fla., prepared...
  120. After 12 years as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Reveren...
  121. WONDERING what Robbie Williams might look like in cowboy drag? That fantasy might com...
  122. Just so you know, the Dixie Chicks make me proud to be a lesbian. They are an Axis of...
  123. "It's not a movie about lesbianism; it's a love story with lesbianism as an ensemble ...
  124. I can't tell you how happy I was to learn that Rosie O'Donnell is writing for The Adv...
  125. Calling published reports that he's gay "revolting" tactics by his political opponent...
  126. New York City has served as a model for AIDS health care in many cities around the wo...
  127. Dan, a 28-year-old aspiring Los Angeles actor, and some of his friends were flipping ...
  128. "Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay?"--that Internet parody of the band's "I Want It That Wa...
  129. Even buildings can come out of the closet. An 1877 carriage house in Philadelphia, no...
  130. Regarding your recent Music Issue [May 13], why do you continue to allow your writers...
  131. It took Ann Northrup more than 50 gallons of latex paint and the help of 20 people to...
  132. If genetic research under way at the University of Pennsylvania pans out, biology tex...
  133. Forget the parade for a moment. Unplug from the dance party. Take a look at the perso...
  134. "Very often I have invitations to go to dinner parties with heads of state or royalty...
  135. "I'm looking for stuff that blows my mind," says Dennis Cooper. "It has to be adventu...
  136. College dorms have always been labeled men's, women's, or, at more liberal schools, c...
  137. The number of U.S. employers offering health insurance benefits to workers' same-sex ...
  138. On a crumpled sliver of paper carried in his wallet, firebrand activist Evan Wolfson ...
  139. After classical guitarist Sharon Isbin came out in Out magazine in 1995, she didn't t...
  140. Do Everything in the Dark * Gary Indiana * St. Martin's * $23.95 In his last three ...
  141. As a gay person, I feel fortunate to have been elected five times to public office. B...
  142. Maddy Melton wasn't too surprised when her off-campus apartment bedroom was ransacked...
  143. DIED: Kevin J. Klick, 42, an advocate for sexual minority mental-health patients, of ...
  144. Look beyond the pink feather boas, rainbow flags, the white briefs, the bare chests, ...
  145. Beaches and sweltering streets aren't the only places to find boys this summer--just ...
  146. Dry * Augusten Burroughs * St. Martin's Press * $24.95 Augusten Burroughs is a drun...
  147. "[Today's gays] jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air, and, with ...
  148. Catholic-school teachers have traditionally made no secret of their opposition to the...
  149. BREAKING NEWS: Visit www.advocate.com for the latest news, entertainment, and health ...
  150. Taylor, like so many older sisters, is inquisitive and stubborn. Michael was the firs...
  151. Marga Gomez is over the rainbow. She's had it up to here with the multicolored button...
  152. Southland * Nina Revoyr * Akashic * $15.95 Crawfish Dreams * Nancy Rawles * Doubled...
  153. Thank you for your May 27 cover story, "Lovers in a Dangerous Time," by Michael Rowe....
  154. Is President Bush too gay-friendly? That's what a number of U.S. religious-right lead...
  155. Forget what you thought you knew about gay cruises. R Family Vacations, a venture bet...
  156. Before Billy Bean wrote a book about his life in baseball, he spoke to The Advocate i...
  157. Billy Bean is having a wardrobe crisis. In three hours he's due on the Twentieth Cent...
  158. "Being gay just isn't what it used to be," says Provincetown, Mass., playwright and p...
  159. Guaranteed Fresh * Suzanne Westenhoefer * Uproar Entertainment "Driving With My Gir...
  160. I remember picking up my first copy of The Advocate when I was 17 and crying when I r...
  161. Indianapolis, Ind. A judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Indiana's ban on recogni...
  162. Are you a college student looking for love in all the wrong places? You may want to t...
  163. Daddy & Papa * Directed by Johnny Symons * PBS * June 3 Adoptions by gays seem to...
  164. * John Rowell * Simon & Schuster * $23 This debut story collection is hogging the b...
  165. The Trip * Written and directed by Miles Swain * Starring Larry Sullivan, Steve Braun...
  166. Hispanic activists and several religious leaders in Salt Lake City are more than a li...
  167. HUNKY REICHEN COMPARES HIMSELF to Ben Affleck. Reichen's life partner, handsome Chip,...
  168. In November 2001 my partner, Robin, and I agreed it was time: We were going to have a...
  169. It was my secret desire as a young writer to be represented by Jed Mattes. I was too ...
  170. Down With Love * Written by Eve Ahlert and Dennis Drake * Directed by Peyton Reed * S...
  171. The publication of The Joy of Gay Sex in its "fully revised and expanded third editio...
  172. If you're out of the closet and also feeling out of the loop at work lately, a recent...
  173. THE BUZZ WAS PICKING UP a few unmentionables at the supermarket not long ago and was ...
  174. * Edited by Michael Bronski * St. Martin's * $14.95 This paean to those good old, b...
  175. * Mack Friedman * Alyson * $19.95 All you need to know about America's oldest profe...
  176. Richard Kwietniowski had us worried there. His wryly subversive 1997 feature-film bow...
  177. "Jodie Foster. I never get sick of looking at her." --Halle Berry, on who she think...
  178. Given the Republican support for U.S. senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania in light ...
  179. "I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY it was the best 'dumb gay jock' they'd ever seen," says Josh S...
  180. * Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez * St. Martin's * $24.95 The season's most scrumptious book...
  181. * Monique Truong * Houghton Mifflin * $24 What a smart idea to revisit the lives of...
  182. I was a virtual Real World cast member for a day. I wore a body mike, lived in a hous...
  183. Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, Mary, never acknowledged her sexual or...
  184. A new campaign by Swedish carmaker Volvo that targets gay families could end up being...
  185. Sen. Rick Santorum was on a roll. After endorsing Texas's antigay sodomy law and comp...
  186. * Carla Tomaso * Alice Street * $29.95 A tony girls' school starts to unravel when ...
  187. * Allison Burnett * Broadway Books * $13.95 We've seen clever outcasts in fiction b...
  188. For artist and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, the journey of self-discovery he embark...
  189. In 1999 a college guidebook by the Princeton Review named Duke University the most ga...
  190. DIED: Eric Gupton, 43, member of pioneering performance troupe Pomo Afro Homos, in Sa...
  191. Fran Kirschner, a 59-year-old Philadelphia resident and the president of the local ch...
  192. * James H. English * Quirk Books * $7.95 In this hooty gay twist on those "choose y...
  193. * Colum McCann * Metropolitan * $26 A dominant icon of the swinging '60s and one of...
  194. Eve Sicular recalls when she first came up with Isle of Klezbos as a name for her new...
  195. I was so happy to find my new issue of The Advocate with Robbie Williams on the cover...