New Web site
ranks gay-friendly states
Of the 50 states,
New York and New Mexico do the best job of respecting
LGBT and reproductive rights, while South Dakota does
the worst, according to the new Web site
MappingOurRights.org.
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Why pride matters
In the current
print issue of The Advocate, Hollywood
publicist Michael Levine argues that pride festivals are bad
PR. His fellow Hollywood publicist respectfully--and
strongly--disagrees.
By Howard Bragman
Too much sex
Pride month is
upon us, which means more images than ever of white,
shirtless, ripped young men. This white young gay male has
had quite enough.
By Tully Satre
Love, loss, and
lots of walking
Within sight of
her goal of walking up the California coastline to San
Francisco, our stalwart lesbian mom scares a pothead, loses
her beloved dog, and finds old friends and new.
By Jennifer Schumaker
Out of one closet
and into another
Many transgender
people choose to live “stealth”—never
admitting to being transgender—because of
safety concerns, societal stigma, and prejudice. Part
5 of The Advocate’s ongoing transgender
series.
By Joanne Herman
A moment like
this
The Ghost of
Kelly Clarkson Past comes to haunt the debut singles from
Hicks and McPhee. He wins, of course.
By Dave White
The other
code
While the
Catholic Church denounces The Da Vinci Code’s
central conceit, that Jesus was married, other secrets
about the homoerotic aspects of Jesus’ life are
also worth exploring.
By the Reverend Irene Monroe
Power walk
Continuing her
walk from San Diego to San Francisco, this Southern
California soccer mom and lesbian connects with an old
friend, an Adopt-a-Highway sign, and two out of three
women at an ice cream store. A seventh weekly dispatch
from the road.
By Jennifer Schumaker
Why can't the
Democrats be Democrats?
This TV writer is
mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. What’s
the matter with the party he has supported so long?
What’s so difficult about standing up for
what’s right? Like, for example, marriage equality.
An open letter calling for the ABCs of politics: action,
backbone, and clarity.
By Jack Kenny
I'm out. Aren't
I?
What does it mean
to be out? It’s one thing to be interviewed by the
local and national press as a publicly gay person.
It’s quite another to be face-to-face with one
near stranger who makes the wrong assumptions about
your life.
By Tully Satre
Eurovision
rocked!
Break-dancers,
heavy metal, Norwegian elves, and Will and Grace
look-alikes—this is how you put on a televised music
competition.
By Steve Holyer and John Egan
Big gay love
HBO’s
Big Love has ignited debate about hetero
polygamy, but polyamorous relationships are not news
to the many gay men with multiple long-term partners.
How do they fit in to our fight for visibility?
Polygamy
Does portraying
polygamy in a positive light hurt the fight for marriage
equality?
Still crazy for
Key West
What’s
most memorable about this 4-by-2-mile island? Pretty much
everything.
By Anne Stockwell
