Stories Collection

  1. The Doctor * Patricia Duncker * Ecco/HarperCollins * $24 The pretender A heavily ...
  2. Jorg Haider does not like foreigners, but according to two published reports, there i...
  3. Lesbian and gay businesses have enjoyed mail-order success since as far back as the '...
  4. I've just been talking to my friends Catherine and Barbara, who went to one of the bi...
  5. Plato's Garage * Rob Campbell * St. Martin's * $23.95 Rob Campbell obviously loves ...
  6. The Texas governor flips, flops, and then flips again on a possible meeting with gay ...
  7. Undaunted by the opposition, gay students are giving their schools a lesson in tolera...
  8. The Mother of Us, All, the 1940s opera by gay cocreators Gertrude Stein and Virgil Th...
  9. AIDS Are the Foo Fighters harmful to your health? Next time you call the Foo Figh...
  10. The Bill Horn and Lou Sheldon I debated on Politically Incorrect hate homosexuals for...
  11. David Geffen may hate his new biography, but its author, Tom King, reminds us there's...
  12. THE VATICAN Pope forgets gays again The leader of an Italian gay rights group has...
  13. A special Advocate report from Denver, where out playwright-director Moises Kaufman a...
  14. Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland * Gerald Clarke * Random House $29.99 It seems ...
  15. ACTIVISM E*TRADE, Levinson withstand backlash When E*TRADE president and chief op...
  16. New York opens its arms to a new drag sensation, the all-singing, all-quipping, all-c...
  17. Manufacture controversy. That way nobody will wonder what they're paying you for. Hen...
  18. Making multiple mutts Pets provide a fabulous alternative for those of us not willi...
  19. This year's gay and lesbian winners at the Berlin International Film Festival prove t...
  20. April 5, 1994: Suicidal tendencies and gay youth As this issue's cover story attest...
  21. Soft Fruit * Written and directed by Christina Andreef * Starring Genevieve Lemon, Sa...
  22. Thank you for a beautiful and enlightened interview with Ellen DeGeneres ["Ellen: Bor...
  23. MISERABLE THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A GOOD CATFIGHT since Dynasty? Depressed that you no ...
  24. Life partners Deborah Hoffmann and Frances Reid win kudos for their new film on South...
  25. Lesbian and self-proclaimed man hater Valerie Solanas--who earned 15 minutes of fame ...
  26. Out series creator Ryan Murphy and his cast make Popular one of TV's most inclusive s...
  27. The hallmark of a good teacher is not gay--inclusive lesson plans but limitless compa...
  28. A defeat on gay marriage in California raises questions about how to handle the issue...
  29. Filmmaker Yvonne Welbon comes to TV's Sundance Channel with her charming documentary ...
  30. "There's always been Madonna--very artificial and glamorous and even overdressed. But...
  31. Anthony Colin and his peers take on a school district for their right to be out Ant...
  32. Dance maven Kevin Aviance takes his act on the road. Think Grace Jones meets Boy Geor...
  33. I went to see American Beauty, the movie I wrote, about a month after it had opened a...
  34. It was the worst type of hoax. A gay man found naked along a California highway told ...
  35. Has John McCain's campaign weakened the religious right's hold on the Republican Part...
  36. LONG BEFORE THIS YEAR'S OSCARS, BEST FOREIGN FILM NOMINEE PEDRO ALMODOVAR WAS PERFECT...
  37. With a plot involving gay blackmail behind bars, John Grisham's latest is a hoot--but...
  38. "I didn't know there were gay prisons!" --Comedian Matt Weinhold, commenting on thi...
  39. Choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones is the latest to lob an attack against South C...
  40. Vermont steps away from marriage and moves closer to domestic partnership It's rare...
  41. With his gay-straight love story The Next Best Thing, out director John Schlesinger p...
  42. All About All About Eve * By Sam Staggs * St. Martin's Press * $24.95 All About All...
  43. Criticized by some for being too soft on Dr. Laura and by others for trying to censor...
  44. Since Kurt Conklin's pride flag was tipped down from his home several times, he might...
  45. Oscar nominee Hilary Swank found that she couldn't leave Brandon Teena behind once Bo...
  46. In The Sound of Music, when Baron von Christopher Plummer was finally about to kiss J...
  47. One day several years ago, a close friend who was dying of AIDS called me frantically...
  48. In his presidential bid Republican John McCain often touts his record as a tough-on-c...
  49. It's a simple situation: Your local art theater publishes its schedule online. If you...
  50. Chloe Sevigny provided the loving gaze that made it OK for audiences to love Brandon ...
  51. Between Cokes and Camel Lights at Fez, the chi-chi Manhattan music venue, 29-year-old...
  52. With partisan bickering on Capitol Hill on the upswing, it was only a matter of time ...
  53. This year Academy Award nominations went out to a host of movies with gay, lesbian, b...
  54. Boys Don't Cry director KIMBERLY PEIRCE reflects on how her hero, Brandon Teena, has ...
  55. Not much for labels, the group's gay and lesbian contingent would rather talk music t...
  56. A group of Middleton, Wis., high school students are out to prove that tolerance rule...
  57. A year after E! News Daily cohost Steve Kmetko came out on the cover of The Advocate,...
  58. The documentary makers behind The Brandon Teena Story captured the actual people port...
  59. A 30th-anniversary revival recalls the impotence and impudence of a "Warhol" classic ...
  60. Saint-John's-wort has been widely touted as a natural alternative for treating mild d...
  61. Looking for a 'zine to fill that nesting void in your life? Check out Nest o' Vipers,...
  62. WE ADORE OUR GLAMOROUS GODDESSES, AND SO--IN HIS WAY--DOES THAT TART-TONGUED LIST T...
  63. With a hot new off-Broadway play and a movie that drew throngs at Sundance, drag dram...
  64. The marrying kind It is important to understand that California's Proposition 22 ha...
  65. Although many Episcopal churches remain embroiled in a debate over the role out gay m...
  66. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST. Willow (Alyson Hannigan) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer is indee...
  67. Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, the out producers of Oscar favorite American Beauty, talk ...
  68. The off-Broadway hit Naked Boys Singing! offers audiences more than just eye candy ...
  69. Work under way at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center may open the door for s...
  70. GEORGE MICHAEL'S DECISION to make light of his arrest for lewd behavior in his dance ...
  71. BEAUTY, BOYS, AND PEDRO'S MOTHER--YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE REASONS THIS YEAR'S ACADEM...
  72. Singing with the Indigo Girls may keep Emily Saliers busy, but she still finds time e...
  73. Reader comments from www.advocate.com * "It is essential that every person in this ...
  74. DIED: Roland Schembari, 56, cofounder of the San Francisco Bay Times, of cancer, Febr...
  75. GAY PARENTING may have the right wing seeing red, but it has TV producers seeing doll...
  76. Best Actress, E! Entertainment's first movie, takes us to the Oscars through Hollywoo...
  77. Comedian Lorne Newman has taken his gay jokes to the Bible Belt--and he says he's nea...
  78. DIED: William Knudson and Brad Long of Sacramento in the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 c...
  79. Canadian fiddler Ashley MacIsaac hits new sour notes in an already off-key career I...
  80. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl * By John Colapito * Harper Coll...
  81. May 13,1997: The invisible men of showbiz In the past few years a number of male ce...
  82. The Next Best Thing: Music From the Motion Picture * Madonna and various artists * Ma...
  83. The Danish Girl * By David Ebershoff * Viking * $24.95 In this fact-based story the...
  84. Julian Potter settles into her job as the president's liaison to gays and lesbians ...
  85. Twenty Four Seven * Tina Turner * Virgin The word diva gets bandied about so much t...
  86. The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of us * Felice Newman * Cleis ...
  87. Traditional broadcasting can seem pretty narrow if you're searching the airwaves for ...
  88. When Cher and Madonna want to put the pop in their videos, they call on visionary Dan...
  89. A new gap has emerged in our movement: It's the separation between what we speak abou...
  90. Bravo for exposing the insidious hatred inherent in Dr. Laura Schlessinger's rhetoric...
  91. FOR GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FANS, it was the year of the couple at Utah's Sundance Film ...
  92. Fully Committed * Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City (open run) * Written by Becky Mo...
  93. Have you ever had a bad experience as a result of infighting in the gay community? ...
  94. Los Angeles opera buffs will get eye candy with their arias in March when the L.A. Op...
  95. Boston Ballet star Paul Thrussell interweaves his British past and his gay present ...
  96. It was not easy to step into the spotlight, to put my family before the public eye, t...
  97. In the burgeoning world of Internet millionaires, gay men and lesbians are holding th...
  98. Two new documentaries trace the journeys Of men to women, women to men, and a creativ...
  99. --Nathan Lane, commenting on the 17th-place opening of his film Isn't She Great, star...
  100. Gay Muslims in many countries face severe penalties even deafly--if they come out. Bu...
  101. The United Methodist Church's debate over same-sex unions is making headlines. But th...
  102. In her first interview with the gay press, Ellen DeGeneres faces the past and future ...
  103. Gendernauts * Directed by Monika Treut * Firts Run German filmmaker Monika Treut (M...
  104. POLITICS Savage satire Popular columnist Dan Savage has made a living out of sati...
  105. It was the middle of winter, and this bear came out of hibernation long enough to mak...
  106. In a bold new book, biologist Anne Fausto-Sterling challenges science on its prejudic...
  107. In a forerunner of the legislative battle to come, thousands of Vermont residents bra...
  108. It's one thing to accidentally leave a copy of The Advocate behind on a plane (for so...
  109. With a lushly Romantic new album, Joni Mitchell speaks to the lover in us al Both S...
  110. "Ten million AIDS orphans in Africa," announced the network news the other evening. S...
  111. The battle between Democratic presidential contenders Al Gore and Bill Bradley for th...
  112. With the Millennium March on the horizon and gay marriage again on the political scen...
  113. Passport * Khan * Matador Records At first spin a CD by an edgy New York electro wu...
  114. In a move that likely will be more symbolic than successful, U.S. representative Jerr...
  115. LOVE IS IN THE AIR--and on the screen. In the new satire Wonder Boys, based on Michae...
  116. The Music of My Life * Pat Rocco * Cabin Records At first spin a CD by an edgy New ...
  117. Former Norwegian minister of justice Anne Holt rang in the New Year by marrying her f...
  118. Jack in the Box is looking more like Jill Out of the Closet these days. In a current ...
  119. New York cabaret habitues John Wallowitch and Bertram Ross say love--and monogamy has...
  120. JTT or not JTT Thank you for your cover stow on Jonathan Taylor Thomas ["Uncommonly...
  121. Clinton administration officials seemed "open and responsive" January 12 during a fir...
  122. In Waiting in the Wings, Noel Coward makes mischief in a retirement home for actresse...
  123. From the February 1 issue: Do you think the current political debate on "don't ask,...
  124. DIED: Craig Claiborne, 79, the openly gay former food editor and restaurant critic fo...
  125. Margaret Camaro, that righteous militant lesbian who's been popping up on Ally McBeal...
  126. With her solo show and her "Lesbian Brothers," Lisa Kron turns her life story into ar...
  127. "Sometimes when I'm around my parents, I become a child again." As a therapist, I oft...
  128. Latina lesbian Ana Oliveira takes over at New York's Gay Men's Health Crisis The or...
  129. With just two months to go, organizers work to make the march on Washington a success...
  130. With Prototype, Mark Phillips and Martin Anguiano have designs on the young and famou...
  131. "I was labeled a poof from day one." --Jude Law, as quoted in the February issue of...
  132. Gay men are fooling themselves by thinking that oral sex is safe sex, according to th...
  133. ACTIVISTS SAY THE DEFEAT OF CALIFORNIA'S ANTI-GAY-MARRIAGE BALLOT MEASURE IS ESSENTIA...
  134. Baby Precious Always Shines: Selected Love Notes Between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. ...
  135. Justices will hear the case against the Boy Scouts' policy against gay men Many leg...
  136. As the Supreme Court prepares to examine the Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay scout...
  137. He's been touted as one of the finest actors of his generation. Combining box office ...
  138. The details of this kind of slaying are by now depressingly familiar--but nonetheless...
  139. The best thing about having a CD player in your computer is listening to music while ...
  140. performance Figure skater-artist Greg Wittrock brings a new brand of showmanship to t...
  141. The Wedding: A Family's Coming Out Story * Douglas Wythe and Andrew Merling, Roslyn M...
  142. The second soldier charged in connection with the July beating death of Pfc. Barry Wi...
  143. The Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force has produced a site filled with information a...
  144. Three new indie CDs for your three different moods: wild, homespun, and just plain fu...
  145. Former lovers James Crotty and Michael Lane have made a name for themselves as trippy...
  146. Government officials in Yugoslavia have added gay men and lesbians to a list of enemi...
  147. "I think she's very sexy. I mean, look at her. She's like a tittle pistol," purrs Pet...
  148. With a hot restaurant, plus his art and film projects, Madonna's younger brother Chri...
  149. Out among the stars, paparazzo Gary Boas has seen it all Gary Lee Boas's career as ...
  150. She broke ranks with her husband by opposing his "don't ask, don't tell" policy, but ...
  151. Pucker up, lesbians--Tommy Hilfiger's cosmetics line has named a new lipstick after u...
  152. Having survived Streisand and Titanic, gay Brit Allan Corduner takes the lead in an a...
  153. * Neal Drinnan * St. Martin's Press * $23.95 Don't know what it is about Australia....
  154. DIED: Dick Pabich, 44, a San Francisco political consultant, of AIDS-related complica...
  155. MOST MODERN MOMS JUGGLE CAREER AND FAMILY, but few get results like Melissa Etheridge...
  156. PBS's Frontline hopes to enlighten the clueless with its episode "Assault on Gay Amer...
  157. Along with nearly everyone else, I watched an endless series of wrap-ups of the 20th ...
  158. One by one the Republican presidential candidates denounced the right of gays and les...
  159. As he ponders a presidential run, the real estate mogul discusses his views on gay is...
  160. * Written and directed by Stephen Winter * Water Bearer Video Imagine MTV's The Rea...
  161. What better way to show the world you're a queen than to crash the queen's float in t...
  162. AS CRITICISM MOUNTS AGAINST HER POPULAR RADIO PROGRAM AND UPCOMING TV SHOW. DR. LAURA...
  163. * Directed by Jim Fall * Written by Jason Schafer * Starring Christian Campbell, J.P....
  164. Playing for our team Bravo to Billy Bean for having the courage to share his privat...
  165. Pro golfer Muffin Spencer Devlin was arrested in New York City January 6 when she tri...
  166. Christian radio proves a potent medium for antigay politics Long before the Vermont...
  167. * Directed by Michael Polish * Written by and starring Michael and Mark Polish * Colu...
  168. Reader comments from www.advocate.com * "I find that folks who have changed their a...
  169. It doesn't matter if you dance all night at a circuit party or just walk your new pup...
  170. Gay people condemning gay pride. Lesbian and gay activists telling others that they s...
  171. Tim Miller pits his own gay love against U.S. immigration in his one-man show, Glory ...
  172. For gay rights activists, the important difference in the presidential race is betwee...
  173. Microsoft's online support site features a new way to get help: Just "Ask Maxwell," t...
  174. The 20th century--remember that? Only six weeks, and it already has the faint echo of...
  175. Santa Monica's Highways Performance Space has a reputation for green-lighting controv...
  176. The legislature takes the marriage issue where the courts left off When the Vermont...
  177. As Dr. Laura's omnipresence on the airwaves reminds us, the antigay religious right h...
  178. The snags of aging aside, Gaye Adegbalola is happier than ever singing the blues. Why...
  179. With her new CD, I'm Not Cindy Brady, comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer is determined to ...
  180. CAMPAIGN Pink and green In the world of campaign financing, $40,000 is pocket cha...
  181. All eyes turn to the Vermont legislature as it wrestles with a landmark court ruling ...
  182. Her solo venture may be flying high, but alternative popster Tara Jane O'Neil says he...
  183. NEW ZEALAND A worldwide first: a transsexual in Parliament If the spirit of Stone...
  184. Fresh from playing gay in Showtime's Common Ground, teen heartthrob Jonathan Taylor T...
  185. Artist Paul Cadmus, who died in December at age 94, captured gay culture decades befo...
  186. DISEASE Wart worries Avoiding genital-to-genital contact may not be enough to sto...
  187. Everyone knows the joke about lesbian courtship. "What do two dykes do on their secon...
  188. A revival of Mall play Sex recalls the homophobia that got it censored 74 years ago ...
  189. Mending picketed fences Fresh from a tete-a-tete with the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the o...
  190. After a bout with drugs nearly derailed her career, comedian Margaret Cho is putting ...
  191. Piano man Mark Nadler is honing his own cabaret comedy by keeping one eye on Broadway...
  192. DIED: Lyle Leverich, 79, the openly gay author of Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams...
  193. Michael Jeter's turn alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile is stirring Oscar talk, bu...
  194. Multitalented academic Ed Stein takes on the nature-versus-nurture argument with The ...
  195. No Net cost While your pocketbook might not be all the company has in mind, Gay.com...
  196. Director Jane Campion's latest offering--a mix of cults, Kate, and Keitel--is as murk...
  197. Black Girl in Paris * Shay Youngblood * Riverhead Books * $23.95 Ah, the intoxicati...