Stories Collection

  1. On the eve of Imperial Teen's sophomore release, front man Roddy Bottum talks about h...
  2. My grandmother used to say that "idle hands are the devil's tools," and that's the on...
  3. Gorgeous George? I want to commend you on a revealing interview with George Michael...
  4. After a year of debates over the Millennium March on Washington and the Al D'Amato en...
  5. Anne Heche and Ellen DeGeneres have left Los Angeles for Ojai, Calif. But it seems th...
  6. Fans of gay composer Ned Rorem had an opportunity to wish him a happy 75th birthday i...
  7. From the December 22 issue: Do you think the change in Republican leadership will m...
  8. The man who said he woke up naked on a downtown Montreal street October 12 knowing li...
  9. We've known that Pete Townshend is bisexual. The rock legend acknowledged as much a f...
  10. 1 The White Party III Hypertrophy, Veronica, Hannah Jones, et al. (Centaur, $16.99) ...
  11. A volunteer working to end AIDS discrimination died December 22 after being severely ...
  12. Who can forget Whoopi Goldberg's two lesbian screen roles? First there was her movie ...
  13. I always know the New Year is afoot when my Sundance catalog arrives. No, not the one...
  14. A man believed to be named James Edward Brighton would like nothing more than to go h...
  15. It's never too late for those pesky gay rumors. The most recent dirt from the grave i...
  16. So you can't make it to Utah this year, but you want to get up-to-the-minute news on ...
  17. Question: What do you get when the religious right thinks American Airlines is too pr...
  18. Park City, Utah, isn't the only place to find films of interest to gays and lesbians ...
  19. From the December 8 issue: Given the election results in Hawaii and Alaska, would y...
  20. An agreement releasing $1.25 billion in Swiss bank accounts to Holocaust victims, inc...
  21. Writer David Brock talks about Michael Huffington's coming-out as well as his own W...
  22. Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco's latest effort may finally bring her the mass audienc...
  23. When I think of George Moscone, I think of San Francisco. And politics. And death. Bu...
  24. The Ten Commandments may be a guide for many, but some folks in Brooksville, Ala., wa...
  25. Will the new scrutiny in Washington on private behavior mean more bad news for gay an...
  26. * Bret Easton Ellis * Knopf * $25 Famed Gen-X novelist Bret Easton Ellis recently t...
  27. Meet the new speaker of the House, J. Dennis Hastert Just as people were done askin...
  28. DIED: Simon Nkoli, 41 pioneering South African gay rights activist, of complications ...
  29. FOR THE FIRST TIME, NATHAN LANE TALKS ABOUT BEING GAY, MATTHEW SHEPARD, AND WHY THE B...
  30. * Patrick McCabe * HarperFlamingo * $22 Famed Gen-X novelist Bret Easton Ellis rece...
  31. Wyoming prosecutor Cal Rerucha said December 28 that he will ask a jury to sentence A...
  32. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced December 28 that it has tak...
  33. I've been up in the air a lot this winter. Literally. Covering the country on a book ...
  34. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, you can choose new titles celebrating al...
  35. The Morning Party, an annual summer event that is de rigueur for the circuit-party cr...
  36. If your New Year's resolution was to smarten up, check out Communications Theory/ Gen...
  37. Two theatrical treasures, playwright Paula Vogel and actor Cherry Jones, talk about w...
  38. I was having coffee recently with a professor of gay studies at the University of Ams...
  39. It took a little pushing and shoving, but on November 6 the state of Michigan granted...
  40. The Rev. Fred Phelps may have finally met his online match. Phelps's infamous homopho...
  41. In the beginning God created Adam and Steve, who in turn created shampoo and conditio...
  42. Two prominent Canadian athletes have come out but in dramatically different ways. For...
  43. Of all the characters connected to events surrounding President Clinton's impeachment...
  44. When you've been out for a while, it's hard to remember what it was like not being ga...
  45. MATTHEW SHEPARD'S MURDER BROUGHT TO THE NATION'S ATTENTION A REALITY MOST GAY MEN AND...
  46. It was the year Isaac Mizrahi and Todd Oldham closed up shop. So where's the fun in f...
  47. The use of the young man's death in fund-raising efforts poses ethical concerns Mat...
  48. In a candid interview, Will & Grace's Eric McCormack answers questions about his (str...
  49. For many gay men, new drugs in the AIDS battle protect them from what was once certai...
  50. "You can be right, and you can be dead," my friend's Israeli father always used to sa...
  51. You say D'Amato Your story about the Human Rights Campaign's endorsement of Sen. Al...
  52. One man's long way out of the Marines Like a game of Scrabble, The New York Times M...
  53. The triumph and setbacks, tragedies and occasional comedies that made 1998 memorable ...
  54. The religious right started the year in triumph. It was downhill after that Gary Ba...
  55. Everybody has an opinion. During the past year thousands of visitors to www.advocate....
  56. It was a year when gay just was not the thing to be. And it was often homosexuals the...
  57. In his first-ever exclusive interview with the gay press, one of pop music's most elu...
  58. This year the one character every gay man wanted to know better was Ryan Tripp, son o...
  59. Despite the Lewinsky scandal, the White House made some gains on gay issues He was ...
  60. When Andrew Sullivan was grilled by Sarah Schulman, tempers flared and truths were to...
  61. After years of failure, activists are watching sodomy laws topple with increasing spe...
  62. What did we want from our literature in 1998? Sex, laughs, and a buffed torso on the ...
  63. How long will gays and lesbians have to wait until they can grab the brass ring? Wi...
  64. Don Roos's comedy The Opposite of Sex was the indie hit of the year. The Advocate tal...
  65. The beauty that we thought resided in the curve of a muscle pales in comparison to th...
  66. About 2,000 people gathered in Pittsburgh November 11-15 for the National Gay and Les...
  67. The GOP in Congress is in disarray after its election losses, thanks in part to gay v...
  68. Much more than a magazine, Visionaire is the pet publication of the fashion world A...
  69. A Fragile Union: New and Selected Writings * Joan Nestle * Cleis * $14.95 Nestle's ...
  70. "I thought, My gosh, I'm here." --Representative-elect Tammy Baldwin (D.Wis.), upon...
  71. The nation's capital may soon have yet another monument. The board of the Names Proje...
  72. Has the gay pursuit of the perfect body become a deadly obsession? What is the prop...
  73. Dyke Action Machine! founders Sue Schaffner and Carrie Moyer talk about their savvy s...
  74. The Death of a Much-Travelled Woman and Other Adventures With Cassandra Reilly * Barb...
  75. The 2000 campaign could end up a showdown between the Texas governor and Al Gore In...
  76. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott lashed out at the press in November for prying in...
  77. One of the country's top professional trainers examines the gay fitness craze Jorge...
  78. The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature: Reading From Western Antiquity to the Prese...
  79. The danger of the losses in Hawii and Alaska is not that they present insurmountable ...
  80. On November 5, Alameda County, Calif., became the first county in the United States t...
  81. Asked by a teenager what injustice he most wanted to reverse, South African archbisho...
  82. Peter Shalit tells why he wrote a special health guide just for gay men "Everyone k...
  83. A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition * Gregory Woods * Yale University Pre...
  84. Scientists may have found a way to eradicate HIV from a specific type of immune cell,...
  85. With so much attention paid to antigay hate crimes these days, it's important to not ...
  86. A spate of drug overdoses on the dance circuit has many wondering if the party scene ...
  87. The Gay Canon: Great Books Every Gay Man Should Read * Robert Drake * Anchor * $12.95...
  88. Ushering in the holiday season of peace and goodwill, the leader of the United Church...
  89. In our July 21 column we reported that the filtering software Cyber Patrol makes it p...
  90. Lesbian couples are increasingly turning to science for help in their quest to have c...
  91. Men's titles 1. Straight? True Stories of Unexpected Sexual Encounters Between Men ...
  92. DIED: Tim Greathouse, 48, in New York City, from AIDS-related complications October 1...
  93. Recent drug-related deaths at circuit parties reveal the low end of the high lives of...
  94. I've been making a list, checking it twice, and trying to be nice. But I find I'm a q...
  95. Confessions of Window Dresser * Simon Doonan * Penguin Studio * $40 If you have fri...
  96. In another sign of the main-streaming of gay politics, the Main Street Coalition, a n...
  97. After five hours of testimony, a judge in Laramie, Wyo., found probable cause Novembe...
  98. "I wanted to have fun doing a vampire movie, and for me it had to involve lesbians ju...
  99. In Little Voice, Jane Horrocks is a shy girl who comes of age through music Little ...
  100. Let Nothing You Dismay * Mark O'Donnell * Knopf * $22 Mark O'Donnell is a well-rega...
  101. Never again Your November 24 cover story, "The Lost Brother," about Matthew Shepard...
  102. The most notorious sodomy law in the country was struck down November 23 when the Geo...
  103. Sean "Puffy" Combs cited scheduling conflicts as the reason he canceled his acting de...
  104. They've toured with Bowie and strutted on-screen for Todd Haynes. But on the eve of P...
  105. They Call Me Mad Dog! Erika Lopez * Simon and Schuster * $20 Erika Lopez gives grea...
  106. SPONSORED BY SAAB From the November 24 issue: Do you think the media's enlightene...
  107. The Anderson Prize Foundation in November presented the 1998 Stonewall Awards to four...
  108. So what's Lily Tomlin up to these days? Here's a sneak peek at her latest project: a ...
  109. A New Brain * Original cast recording * RCA Victor Is William Finn's A New Brain th...
  110. The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary Rebecca Brown * City Lights * $10.95 In Rebecca Brown's...
  111. DIED: Walter Kendrick, 51, of pancreatic cancer October 26 in New York City. An Engli...
  112. When Showtime announced in October that actor Tim Daly would star as Dan White--bette...
  113. The Advocate visits the set of Je M'apelle Crawford. It's a movie about a gay hairdre...
  114. It's time for me to come out of the closet. Not about being gay. Clerics have been do...
  115. A trip to paradise turned into anything but when an angry mob targeted a group of 300...
  116. Retired after his Navy investigation, Timothy McVeigh is free at last to talk about b...
  117. In the stunning play Wit, a cancer patient--who may or may not be a lesbian--examines...
  118. The Tyrannosaurus rex skull that hangs in the office of House speaker Newt Gingrich (...
  119. Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has been compared to Bill Clinton, got his first taste...
  120. Tammy Baldwin, the first out lesbian ever elected to Congress, prepares for a new era...
  121. Despite its flaws, a new recording of Stephen Sondheim's Follies is a must for fans ...
  122. The Rev. Gregory Dell may be losing his job as a United Methodist Church minister. Hi...
  123. The New Zealand navy has declared war on discrimination and plans to put pink triangl...
  124. The Human Rights Campaign endorsed GOP senator Al D'Amato and caused a firestorm Th...
  125. Believe * Cher * Warner Bros. It used to be that all female singers worth their pum...
  126. Winnipeg, a city with 677,000 residents, elected an openly gay man as its mayor Octob...
  127. David LaChapelle has hired a publicist. Not an odd occurrence, since the photographer...
  128. The Crown Jewels * Queen * Hollywood From their use in films, commercials, cover ve...
  129. WGN-TV has deflected questions about its ethics after a Metropolitan Community Church...
  130. "It's ours to screw up." I said this to Whoopi Goldberg as we did the Private Ryan cr...
  131. The Hours * Michael Cunningham * Farrar, Straus, and Giroux * $22 I have a very low...
  132. Galvanized by the death of Matthew Shepard, as many as 50,000 people are expected to ...
  133. Reassessing commitment It appears the setbacks dealt same-sex marriage in Alaska an...
  134. FROM THE GLARE OF THE FASHION RUNWAY TO THE SOFT SHADOWS OF THE BEDROOM, GAY PEOPLE H...
  135. At a moment in which the interconnection of our struggle for justice with other civil...
  136. Karen Tramontano may not be a household name, but in the White House she's a heavy hi...
  137. While it's true the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network did not hold its firs...
  138. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A MOB OF DESPERATE SHOPPERS TO MAKE YOU WISH YOU COULD GET AWAY ...
  139. Buoyed by a $319,000 grant from the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Gill Foundation, th...
  140. From the man who brought you the Ambiguously Gay Duo comes a new superhero. In Octo...
  141. GUS VAN SANT TAKES A STAB AT REMAKING THE CLASSIC HITCHCOCK THRILLER PSYCHO. BUT WHY?...
  142. It may have been fear of a Pat Robertson-predicted hurricane that prompted Bob Jones ...
  143. Great news for fans of Dennis Hensley's hilarious novel Misadventures in the (213): T...
  144. Director Catherine Gund talks about her new film on the shocking work of artist Ron A...
  145. The Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey announced in October that he would begin ho...
  146. Ladies & Gentleman ... The Best of George Michael * George Michael * Epic It's expe...
  147. Cole Porter: A Biography * William McBrien * Knopf * $30 You may know all the Words...
  148. I would like to applaud Andrew Sullivan's recent article ["Sex, Lies, and ... Us," Oc...
  149. A group of doctors said on October 16 that they had conducted Japan's first-ever lega...
  150. Matthew Shepard's murder changed the way the press covers gays. Will the change last?...
  151. Andy Bey, long one of jazz's best-kept secrets, talk about his dynamic new CD "Even...
  152. In 1994, when I was first elected to the California state assembly, the next morning'...
  153. A political decision was made some 20 years ago by a right-wing money-raiser and poli...
  154. Vice President Al Gore and Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) were among the high-prof...
  155. When antigay rhetoric fills the air, attacks on gay men and lesbians are not far behi...
  156. British DJ Mixmaster Morris wants "to put the feminine back into electronic music" ...
  157. Are Supreme Court justices turning their backs on equal rights for gays with the refu...
  158. Certain non-HIV STD rates have risen more than 70% among gay men and lesbians in rece...
  159. AN EXAMINATION FROM BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S MOVEMENT TO ...
  160. Corpus Christi * Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City (through November 29) * Writte...
  161. The holidays arrived early this year for gay men and lesbians in Maryland. In an Octo...
  162. A youth program sponsored by the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churc...
  163. A gay man goes undercover to explore the strange world of home-to-hetero conversion ...
  164. Why so many books about homosexuality and the movies? Walk into any gay bookstore and...
  165. In August, Norma McCorvey, the famed Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, was confirmed in Dallas...
  166. DIED: Patrick Murphy, 38 of Provincetown, Mass., of AIDS-related complications Octobe...
  167. Profits are the hidden story behind ex-gay ministries Although the public debate co...
  168. Blind Items * Matthew Rettenmund * St. Martin's * $21.95 Birds of America *...
  169. Salt Lake City may not be known as a particularly gay-friendly city, but it is becomi...
  170. Onetime ex-gays recall the spiritual struggle that finally led them to self-acceptanc...
  171. Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce * Douglas Start * Knopf * $27.50 Bl...
  172. Now that the U.S. Senate has recessed without voting on the nomination of openly gay ...
  173. Following the death of her son, Allen Schindler, at the hands of gay bashers, Dorothy...
  174. An actor goes undercover as an ex-gay to research his first screenplay, Save Me Cra...
  175. In the Land of God and Man: Confronting Our Sexual Culture * Silvana Paternostro * ...
  176. Drawing praise, from AIDS groups, Congress approved a record level of funding for AID...
  177. Lesbian Zeta-Jones? Catherine Zeta-Jones, who played Antonio Banderas's swashbuckli...
  178. While my friends mourn the passing of summer with its bevy of men in short shorts, I ...
  179. Chick Flicks: Theories and Feminist Film Movement * B. Ruby Rich * Duke University Pr...
  180. Matthew Shepard was a gentle openly gay man in a state where being out isn't easy O...
  181. What was behind fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi's decision to close his doors? It ca...
  182. Girl Walking Backwards * Bett Williams * Buzz/St. Martin's * $12.95 Smart, funny, a...
  183. A Melbourne man barred from donating blood because he is gay is suing the Australian ...
  184. Maybe you missed it during the rush from the ambulance, but Yosh Takata, the Japanese...
  185. During the holidays we want to give of ourselves and reach out to those less fortunat...
  186. The late Charles Ludlam's inspired farce, The Mystery of Irma Vep, gets a smashing re...
  187. Who's to blame for the death of Frank Giordano? The 35-year-old man overdosed on the ...
  188. Clorox Co.'s decision to extend domestic-partnership benefits to its employees, begin...
  189. The mainstream press just can't agree on how to handle stories that may involve close...
  190. You like classical. She likes rock. So whaddaya do? Buy Beethoven's Eroica or slither...
  191. The Uneasy Chair * Written by Evan Smith * Directed by Richard Cottrell * Starring Da...
  192. Young man's death shakes the nation It is how Matthew Shepard would have wanted it....
  193. After a major defeat activists try a new strategy to keep gays in the military Almo...
  194. So many times, so little time? Audiotapes make great gifts for you or for the bookwor...
  195. There wouldn't even be gay people in the modern sense if it weren't for the efforts o...
  196. If you thought the barrage of advertising touting the ex-gay movement was finally ove...
  197. Newly crowned Miss America Nicole Johnson diabetes, but that doesn't mean she will co...