Stories Collection

  1. What kind of man inherits a fortune from his father and then uses it to attack his fa...
  2. DIED: Bill Harrison, a.k.a. Empress Ginger XIV, in San Francisco, July 29, A dedicate...
  3. Here's a switch: ABC's new Oh Grow Up includes a leading gay character who's still pa...
  4. Actor-writer Marc Wolf brings the gays-in-the-military issue to life in a bold one-ma...
  5. First there was Oscar Wilde, then Tennessee Williams. [See "Tennessee Waltzes On" on ...
  6. Sixteen years after his death, playwright and gay trailblazer Tennessee Williams cont...
  7. For the second time since 1995, Jonathan Schmitz on August 26 was convicted of second...
  8. 'Tis not quite yet the season, but that means there's still time to hone your online ...
  9. Two by two they march into movies this fall: gay, lesbian, transgendered, and just pr...
  10. Reader comments from www.advocate.com * "Why not support those who wilt support us?...
  11. The August 10 shooting at a Los Angeles-area Jewish community center shows just how l...
  12. "Pansexual" and proud, Alan Cumming prances through fall playing both a devilish fop ...
  13. A GAY ENGLISH GANGSTER SHOOTS STRAIGHT IN JAKE ARNOTT'S HOT NEW BOOK, THE LONG FIRM ...
  14. Somewhere in the Land Where Television Is Made, we are only slightly visible--and the...
  15. It's hard enough for most parents to simply discuss the birds and the bees with their...
  16. Seeking to tackle antigay sentiment at its root, representatives of more than 40 reli...
  17. New York favorite Toshi Reagon is happy her soulful sensibility trickled down to her ...
  18. Technophobes say that computers will doom the printed word. Books will become obsolet...
  19. DIED: David Curtis, 61, chairman of the Vermont Democratic Party and a lawyer known f...
  20. AS FIRST LADY AND PRESUMED SENATE CANDIDATE, MRS, CLINTON HAS EARNED ICON STATUS AMON...
  21. In its 20th season the Woolly Mammoth Theatre still rocks and shocks Washington, D.C....
  22. Her name is Barbra Barbra Streisand's sincerity and courage in taking a stand for g...
  23. A byte out of crime The murders of Matthew Shepard and Billy Jack Gaither have brou...
  24. I ventured out of the gay ghetto last month. Every now and again I need to make sure ...
  25. Call letters across the country seem to be spelling out K-GAY, And Chicago's LesBiGay...
  26. SPONSORED BY SAAB From the July 20 issue: Have you ever experienced any homophobi...
  27. August 13,1992: Is Gore good for gays? As Al Gore hits the campaign trail in his bi...
  28. She may have been facing 12,000 fans, but when Melissa Etheridge played Houston's Sum...
  29. Competition sweeps through Chicago as the staff of one gay paper quits to form anothe...
  30. The Publishing Triangle recently joined the "100 best" craze that's been sweeping the...
  31. The buzz on Jennie Livingston's long-awaited follow-up to Paris Is Burning is more li...
  32. Transfixed by tales of Virgin Mary sightings, a gay composer turns a journey to Bosni...
  33. "I froze at the bedroom door and started screaming. I couldn't stop myself.... Jeff w...
  34. Forget Ellen's kissing a woman. Forget Will's not kissing a man. On September 19 the ...
  35. Eclipsed: The Best of Klaus Nomi * Klaus Nomi * Razor & Tie In every age a talent...
  36. Edward Albee has had one of the weirdest lives of any famous American writer now livi...
  37. It takes a murder to force the Pentagon to finally release guidelines on antigay hara...
  38. What do Madonna, Rupert Everett, Demi Moore, and Barry Diller have in common? They sh...
  39. Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon * David Byrne, Caetano Veloso, Djavan, Marisa Monte, ...
  40. With a provocative new novel and a batch of recent honors, author John Rechy gets sex...
  41. Boy Scouts of America is left reeling by court decisions calling its ban on gays ille...
  42. Hande, a 25-year-old Turkish woman, is desperate. When her student visa expires soon,...
  43. Go Fish director Rose Troche says she's thrilled her new male-bonding comedy, Bedroom...
  44. Author Gore Vidal expounds on his distaste for sexual labels--and a lot more--in exce...
  45. MEDIA School-yard rumble Businessman Frank VanderSloot is so upset by Idaho Publi...
  46. MORE AND MORE GAY FOREIGNERS TURN TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REFUGE Coming out of the...
  47. After years of struggle, First Run Features thrives with gay and lesbian home video ...
  48. As critical national elections loom, I find myself strangely bored and uninterested i...
  49. HIV Can safer sex kill you? Gay and bisexual men are continuing to engage in unpr...
  50. Several airlines offer domestic-partner benefits and soar into a nose-to-nose battle ...
  51. The French drama Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train barely leaves the station Tho...
  52. Court victory can't save Christian Coalition The Christian Coalition was handed a m...
  53. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW THE VICE PRESIDENT CLARIFIES HIS STAND ON GAY MARIAGE AND G...
  54. A quick chat with Euro matinee idol Vincent Perez, who plays a transsexual in Those W...
  55. SPORTS He's out! Former major-league baseball player Billy Bean has loosened the ...
  56. A surprising link between a same-sex romance and a white supremacist group proves tha...
  57. More than just entertainment, gay and lesbian short stories give us vital glimpses of...
  58. Latter-day backlash While Mormons pride themselves on their lifelong commitment to ...
  59. THE MAN BEHIND SCREAM, DAWSON'S CREEK, AND NOW TEACHING MRS. TINGLE CUTS LOOSE AND CH...
  60. Two couples--one gay, one lesbian--sat with me recently in a bright Boston restaurant...
  61. A new chill for Catholics In a harsh move the Vatican rebukes a nun and a priest fo...
  62. No longer just a footnote to Pride, lesbian and gay film fests are bringing exception...
  63. MARKETING It's about wine Expect some Americans to whine about a new wine called ...
  64. The new lesbians-in-love comedy Better Than Chocolate is a sweet, if light, confectio...
  65. Oh, Ricky! Congratulations on a very fair article on Ricky Martin ["Cross Appeal," ...
  66. Mass Exodus You can count last fall's "cure for homosexuality" ads a success, at le...
  67. Head On * Directed by Ana Kokkinos * Starring Alex Dimitriades With its frenetic pa...
  68. In our cover story on Barbra Streisand from our August 17 issue, executive producer C...
  69. ELECTED: Michael Chiumento, a gay music teacher in the Plymouth-Canton school distric...
  70. Comedian Scott Thompson has long been out but not in front, His new cyber project may...
  71. SPONSORED BY SAAB From the July 6 issue: Are you surprised by the willingness of ...
  72. LEGISLATION Hate crimes bill faces hazy future Without discussion and by a simple...
  73. Surprising new records from both Me'Shell NdegeOcello and Skunk Anansie's Skin showca...
  74. My last conversation with John F. Kennedy Jr. was at the House correspondents dinner ...
  75. Hot Web site Some people believe that by watching action and horror films they can ...
  76. With a cool new CD and hot club dates, pianist Fred Hersch is jamming on the A-list o...
  77. "I'VE SLEPT WITH WOMEN, BUT I DON'T THINK I'M GAY OR STRAIGHT. I THINK I'M JUST SLUTT...
  78. August 13, 1991: Selleck takes on outing, sues the Globe At the height of the outin...
  79. Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction, 1949-1969 * Jaye Zimet * Penguin St...
  80. After two years of turbulence, United Airlines has made a surprisingly soft--and fast...
  81. Depp's candelabra Will Johnny Depp trade in Ed Wood's angora sweater for something ...
  82. * Thomas Harris * Delacorte * $27.95 Man-eating monster Hannibal Lecter evokes iffy...
  83. ACT UP is down to a handful of chapters and members, but its old fire still smolders ...
  84. The PBS newsmagazine braves the homophobia it documents to celebrate the lives of gay...
  85. Big money can make a world of difference In the name of a cause, not-for-profit adv...
  86. L.A.'s famed, fabulous dragfest turned fund-raiser has fired its last rhinestone, Tha...
  87. From "don't ask, don't tell" to gay marriage and gay issues in her own personal life,...
  88. When editor and activist Robert Drake was beaten almost to death in Ireland, his gay ...
  89. Judy Shepard Five months after her eldest son's death in Laramie, Wyo., Judy Shepar...
  90. Like gay and lesbian bookstores everywhere, A Different Light struggles to continue i...
  91. Elizabeth Taylor When Rock Hudson died in 1985 and diva Elizabeth Taylor became an ...
  92. Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) has never quite cut it with me. Oh, don't ...
  93. Jamison Green Jamison "James" Green spent much of his life not being accepted for w...
  94. George C. Wolfe He directed Angels in America on Broadway and turned Lea DeLaria in...
  95. Here's a movie you won't find in a les-all-be-gay film festival: Cruising. William Fr...
  96. Sure, activists are generally upset about something. That's the point. Most injustice...
  97. Two of America's most daring writers--Larry Kramer (The Normal Heart) and Tony Kushne...
  98. FROM OSCAR WILDE TO THE REV. JIMMY CREECH, A SELECTIVE HISTORY OF GAY AND LESBIAN ACT...
  99. Famed gay artist Paul Cadmus tells us he's not an activist, But his life's work paint...
  100. June busts out all over Pat Robertson and his Christian Coalition June was not just...
  101. DIED: Arthur Wirth, 79, cofounder of the St, Louis chapter of Parents, Families, and ...
  102. Travel is what I do. As a film critic I climb on and off airplanes heading to film fe...
  103. The last time you saw me in this space I was explaining why I was in Amsterdam. Not t...
  104. It seems that campaign 2000 will provide gays and lesbians, more than ever before, a ...
  105. Gray matter As gay men and lesbians ease into their golden years, they often face c...
  106. Three first-time directors take us behind the scenes of their fresh new movies Boy ...
  107. Four years of hammering and sawing might grate on the nerves of the best of neighbors...
  108. April 28, 1987: The Advocate tours Europe In 1987 The Advocate took readers on a to...
  109. Jeanette Buck has had plenty of chances to prove her courage. Instead of making the u...
  110. Former Nassau County, N.Y., police officer James Quinn was awarded $380,000 June 16 i...
  111. Teen dreams can come true. Babyfaced 23-year-old European pop sensation Stephen Gatel...
  112. College fraternities, with their "brotherly" bonding, have long fascinated gay men--J...
  113. It seems there is nothing like a good sex scandal to hammer some sense into antigay p...
  114. Its first two albums failed to fly off the shelf, so New Jersey punk band Blanks 77 h...
  115. The Brandon Teena Story * Produced and directed by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdotti...
  116. Virginia Apuzzo, the Clinton administration's highest-ranking lesbian official, annou...
  117. A kiss is just a kiss--except when it's a gay lip lock in an Adam Sandler flick. Earl...
  118. Jim J. Bullock says his recent drug arrest forced him to evaluate his life. Now he's ...
  119. In a family way Congratulations on your gay parenting issue [June 22]. It's the bes...
  120. Guests invited to Buckingham Palace will no longer be allowed to bring along domestic...
  121. ANTIGAY SENTIMENT ABROAD CAN TURN THE PERFECT VACATION INTO A NIGHTMARE FOR UNWARY TR...
  122. Kate Schellenback of Luscious Jackson muses on the band's new albums and the ladies' ...
  123. From the June 22 issue: Are you a parent, or are you seriously planning on becoming a...
  124. Nearly two decades into the AIDS epidemic, the term "AIDS complacency" can be heard f...
  125. WHILE SOME COUNTRIES DO ALL THEY CAN TO PUSH GAY TOURISTS AWAY, MANY OTHERS ARE REALI...
  126. Blanche Wiesen Cook discusses the lesbians and the social causes she found in Eleanor...
  127. It was one of those moments that make you doubt the whole concept of intimacy. I was ...
  128. Domestic relations The word is out about same-sex domestic violence in Massachusetts ...
  129. HOW POPULAR RESORTS STAY POPULAR? As more and more cities and resorts clamor for th...
  130. Andrew Holleran is back with deftly observed story collection. "When I first starte...
  131. "I really want to play on the eccentric. My entrance alone is very Norma Desmond." ...
  132. The Southern Baptist Convention vowed June 16 to increase membership by welcoming mem...
  133. AS LAST YEAR'S FLAP OVER A RAINBOW FLAIl DIES DOWN, OGUNQUIT STILL THRIVES AS A GAY R...
  134. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask * David Reuben,...
  135. Rock Hudson was a Hollywood Secret. He was tall, dark, and wildly handsome, and women...
  136. A 20-year-old gay inventor in England has created the Gaydar, a sort of electronic pa...
  137. Once, on the set of one of those big variety shows they used to do, Sammy Davis Jr. w...
  138. "I want someone to be George Jones to my Tammy Wynette." -- Rufus Wainwright, expla...
  139. Conservative Christians have decried the decision by most central Florida TV stations...
  140. Tragedy inspired -- and continues to haunt -- the controversial Pariah. It also moved...
  141. Bit will James Hormel's appointment harm pro-gay legislation pending in Congress? O...
  142. DIED: Dudley Cave, 78, a longtime activist for gay causes in Great Britain, May 19, A...
  143. John Benjamin Hickey says his role in Finding North helped him get back to his roots ...
  144. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit on May 26 to overturn...
  145. There wasn't a lot of Cannes laughter at the Cote d'Azur town's 52nd international fi...
  146. Lee's fictionalized Son of Sam movie preaches tolerance for all--except maybe gays ...
  147. While tumult has enveloped gay rights measures from Maryland to California this year,...
  148. The controversy over gay commitment ceremonies could split the United Methodist Churc...
  149. [1] Winter Party, Volume 2 Gloria Gaynor, MarQus, Nanci Griffith, et al. (Centaur, $2...
  150. Spurred by a victory in federal court May 27, a San Francisco city attorney said he n...
  151. Conservatives talk of schism as Episcopalians continue to wrestle with gay issues T...
  152. After a five-year absence, Hawkins returns with an ambitious, resonant new record I...
  153. Many gay men and lesbians have parents who oppose gay rights. But what if your other ...
  154. We already know gay men are smitten with Ricky Martin, But why are the media so intri...
  155. Six reissued cast albums reveal the roots of musical theater's own coming-out process...
  156. Ever since gay high school student Jamie Nabozny won a nearly $1-million settlement i...
  157. The musical '90s began taking shape when grunge buys and gal-lovin' girls kicked main...
  158. * Written by Peter Ackerman * Directed by John Rando * Starring Clea Lewis, Mark Kass...
  159. In yet another indication of the popularity of same-sex marriage among gay couples, t...
  160. Meet Desmond Child the songwriter who helps put the spice in Ricky Martin's -- and Bo...
  161. Author Daniel Mendelsohn uses Greek legends and his own gay adventures to uncover the...
  162. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is in big trouble these days, and it all began with erotic...
  163. Once, all-boy pop music groups were reserved for screaming girl fans alone. Well, not...
  164. Don't demand to reopen the baths. Demand a study to measure the effect of baths that ...
  165. From the May 25 issue: Should transgendered people be a part of the gay rights move...
  166. The future of a federal hate-crimes bill remained unclear after a May 11 hearing befo...
  167. The $25-million award against the Jenny clones show a controversial defense Attorne...
  168. THREE BRAVE BOOKS PROVE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO APPRECIATING GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES, ...
  169. Cinamon Gardens The acclaimed author of Funny Boy goes back to the tropics for a ta...
  170. BLUES: FOR ALL THE CHANGES by Nikki Giovanni (William Morrow, $15) One of the cleares...
  171. Rupert Everett shines in a cracking new take on Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband An I...
  172. What a difference 30 years makes! In 1969 I was 14 years old, growing up in the New Y...
  173. The supreme court's decision on May 20 to strike down the heterosexual definition of ...
  174. Never one to be pigeonholed, electronica genre bender Moby has emerged with a brand-n...
  175. RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES LEAD A NATIONWIDE ATTACK ON GAY ADOPTIONS AND FOSTER PARENTS ...
  176. Tipping the Velvet A major talent debuts with a sexy romp through the lesbian boudo...
  177. MIDNIGHT SALVAGE by Adrienne Rich (W.W. Norton, $22) Age hasn't mellowed the remarkab...
  178. Men's titles [1] Military Trade by Steven Zeeland (Haworth, $19.95) [2] The Burni...
  179. "As a lesbian icon, Johnny Cash enjoys the attention of a particular dyke crowd who s...
  180. With so much activism taking place online these days, it's certainly worth your while...
  181. When the likes of Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Rosie O'Donnell, Dolly Parton, and Eva...
  182. GROWING GENERATIONS HELPS GAY COUPLES THROUGH THE MAZE OF SURROGATE PREGNANCY When ...
  183. To Believe in Women The feisty historian ties the same-sex loves of Susan B. Anthon...
  184. LANGSTON HUGHES selected and edited by David Russell (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets...
  185. Director Anne Bogart, long a leader of New York City's theatrical avant-garde, encoun...
  186. Move over, Hawaii--with a liberal court and political support, Vermont seems poised t...
  187. For many, the Stonewall Inn riots of 30 years ago are little more than a reason to ma...
  188. Lea DeLaria recounts the day a gangbanger stared at her from his truck while she was ...
  189. ONE GAY MAN LISTENS 10 THE SOUND OF HIS BODY YEARNING FOR A CHILD AND WONDERS ... L...
  190. Party Crasher The founder of the Log Cabin Republicans takes no prisoners in a new ...
  191. COMING OUT SPIRITUALLY by Christian De La Huerta (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, $14.95) A...
  192. The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud's * Adapted by Peter Parnell from ...
  193. Carol Blazejowski, vice president and general manager of the WNBA's New York Liberty ...
  194. There are more than 28 million deaf and hearing-impaired people in the United States,...
  195. THE ADVOCATE HITS BOTH BUTTONS AS IT TAKES A LOOK AT AFTER STONEWALL AND TEN MORE ESS...
  196. For my Diamond Jubilee Lesbian Years, I had envisioned Mother Earth Watch trips with ...
  197. The demonization of Republicans and those who try to work with them has hindered the ...
  198. PRAYER WARRIORS by Stuart Howell Miller (Alyson, $13.95) You're a politically minded ...