The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) back issues from April 2008:
Senseless murders, senseless times.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
Apr 08, 2008; ... * To someone of my generation, the murder of 15-year-old Lawrence King reinforces all the awful warnings we heard as young queers just coming out: Never show your true self unless you're with your own tribe, we were told. If you do, you are fair game. Occasionally, when we strayed from our ...
So long, Heath.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I'm a middle-aged grandmother, a straight woman, who is the mother of two daughters: a beautiful lesbian woman and a beautiful straight woman. I also have very dear friends, both at work and in my personal life, who are gay. Your article about Heath ...
Have you ever had a MRSA infection?(THE ADVOCATE POLL)(methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)(Table)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the March 11 issue of The Advocate [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] <Pre> Yes "Yes. I have had a MRSA infection, which was kind of ironic 11% because I warned one of our GLBT newspapers about it years ...
Hate speech?(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 08, 2008; ... When is The Advocate going to stop giving a platform to openly racist Jasmyne Cannick ["The Politics of Race," March 11]? She has nothing more to express each and every time than her never-ending hatred of white people and her determined disruption and segregation of the gay equality ...
Correction.(FEEDBACK)(Correction notice)
Apr 08, 2008 ... Correction: In our March 11 story "A Different Kind of Pride," we mistakenly omitted the name of the cofounder of ...
Out on the street.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Iowa City: "If you could live anywhere else, where would it be?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Matthew Dolter, 27 gay bar manager "Austin, Texas, because I've heard the gay nightlife is the best in the nation ...
Modern love.(ART)(Broad Contemporary Art Museum)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * The main entrance to the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum in Los Angeles is located on the third floor and leads into a naturally lit gallery of modern art by heavies like Jeff Koons (above), Roy Lichtenstein, and Cy Twombly as well as queer artists ...
A gift before dying: Microsoft's Ric Weiland leaves a multimillion-dollar legacy to the gay rights movement.(Forward)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... * MIKE SCHAEFER falls silent for a moment when asked to reflect on the $65 million contribution from the estate of his late partner, Ric Weiland, to a handful of national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations. "His heart was in the right place. When Ric looked at ...
Blood runs cold in San Jose.(Forward)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... Until further notice, students at San Jose State University in Northern California will keep their blood, thank you very much. Though he didn't say so in those words, campus president Don Kassingdid contact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in January to say that its policy barring men ...
Quick fix.(Forward)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For AIDS patients and chronic-pain sufferers medicating with marijuana, the stress involved in obtaining the drug can diminish any potential benefits. But this January medical-marijuana activists in Los Angeles unveiled a quicker way to get your daily ...
Bridging the divide: Black state legislator Jason Bartlett's coming-out could serve to unify two communities.(Forward)(Interview)
Apr 08, 2008; ... Connecticut state representative Jason Bartlett is used to being in the minority. In 2006 the African-American politician won the assembly seat in his district--which is 96% white. This February he officially became one of only six openly gay black elected officials in the United ...
Service-members Legal Defense Network.(RESIGNED)(Steve Rails)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Steve Rails, as communications director of the Service-members Legal Defense Network. Ralls, who has been ...
David Watkin.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... David Watkin, 82, the Oscar-winning cinematographer, of cancer, February 19, in Brighton, England. After shooting the Beatles' 1965 classic Help! Watkin--or Wendy, as he was ...
Bill Welch.(PRESIDING)(marriage ceremony for six same-sex couples, to be held on Penn State University's campus)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... Bill Welch, the mayor of State College, Pa., over a marriage ceremony for six same-sex couples, to be held on Penn State University's campus, March 29. The ...
Rade "Rod" Kobila.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... Rade "Rod" Kobila, 69, the long-time owner of Pendulum, a gay bar in San Francisco's Castro district, of multiple myeloma, February 3. A Croatian immigrant, Kobila, who ...
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth, with the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, for their film Freeheld, February 24.(HONORED)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth, with the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, for their film Freeheld, February 24. The 38-minute film follows New Jersey ...
Rants & raves.(Forward)(Quotation)
Apr 08, 2008 ... "This is also for my partner, John Barlow. Without you, honey, this would be hardware." --Producer Scott Rudin, accepting the Oscar for Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men, February 24 [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] "What if they say, 'I want to vote for ...
Datebook 03.25-04.08.(Forward)(Calendar)
Apr 08, 2008 ... APRIL 8 Syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage, who's discussed gay family life in The Kid (his book about adopting a child with his partner) and his memoir The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, will be at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre with Feminist. com advice ...
One is not the loneliest number: BMW returns to its 3-series roots with the light and affordable 1-series.(FAST LANE: AUTOS)(BMW 1281)(Product/service evaluation)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2008 BMW 1281 CONVERTIBLE RETAIL PRICE (MSRP) $33,875 STANDARD ENGINE 3.0-LITER INLINE 6 HORSKPOWER 230 @ 6,S00 RPM TORQUE (LB-FT) 200 @ 2,750 RPM FUEL ECONOMY, CITY (MPG) 18 HIGHWAY (MPG) 27-28 IF YOU'VE SPENT ANY TIME in the gayborhood in the ...
Signing with style.(FAST LANE: AUTOS)(luxury pens)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... Until the 1980s only a few companies existed to serve the needs of pen elitists. But as our disposable income rose, so did our appetite for luxury accessories. And pens were no exception. Nowadays dozens of companies produce fine writing instruments that range in cost from $150 to hundreds ...
A president to be proud of: John McCain isn't perfect on gay issues. But gay voters should approach the Arizona senator with an open mind.(GUEST OPINION)
Apr 08, 2008; ... SEN. JOHN MCCAIN AGGRAVATES more people in Washing, ton than perhaps any other politician. Championing reform for campaign finance and immigration alongside Russ Feingold and Ted Kennedy has long made McCain a thorn in the side of conservatives. His steadfast support for the Iraq war ...
Labor of love: is society ready for this pregnant husband?(FIRST PERSON)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TO OUR NEIGHBORS, my wife, Nancy, and I don't appear in the least unusual. To those in the quiet Oregon community, where we live, we are viewed just as we are--a happy couple deeply in love. Our desire to work hard, buy our first home, and start a family ...
A gamble worth taking: Illinois has unveiled the first lottery scratch-off ticket to benefit HIV/AIDS organizations.(HEALTH)(The Illinois Quality of Life, Red Ribbon Cash)
Apr 08, 2008; ... ILLINOIS IS ASKING ITS CITIZENS to take a gamble on a new lottery ticket. The Illinois Quality of Life scratch-off ticket, called "Red Ribbon Cash," to benefit AIDS organizations is the first of its kind in the country; it joins state lotteries that fund veterans' causes and the fight ...
John Krasinski.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
Apr 08, 2008; ... As paper-pushing prankster Jim Halpert on NBC's Emmy-winning comedy The Office, John Krasinski won our hearts as he awkwardly romanced Pam the receptionist. Punching in for his first chat with gay media to promote his new football comedy Leatherheads--he thanked me afterward "for being so ...
Mixed messages: weeks before he was brazenly killed by his teenage crush, 15-year-old Lawrence King was encouraged to be himself. Did that lesson help send him to his grave?(Brandon McInerney)(Cover story)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AT 8:15 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 12, Brandon McInerney, age 14, stormed into the computer lab of Oxnard, Calif.'s E.O. Green Junior High. Armed with a small caliber handgun, he shot 15-year-old Lawrence King twice in the head in front of a roomful of students. ...
Where the gays are: a look at same-sex household patterns shows a surprising shift in the places gays are calling home.(List)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT DOESN'T TAKE A DEMOGRAPHICS EXPERT to figure out that a whole lot of gays live in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. It does, however, require some savvy data analysis to figure out where they're moving. Using the 2006 U.S. Census ...
The marrying man: four years after he pushed same-sex marriage forward in the national debate, Gavin Newsom is waiting for his answer in the California supreme court. So are we.(Marriage)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM rushes into the room across from his office, apologizing for being late. He explains that he'd been walking down Market Street, talking to panhandlers about what it would take to get them off the streets. Fiery ...
Nip tuck: gay men are going under the knife in record numbers in search of pretty pecs and a six-pack stomach.(HEALTH)(gay men having surgery for chest and stomach muscles)
Apr 08, 2008; ... THE ADVERTISEMENTS ARE RELENTLESS. Pick up any local gay magazine and you're certain to find page after page of cosmetic surgeons offering biceps enlargement, buttock augmentation, liposuction, smart liposuction, Botox, teeth whitening, hair transplants, chemical peels, and even colon ...
Should the Swiss stick to army knives and chocolate?(Health News You Should Know)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN A SWISS REPORT ANNOUNCED this February that some HIV-positive men could have unprotected sex without infecting their partners, medical experts worldwide responded with outrage. The report, released by the Swiss Federal AIDS Commission, says ...
Hopes dashed.(Health News You Should Know)(herpes research counting on to reduce susceptibility to HIV infection)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... An anti-herpes drug researchers were counting on to reduce susceptibility to HIV infection doesn't offer any protection, according to results presented at the 15th annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections this February. In the study more than 3,000 ...
Gays and violence.(Health News You Should Know)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... One out of every three gay men have experienced abuse by a partner, says a recent study in the Journal of Urban Health. By canvassing Chicago gay and bisexual venues and asking gay men to complete anonymous surveys, researcher David McKirnan, associate professor at the University of ...
Sister, you're bumming me out.(Health News You Should Know)(relationships with your siblings may affect your mental health)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008; ... Your relationships with your siblings may affect your mental health, says a study in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston followed 229 men for 30 years, from about age 20 through 50, surveying them on their ...
The anointed one: dance artist Jonah Bokaer is the future of the art world.(Dance)
Apr 08, 2008; ... TO SEE JONAH BOKAER DANCE is to fall under his spell. There's something extraordinary about him--beautiful, virtuosic, and sublimely human. A consummate technical dancer who combines flawless line, impeccable timing, and clarity of purpose with an impetuous kinetic attack, Bokaer inspired ...
Adam Epstein.(THEATER)(Interview)
Apr 08, 2008; ... Following a string of high-profile play revivals (A View From the Bridge, Amadeus, The Crucible) Adam Epstein won his first Tony at the age of 28 in 2003 for producing the still-running Broadway juggernaut Hairspray. Up next: Cry-Baby, his second John Waters collaboration (adapted from the ...
Relax, it's just sex: it's what comes after that should make you a little nervous.(A Four Letter Word)(My Blueberry Nights)(Movie review)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A FOUR LETTER WORD DIRECTED BY Casper Andreas STARRING Jesse Archer, Charlie David, and Cory Grant EMBREM ENTERTAINMENT MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS DIRECTED BY Wong Kar Wai STARRING Jude Law, ...
Ariodante.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... ARIODANTE DYNAMIC [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recorded at the 50th anniversary of the Spoleto Festival in ...
Bette Davis Collection Volume 3.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BETTE DAVIS COLLECTION VOLUME 3 WARNER HOME VIDEO Fasten your seat belt for ...
The Love Boat: Season One, Vol. One.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE LOVE BOAT: SEASON ONE, VOL. ONE CBS AND PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT Before there was ...
Suzanne Westenhoefer: A Bottom On Top.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SUZANNE WESTENHOEFER: A BOTTOM ON TOP ARIZTICAL Onstage at Indianapolis's Indiana Roof ...
Sweeney Todd.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SWEENEY TODD PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT Johnny Depp may not have taken home ...
Fire To Fire: New And Selected Poems.(BOOK PICKS)(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FIRE TO FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS BY Mark Doty HARPERCOLLINS, $22.95 Aligning himself with gay poets Hart Crane, Elizabeth Bishop, and Constantine Cavafy, Doty evokes a resolutely gay ...
The Conversion.(BOOK PICKS)(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE CONVERSION BY Joseph Olshan ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, $24.95 The author of Nightswimmer returns with the tale of a young American translator who ...
Eccentric Glamour: Creating An Insanely More Fabulous You.(BOOK PICKS)(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ECCENTRIC GLAMOUR: CREATING AN INSANELY MORE FABULOUS YOU BY Simon Doom SIMON AND SCHUSTER, $24 The irrepressible Barneys New York creative director is back with a guide to "knowing who you ...
Call it a comeback: after years of flailing, the members of R.E.M. return to reclaim their title as alt-rock kingpins.(Accelerate)(Sound recording review)
Apr 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] R.E.M. Accelerate WARNER BROS. ONLY A HANDFUL Of iconic alt-rock acts--U2, Sonic Youth--have stuck together as long as R.E.M. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, and their latest, Accelerate, ...
The Black Keys.(MUSIC PICKS)(Attack and Release)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... THE BLACK KEYS Attack & Release NONESUCH [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Born from the ashes of a ...
Various Artists.(MUSIC PICKS)(In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VARIOUS ARTISTS In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 SHOUT! FACTORY Angelique ...
Los Campesinos!(MUSIC PICKS)(Hold on Now, Youngster...)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LOS CAMPESINOS! Hold on Now, Youngster ... ARTS & CRAFTS It's ...
Lili Haydn.(MUSIC PICKS)(Place Between Places)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LILI HAYDN Place Between Places NETTWERK A very different Haydn ....
Yelle.(MUSIC PICKS)(Pop-Up)(Brief article)
Apr 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] YELLE Pop-Up CAROLINE Giddy, girlish dance floor fun ...
Support your local gay performer: gay men will turn out in droves to support our favorite female stars. But with gay entertainers, we're not interested. What's up with that?(COLUMN: MOUTH OF THE SOUTH)(Column)
Apr 08, 2008; ... GAY MEN LOVE FEMALE PERFORMERS SO much you would think they were on salary. A brassy woman on the stage can count on our adoration. Cher, Bette, and insert name here would never have lasted without gay fans. They even latched on to Tammy Faye Bakker, forgiving her fundamentalism because ...
Ray of light.(FIRST PERSON)(Brief article)
Apr 22, 2008 ... What is it about Madonna that people identify with so much? Her ballsiness, her rags-to-riches story, her modern-day feminism? Maybe ... just her music? Just in time for ...
Speak out, get fired.(JUSTICE)(Ariana Losco fired for speaking out about harassment by her supervisor)(Brief article)
Apr 22, 2008 ... Ariana Losco had good reason to testify to the state legislature on behalf of Equality Utah's push to get a work nondiscrimination law on the state books. Two weeks prior, she had been fired after ...
The Advocate iMIX.(ADVOCATE INSIDER)
Apr 22, 2008 ... While every queer musician in our annual music issue has a story worth telling, their true claim to fame is, after all, their music. Sample and download all of ...
To be young, gifted, and out.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)(Brief article)
Apr 22, 2008; ... You may think that on Broadway it's easy to be out. Actually, it depends on what you mean by "out." In theaters and elsewhere, I've heard a lot of half-measures, put forward in all sincerity, from "my friends know" to "it's not an issue." They usually boil down to excuses from people ...
Bloom off the rose?(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 22, 2008; ... Dear Miss M: I absolutely love you to pieces, and we New Yorkers are deeply indebted to you for your tireless efforts with the New York Restoration Project ["Winning Bette," March 25]. However, I must strongly disagree with your position on same-sex marriage. Discrimination under the law ...
The Advocate poll: would you vote against a pro-gay GOP senator to seat a Democrat?(Brief article)
Apr 22, 2008 ... <Pre> Yes 45% No 55% How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the March 25 issue of The Advocate </Pre> "If the past few years have taught us anything, it is that the party in power has the power." "The Republican Party should be ...
Name change.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 22, 2008; ... I really liked your Vegas Issue [March 25]. If you ask any local "Where is the place to be on a Sunday night?" the answer is ...
Troubled waters.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 22, 2008; ... Like many lesbians and gay business professionals, I have been following the story of Olivia's executive war ["Out to Sea," March 11]. What strikes me is that for years prior to [Judy] Dlugacz's cleaning house, Olivia was known for the bullying, sometimes threatening tactics employed by ...
Correction.(FEEDBACK)(Correction notice)
Apr 22, 2008 ... In our March 25 story "If They Build It, Will We Come?" the individual quoted and identified as the partner of Milo Miloscia should have been AEG Live/Concerts West vice ...
Out on the street.(Brief article)
Apr 22, 2008; ... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in New York City: "What's your guilty pleasure when it comes to music?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Angola Cheng, 30 filmmaker "Wilson Phillips. They remind me of being in love in sixth grade with the girl I could ...
Truth in advertising.(MEDIA)(Brief article)
Apr 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] When you think of models, two non-celebrity lesbian moms and a 30-something gay Republican don't naturally come to mind. But they're among the people hetero fashion designer Kenneth Cole--who has consistently used his advertising as a medium for ...
Prelude to a kiss? The chaste gay couple on As the World Turns frustrates fans, enrages religious zealots, and lends the 52-year-old show some much-needed buzz.(Forward)
Apr 22, 2008; ... NO ENTERTAINMENT STORY of late has ignited the gay blogosphere like the never-ending drama--or more accurately, lack of drama--of As the World Turns's Luke and Noah, daytime TV's first ongoing gay male romance. After two passionate kisses last fall, the couple affectionately known as ...
Soft-core Catholics.(Forward)(Catholics for Choice )
Apr 22, 2008; ... As Pope Benedict XVI arrives this month for his first visit to the United States, lobbyist group Catholics for Choice continues its mission to drag him into the 21st century. Created in 1973, the year of Roe v. Wade, CFC pushes the Roman Catholic Church to embrace female ...
We build these cities.(Forward)(Who's Your City? by Richard Florida)(Interview)
Apr 22, 2008 ... Richard Florida's 2002 best seller, The Rise of the Creative Class, boldly charged that to be successful, cities must embrace, among other things, the LGBT population. Florida's insights turned heads, and so will his latest read, Who's Your City?--which delivers another message: Where you ...
By the numbers: presidential birthday candles.(Forward)(the ages of president of the United States)(Brief article)(List)
Apr 22, 2008 ... Barack Obama and John McCain have been accused of being too young and too old, respectively, to hold office--if victorious, Obama would be 47 at the time of his inauguration, while McCain would be a spry 72. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton will have turned 61 by January 2009. But no matter ...