September 24 2008 12:00 AM ET
Must-have Manga
With so many genres to choose from, where’s a manga newbie to start? Here, a selection of exceptional manga to launch your obsession.
September 24 2008 12:00 AM ET
Lost in Translation
What’s not gay about girl-on-girl comic book love? In Japan, everything. Caroline Ryder explores the elusive world of lesbian manga.
September 24 2008 12:00 AM ET
A Girl's Own Story
Teresa Stores’s third novel takes us back to the 1960s, where a young lesbian in Jacksonville, Fla., navigates religion, family, and politics.
August 27 2008 12:00 AM ET
Father Figure
One gay priest won the love and loyalty of New York City’s fire department and, in the tragedy of September 11, became an icon.
June 06 2008 12:00 AM ET
13 Embarrassing Questions for Jackie Collins
On the eve of the release of her latest tome, Married Lovers, best-selling author Jackie Collins takes the tough questions -- and reveals a subtle fixation on George Clooney.
May 30 2008 12:00 AM ET
The LGBT Literati
The Lambda Literary awards on May 29 brought the best and brightest LGBT writers and book lovers to Los Angeles for a celebration of queer literature dripping with bawdiness
March 18 2008 12:00 AM ET
Straight-Acting
In this piece written exclusively for The Advocate, Angelo Pezzote — advice columnist and author of the new book Straight Acting: Gay Men, Masculinity and Finding True Love — examines the gay community's obsession with the idea of being "straight-acting" and how destructive it is for gay relationships and one's psyche.
December 26 2007 1:00 AM ET
Our Picks for Trans Young Adult Fiction
Five top novels for young adult -- and not-so-young adult -- readers looking for stories about the lives of young trans people
October 08 2007 12:00 AM ET
A Fictional Take on Famous Frenemies
Writer Kim Powers imagines an early-'80s reconciliation between former friends Harper Lee and Truman Capote in his fascinating new novel, Capote in Kansas.
January 27 2006 1:00 AM ET
Carnal knowledge
In his new book, Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men, psychotherapist Robert Weiss, MSW, explores why such a disproportionately high number of gay men engage in sexually compulsive behavior and how they can be helped.
