January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
My hero from Georgia
The man who founded the country’s first national gay-straight alliance group says Kerry Pacer is a remarkable young woman who shines as an example for gay youths everywhere
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
The last battle
With increasing pressure on Congress to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell,” a group of out veterans unveils a plan to bring conservatives to their side and win the right to serve
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
Closeted in plain sight
Yale law professor Kenji Yoshino talks about his new book, Covering, inspired by how gay people hide themselves in public—to the detriment of our fight for equality
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
Lord of illusion
Author and former Advocate columnist Norah Vincent on Self-made Man, her engrossing new book about passing as male for 18 months
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
Brokeback pyramid
Commentary 956 2006-02-14 2006-01-30 Brokeback pyramid By Bruce Vilanch People keep telling me there’s never been anything like Brokeback Mountain. But they’v
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
40+ years of Valentine's Days
Same-sex couples together more than four decades defined commitment years before today’s fight for marriage equality.
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
Peter Shalit
One gay man upset after Gene Shalit’s review of Brokeback Mountain on NBC’s Today show on January 5 was his gay son, Peter—only Peter was upset not because he disagreed (he’s used to that) but because he felt other gay people were misunderstanding his father. When the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation issued an alert demanding an apology for the review’s characterization of the Jack character as a “sexual predator,” Peter and his five straight siblings went to work to clear their dad’s name. An author and a physician with a mostly LGBT practice, Peter spoke from his office in Seattle.
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
Know thy neighbors
Commentary 956 2006-02-14 2006-01-30 Know thy neighbors By Tom Lang My partner of 18 years, Alex, and I are both small-town antique dealers from the north shore of Massachusetts. W
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
After Brokeback
Commentary 956 2006-02-14 2006-01-30 After Brokeback By Charles Kaiser The upper west side of Manhattan is one of those demilitarized zones where you never expect to encounter any of the
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
The military's tipping point
Commentary 956 2006-02-14 2006-01-30 The military's tipping point By Bruce C. Steele For Christmas a family member gave me a copy of Malcolm Gladwell’s 2000 book The
January 30 2006 12:00 AM ET
Outspoken: Michael McManus
Commentary 956 2006-02-14 2006-01-30 Outspoken: Michael McManus Growing up in the Midwest definitely has its perks. Endless fields of corn, dairy cows on nearly every corner, and flannel
January 26 2006 12:00 AM ET
Articles of faith
The religious right’s high-profile moral and ethical failures could be a direct result of repressive religion
January 25 2006 12:00 AM ET
Celebrating King's legacy
It’s time to think deeply about racism and its roots—to think about what it would take to make a meaningful restitution to those affected by slavery
