The Vatican drag
Commentary 955 2006-01-31 2006-01-17 The Vatican drag By Alec Mapa “Did you go to church?” My father asks this every Sunday at the beginning of our weekly phone call. I alwa
Outspoken: Ryan James Kim
Commentary 955 2006-01-31 2006-01-17 Outspoken: Ryan James Kim Kim is 20 and lives in New Jersey. I had vowed to give up on all things political afte
Murder and hypocrisy
Democracy will not flourish in the Middle East until Islamic governments stop murdering their gay citizens—and we need to halt antigay violence at home before we can condemn it abroad
The Right tries to steer Ford
The antigay American Family Association nearly changed the course of Ford Motor Co.’s commitment to equality. The feud with the country’s number 2 automaker is not finished
No excuses for West
I have no sympathy for ousted Spokane mayor Jim West or other hypocritical closet cases. They didn’t miss out on these years of greater gay visibility. They opted out
The Kingmakers
Ten states still don’t have any out lawmakers—at any level of government. The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund hopes to change that in 2006
The trouble with marriage
Commentary 955 2006-01-31 2006-01-17 The trouble with marriage By Laura Weinstock In 2004, when I lived in Massachusetts, I legally married my partner of 14 years. Now that we
My time on Brokeback Mountain
One of the two co-screenwriters of the critically acclaimed “gay cowboy” movie responds to the Advocate.com commentary by Karel about the film
A plea to the world
It’s time to turn our attention to the plight of our LGBT brothers and sisters in other countries and demand an end of human rights violations.
Our queer year
African-American LGBTQ people pushed through 2005’s culture wars with creative genius and collective strength. Here’s a recap as we enter 2006.









