June 23 2005 12:00 AM ET
Was the mayor entrapped?
An editor from the Spokane Spokesman-Review, which revealed formerly closeted mayor Jim West’s online cruising, responds to an Advocate.com commentary, arguing that what the paper did was just good journalism
June 16 2005 12:00 AM ET
Jim West as a role model
The antigay, long-closeted, recently outed Spokane, Wash., mayor is one big bad apple, but he’s still one of us. We should condemn his hypocrisy, sure, but let’s also try to learn from his actions
June 15 2005 12:00 AM ET
Beyond marriage
Two vital lessons, 14 months after marriage equality came to Massachusetts: First, the courts are only one of many battlegrounds. Second, every other issue—job and HIV discrimination, for instance—still needs our attention
May 24 2005 12:00 AM ET
The real activist judges
The Bush administration has worked diligently to nominate right-wing ideologues to the federal bench. The battle has reached a boiling point and and there’s too much at stake for gay men and lesbians not to fight
May 23 2005 12:00 AM ET
We’ll always have Paris
On Pride day in Los Angeles, the Grand Marshal will be heralded down the street and it’s…Paris Hilton?
May 19 2005 12:00 AM ET
Finding inspiration for gay rights
South Africa’s unprecedented constitutional protections serve as an object lesson for LGBT advocates here in the United States.
May 17 2005 12:00 AM ET
Articles of faith: Biblical values for American families
If we have any intention of preserving marriage or protecting families, we must base our support on values that are unchangeable: faith, hope, and love. The greatest among these—whether the couple is same-sex or heterosexual—is love
May 11 2005 12:00 AM ET
Discrimination is immoral. Enough said.
It is time for us to seize the moral high ground and state unambiguously that antigay discrimination in any form is immoral
April 29 2005 12:00 AM ET
How to fight the far right
Are you sick and tired of getting beaten back by the religious zealots in this country? Take 15 minutes and make a difference right now. Here’s how
