American Idol

Is how you say “in the jingle-jangle morning” in Jason Castro-ese. Translated into English, it means, “Please, I’m begging you. Kick me off this show.

THEATER

Paul Rudnick's new play is a delightful treat even if it leaves you a little hungry

By Don Shewey

News Feature

In 2006, a blog announced to the world that Thomas Roberts is gay, and the then CNN anchor instantly became the poster boy for a very rare breed: the out news anchor. But as Sean Kennedy reports, the success of Roberts and other out anchors and on-air talent may finally shatter their industry's glass ceiling for gays -- and usher in the future of broadcast news

From the Editor

Now you can post comments on Advocate.com. As the leading voice for LGBT opinion, The Advocate wants your opinions too. Let the dialogue begin...

News

In the broccoli and strawberry fields of central California, LGBT farmworkers face everything from violence to cuts in pay simply for being who they are. How one woman and a cutting-edge legal project are leading the fight for justice.

By Patrick Range McDonald

Analysis

As the media world buzzed about the “pregnant man,” trans activists stayed relatively mum. Now we’re asking: Has Thomas Beatie’s public exposure hurt the transgender movement?

By Jen Christensen

American Idol

Is the song no one cares enough to sing on this week’s Neil Diamond-encrusted episode of American Idol. Somewhere, E.T. is feeling really slighted.

By Dave White

FIRST PERSON

Jeremy Podeswa is known for his work on projects that deal heavily with issues of sexuality like Six Feet Under, Queer as Folk, and Nip/Tuck. But with his latest film, Fugitive Pieces, which is about the Holocaust, he looks past identity politics and hopes to redefine what it means to be a queer director.

News

Hunter College released a new LGB-specific poll that reveals fresh insights about the LGB population, how its men and women differ, and an emerging generational divide.

By Kerry Eleveld

Music Review

The queen's show at the Roseland Ballroom was choreographed to the nines and, as expected, went off without a hitch

By Mike Diamond

Broadway

The hunks of the Great White Way camped it up in the 2nd Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant to raise money for queer homeless youths.

By Mike Diamond

FILM

Advocate film critic Kyle Buchanan sits down with director Harmony Korine to discuss his new movie Mister Lonely about a Michael Jackson impersonator, dropping mushrooms, and why he loves Southern gays so much.

By Kyle Buchanan

First Person

Transsexual actress Calpernia Addams discusses her experience on the reality dating series Transamerican Love Story, and how she allowed herself to step away from being the spokeswoman for trans people and decided to just have a little fun.

CD Review

There isn’t much nutritional value in Madonna’s new album, but it’s way too delectable to resist

By Neal Broverman

Sports

After months of training for the Los Angeles marathon, Shawnn Slaughter crosses the finish line and realizes a new level of self-appreciation.

By Shawnn Slaughter

American Idol

It’s OK to ask him to take the wheel but not necessarily vote-getting to shout his name in song in a way that suggests that you might be kind of pissed off at him. It’s a lesson Carly learns the hard way as the six are whittled to five…

By Dave White

News

Hundreds of thousands of students are expected to take part in Friday's national Day of Silence to combat school bullying just months after Lawrence King's tragic killing inside the walls of a school.

By Julie Bolcer

ARCHITECTURE

A chance encounter in a public park would erase Lionel Pries, one of America’s great architects, from history. Jeffrey Karl Ochner’s new book hopes to bring the legacy of Lionel Pries back to life.

By Kevin Capp

News

After 18 years as one of our most visible LGBT activists, Matt Foreman has stepped down as head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Trading grassroots power for financial influence, his new role at the Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund has him allocating $8 million in annual funding for LGBT causes. Kerry Eleveld asks him about the switch, what’s in store for the movement, and where we’re missing the mark.

By Kerry Eleveld

First Person

Filmmaker Parvez Sharma gives a first-person account of making his new documentary, A Jihad for Love, about homosexuality in the Islamic faith and how his commitment to his faith and his desire to show the world another side of Islam brought him to his own jihad.

Commentary

Trans activist Melissa Sklarz reflects on lobby days past and the trans community's new message to the Senate on ENDA: just wait!

By Melissa Sklarz

News Analysis

Senator Obama has taken a targeted approach to LGBT outreach at different times in this race. Now if he would just apply the same philosophy to gay media.

By Kerry Eleveld

Election 2008

The Victory Fund begins vetting those interested in working for the next president with far more applicants than when the process first took place in the '90s.

By Andrew Noyes

GUEST OPINION

Lesbian media wiz Ann Canas wants the Illinois senator to know that when he references religion in discussing why he can't support gay marriage, he sends a subtle message that being gay and being Christian are mutually exclusive.

American Idol

Kristy Lee Cook, schooled in the art of war, stumbles over Mimi.

By Dave White

Commentary

He's having a baby, and the media is begging for input from the LGBT community. Will we miss this opportunity?

By Simon Aronoff

Music

Does every nation have its very own feather-loving, techno-dancing, gay-approved diva? Quite possibly.

By Lawrence Ferber

Election 2008

What do Jennifer Beals and Chelsea Clinton have in common? They both have big gay followings and they're both stumping for their candidate in Philadelphia. Check out our Election 2008 blog for all the action.

CD Review

Leona Lewis has the pipes -- but not the bravado -- to play in Mariah's league.

By Louis Virtel

Book Review

Tom Bradley's Lemur may not score points with LGBT activists, but it's entertaining nonetheless.

By Cye Johan

Astrology

Nationally syndicated astrologer Holiday Mathis gives The Advocate the celestial goods on the big three presidential candidates.

By Holiday Mathis

Election 2008

If election 2008 sweeps a Democratic administration into office, who in our community might be walking the halls of the White House and weighing in on key policy decisions? The Advocate takes a look at some potential power players.

By Andrew Noyes

FILM

Filmmaker Arthur Dong's new documentary Hollywood Chinese, explores the complicated relationship between Chinese culture and American Cinema

By Japhy Grant

Theater

The toast of Broadway attempts to show a grittier side of New York City, but fails to deliver.

By Mike Diamond

American Idol

If you don’t give, next year’s Idol Gives Back marathon is going to be even longer.

By Dave White

MUSIC

An unlikely Texas queer rock fest draws hipster gender-benders of all persuasions.

By Alexander Cho

Election 2008

In an exclusive Chicago sit-down with The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld, Democratic front-runner Barack Obama discusses "don't ask, don't tell," the Reverend Wright, and what he would do for LGBT Americans if he becomes president.

By Kerry Eleveld

News

Ariana Losco, a transgender woman living in Utah, publicly spoke on the need to get a law protecting LGBT workers on the books in her state. Little did she know her voice would get her fired.

By Natalie Camunas

Analysis

Find out all the hidden costs of being gay and what you can do to save money and protect you and your loved ones.

By Lara Schwartz

Commentary

It's not just homophobia from conservatives we have to worry about. Liberals can be just as baldly antigay -- often without reproach.

By James Kirchick

DANCE

The new PBS documentary Water Flowing Together examines the life and legacy of now-retired Native American dancer Jock Soto

By Brian McCormick

American Idol

And a “coat of many colors.” And an ascot of “sexy, lovin’ lies.” That’s what Dolly Parton week is made of.

By Dave White

COMMENTARY

As Madonna prepares to release her new CD, Hard Candy, four Advocate staffers share how they became enthralled with the icon and what she's meant to them ever since.

FILM

Céline Sciamma made headlines when she came out at Cannes while getting rave reviews for her directorial debut film, Water Lilies. Now the film is ready to take on an American audience.

By Michael Giltz

Comedy

Suzanne Westenhoefer gives her Dinah predictions before her performance tonight at the year's biggest lesbian party.

By Michelle Garcia

Guest Opinion

An FTM activist responds to the media coverage of Thomas Beatie after his article appeared in The Advocate.

By Robert Haaland

Q&A

Jeff Whitty’s Broadway-bound Tales of the City musical: Just how gay will it be?

By Brandon Voss

Youth

The Advocate needs your help in honoring the best and brightest of the LGBT class of 2008. Read on for details.

Feedback

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, wish to respond to the article "Mixed Messages" in the April 8, 2008, issue of The Advocate.

Feedback

We are lawyers, advocates, and child welfare professionals who are passionate about our commitment to creating a world in which all children and youth can live safely, with the love and support they need to become healthy, productive, self-assured adults.

American Idol

American Idol would like you to know that in 1990 you should have been listening to more Australian chart hits.

By Dave White

From The Editor

The Advocate's editor in chief invites the LGBT community to participate in a discussion about how we can prevent more senseless killings of young people like Lawrence King.

Anne Stockwell

Classical Music

In its latest collection, Heavenly Harmonies, Stile Antico revives the centuries-old music of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis

By Charlie Richards

First Person

Thomas Beatie gives The Advocate a first-person account of how it feels to be pregnant and carrying a child for his wife and himself.

Thomas Beatie

Television

Things get hot in the kitchen for Top Chef contestants Jennifer and Zoi. They may be partners in life, but they're now squaring off for the title and there can only be one winner

By Greg Archer

Entertainment

Chris Crocker, one of Web 2.0's most captivating personalities, gives a little glimpse into the world as he knows it.

By Louis Virtel

Politics

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.

By Sue Rochman

American Idol

In week 2 of Lennon-McCartney-Harrison karaoke, American Idol steals the title of “Worst Beatles Impersonation Ever” away from longtime champions the Bee Gees.

By Dave White

Election 2008

John McCain isn’t perfect on gay issues. But New Republic editor Jamie Kirchick thinks gay voters should approach the Arizona senator with an open mind.

By James Kirchick

READER FEEDBACK

As part of our Pride celebration, we're asking you to write to us and tell us what makes you proud of your hometown. Read on for details.

Election 2008

In the wake of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's potentially corrosive comments, Barack Obama gave a speech Tuesday that may define his candidacy.

By Kerry Eleveld

BOOKS

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.

By Angelo Pezzote

Film Review

The new documentary Girls Rock traces a group of mini-rockers honing their craft at camp and serves as an entertaining reminder that empowerment doesn't always mean shedding clothes

By Kyle Buchanan

Opera

Deborah Voigt, who is starring in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Met, proves opera to be full of drama, excitement, and relevance.

By Robert Hilferty

American Idol

The songs of Lennon and McCartney go through the blandifying machine. Then Chikezie and Amanda sing.

By Dave White

Q&A

It's been a roller-coaster ride in the music industry, but 1980s pop star Taylor Dayne is making a comeback with her new album. Still, diva Dayne tells us why she just isn't Satisfied.

By Louis Virtel

Opera Review

The L.A. Opera's production of Verdi's climactic Otello is more than a little flat.

By Charlie Richards

Dance

Choreographer Brian Brooks reveals another of his true colors at this year's 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival in New York City.

Business

While the initial generation of gay activism was ignited in the streets, the up-and-coming set of business students are sharpening the skills needed to propel the movement further

By Michelle Garcia

News

LGBT activists say soon-to-be New York governor David Paterson will be a boon for LGBT rights and a healer in Albany.

By Kerry Eleveld

Election 2008

The Obama campaign aims to target specific sectors of the LGBT community to improve his odds in the remaining primaries.

By Kerry Eleveld

Project Runway

Project Runway winner Christian Siriano captivated audiences across the country with his cutting bluntness and unquestionable talent. Love him or hate him, the young designer is certainly, to use his own word, "fierce."

By Ryan Wenzel

Commentary

In their latest step toward conception, writer Maggie Quale and her partner visit the bank (not Wells Fargo). After the insemination, there's nothing to do but think positive.

By Maggie Quale

First Person

Winning front-row tickets to "The Showgirl Must Go On," Bette Midler's one-woman extravaganza at Caesars Palace, was just the beginning of a most thrilling evening for one Advocate correspondent.

By Brett Krutzsch

News

The New York governor's prostitution scandal could leave his very pro-gay lieutenant governor, David Paterson, holding the reins.

By Kerry Eleveld

American Idol

Turns out that “vocal perfection” is not what text message voters are interested in on this week’s American Idol.

By Dave White

Project Runway

Christian. But you knew that already. Here’s how it went down on the season finale of Project Runway

By Dave White

Election 2008

One gay voter's change of heart leads him to a change of party.

By Emily Kim

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Natalie Dessay's new recital album Italian Opera Arias raises her to the level of Opera Diva.

By Charlie Richards

News Analysis

California's highest court questioned the nature of same-sex marriage endlessly, but predictions about its conclusions are hard to come by.

By Sue Rochman

Big Gay Following

Brandon Voss gets the goods from Baldwin on the men he's loved, advances from Matt Drudge and his brother's attacks on gay marriage.

By Brandon Voss

Election 2008

LGBT Hillary backers from Iowa, South Carolina, and Texas weigh in on the Clinton/Obama divide and whether it can be bridged.

By Kerry Eleveld

Election 2008

The LGBT community becomes a battleground as Obama tries to undercut Hillary's gay support.

By Kerry Eleveld

Television

As one of the subjects of TV Land's new show High School Reunion, Kat Feller is reality TV's newest token lesbian. She talks to us about everything from coming out to bi-curiosity and hooking up on the show.

By Michele Kort

Project Runway

Tim Gunn Saturns his way all over the place to visit the designers and their final collections in the first half of the Project Runway finale.

By Dave White

American Idol

We’re only a week or so away from not having to watch this show three nights a week. Get excited.

By Dave White

TRAVEL

Advocate film critic Kyle Buchanan braves the Kathy Griffin–hosted Pink Flight on Air New Zealand and lives to tell a few tales.

By Kyle Buchanan

Election 2008

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has put the final dagger through the heart of his might-be presidential bid -- dashing any hope for a marriage equality candidate in 2008.

By Kerry Eleveld

Business

After 35 years as a leading lesbian-focused business, Olivia faces an ongoing lawsuit by former executives that could mean stormy weather.

By Julie Weisberg

Sports

Writer Dennis Hensley explores why gay women who surf abound -- they even have their own reality show -- and yet finding blokes who are out, proud, and surf isn't easy.

By Dennis Hensley

Project Runway

Christian, the hair-intensive boy who sleeps on the floor -- fiercely -- wins $10,000 as the Project Runway season 4 fan favorite.

By Dave White

American Idol

They could have made it easy and gotten rid of all the boring ones, but then there’d be no show. As it is, the public voted instead. They say.

By Dave White

Election 2008

As the epic battle for the Democratic nomination grows ever nastier, average voters have a role to play in holding the party together.

By Kerry Eleveld

Film Festivals

Advocate contributor Lawrence Ferber reports back on all there was to see and hear at this year's Berlin Film Festival -- including everyone who took home the top prizes at the 22nd Annual Teddy Awards, honoring queer work in the festival.

By Lawrence Ferber

Classical Music Review

Renowned composer Terry Riley uses the sound of children's toys and the spirit of Native American rituals in his latest work The Cusp of Magic. Ironically it is one of his most accessible works to date.

By Charlie Richards

Sports

As training winds down for The Advocate's resident marathoner, he catches a second wind that pushes him closer to the finish line.

By Shawnn Slaughter

Commentary

As a signatory of the "Beyond Same-Sex Marriage" document, Nation editor Richard Kim finds fault with Jamie Kirchick's assessment of the Task Force's outgoing leader.

By Richard Kim

School

Need three credits and something stellar to do this summer? Don't worry, The Advocate's got your back.

By Michelle Garcia, Neal Broverman, Natalie Camunas, Louis Virtel, and Ryan Wenzel

Election 2008

Jason Rae, an out 21-year-old junior in college, isn’t exactly what people envision when they hear the word "superdelegate." But his vote is worth as much as President Clinton’s. Find out what he plans to do with it.

By Kerry Eleveld

PROJECT RUNWAY

Fashion Week has come and gone. Now to find out who the decoy collections were…

By Dave White

American Idol

One hundred sixty-four people walk into the garbage compactor on the Death Star. Twenty-four walk out. The rest are turned into Soylent Green. I know I just mixed my movie references. Sue me.

By Dave White

COMMENTARY

On February 12 a gay eighth-grade student in Oxnard, Calif.. lay in a pool of his own blood in his school's computer lab as his attacker, a classmate, ran out of the room and off campus. John Ireland explores the undeniable feeling that Lawrence King took the bullet for every gay teenager.

By John Ireland

Relationships

All partners quarrel. But afterward, do they really heal? A therapist offers words of wisdom for couples who tend to shove disagreements under the rug

By Renate Stendhal

Election 2008

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama begin making their case to win over the 800 superdelegates -- 21 of them LGBT -- who may decide the Democratic presidential nominee.

By Kerry Eleveld

Q & A

Bravo's head of programming, Andy Cohen, has a full plate: blogging, hosting shows on TV and the Web, and picking the network's lineup. Cohen tells The Advocate how Bravo's creative (gay) shows have flourished and why Tim Gunn still doesn't have a date.

By Japhy Grant

Television Review

Logo's new reality dating show, Transamerican Love Story, is as much fun as I Love New York -- without the exploitation

By Neal Broverman

Project Runway

Chris’s natural talent for dressing drag queens finally gets a chance to breathe freely as the designers make stripper gear for lady wrestlers.

By Dave White

American Idol

Unfortunately, the quickest way to the judges’ hearts is still not the stylish presentation of a spinning hubcap rim worn as a necklace.

By Dave White

Theater

Party of Five's Mitchell Anderson left Hollywood for love, settling down with his longtime partner in Atlanta. Now the acting bug is calling him back to the stage in a local production, Octopus, where he plays a gay man looking to spice up his relationship.

By Jim Farmer

Comic Books

In a new wave of comic book writing, lesbian protagonists are finally ready to take the spotlight

By Dan Avery

Commentary

The outgoing head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force mixed liberal activism with gay rights -- but to what end?

By James Kirchick

CD review

After an extended hiatus, one of our favorite '80s pop stars is back with an album that's certainly fun but a little too easy

By Louis Virtel

FILM REVIEW

First-time Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's film Caramel is a mild look at oppressed women who find comfort in each other's company.

By Kyle Buchanan

Election 2008

A critical mass of John Edwards’s LGBT steering committee is going public with support for Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. Hillary Clinton.

By Kerry Eleveld

AMERICAN IDOL

In Omaha and Miami, singing cattle are led to the meat packing plant and turned into ground entertainment.

By Dave White

FILM

Wild Reeds director André Téchiné's new film, The Witnesses, is a reminder of an epidemic that cinema sometimes forgets.

By David Ehrenstein

Dance

Steve Valentine has always dreamed of making same-sex ballroom dancing more than a novelty. Now, with his gay ballroom dancing program debuting in West Hollywood in January, he may. But for Valentine, ballroom is about more than having fun and feeling sexy. He wants to compete -- and win.

By Japhy Grant

Politics

Susie Prueter and other LGBT activists in South Carolina have been building up their relationship with the state Democratic Party. One major breakthrough came during the CNN/YouTube debate in Charleston last summer. Check out our pre-primary blogging about the intersection of race and LGBT issues in S.C.

By Kerry Eleveld

Project Runway

The Project Runway designers make outfits from Levi’s. Let the mass yawning commence.

By Dave White

American Idol

Week 2 of 2008’s American Idol auditions means the entire nation is one week closer to finding out who the next person to get dropped from a major record label will be.

By Dave White

Q&A

On the cusp of Brokeback mania, former Advocate editor Alonso Duralde spoke frankly with Heath Ledger for the magazine's January 17, 2006 cover story. Below is the interview in its entirety, along with Duralde's remembrances of the promising and conflicted actor.

By Alonso Duralde

OSCARS

Laurel Hester spent her last days fighting for her pension to be passed on to her partner before cancer overcame her body. Her struggle was chronicled in Cynthia Wade's documentary Freeheld, which was just nominated for an Oscar. Michele Kort spoke to the filmmaker about the movie and the honor.

By Michele Kort

First Person

When a flash flood took her partner, the renowned audiobook narrator Kate Fleming, one woman learned firsthand the inequities faced by gay and lesbian couples. Now Charlene Strong is making a documentary to call for equality--and commemorate the woman who was her wife in every way but legally.

By Charlene Strong

Politics

Five years ago transgender and intersex Michelle Bruce managed to win elected office in Georgia without incident. Her reelection attempt was another story.

By Bryan Ochalla

American Idol

In which Dave White, tireless recapper, fact-finder, and opinion maker of all things Idol, is heard to say, “Oh, shit. American Idol is back.”

By Dave White

Project Runway

It’s Rami vs. Sweet P in a slap-fight to the bitter end of at least this episode. Boredom alleviated for now.

By Dave White

Election 2008

South Carolina will be the first Southern state to weigh in on decision 2008. Blogging from Charleston to Myrtle Beach on her way to the Democratic debate next Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kerry Eleveld will explore the relationship between the LGBT and African-American communities, the Donnie McClurkin effect, and the momentum of the Democratic campaigns.

By Kerry Eleveld

SUNDANCE 2008

If it's January, it must be Sundance. Let The Advocate bring you the latest from the country's largest independent cinema festival with exclusive looks at the breakout stars, films, and directors that will be populating your local cineplex for years to come.

From the Editors of The Advocate

First Person

A gay couple -- and blue state Democrats, no less -- invited to the Bush White House for a Christmas party? Advocate managing editor John Jameson recounts his and his partner’s evening with George and Laura and a few hundred of their family and friends.

Film

Get ready for spring break in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Todd Stephens style. Writer-director Stephens, who put a queer twist on teen comedies like American Pie with Another Gay Movie in 2006, is back with more magic in Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!

By Harriette Yahr

Countdown to Sundance

Isaac Julien brings the queer auteur's life and work back to the big screen with his documentary Derek, which will premiere at Sundance.

By Kyle Buchanan

Commentary

In Maggie Quale's latest column on her journey to parenthood, she and her partner ponder potential paternal problems.

By Maggie Quale

PROJECT RUNWAY

And he will make you a tacky red hooker dress to wear…

By Dave White

Countdown to Sundance

Director Craig Lucas discusses his Sundance film Birds of America and how Matthew Perry's constipation made him perfect for the film.

By Kyle Buchanan

Sports

As the Los Angeles Marathon nears, The Advocate's resident marathoner is experiencing the onset of injury and fatigue.

By Shawnn Slaughter

Countdown to Sundance

Director Tom Kalin returns to the Sundance Film Festival -- which in '92 embraced his first feature, Swoon -- with Savage Grace, a movie about another, very different gay killer.

By Kyle Buchanan

Project Runway

Jaws dropped across the country when we found out that one of the most talented contestants on this season of Project Runway was stepping down due to a staph infection. Now Jack Mackenroth is back up and running and looking toward his future.

By Benjamin Ryan

Countdown to Sundance

Dodgeball director Rawson Marshall Thurber brings a bisexual love triangle to Park City with his adaptation of Michael Chabon's first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.

By Kyle Buchanan

Politics

Clinton, Edwards, and Obama all reached out to the community in different ways, leaving gay activists to choose which candidate's approach will produce results for LGBT equality.

By Kerry Eleveld

Sports

The second installment by The Advocate's resident marathoner, Shawnn Slaughter, details the oddities and exhilarations of running a half marathon on the Las Vegas Strip.

By Shawnn Slaughter

Project Runway

This week’s Project Runway reminds the world that candy is not a material for making clothes. It’s a love substitute.

By Dave White

Election 2008

Gay Libertarians face off over Ron Paul’s idealism and what it means in the fight for gay rights.

By John Barclay

THEATER

As The Little Mermaid prepares for its Broadway debut, composer Alan Menken reflects on his years of collaboration and friendship with the late gay lyricist Howard Ashman.

By Brandon Voss

Politics

Meet R.J. Droll, a Biden supporter and the LGBT caucuser whom we will follow live tonight as he navigates his way through an Iowa caucus for the very first time.

By Kerry Eleveld

Politics

Lamar Lapp is a Republican who hasn’t totally fallen for any of his candidates so far. He is the fourth of five LGBT Iowans whom we are following through the Iowa caucuses on January 3, the first contest in the nominating process.

By Kerry Eleveld

Politics

Dennis Kucinich is the politician we've been asking for. So why aren't gays supporting him for president?

By Rachel Dowd

POLITICS

From exclusive reports on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to live blogging from primaries and debates, The Advocate is leading the way in LGBT news coverage of Election 2008.

Television

Winning Bravo's Shear Genius competition was just one more win for Anthony Morrison. The British hairstylist to the stars talks about coming out, falling for an older man, and how he inherited the Jeri Curl gene.

By Michael Giltz

Politics

Caucusing 101: Drake University Professor Rachel Paine Caufield gives The Advocate the lowdown on caucusing in Iowa, how unpredictable it is, and why it matters to have an LGBT presence.

By Kerry Eleveld