http://www.advocate.com/feeds.aspxDaily News60Though South African track star Caster Semenya will keep her world championship games gold medal, many questions about gender testing still remain.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/Gender_Inquiry_of_Semenya_Raises_Issues_for_Track_and_Field/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102682Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:05:00 GMTThe following statement was issued by Judy Shepard, the president of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, on the murder of 19-year-old Jorge Steven López Mercado.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Judy_Shepard_on_Mercado_Murder/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102715Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:00 GMTThe Department of Housing and Urban Development threatens to pull money from Washington, D.C., because of poor oversight of AIDS programs.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/AIDS_Gaffes_in_D_C_/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102707Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:00 GMTRecently released pop star Boy George is set to be locked up again... but this time in the Celebrity Big Brother house.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Boy_George_to_be_Locked_Up_on_Big_Brother/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102710Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:55:00 GMTCongressional hearings on repealing the military's ban on openly gay service members have been postponed until 2010. http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/DADT_Hearings_Held_Until_2010/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102705Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:55:00 GMT A new Military Times poll on "don't ask, don't tell" first asks readers whether they've ever been hit on by gay service members.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/DADT_Poll_Biased/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102664Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:00 GMTSandra Bernhard is over the vampire craze — from moral vampires (Twilight) to erotic, frustrated vampires (True Blood). She goes on a tweeting rampage about the whole genre. http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Sandra_Bernhard_is_Sick_of_Vampires/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102661Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMTStudents at the University of Texas at Austin want professors and staff to have same-sex partner benefits.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/UT_Students_Rally_for_DP_Benefits/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102657Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:40:00 GMTNovember 20 marks the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a date set aside to memorialize people killed as a result of transphobia.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance_Events/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102743Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:00 GMTCurrent New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand leads in polls against former governor George Pataki by a small margin, according to a Rasmussen poll released on Thursday.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Gillibrand_Leads_Pataki_by_Slight_Margin/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102654Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMTPhotographer Jeff Sheng is looking for as many participants as possible for a new photo project on closeted men and women in the U.S. military. http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Calling_All_Closeted_Service_Members/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102656Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:00 GMTJuan Martinez Matos, who is accused of murdering a 19-year-old gay man in Puerto Rico, is being held in jail on a $4 million bond.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/4_Million_Bond_Set_for_Killer_in_PR/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102651Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMTEllen DeGeneres credited Oprah Winfrey with inspiring her career.http://www.advocate.com//Arts_and_Entertainment/Entertainment_News/Ellen_Lauds_Oprah/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102641Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:00 GMTLogo offered a glimpse into season 2 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, set to debut on the gay cable network in February.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Sneak_Peak_RuPauls_Drag_Race_Season_2_fix/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102649Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:25:00 GMTNew guidelines recommend that young women push back the date of their first Pap test and women overall screen less often for cervical cancer.http://www.advocate.com//Health_and_Fitness/Health_and_Treatments/New_Guidelines_for_Cervical_Cancer_Screening/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102637Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:35:00 GMTJon Stewart wants to protect young gay rights activist Will Phillips with professional wrestler Mick Foley.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Wrestler_Enlisted_to_Protect_Young_Activist/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102635Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMTThe Tampa city council on Thursday approved antidiscrimination protections for transgender individuals over the objection of Christian conservatives.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Trans_Protections_Approved_in_Tampa/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102631Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:55:00 GMTSan Diego mayor Jerry Sanders, who announced his support for marriage equality in an emotional press conference in 2007, will testify against Prop. 8 in the upcoming federal trial.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/S_D__Mayor_to_Testify_Against_Prop_8/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102630Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:00 GMTThe DC Agenda, the new iteration of the closed Washington Blade, opened for business online and in print Friday.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/D_C__Agenda_Launches/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102629Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:10:00 GMTGrow a pair, says TheStar-Ledger to New Jersey lawmakers who appear to be wavering in their support for a marriage equality bill.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Star_Ledger_to_Lawmakers_Man_Up_on_Marriage/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102628Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:45:00 GMTMiss California USA director Keith Lewis invited Equality California and Carrie Prejean to air spots during the pageant, to be televised on Sunday.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Prejean,_EQCA_Invited_to_Address_Pageant/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102627Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:15:00 GMTHawaii was the first state to move toward same-sex marriage, in 1993, only to uphold a ban on it in 1999. Now, in 2009, Blake Hayes heads to Hawaii to check on one decade's worth of progress. http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/20/Hawaii_Gay_Marriage_Ten_Years_Later/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102704Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:35:00 GMTShe maybe only 15 years old, but Dakota Fanning is all grown up and kissing costar Kristen Stewart in their new film about girl rockers Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/19/Fanning,_Stewart_Make_Out_in_Joan_Jett_Biopic/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102626Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:30:00 GMTRicky Martin, who has stepped out of the spotlight in recent years to raise his twin sons, is partnering with a German broadcaster to help raise money for a youth center in Puerto Rico.  http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/19/Ricky_Martin_Raises_Cash_for_Youth_Center/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102620Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:20:00 GMTMore adult New Jersey residents favor marriage equality than oppose it, according to a new poll released Thursday morning. The numbers come out just days before New Jersey legislators are scheduled to begin a lame-duck session where they are expected to consider a bill extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/19/Most_in_NJ_Favor_Marriage/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102618Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMTBack when the Constitution was being drafted, there was no way to account for modern issues like abortion or sodomy, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said on Tuesday.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/19/Scalia_on_Sodomy_and_the_Constitution/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102617Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMTAll things must come to an end. Oprah Winfrey will announce on her Friday show that her 25-year-old syndicated daytime talk show will end on September 9, 2011.http://www.advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2009/11/19/Oprah_Over_in_2011/http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102612Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT