MAKING HISTORY

Cover shots
You might be surprised at who's graced our cover through the years.

Mayors we love
Five city leaders who know what it takes to make their towns flourish -- gay people

Days of our lives
A look back at the milestones that shaped our world and made us who we are

A very good year
What were some of our greatest personalities doing when they turned 40?

GREAT AMERICAN LIVES

O pioneers
Six trailblazers take on politics in the American heartland, leading off with Guy Padgett, former mayor of Capser, Wyo.

Shifting gears
Trans race car driver Terri O'Connell has a need for speed

Luck of the draw
New Yorker cartoonist Bill Haefeli sketches gay life

Power of the pen
The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart is our man in D.C.

Disease hunters
David Ho on AIDS; Susan Love on breast cancer

INTO THE FUTURE

New rules
Meet the next generation of LGBT activists: focused and fierce

Gen Q snapshot
Student Steven Gaughan takes us through one queer day in Hawaii

Looking forward
A collection of creative thinkers share their visions of the future

DEPARTMENTS

From the editors
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Letters