Month: March 2004

For starters, there’s the reality series Mad Mad House. (I use the word “reality” because, well, that’s what these types of shows are called, even though they’re miles away from…

Captivating and moving performances steal the show in the “funny, touching, and vital” (Rolling Stone) musical comedy Camp. Featuring a young cast who were selected from a nationwide talent search,…

According to accounts both public and private, there’s always a share of audacious, barrier-breaking queer antics going down at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. In recent years,…

Even before she portrayed the acerbic, powerhouse Abby Bartlett on The West Wing, we loved Stockard Channing for The Girl Most Likely To..., Lily Dale, The Matthew Shepard Story, To…

PHONY ARGUMENTS by Dale Carpenter One conservative pundit makes false claims about gay marriage in Scandinavia Gays have been blamed for just about every bad thing that’s ever happened in…

Finally, we’re going to get a “swift and thorough investigation” from the Bush administration. Of course, it’s not going to be about the administration’s lie that Iraq had weapons of…

By assuming the leadership of the Human Rights Campaign, Cheryl Jacques not only illustrates the power of coming out, but she also pays homage to the organization that convinced her…

I recently read your article about Paul Broussard [“Autopsy of Hate, July 2001], and it touches me that his story is still as powerful today as the day it happened.…

On March 12, the Garden and Yard Society (GAYS) will dedicate a verdant urban retreat cultivated to remember friends lost to AIDS. Society member R. Michael Lee and his partner,…

With the death toll in Iraq exceeding 500 American lives, with no weapons of mass destruction found, and an economy that has seen 2.2 million payroll jobs disappear since 2000,…