A new look, a new adventure: you're holding the first complete issue of the new Advocate--an unveiling we've been working toward for many months now.This issue premieres our new graphic look and streamlined new architecture by Luke Hayman, the multi-award-winning former design director of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of magazine. Luke came to us directly after he led the redesign of Time magazine. His partnership with us symbolizes the quality and prestige The Advocate has come to represent. From our powerful new logo down to our elegant new typefaces This is a list of typefaces. Serif Here you can find a graphical version of this table.
put differently . Finally, our new Spectator section expands our traditional arts and entertainment coverage with reviews, interviews, humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was , and style. In this premiere issue, we've filled our pages with firsts, starting with our cover story: Our interview with Sen. Hillary Clinton marks the first time a presidential front-runner has sat down with the gay press so early in a campaign. With our issues so often used to polarize po·lar·ize v. po·lar·ized, po·lar·iz·ing, po·lar·iz·es v.tr. 1. To induce polarization in; impart polarity to. 2. To cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions. the electorate, this face-to-face interview deserves to be seen as an expression of respect. And judging by two of her gay friends who spoke to us for this story, her empathy for us is genuine and long-standing. Should a little disagreement about things like same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable come between us? Good question. Nineteen years after we began to celebrate October 11 as National Coming Out Day, the act of brave self-disclosure has far outgrown its original context. Our coming-out package marks another first, as we meet folks who come out in contexts we never foresaw. In her first essay for our magazine, new columnist Jennifer Baumgardner Jennifer Baumgardner (b. circa 1970) is an author and Third-wave feminist activist. She resides in Brooklyn with her son Skuli. Baumgardner who identifies herself as bisexual had a long term relationship with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. opens a window on the world of women who marry men and later fall in love with women. Political columnist Rod McCullom and returning columnist Dave White each survey the damages and silliness of pesky gay issues. If you're one of the many friends who've been with us from the start, you may look at this lineup and wonder: Will the new Advocate still play rough? Will we still call our readers to activism? You'd better believe it. We will never give up our mission to make life better for LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender people. Yet the range of topics open to us, in our lives and in our pages, is broader than ever before. In every boardroom, every hospital, every civic organization, and yes, every military base, some of the most valued and talented members are gay. We find ourselves called to report not only on struggle but on success. We have helped to bring about a world where being gay or lesbian or bisexual or transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. is a starting place rather than a destination. So let's get started. ANNE STOCKWELL EDITOR IN CHIEF |
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