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Cover to cover: year by year, Advocate covers uniquely illustrate our history. Priests and parents, activists and icons--our job is to cover you.


Coming Out

Many celebrities have taken the plunge The term Plunge has multiple meanings:
  • Plunge (American football), a play in American football
  • Plunge (Band), a band
  • The Plunge, a closed historic swim center in Richmond California
  • Plungė, a city in Lithuania.
 and come out in our pages. At this point it's almost Hollywood tradition.

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Family

Loving dads, devoted moms, happy husbands, laughing kids-cover stories like these have helped America get the point of gay families.

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Politics

As national and regional politics dominate the news, The Advocate has been a leader in bringing our issues to the public forum.

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Religion

Finding our role in institutionalized in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize  
tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es
1.
a. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to.

b.
 religion has been a battle, but gays are claiming their spirituality, and The Advocate is bearing witness.

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Anniversaries

A birthday cake, a tile tile, one of the ceramic products used in building, to which group brick and terra-cotta also belong. The term designates the finished baked clay—the material of a wide variety of units used in architecture and engineering, such as wall slabs or blocks, floor  mosaic, a proud gay image--for this upstart magazine, every birthday is a milestone and, it's been said, a miracle.

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Sports

Gay athletes come out in The Advocate because they trust us to tell their stories. From the putting green to the Gay Games The Gay Games is the world's largest sporting and cultural event organized by LGBT athletes, artists, musicians, and others. Originally called the Gay Olympics, , we play in the major leagues.

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Youth

With young activists like these taking the reins reins
pl.n.
The kidneys, loins, or lower back.
, we're headed in the right direction.

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Author:Garcia, Michelle
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Sep 25, 2007
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