Browse Vary, Adam B.

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Coming out but canceled: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Tom Lenk had it all figured out--he'd announce he's gay just as his first on-screen same-sex kiss aired on Fox's new series Do Not Disturb. But the network had different plans.		Nov 18, 2008	1187
Is gay over? A new generation of same-sex-loving youths are breaking down the old definitions and choosing to call themselves queer, questioning, open, fluid--anything but gay. Should we mourn the old word, and what will take its place?	Cover story	Jun 20, 2006	2227
Mutant is the new gay; even with the departure of gay director Bryan Singer for Superman Returns, the X-Men series continues to flex its queer metaphorical muscle.	Interview	May 23, 2006	750
Rhythm and muse: Tom and Mike of hot dance duo Dangerous Muse talk about loving the '80s, being "supersexual," and the power of eyeliner.	Cover story	Apr 25, 2006	1050
Q's founder axed.	Brief article	Apr 11, 2006	133
Will Q be quashed? Q Television Network scrambles to stay on the air amid layoffs, financial difficulties, and broken promises.		Mar 28, 2006	1321
P for provocative: V for Vendetta presents a world where the government exploits people's fear of terrorism and denies gays and lesbians their civil rights. Sound familiar?		Mar 28, 2006	550
The Brokeback Mountain effect: the historic cultural success of Brokeback Mountain owes much to the film's quality and emotional power--and a little to George W. Bush and the antigay right. But can a movie advance say equality?	Cover Story	Feb 28, 2006	3098
Tolkienism.	Brief Article	Dec 20, 2005	262
Her right-hand man: ABC's hit freshman drama Commander in Chief outs a major character and gives him HIV. The actor's response? Bring it on.		Dec 20, 2005	641
Seven for the season: what's to see after you catch Brokeback Mountain this holiday season? Plenty.	Movie Review	Dec 6, 2005	512
Ellie Parker.	Interview	Nov 22, 2005	353
Three of hearts.	Interview	Nov 8, 2005	364
A cut at Scissors.	Brief Article	Sep 13, 2005	142
Elijah Wood: in his latest film, Everything is Illuminated--written and directed by actor Liev Schreiber from the book by Jonathan Safran Foer--Elijah Wood sports thick-rimmed glasses that magnify his already sizable peepers to anime dimensions. But it's the former hobbit's sizable talent we admire most of all.	Interview	Sep 13, 2005	377
Sexy, cool, and French: liberated young actor Edouard Collin and the out gay couple behind the crowd-pleasing farce Cote d'Azur debate whether the French are just hipper about sexuality.		Sep 13, 2005	1021
Chad's on the case: Chad Allen talks about his debut as happily partnered P.I. Donald Strachey in Here TV's Third Man Out and rethinking how Hollywood makes gay movies with his own production company.	Cover Story	Aug 30, 2005	2727
Pretty persuasive: fresh from edgy roles in Once and Again and Thirteen, Evan Rachel Wood tackles her darkest character yet--not to mention Jane Krakowski--in Pretty Persuasion.		Aug 30, 2005	697
Father and child reunion: best known as Rory's father on Gilmore Girls, actor David Sutcliffe explores a gay couple's longing for parenthood in "Happy Endings".	Interview	Jul 19, 2005	687
Rize.	Video Recording Review	Jul 5, 2005	292
Art dealer Kenny Goss.	Interview	Jul 5, 2005	343
Look out, word here we come! Today's young gay leaders represent the largest cultural shift in a generation. Here are six high achievers who aren't hung up on their sexuality and are determined to make a difference.	Cover Story	Jun 21, 2005	5547
Queer on the funny pages: how do you work gay (and gayish) characters into the comics without making a fuss? Don't make a big deal about it.		Jun 21, 2005	911
Queer eyes in charge: it's a neat quirk of recent pop culture that many standout movies made for teenage audiences have been helmed by out directors who made their names with unapologetically gay feature films. Why is that? The Advocate asked three guys who'd know.	Brief Article	May 24, 2005	250
Marcia Cross: desperate rumors: it's the little rumor that could: "Marcia Cross is coming out in The Advocate!" Here's how mainstream media gossips took an anonymous internet posting and had many people believing it--until the Desperate Housewives star herself was forced to deny it.	Cover Story	Mar 15, 2005	3272
The battle for kids' TV: after the Buster and SpongeBob controversies, is there a place for queer lives on children's TV?		Mar 15, 2005	960
Sex and the Kinsey guy: while sexual fluidity may attract talented actors like Kinsey's Peter Sarsgaard, it seems to frighten away audiences--and Oscar voters. The actor and his openly gay directors speculate on why.		Mar 1, 2005	2294
Bill Maher.	Interview	Feb 15, 2005	384
America's next top role models: the courageous and outrageous queens of America's Next Top Model are more than ready for prime time.		Jan 18, 2005	746
Leslie Jordan's wise sass: the hilarious Leslie Jordan, foil of Will & Grace's Karen Walker, hits the stage with Like a Dog on Linoleum, his latest one-man show.		Nov 9, 2004	456
Hell House of the stars: the freaky fundamentalist frightfest gets a production Hollywood will never forget.		Oct 12, 2004	655
Sibling revelry: the Soloway sisters prove that talent runs in families--and gay and straight siblings can be best friends.	Brief Article	Oct 12, 2004	302
Ready. Set. Logo! Will MTV-backed basic cable channel Logo change the world for gays and lesbians? You'll have to wait until February to find out.		Sep 28, 2004	574
Bare truth: as Bare: a Pop Opera storms off-Broadway, the musical's creators tell how their own lives inspired their passionate cult hit about two Catholic boys in love.		Sep 14, 2004	553
Bella Maffia: Nip/Tuck's Roma Maffia takes center stage with a harrowing pregnancy for her lesbian character, Liz Cruz.		Sep 14, 2004	357
Pride, patriotism and Queer Eye: the nation has changed quite a bit since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuted last summer, The Fab 5 talk about their role in the gay rights revolution--and how the show has affected their love lives.	Cover Story	Jun 22, 2004	3526
Kathy and Mo's wild ride: Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney are returning to their off-Broadway roots with a hilarious new show--but first there's the pro-choice march, the sick nanny, and the telltale cell phone.	Interview	Jun 8, 2004	1197
Holy high school! Meet the out team behind teen Christian comedy Saved! in which star Jena Malone carries her gay boyfriend's baby.	Interview	May 25, 2004	710
Just Koz: smooth-jazz golden boy Dave Koz comes out--fresh off his adventurous new album, Saxophonic.	Interview	Apr 27, 2004	2233
A beautiful eye: remembering superstar photographer Francesco Scavullo, who helped to define an era.	Brief Article	Feb 17, 2004	308
Stars in his eyes: photographer Michael Childers mounts a retrospective of his A-list oeuvre--and recalls his long relationship with late filmmaker John Schlesinger.		Feb 3, 2004	406
Killer conclusions: in his second film on serial killer Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield argues that the label "lesbian" was used to dehumanize her.		Dec 23, 2003	602
His grown-up Christmas list: actor-producer Chad Allen opens up about his good works, why boosting gay causes is especially important at the holidays, and the blessings he's received since coming out two years ago.	Cover Story	Nov 25, 2003	1794
Doin' it for themselves: Queer musicians join authors and filmmakers in subverting corporate distribution channels with the DIY movement.		Nov 11, 2003	609
Nun so bold: Odalys Nanin stars as legendary Mexican nun Sor Juana, who wooed a countess with poems that still live today.		Oct 28, 2003	465
I'll laugh if I want to: gays and lesbians throw a Coming Out Party on an uneven but entertaining new DVD.	Video Recording Review	Oct 14, 2003	534
Darling John: Maverick director John Schlesinger forever changed the face of gay cinema.		Sep 2, 2003	424
It's raining men: the hard bodies in the new photo collection Men would quicken any gay man's pulse. So what if the photographer, Stefan May, is straight? (Books).	Book Review	Aug 19, 2003	265
Still out for blood: his first novel, about a gay Roman vampire in love with Jesus, landed him in hot water with the religious right. But author Michael Schiefelbein is back--and so is his unholy hero. (Summer Reading).		Jun 10, 2003	421
And for his next Trick ... how Jim Fall, the out director of the sexy gay comedy Trick, went to work for Disney to make the family-friendly Lizzie McGuire Movie. (film).	Interview	May 13, 2003	445
New York love story: how one gay couple wound up on a J. Lo movie site. (On the Web).		Dec 10, 2002	233