The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

He's funnier than Jennings, sexier than Brokaw, and at least as reliable as Rather. He's Daily Show host Jon Stewart, who has given America something to laugh about during an endless presidential election cycle. Not content with making mock of current...

The past year has been sweet for Dave Navarro, Grammy award-nominated guitarist of Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers fame. Last November he married former Baywatch babe Carmen Electra; their nuptials spawned MTV's hit reality show 'Til Death...

A decade ago, Subaru--the car company that has reached icon status among gays and (especially) lesbians--had no intention of specifically targeting gay consumers through its advertising or promotions. But when the company dewed into a massive project...

After 20 years, why don't we have a treatment that could help prevent you from getting HIV? I'm not talking about a vaccine, which most scientists consider a pipe dream against a diverse and constantly mutating retrovirus like HIV. I'm talking...

In February 2004 Arizona congressman Jim Kolbe--the only openly gay Republican in Congress--issued a scathing statement attacking the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment. "An amendment to the U.S. Constitution to restrict marriages is not about...

Tired of listening to his fellow servicemen in Iraq brag about their sexual exploits while he was forced to keep quiet about his own life, Army ranger Brian Hughes left the service with an honorable discharge in August and came out to everyone. Now,...

Showing me into his tranquil artist's studio on a perfect West Hollywood afternoon, Thom Bierdz is handsome, gracious, cool, and collected. His paintings are more emotive. A lot more, in fact; they cover file walls in a jungle of piercing colors, staccato...

"Follow that car," says the gatekeeper, pointing down the entrance lane at Shady Canyon Golf Club in Irvine, Calif. Which car? The Range Rover, of course. With its distinctive lines, the mother of all SUVs is impossible to miss. At a base price just...

Callas Forever * Written by Martin Sherman and Franco Zeffirelli * Directed by Zeffirelli * Starring Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, and Joan Plowright * Here! Films There are two compelling reasons to see director Franco Zeffirelli's what-if? fantasia...

Dining last year's run-up to the presidential primaries, Democratic candidates from Howard Dean to Al Sharpton spoke openly in favor of gay equality and courted gay and lesbian voters at events big and small. Then came the Democratic National Convention...