Issue Archive for the Week of
Jun 24 -
30,
2004
Vol. 13, No. 41
Pullout
Six Gay Men and Lesbians Who Found a Refuge in Seattle
By Christopher Frizzelle and Amy Jenniges
For Thousands of Gay and Lesbian Teenagers All Over the World, Cyberspace Is the First Refuge
Growing up in the heartland was less traumatic 20 years ago than it is today. Go west, young homos. Or east. But get out.
By Hank Stuever
Despite the passage of the most restrictive, appallingly bigoted anti-gay law in the country, this newly minted Virginian plans to stay and fight.
Instead of pushing for a national solution on issues like gay marriage, American gays and lesbians should accept that some states will be better places for us than others--at least for now.
A Militant Gay Humanist Outlines a Path of Instructive Destruction Through a Nation Divided
By David Schmader
Dos & Don'ts & More Don'ts for Gay Boy Refugees
By Nate Lippens
Welcome, Young Lady, and Good Luck
When a county in rural Tennessee made national news by attempting to make homosexuality illegal, a local lesbian decided to host the Rhea County's first gay pride celebra- tion. She wound up paying a high price.
By Amy Jenniges
Want to change the debate over gay rights? Leave the Big City and Go Rural, Young Queers.
By Trisha Ready
If you're feeling oppressed you're not paying attention. A little perspective for ñpersecuted" American queers.
Parties, Marches, Art Shows, and more Parties--Places We Are Definitely Wanted This Week
One Homo's Journey Through Gay-Free Rural America—Land of Fractured Families, Methamphetamine Abuse, Underground KKK Dens, and Really Bad Hair
By Eli Sanders
News
Landlord Prohibits Anti-Bush Poster, Tenant Takes It to the Streets
By Amy Jenniges
A Survey of This Year's Initiatives
By Josh Feit and Sandeep Kaushik
Neighbors Wary of Pit-Bull Training
By Amy Jenniges
And Reveals His Strategy for Victory
By Sandeep Kaushik
Hotheads and Potheads
By Erica C. Barnett
Dance Lesson
By Josh Feit
Music
Melissa Auf der Maur Steps Out Solo
By Jennifer Maerz
Helio Sequence's Compound Pop
By Kathleen Wilson
Big Business Bust Out
By Jennifer Maerz
The Legendary Pink Dots Round Out a Quarter Century
By Marjorie Skinner
A Literary Scholar Takes On Bob Dylan
By Kathleen Wilson
Knight and Day
By Jennifer Maerz
Hot and Hotter
By Kathleen Wilson
Hiphop Turned Up
By Larry Mizell Jr.
FUNKSToRUNG
By Dave Segal
Roots & Americana
By Nate Lippens
Experimental Musics
By Christopher DeLaurenti
By Christopher DeLaurenti
Free For All
By Megan Seling
Film
Michael Moore Pulls Off a Brilliant Bush Assassination
By Sean Nelson
'Control Room' Exposes the Pitfalls of Modernization
By Charles Mudede
Bin Laden Wouldn't Hit Back
By Charles Mudede
Cover Art
Columns
The Week in Review
By David Schmader
Viva La Olsen Difference!
By Wm. Steven Humphrey
Ch-Ch-Changes
By Mistress Matisse
Ostensible Blondes
By Adrian Ryan
Visual Art
Moments Before Pioneer Square's Renaissance
By Emily Hall
Books
Bette Davis, Freddie Mercury, and the Poets Who Adore Them
By Tom Nissley
Theater
Playing in the Shallow End
By Bret Fetzer
Cabaret Terrorists Kiki & Herb Bring the Noise
By David Schmader
Restaurants
Food for Drunks, Nappers, and Others
By Sara Dickerman
Sex and This City
By Jennifer Maerz