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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Front and center:
Church program director steps down 01
Indigo Girl oi
Lawrence v. Texas plaintiff dies 01
A conversation with Kathy Bates 33
Book details moth6r-son outing 33
NC Pride Special Section:
Baxter to receive double kudos 17
City attorney to speak at Pride 15
NC Pride directions 17
Pride weekend schedule 17
Wyatt to speak at Pride 15
Articles:
AFFIRM names new director 12
Astraea names new director 29
Bases see spike in dismissals 25
Calling all LGBT authors 38
Church plans celebration 13
ENC expands focus, nets funds 29
Ex gay TV show hits the waves 30
Film explores anti-gay rating bias 39
Gay discharges increase 24
Ghana LGBT community under attack 26
Ugandan campaign escalates 27
Features:
Second homes for vacations 47
Willi Ninja succumbs to AIDS 36
Columns:
Anything But Straight: Afghanistan 50
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Columns:
Community Cards 51 /52/53
Drag Rag: Pageant wrapup 43
Dykes To Watch Out For 48
Editor’s Note 04
General Gayety 51
News Notes: Domestic 09
News Notes: Global 08
News Notes: NC 10
Opinion: Down low 23
Opinion: New variations 14
Out and About 40
Out in Print: Fun Home 42
Out in the Stars 49
Out on DVD: Strange Fruit 45
ParaTodos 19
Q-Style: Time 53
Tell Trinity 48
Editorial Contributors:
Joel Bahr, Jim Baxter, Alison Bechdel, Wayne
Besen, Jennifer Einhorn, David R. Gillespie,
Kevin Grooms/Miss Della, J. Bennett Guess,
J.S. Hall, Jeffery Hammerberg, Cary Alan
Johnson, Robert Kirby, Charlene
Lichtenstein, Scott Long, Lainey Millen,
Donald Miller, Irene Monroe, David Moore,
Tim Nasson, Edward Norman, Steve Rawls,
Leslie Robinson, Bart Smith, Mark Smith,
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