Issue 959, March 28, 2006 Ro, Ro, Ro their boat! Rosie and Kelli O’Donnell take their family—and hundreds like theirs—on an R Family cruise to equal rights and a whole lotta love and fun By Anne Stockwell
Dinah divorce How one lesbian event shattered into two
Nathan’s legacy Part 2 of an investigation into a gay activist’s death and how his fundamentalist parents are coming to embrace his life and sexuality
Personal finance tips Home ownership and other ways to protect your relationship; strategies for young gays in debt; and how a reverse mortgage can help older LGBT folks to cope
Q&A Ted Kulongoski As a freshman Democratic member of Oregon’s state house in 1975, Ted Kulongoski introduced legislation to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination. It didn’t pass. Now, as the state’s governor, the 65-year-old Kulongoski is still fighting for equality.
BIG GAY FOLLOWING Willie Nelson
FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF Kelli's other partner Bruce C. Steele tells of his personal connection with R Family Vacations cofounder Gregg Kaminsky
FIRST PERSON Food and friendship Scott Peacock remembers his best friend an coauthor Enda Lewis and of their unlikely relationship
HELL IN A HANDBASKET It's my party Q. Allan Brocka compares his fun-filled thirty-third birthday party with a party-gone-wrong for his sixteenth.
BROADSIDE George Bush's reality Charles Kaiser looks at the Bush camp's decided lack of scientific evidence for their motives.
ADVOCATE GEN Q On wheels together Queers on Wheels helps young people who are gay and disabled
OUTSPOKEN Elliot Lang started his senior year with a new name and gender
Television Off the air? Q Television Network faces a financial fiasco
Film V. powerful The crucial lesbian subplot in V for Vendetta
Books War stories Sarah Waters (Fingersmith) does World War II in a powerful new romance
Edmund tells all Mr. White gets blisteringly (and sexually) honest in My Lives
reviews Summer Storm—German jocks hook up. Abigail Zsiga and A Silence Broken on CD, TV’s new Doctor Who, the book of Mordred, and Hot Picks