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| Editor in Chief | Anne Stockwell |
| Categories | Newsmagazine |
| Frequency | Bi-weekly |
| Circulation | 175,000 |
| Publisher | Michael Phelps |
| First issue | 1967 |
| Company | LPI Media |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.advocate.com |
| ISSN | 0001-8996 |
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History
The Advocate was first published by Dick Michaels and Bill Rand, of the Los Angeles activist group PRIDE in Los Angeles in 1967 as a local newsletter titled The Los Angeles Advocate. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In 1969 it was renamed The Advocate and distributed nationally. By 1974, Michaels and Rand were printing 40,000 copies for each issue. It attracted the attention of David Goodstein, an investment banker from San Francisco who bought the publication in 1974.
Goodstein's influence
Goodstein instituted several changes to the publication once he acquired it, including switching from newspaper to magazine format. Under his watch, The Advocate fully transformed into a national news magazine covering events important to the homosexual community, including the gay rights movement, art and culture. Goodstein also worked toward reducing sex-oriented advertisements in favor of more socially acceptable ones.
Goodstein also created, with Dr. Robert Eichberg, "The Advocate Experience". Loosely based on the then-popular EST (Erhardt Seminars Training). The Advocate Experience was a two-weekend, all-day series of extensive self-realization workshops to bring self-acceptance, awareness and tolerance within the LGBT community. Goodstein and Eichberg facilitated the workshops for much of their duration.
Goodstein's later editorials reflected his years as a participant in the LGBT community's fight for civil liberties. For example, during the AIDS epidemic, he remained strongly opposed to state intervention. He argued even through "our lifestyle can become an elaborate suicidal ritual, . . . our safety and survival depends on each of us and our individual behaviour," as opposed to government public health regulations (Advocate, March 18, 1982, page 6). Some of his critics have argued that earlier state intervention would have saved lives, and that his writings on civil liberties at this time were extreme and failed members of the gay community who contracted HIV.
Soon after Goodstein's death 1985, the magazine changed hands through a series of mergers and acquisitions, and is published by LPI Media, a division of the American premium television network here!
Contributors
Notable writers, present and past
- Chastity Bono
- Kate Clinton
- David Ehrenstein
- Steve Gunderson, politician
- Allan Gurganus
- Janis Ian
- Tony Kushner
- Lance Loud
- Ryan Murphy
- Robert Opel
- B. Ruby Rich
- Gabriel Rotello
- HeathCliff Rothman
- Vito Russo
- Tully Satre, youth journalist
- Michelangelo Signorile
- Donald Spoto
- Andrew Sullivan
- Urvashi Vaid
- Bruce Vilanch
- Kenji Yoshino
Editors
- Editor in Chief: Anne Stockwell
- Managing Editor: John Jameson
- Deputy Editor: Rachel Dowd
- Arts & Entertainment Editor: Corey Scholibo
- News & Features Editor: Sean Kennedy
- News Editor: Kerry Eleveld
- Associate Editor: Neal Broverman
- Art Director: Craig Edwards
- Photo Editor: Albert Smith
- Associate Photo Editor: Meghan Quinn
- Editorial Assistant: Michelle Garcia
Executive officers
- CEO: Karen Magee
- Vice Presidents: Lisa Barker, John Knoebel, Brett Mattingly[1]
References
- Hogan, Steve; Hudson, Lee (1998). LPI Media (formerly Liberation Publications Inc) is the largest Gay and Lesbian publisher in the United States. here! is an American premium Television network targeting the LGBT audiences Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Transgenderism Lesbian The countries of the world have a wide variety of laws relating to sexual relations between people of the same sex - everything from full legal recognition of Same-sex marriage LGBT history refers to the History of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and Transgender peoples and cultures around the world dating back A list of LGBT rights activists who have worked to advance gay rights by political change legal action or publication The Declaration of Montreal on Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Human Rights is a document adopted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 29 Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same LGBT adoption refers to the Adoption of children by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered people LGBT rights opposition refers to various movements or attitudes which oppose the extension of certain rights to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexism is a term that applies to attitudes, Bias, and Discrimination in favor of opposite-sex sexuality and relationships Violence against LGBT people queer identifying and the same-sex attracted are actions which may occur either at the hands of Chastity Bono (born March 4, 1969) is an American LGBT rights advocate writer actress and musician Kate Clinton has been an American Comedian for over 25 years specializing in political commentary from a Gay / Lesbian point of view David Ehrenstein (born February 18, 1947, in New York City) is an American Critic who focuses primarily on issues of Homosexuality Steven Craig "Steve" Gunderson (born May 10, 1951, in Eau Claire Wisconsin) is the President and CEO of the Council on Foundations Allan Gurganus is an American Novelist Short story writer and Essayist whose work is often influenced by and set in his native North Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, April 7 1951 is a Grammy Award -winning American Songwriter, Singer, multi-instrumental Musician Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an award-winning American playwright most famous for his play Angels in America, for which Lance Loud ( June 26, 1951 &ndash December 22, 2001) was an openly gay Columnist. Ryan Murphy may refer to Ryan Murphy (writer, creator of Nip/Tuck. Robert Opel ( 23 October, 1939 – 7 July, 1979) was a Photographer and Art gallery owner most famous as the man who Douglas Gabriel Rotello (born 9 February 1953 is an openly Gay American television documentary writer and producer and the founder of OutWeek Vito Russo (b 1946 New York City - 7 November, 1990, New York City was an American Gay activist, Film historian Tully Satre (born Tully Meehan Satre on May 17, 1989 in Dover DE is an American Gay rights Michelangelo Signorile, pronounced (ˌsiːnjəˈɹɪlə born December 19, 1960) is a Gay American Writer and a national Talk Donald Spoto (born June 28, 1941) is an American Celebrity biographer, Catholic theologian and former monk Andrew Michael Sullivan (born August 10 1963 is a prominent Blogger, author and Political commentator. Urvashi Vaid (born 1958 in New Delhi, India) is an American activist who has worked for over 25 years promoting Civil rights Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American Comedy writer who caught the public eye when he became a Wisecracking regular Kenji Yoshino is a Legal scholar and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 0805036296.
- Streitmatter, Rodger (1995). Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America. Boston: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571198732.
- Thompson, Mark, ed. (1994). Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate History of the Gay and Lesbian Movement. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312131143.
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