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In The Advocate's August issue, cover girl Lady Gaga says she doesn't just support her gay fans, she's one of them. When asked if she's a part of the LGBT community, Lady Gaga said "yes" and added, "the b letter." The singer has talked about being attracted to women in the past, but her public relationships have been with men. And with such a large gay following and all the advocacy she's done Read more
James Franco is on the cover of The Advocate's October issue, and inside the magazine he opened up about his career and his latest turn playing a gay man in Howl. He's not one to shy away from creating controversy, and James admits that in the past he liked to stir up trouble when on set. Now, he prefers provoking people through his writing and art — apparently, his turn as a soap star on Read more
The Advocate Magazine celebrated its 40th Anniversary with a parrrtaaay in LA last night. The magazine's June cover boy, T.R. Knight came out to celebrate alongside his Emmy winning BFF Katherine Heigl and the cast of Hairspray. Amanda Bynes looked particularly great in her little blue dress, but seemed to be dressed for a completely different season than Heigl's hot red coat. Outside the party, Read more
Summer's just around the corner! Before you hit the beach with your kiddie clan, it's important that you know the ins and outs of sunscreen — from the oft-confusing terminology (even the FDA is having a tough time coming to an agreement on the language) to what brands to buy. Here, a guide to decoding the lingo and what bottles, tubes, and sprays are worthy of your beach bag. Sunscreen 101 Sun Read more
It's Mother's Day weekend and the talk show hosts are pulling out all the stops to remind us (and hopefully our husbands) just how amazing we moms are. Over on Anderson, the host and his own mother Gloria Vanderbilt surprised Jessica Alba and her mom with a sweet video message from the actress and healthy living advocate's husband and kids, Honor, 3, and Haven, 8 months, whom she hadn't seen in Read more
This morning, Time magazine's cover mom went on the Today show to share her views on attachment parenting and explain the story behind the cover photo. She was joined by her 3-year-old son, Aram, Dr. Sears, and Time's science editor, Jeffrey Kluger. "I understand some of the breastfeeding advocates are upset about this," 26-year-old Jamie Grumet said. "[The cover image] doesn't Read more
Although most of us associate freeganism with dumpster diving, freegans actually do advocate much more than sifting through garbage for food. Madeline Nelson from freegan.info shared with me the ideology behind their lifestyle. She says, "Not all freegans are dumpster divers and not all dumpster divers are freegans. Freegans' focus is much broader and much more political — how to throw a cog Read more
Say bye-bye to playtime boredom! It's not usually infants that get bored with the toys in their toy chests, it's Mom. There are only so many times you can play with the same rattle before Mama needs to move on. And while I certainly don't advocate confusing tots with an overwhelming variety of toys to choose from every day, shaking things up every now and then can bring some welcome change. Here Read more
We all make mistakes — we're all human after all. LearnVest shares some of the common money mistakes that women often make so readers will learn not to make them, too. Some of us handle our money flawlessly, perfectly, brilliantly, all of the time. But most of us don't. Most of us make mistakes here and there. We make some mistakes more than others, because of our personalities, or our Read more
Did you know that a woman dies every 90 seconds from pregnancy complications and 90 percent of those deaths are preventable? It's serious stuff, and an issue that's become Christy Turlington's life passion. Today Turlington, supermodel, wife to Edward Burns, mom to Grace and Finn, and founder of Every Mother Counts, an advocacy group that's working to reduce the global maternal mortality rate, Read more
