Adam Sandel, The Advocate

Adam Sandel

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Past articles by Adam:

Way Out West!

A girl and her gays go West in a cowboy comedy. → Read More

40 Pop Works of Art by Richard Amsel

In movie posters, magazine and album covers, Richard Amsel merged artistic styles of many eras to capture the spirit and personalities of the stars and their work. The Amsel tribute website created by → Read More

We Made Lily Tomlin Cry

The out comedy legend opens up about her acclaimed film Grandma, tears up over LGBT progress, and explains why it's important to never call Bette Midler a douche bag. → Read More

60 Homoerotic Movie Posters

Whether a film is targeting a gay or lesbian audience, exploring a queer theme, or simply featuring a lot of flesh to sell tickets, these posters have the power to seduce. → Read More

Hey, Hollywood: Queer Films Can Be Big Box Office

Hollywood’s reluctance to feature LGBT characters and themes ignores these top 15 queer box office hits. → Read More

#TBT: Hollywood Hunks Laid Bare: 1920s-1930s

Ever since the silent film era, Hollywood beefcake photos have titillated both female and gay male fans. Here we begin our series celebrating gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearing next to nothing at all. → Read More

Web Series 'Paper Boys' Has a Novel Protagonist: A Gay Asian Guy

A multi-ethnic series captures 20-somethings and San Francisco with a touch of magic. → Read More

'Brokeback Mountain': The 10th Anniversary of a Gay Classic

Writer-producers Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana talk about creating a masterpiece, being robbed of that Best Picture Oscar, and why Hollywood is still afraid of gay-themed films. → Read More

All-Transgender Modeling Agency is Set to Launch

Apple Model Management L.A. is ready to trans-form the modeling industry as the world’s first agency to represent all-transgender models. → Read More

27 Transgender Film and TV Portrayals That Helped Turn the Tide

Forty years of influential performances, from Dog Day Afternoon to The Crying Game to Transparent. → Read More

Gay Wedding Advice for Gays and Straights

Now that marriage equality is the law of the land, a few questions must still be answered. → Read More

21 Best (and Worst) Queer Movie Villains

LGBT movie villains have evolved over time — for better and for worse. → Read More

Tab Hunter Tells All

The great screen heartthrob of the 1950s sets the record straight by coming out as gay in Tab Hunter Confidential. → Read More

15 Visions of Marriage Equality in Entertainment

Pop culture's take on same-sex marriage has been groundbreaking, moving, and often hilarious. → Read More

13 Frameline Films You Can't Miss

The San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival opens Thursday. → Read More

13 LGBT Soap Characters That Broke New Ground

Daytime dramas have struggled to keep up with the times, but lately they're getting it right. Soaps are not only introducing LGBT characters, they're even giving them love lives, too. Check out soap's groundbreaking queer characters on the next pages. → Read More

11 Tony Awards Musical Numbers We Love

On Broadway’s biggest night, these musical numbers stopped the show. → Read More

15 Queer Documentaries That Helped Define Us

These fine films tell us where we’ve been and where we’re going. → Read More

18 Camp Classic Musicals That Make Us Sing

Nothing inspires gay fans more than camp classics, and no movie genre is more campy than musicals. → Read More

18 Camp Classic Musicals That Make Us Sing

Nothing inspires gay fans more than camp classics, and no movie genre is more campy than musicals. → Read More