<!--paging_filter--><p>Anderson Cooper won $50,000 for the <a href="http://www.thetrevorproject.org/">Trevor Project</a>, the LGBT teen suicide prevention organization, when he competed on <em>Jeopardy </em>Friday night.</p>
<p>The CNN anchor matched his knowledge against against <em>New York Times</em> columnist Thomas Friedman and NBC White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell during the game show's Power Players week.</p>
<p>Watch Cooper compete on <em>Jeopardy</em> and discussing winning below.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/television/2012/05/19/watch-anderson-cooper-wins-jeopardy-trevor-project" target="_blank">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/dHQAUI1Tsdo" height="1" width="1" />
<!--paging_filter--><p>Dara McDowell, a candidate for mayor of Covington, Kentucky and an ex-gay mother of eight, whose platform including fighting the "homosexual agenda," has dropped out of the race May 15, reports website <a href="http://www.back2stonewall.com/2012/05/anti-gay-kentucky-mayoral-candidate-drops-race-massive-outcry-citizens.html">Back2Stonewall</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.advocate.com/politics/politicians/2012/05/19/antigay-and-exgay-mayoral-candidate-drops-race" target="_blank">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/O4MHo9ccxk8" height="1" width="1" />
<!--paging_filter--><p>To celebrate President Obama's support of marriage equality, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel posed the question "have you ever had a gay experience" to pedestrians outside his Hollywood studio.</p>
<p>Watch answers to the question below.</p>
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<p>John Fiala, a former Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy at gunpoint, has been convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill the boy, <a href="http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2012/05/ex-priest-accused-of-hiring-hit-man-to-kill-abuse-accuser-testifies-he-thought-his-life-was-in-danger.html/">reports Dallas News</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.advocate.com/society/religion/2012/05/19/former-priest-convicted-trying-hire-hit-man-kill-boy-who-accused-him" target="_blank">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/C9jleyK5SY0" height="1" width="1" />
<!--paging_filter--><p>Jake Shears, the out frontman for the dance quintet Scissor Sisters, says his band is indebted to the music of Donna Summer, which he says was the soundtrack of the gay liberation movement, during an interview with Britain's Channel 4 news.</p>
<p>"We owe a ton to Donna Summer, as do so many others," Shears says of the late recording artist whose hits such as "Hot Stuff" and "I Feel Love" helped define the era following the Stonewall riots.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2012/05/19/jake-shears-donna-summer-provided-soundtrack-gay-liberation" target="_blank">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/iwN9amk6lGs" height="1" width="1" />
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WATCH Anderson Cooper Wins Jeopardy For Trevor Project
<!--paging_filter--><p>Anderson Cooper won $50,000 for the <a href="http://www.thetrevorproject.org/">Trevor Project</a>, the LGBT teen suicide prevention organization, when he competed on <em>Jeopardy </em>Friday night.</p> <p>The CNN anchor matched his knowledge against against <em>New York Times</em> columnist Thomas Friedman and NBC White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell during the game show's Power Players week.</p> <p>Watch Cooper compete on <em>Jeopardy</em> and discussing winning below.</p> <p><a href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/television/2012/05/19/watch-anderson-cooper-wins-jeopardy-trevor-project" target="_blank">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/dHQAUI1Tsdo" height="1" width="1" />
Antigay and Exgay Mayoral Candidate Drops From Race
<!--paging_filter--><p>Dara McDowell, a candidate for mayor of Covington, Kentucky and an ex-gay mother of eight, whose platform including fighting the "homosexual agenda," has dropped out of the race May 15, reports website <a href="http://www.back2stonewall.com/2012/05/anti-gay-kentucky-mayoral-candidate-drops-race-massive-outcry-citizens.html">Back2Stonewall</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.advocate.com/politics/politicians/2012/05/19/antigay-and-exgay-mayoral-candidate-drops-race" target="_blank">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/O4MHo9ccxk8" height="1" width="1" />
WATCH Jimmy Kimmel Asks Have You Ever Had A Gay Experience
<!--paging_filter--><p>To celebrate President Obama's support of marriage equality, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel posed the question "have you ever had a gay experience" to pedestrians outside his Hollywood studio.</p> <p>Watch answers to the question below.</p> <p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/GvVFRoIAS3Q" height="1" width="1" />
Former Priest Convicted to Trying To Hire Hit Man To Kill Boy Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault
<!--paging_filter--><p> </p> <p>John Fiala, a former Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy at gunpoint, has been convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill the boy, <a href="http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2012/05/ex-priest-accused-of-hiring-hit-man-to-kill-abuse-accuser-testifies-he-thought-his-life-was-in-danger.html/">reports Dallas News</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.advocate.com/society/religion/2012/05/19/former-priest-convicted-trying-hire-hit-man-kill-boy-who-accused-him" target="_blank">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/C9jleyK5SY0" height="1" width="1" />
Jake Shears Donna Summer Provided Soundtrack To Gay Liberation
<!--paging_filter--><p>Jake Shears, the out frontman for the dance quintet Scissor Sisters, says his band is indebted to the music of Donna Summer, which he says was the soundtrack of the gay liberation movement, during an interview with Britain's Channel 4 news.</p> <p>"We owe a ton to Donna Summer, as do so many others," Shears says of the late recording artist whose hits such as "Hot Stuff" and "I Feel Love" helped define the era following the Stonewall riots.</p> <p><a href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2012/05/19/jake-shears-donna-summer-provided-soundtrack-gay-liberation" target="_blank">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdvocatecomDailyNews/~4/iwN9amk6lGs" height="1" width="1" />
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Shedonism: Rumor has It
May 5th, 2011
There is no doubt about it—this one’s for the ladies. On the heels of Vegas’ LGBT Pride festival’s rescheduling from May to September, a new homegrown event will bring thousands of women to Rumor resort for the inaugural Shedonism party weekend, Sept. 15-19.