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Contributors
Your Letters
Letter From the Editor

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Film
A sexy queer boy explores intergenerational love in a controversial new movie; reviews of The Royal Tenenbaums, Princesa, Eban and Charley, American Adobo, and The Business of Strangers.
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Books
Reviews of Michael Craft, Mark Doty, and Stephen D. Moore; a book that cracks the Hollywood closet



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Music
A hot gay rapper with a phat new album takes on the hip-hop establishment—and Eminem; Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming discuss a holiday album benefiting AIDS sufferers and victims of the September 11 attacks; reviews of new albums from Kittie, Kiki and Herb, Derrick Carter, and more.
32–36 Art+Design
A lesbian artist makes distinctive sculptures of surprising body parts; one of the gay greats at Disneyland presents two new spectacles.
38 People
In tribute to those who died on September 11 and over the past year, Out recognizes those who made a difference in gay and lesbian lives.

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Laurie Stone looks at the Taliban’s gender-related bioterrorism.
Kirk Read offers a small-town gay survival guide.
Richard Kaye wonders whether Abraham Lincoln was really queer.
Michael Musto talks about Christmas trees with John Waters.

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Out 100
From heroic New York firefighter Tom Ryan to Queer as Folk fun-lovers Randy Harrison and Peter Paige, from Ellen and Melissa to pioneering attorney Mary Bonauto, from the glitziest beauties to the grittiest advocates, we give you the greatest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender success stories of 2001—and an exclusive Queer as Folk preview to boot.
86 Straight Allies
Out presents its Heterosexual Heroes: 2001—Steven Spielberg, Javier Bardem, Nicole Miller, Camryn Manheim, and others.
88 Hall of Shame
This year’s edition includes not only the Revs. Falwell and Robertson but athletes, singers, and a few politicians as well.

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Calendar Le Bal des Boys in Montreal, Divine Design in L.A., and more
Holiday Gift Guide Choices for the kings and queens in your life
The List Celebrities tell us who tops their personal Out 100.
Advice by Cynthia O’Neal: Are all gay men sluts?
Horoscope by Starla: Tammy Lynn Michaels and other Sagittarians
Scene Photos from Target for Friends, Gay Day at Disneyland, and more