Campers passing a silver, vintage trailer dressed in tacky decorations - those pink flamingos are really something - can't help but stare. Situated among other RVs, this one is ueber-special: It's the loaned home to Chris Carter and John Simpson, the duo "rescuing" Michigan for the third season of their, well, campy help-a-gay show, "Chris John to the Rescue!"

Hmm... Rush Limbaugh, Ralph Reed, Michigan's Citizens for Traditional Values, and folks who want more right-wingers on the bench are all going gaga over Palin. This can't be good news for gays.

It's move in weekend for University of Michigan students in Ann Arbor, and as such, Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project board President Barry MacDougall has spent ten minutes driving around, dodging 18-to-20-somethings while looking for a parking spot. Luckily, he's used to it.

History will be made September 11 when actors from Southeast Michigan's first-ever production of Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" reunite with an all-star cast of local thespians and politicians at Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre to raise money for Steppin' Out's 18th annual AIDS Walk Detroit.

Eight hours a day. Three to four days a week. Every week. Fifteen years. For Angelia McCormick, a 38yearold woman from Detroit, going through kidney dialysis was as much a part of her life as going to work, making dinner, or brushing her teeth.