#2020 Street Date: 5/17/2012

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A video message from Dave Garcia, Affirmations Executive Director
Department of Civil Rights seeks stories as Elliot-Larsen considered
Let yourlegislators know how you feel at Lobby Day
Mich. gay prisoner wins discrimination case
Motor City Pride: educate, liberate & celebrate June 2 & 3
Oakland County: Republican divide and conquer strategy breaks up core communities
Stonewall Bar Association president shares passion for LGBT law
State Senate Democratic Leader: 'Romney owes students an apology'
Trevor Thomas submits signatures to get on ballot

NAACP backs marriage equality
White House objects as House omits LGBTs from domestic violence and defense bills
Romney bullying story comes to light
Quinn strengthens his backing of gay marriage
How will gay marriage play on the ground?
FB co-founder giving up to $100K for gay marriage
Will Smith backs Obama's gay marriage stance
Gay rights backers see history in Obama's stand

VIDEO: Growing Leadership
Intersecting identities
The nurturing kind
Social activist challenges groups to create safe spaces for all
Trans and triumphant
From closeted activist to Detroit dynamo

Daughter of Cuban president leads gay rights march
Fertility treatment bans in Europe draw criticism
London transport blocks anti-gay ads on buses
LatAm gays reach high govt offices
'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq
Indian gov't clarifies it accepts gay sex is legal

When crisis calls, time to unite as one
What a difference a president can make.
Not much to pick from
BTL Editorial: The arc of justice is long
Let's do something about it
BTL EDITORIAL: 30 years, Still a crisis

Gay Running-Mate?
His Master's Voice
North Carolina Concubines
Don't Say Gay
Faux News on Rep. Allen West
Archibald Butt

Pages past tense #10
Parting Glances: Pages past tense #9
Pages past tense #8
Same-Sex Wedding Gospel
Pages past tense #7
Pages Past Tense #6

Yes he did
Marriage: We fall down but we get up
Subtext 2012: What is America to Me?
Thinking Out Loud: My American Journey
Presidential progress
Our Civil Rights Paradox

Reactions to Obama
S/he Said: Richard Grenell's resignation
North Carolina, diversity, Ellen
Rainbows and Glee
Coming out, latest research
Marriage, Coming Out

Reports are saying local LGBT communities are stepping up the pressure on politicans to follow Obama's stance on same-sex marriage. Do you think Obama's announcement could play a key role in the tide turning?
Heard on Facebook: NBC orders a gay family comedy from Ryan Murphy. The plot: heartwarming comedy about a blended family of a gay couple and the woman who becomes a surrogate to help them have children. What do you think?
Oakland A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy blasted baseball stadium's "kiss cams" for selecting two men to spark laughter as immature and homophobic. What do you think? Homophobic, or all in good fun?
Interesting follow up with the rugby player who suffered a stroke that "turned him gay." What do you think? Can something like a stroke "turn" someone gay? If so, how does that challenge the nature vs. nurture argument?
Heard on Facebook: One Million Moms outraged over a same-sex kiss in Urban Outfitters
"Bully" victory...? The controversial film is NOW rated PG-13, but at the price of censorship. What do you think?

Mitt Romney
Creep of the Week: Sean Harris
State Rep. Jeremy Faison
Creep of the Week
James Loomer
Rep. Steve King (R-IA)

Brandi Carlile On New LP, Career Epiphany and Gays in Country Music
Columbus ... Queer?
Deep Inside Hollywood
Adam Lambert Q&A: On His Surprise Sex Toy, 'Redundant' Media & 'Horrifying' Jail Time
Dancing in the D
'M. Butterfly' layers on levels of self-delusion

A Couple of Guys: I'll Drink to That
Bitter Girl: Fact-Finding Dismission
A Couple of Guys: Like It Or Not
Bitter Girl: Red-Eye or Not
A Couple of Guys: Just Let Him Go
Bitter Girl: Title Goes Here

Hear Me Out: Carrie Underwood's dramatic career-best. Plus: Rufus Wainwright goes pop
Hear Me Out: Nicki Minaj's ridiculous 'Reloaded.' Plus: Bonnie Raitt's first in seven years
Hear Me Out: Madonna fights to keep up with the kids
Hear Me Out: Dev doesn't let the sun go down on debut
Hear Me Out: Estelle returns with decent 'All of Me'
Hear Me Out: Sinead O'Connor's first album in five years

First Lesbian
Kopaid in Full
Costanza on Lesbians
What's He Doing with Her?
Mad Women
Let's All Act Up

El Nuevo Mojito
Arg! Rum!
Cocktail Chatter: The Salty Dog
I Walked (Barely) with a Zombie
Cocktail Chatter: The Rob Roy: A Wee Tale
Imitation of Life: 'The Faux de Vie'

The tears of a clown at MOT
A heavenly comedy at The Ringwald
Stormfield stomps an energetic end to its season
Good chemistry is offset by flat script at Tipping Point
'M. Butterfly' layers on levels of self-delusion
Morals, morals, who's got the morals?

Q Scopes: You'll be OK, Taurus!
Q Scopes: Be very careful, Aquarius!
Get wild and crazy, Capricorn!
Hold your ground, Leo!
Go to your room, Aries!
Think ahead, Aquarius!

Dating Diet: Love to Love You Baby
What Doesn't Kill You (Makes You Stronger)
Dear Jody: Mama Drama
Dating Diet: Williams So-No-Oh-Oh-ma
Dear Jody: Can't hurry love
The Gay with the Skinning Knife

'Dictator' least focused yet
'My Week With Marilyn' on DVD
Film's director, lesbian teen talk controversial documentary 'Bully'
'21 Jump Street' makes queer cool
Out Night returns to Ann Arbor Film Festival
'Kevin' of the corn

Book Marks: A Queer and Pleasant Danger, David Hockney, The Biography, Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War
Book Marks: Carry the One, Coral Glynn, Riding Fury Home
Book Marks: Cloudland, Don't Let Me Go, Outlaw Marriages
Book Marks: Through the Door of Life, Gypsy Boy, The Infernal Republic
Book Marks: 'Eminent Outlaws' looks at revolutionary gay writers
Book Marks: Michael Rowe's outstanding debut novel, 'Enter, Night'

Texas A&M tackles diversity
Jim Provenzano explores sports, sex and paraplegia
The Year of the Gay
Galen Dodd blocks, hits, comes out
The OutField: Gay Sports' Hot 100
The OutField: Grappling with Donna Rose