In the Closet: Stellar Style Pieces for Spring
The purge is upon us. Not the one that results in the loss of limbs and life, but rather the return of annual spring cleaning, the collective load-shedding opportunity to...
There Goes Your Money: From Madonna to Beyoncé, the 2023 Detroit Concert Season Has a Gay Icon for Everyone
There’s a distinctly powerful feminine energy emanating from Southeast Michigan these days as a slew of women artists have announced their upcoming tours. There’s a woman for everyone, from long-established...
Is Kim Petras the First Trans Woman to Win a Grammy? Well, Actually…
When openly trans woman Kim Petras took home a Grammy for best pop duo/group performance alongside openly non-binary queer musician Sam Smith, it was a historic moment. Few openly trans...
Turn The Winter Gray Gay with New Music By These Michigan-Based Queer Artists
February in Michigan means lots of cold, gray days, but these rising Michigan-based queer musicians are pumping out new tunes sure to warm and brighten the season. Each artist...
Queer Things to Do: Commemorate Black History Month, Draw Nude Models, Find Trans-Masc Support
February is an excellent time for self-reflection and community connection. With the worst of winter in the rear-view, it’s not too soon to look ahead to the brighter, warmer days...
Queer Things to Do: Bask in Art, Learn Stand-Up, Support a Good Cause For Black History Month
February is Black History Month, a time to honor Black lives and culture. This month, bask in the undefinable opulence that is the artist Dion, watch a documentary about trailblazing...
Queer Things to Do: Get Tickets for the Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Perform at an Open Mic, See a Cirque Show
Well, you’ve made it through another year of Super Weird and Unsettling American History. Well done, you! Why not wrap up another year of adventure with a Cirque du Soleil...
Vince Kelley Left Michigan. When He Came Back, He Found a Family Who Changed Everything.
When the Ringwald Theatre’s “Who’s Holiday” star Vince Kelley took his first steps into the big wide world after high school nearly 20 years ago, he couldn’t have predicted who...
Pop That Cork! The Ringwald Theatre’s First Season at Affirmations Just Might Be Their Queerest Yet
The Ringwald Theatre has announced its much-anticipated 2021-2022 season, the first in their new performance space at Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center. While the physical location of the theater has changed,...
The State of Local Theater Amidst COVID-19
While it will be impossible to tell the full impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the arts until it is over, it has been almost a year since most...
Queer Sports in Michigan: Where Camaraderie and White Claw Come Together
Like a lot of queer boys, Ben Rubinstein steered clear of the locker room in middle school, afraid that he would be teased for being an overweight kid. Whatever it...
Out NFL Bisexual Ryan Russell Just Wants to Play
LOS ANGELES — It was a long two days. NFL free agent Ryan Russell came out twice in a personal column on ESPN on Aug. 29 and during the subsequent whirlwind...
Out of ‘The OutField’
More than 10 years ago, I wrote my first “OutField” column. The goal was to offer a mix of stories: national events and trends; profiles of athletes, from high profile...