DSO Pops invites audiences 'home for the holidays' at The Max! DETROIT - Coming home for the holidays has a whole new meaning for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this year. The DSO has recently taken [...]

By John Quinn Sacre bleu! Man the barricades, the French have returned! We should count our blessings. At Christmas, some people get fruitcake; Detroit gets "Les Miserables." This is the show's eighth visit to the [...]

Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center 195 West Nine Mile, Ferndale, MI 48220 Phone: 248-398-7105 Fax: 248-541-1943 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.GoAffirmations.org Affirmations is home to nearly 150 groups every month! That's a lot of people [...]

LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm wants Michigan to become a lot cooler, and the LGBT community has to be involved in helping Detroit and the state's other urban areas get some cool. She said that [...]

There are no miracles in JET comedy - only fine theater Have you ever been to a meeting where everyone else seemed to know something that you didn't? And because of that, you felt one [...]

By Jody Valley Love stinks Q: I am so embarrassed that I can't seem to talk with anyone about my problem. I know I need to talk because that is the way I process problems [...]

By Romeo San Vicente Chester set to 'save' Gant You know you're not satisfied seeing "Queer as Folk" hottie Robert Gant confined to the small screen. You want more. You want bigger. And soon you'll [...]

Photos by Danielle A full house was on hand to greet this years Miss Inuendo. The Club rocked as the audience cheered for each contestant and was thrilled as this years winner was crowned.

Photos by Danielle The 29th anniversary of Menjos brought out many to toast Jimmy and staff. Lots of stories, many memories always someone new to meet.

Politics Republican legislator to introduce anti-gay bill RICHMOND, Va. - Republican Del. Robert G. Marshall said he will introduce a bill in the upcoming General Assembly session that would prevent Virginia from recognizing civil unions [...]

Thursday Friction with Tom Newman at The Works. Rumors Nightclub hosts College night with DJ Gemini in Grand Rapids. Latino Night comes to the R&R Saloon with $1 cover. Get Thirsty with X-Cel at Thirsty [...]

Just Out Honey Aspiring dancer/choreographer Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) appears to be on the fast track to stardom when her moves come to the attention of hot hip-hop video director Michael Ellis (David Moscow). With [...]

I received two interesting e-mails since the last issue of BTL. The first is from a college student who's doing a research paper on homophobia. He wants further information on the Southern Comfort Baptists. "They're [...]

By Jill Dearman Practice creativity, Sagittarius! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): Mercury and Venus in your career sector are bringing you luck at work. But you have to work hard to make that luck [...]

By Jill Dearman Practice creativity, Sagittarius! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): The moon in your house of serious relationships over the Dec. 19-21 weekend could bring you the emotional breakthrough you've been waiting for. [...]

Professional Theater: A Christmas Carol Meadow Brook's management may have changed, but their annual holiday classic hasn't! Presented Wednesday through Sunday at Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester, through Dec. 21. Tickets: $28 - $38. 248-377-3300. http://www.mbtheatre.com. [...]

Here are the agencies that received grant money from Steppin' Out AIDS Walk Detroit: Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (A.C.C.E.S.S.) Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center AIDS Consortium of S. E. MI [...]

By Sharon Gittleman ROYAL OAK - Last September, thousands marched through the streets of Royal Oak to raise money for people with HIV, at the annual Steppin' Out AIDS Walk Detroit fundraiser. Last week their [...]

By Robert Nesti Tony Kushner once said that "Perestroika," the second half of "Angels in America," is a much different work than "Millennium Approaches;" and it is. More hopeful and anticipatory, it is a cosmic [...]

By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Black Justice Coalition announced a nationwide campaign to generate support for marriage equality for the GLBT community among African Americans. It came at a news conference at [...]

A state elections panel has given the go-ahead to a group opposing affirmative action to circulate petitions in Jan., the Detroit Free Press reported. The group, calling itself the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, hopes to [...]

Detroit Lions President Matt Millen has apologized for an anti-gay epithet he made to a former Lions and current Kansas City Chiefs player Johnnie Morton. The incident occurred shortly after the Lions lost a game [...]

LOS ANGELES - The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced the nominees for its 15th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Among the nominees: HBO's acclaimed film "Angels in America," Bravo's hit reality series "Queer Eye [...]

AMHERST, MA - The San Francisco Equal Benefits Ordinance advanced the equal treatment of employees with domestic partners with a minimum of red tape and costs to the city, according to "Contracts with Equality," an [...]

ATLANTA - The Military Education Initiative is a new, Atlanta-based, national non-profit project whose mission is to open a dialogue on the topic of gays in the military with America's 27 plus million military Veterans. [...]

ANN ARBOR - In January 2002, TransGender Michigan developed "LeT's ChaT AbouT...," a traveling, topic-specific discussion forum, to discuss topics pertinent to Michigan's transgender communities. On the forum's first anniversary, TransGender Michigan will again feature [...]

DETROIT - The Triangle Foundation will hold their Annual Dinner Event Sunday, May 2, 2004 at the Ford Conference and Event Center located at 1151 Village Road in Dearborn. The Triangle Foundation will present their [...]

JACKSON - PFLAG Jackson is seeking creative people to submit designs for the organization's official logo. Submissions could be a simple sketch, or a computer graphic. Send entries (multiple submissions accepted) to: PFLAG Jackson, Box [...]

LANSING - On Dec. 9, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm appointed two openly gay men to the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Steve Horn of Beverly Hills and John Stryker of Kalamazoo were named [...]

By David Coulter I had the special honor of receiving the Political Involvement award at last month's Human Rights Campaign dinner. Since I've only been a politician for a short time, it was a new [...]

By Sharon Gittleman SYLVAN LAKE - Many LGBT people, of a certain age, know the loneliness and anger that comes from feeling isolated and alone. Today, there are gay and lesbian people in our community [...]

For many of us in the LGBT community, getting the Bush Administration the hell out of office would be the greatest gift we could ask for this holiday season. After all, LGBT folk tend to [...]

By Kevin Riordan Book Review: "They Say She Tastes Like Honey" by Michelle Sawyer, Alyson Books ANN ARBOR - Macy Delongchamp has a name worthy of a "Sex and the City" heroine, and the style [...]

In the Dec. 4 issue of BTL, the article regarding Kimya Ayodele's group for African-American lesbian moms ("Support group planned for lesbian moms of color" p. 6) omitted the email address to contact for more [...]

Dear BTL, Would it be considered inappropriate for an ambiguously straight 50-something, recovering former Baptist church lady to send a love note/thank you letter to Mr. Charles Alexander? Ok, then, I will. Each time I [...]

Dear BTL, The youthful illogic of Bretton Barber in his diatribe on age discrimination ("No legislation without representation," Dec. 4) is very obvious. In this day and age of many single parent families, it is [...]

Dear BTL, A very common but seriously misplaced comma error in Charles Alexander's column of 4 December 2003. The correct title of the carol is "God rest ye Merry, Gentlemen." The comma comes after merry, [...]

The Genessee County Board of Commissioners voted 6-3 Dec. 3 to table an anti-gay marriage resolution similar to the ones passed in Oakland, Jackson, Monroe, and Lapeer counties. The resolution supports amending the Michigan Constitution [...]

EAST LANSING - It was very quiet in the museum at the Michigan State University, and there was no one to greet me when I entered the exhibit "Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945." Instead I [...]

ANN ARBOR - The treasurer of PFLAG-Ann Arbor has resigned amid an audit and allegations of misappropriation of funds. According to an item in their December newsletter, PFLAG-Ann Arbor's phone had been disconnected, their post [...]

By Sharon Gittleman ROYAL OAK - At one time, people with AIDS had to battle more than their illness. Men, women and even children with HIV were treated like lepers - people whose condition placed [...]

By Imani Williams FERNDALE - Unity Fellowship Church of Detroit recently honored Rev. Darren McCarroll for seven years of service to the faith community. A sold-out celebration dinner was held at Le Cafethe' House in [...]

By Joe Kort, MSW Just recently, I've become even more political. For years, people labeled me political because of my being "out" as a gay man. But primarily, my reasons for being so out have [...]