Art & Around
Gender illusionist brings innovative program to Ann Arbor ANN ARBOR - DRED of DRED Love Experience will present her visually stimulating, thought-provoking, funky, fly, supernatural-high musical experiences on gender-fluidity and self-love to University of Michigan's [...]
Community Clipboard
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 [...]
Curtain Calls
2003 is year of ch-ch-changes in Michigan's professional theater community Comings and goings add spice to an already exciting year It was the year that rocked Michigan's professional theater community. With the announcement that John [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente He enjoys being a girl Matthew McConaughey finally knows where his bread's buttered. After the some would say puzzling success of fluffy hits like "The Wedding Planner" and "How to Lose [...]
GOTCHA at the Adams Apple
Photos by Danielle The holidays wouldn't be complete without a visit to the Adams Apple. A little conversation, some Christmas cheer, some drama, and you never know who might walk in to make your Christmas [...]
GOTCHA at The Detroit Eagle
Photos by Danielle The Triangle Foundation celebrated thirteen years of protecting our rights with a night at the Eagle. A raffle and a silent auction brought out old friends and new to raise some money [...]
Now Playing
Just Out The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) reach the end of their journey in this, the final and best installment of the trilogy. [...]
Theater Events for the period Jan. 1 – 10
Professional Theater: Forbidden Christmas A musical extravaganza that parodies all things Christmas! Presented Wednesday through Sunday at the Century Theatre, Detroit, through Jan. 4. Tickets: $28.50 - $37.50. 313-963-9800. http://www.gemtheatre.com. Glengarry Glen Ross A scaldingly [...]
Stunning Triumphs, Ominous Challenges
By Brent Dorian Carpenter Gays and lesbians carved out a new page in history in 2003, the most significant year for their cause since the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York's Greenwich Village launched the [...]
Granholm extends protections to LGBT state employees
LANSING - Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm gave the LGBT employees of the State of Michigan a special holiday gift by issuing an Executive Directive that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in state employment. Executive [...]
Letter: Gay NFL Fan
Dear BTL, I am a fan of the National Football League. I am also gay. While I am glad Mr. Millen has apologized for his comments to Jonnie Morton, I am even more offended when [...]
The marriage war of 2003
If there was one single LGBT issue that stood out in 2003 it had to be the issue of same-sex civil marriage. This past year has been one of amazing gains and unprecedented backlash for [...]
Bring It Home For The Holidays
On November 18, 2003, the highest court in Massachusetts declared that denying same sex couples the right to marry violates the state's constitution. In response to the court's fair-minded decision, anti-gay organizations across the nation [...]
Transgender Year In Review
2003 was an event-filled year for the trans community. Newsworthy events of the trans community (arranged in no particular order other than the most positive events first) included: •A February 11 ruling by Maryland's high [...]
Year In Review: AIDS
By Bob Roehr The international story dominated media coverage of the AIDS epidemic this year, thanks in part to a surprise announcement by George W. Bush in his State of the Union address on January [...]
Year In Review: Marriage begins to walks down the aisle for LGBT Americans
By Bob Roehr This was the year that gay marriage became inevitable. A concept that a decade ago was barely on the minds of most members of the GLBT community, and then only in the [...]
Year In Review: Sodomy, Santorum, and straight guys, the National Year in Review
By Bob Roehr The US Supreme Court added a fitting capstone to a month of gay pride celebrations when on June 26 it struck down sodomy laws that remained on the books in 13 states. [...]
Year In Review: Transitions
By Bob Roehr Over the course of little more than a year the leadership of most of the Washington-based national gay and lesbian organizations has changed. It marks a generational shift and the smoothness of [...]