The US Constitution places many obstacles in the path of proposed amendments, including the requirement that each house of Congress approve the amendment by a 2/3 vote and that 3/4 of the states ratify it [...]

UMS Presents Kronos Quartet for first time in a decade ANN ARBOR - The University Musical Society (UMS) presents the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet in a program entitled "Visual Music" on Sunday, March 14 at [...]

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

DETROIT - When cities take a restrictive view on gay rights, such as Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick going on national television to talk about his distaste for the concept of marriage equality for gays, "it's like [...]

By John Quinn Review: 'Living With The Sevinsens' Improv Colony at Planet Ant - At Sixes and Sevens with the Sevinsen Siblings Never let it be said that this column is not educational. In order [...]

Ferndale playwright brings original work about women to Matrix Theatre DETROIT - "American Women - The Writing's on the Uterine Wall" is a compelling story of the glory, wonder and pain our fertility right brings [...]

By Jody Valley Metropolitan martyrdom Q: I'm in a bit of a quandary and could use your help. I'm an out lesbian mother, graduate student and political activist still sharing a house with my former [...]

By Romeo San Vicente 'Sex and the City' goes cinemascope "The End" is only really the end when a movie deal isn't forthcoming. Always remember that. Because just when you thought you'd heard the last [...]

DETROIT - The issue is spreading like wildfire across the country, and last week it landed in Detroit. On Wednesday, March 3, a crowd of nearly 170 converged upon the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building [...]

In the past few issues of BTL, there has been so much news to report about marriage for same-sex couples that we can no longer fit it in our National News Briefs column. We've instead [...]

Photos by Danielle Another night Kenny and Chris were on hand to greet all who came in the Adams Apple. With food, drink and so many friends the combination could work its way into a [...]

Photos by Danielle GiGi's 30th anniversary party always brings March in like a lion. All the glam, hot music, and a dance floor that is never empty.

By Bob Roehr Lambda Legal is launching a public education campaign to defend the American tradition of "judicial activism" and judges who are attacked by the right wing. It is called "Judging Discrimination." The announcement [...]

DETROIT - At the demonstration for marriage equality for gays and lesbians last week, Darryl Lawson and Kevin Love were first in line as a throng of six couples filed into the county clerk's office [...]

Washington D.C.: Following the March 3 U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing, the House Judiciary Committee announced that it will hold hearings in the next few months regarding the issue of marriage for same-sex couples and the [...]

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 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Katey Miller (Romola Garai), forced to move to brink-of-revolution Cuba in 1958 because of her father's work, is shy and bookish until busboy Javier Suarez (Diego Luna) teaches her [...]

GOTHAM CITY -- A press conference was held today at the stately mansion of socialite Bruce Wayne, who -- ending years of speculation -- announced that he is the famed Caped Crusader, Batman, and that [...]

By Jill Dearman Recharge, Cancer! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): The Sun close to Mercury in your house of endings and new beginnings is making you a little tense about the future. Tie up [...]

By Jill Dearman Recharge, Cancer! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): You are ahead of your time, sweetie, but you may feel like an outsider looking in, while more Philistine types seem to be in [...]

Professional Theater: American Women-The Writings on the Uterine Wall A compelling story of glory, wonder and pain as 30 women from all walks of life share their reproductive war stories. Staged readings presented at the [...]

By Dr. Kofi Adoma Kofi Adoma is a co-founder of the ALORDE Collective. A community organizer since the 70's, co-founded several organizations including Karibu House. Professionally, she is a clinical psychologist who is presently teaching [...]

FERNDALE - The Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center's 2004 Big Bash event is not just another hotel event. It's a virtual journey through time, a historical expedition of our very own gay community in [...]

ANN ARBOR - The UM Stonewall Democrats and UM College Democrats will host OUTspoken: A Forum on LGBT Issues on Sunday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. at the Henderson Room. This panel discussion will address current [...]

ROYAL OAK - Jim Domanski and Bill Thomas, co-owners of Pronto! in Downtown Royal Oak, will host a 19-hour St. PatrickÕs Day Fundraiser Wednesday, March 17 to help save the financially strapped Royal Oak Animal [...]

ROYAL OAK - Ken Jacob of Chosen Books in Royal Oak suffered a stroke on Sunday, January 31. Currently he is not expected to regain full use of his motor skills on his left side. [...]

On Thursday, March 18th, the Ann Arbor Film Festival will feature Out Night, a selection of LGBT-oriented films that you won't see anywhere else in the screening room at the Michigan Theater. The 42nd Ann [...]

Come join members of the DTMC for all-you-can-eat spaghetti with homemade Sicilian style sauce, salad, garlic bread, and a fabulous dessert table. The Pasta Fest is Saturday, March 13 from 5 to 9:00 p.m. at [...]

ROYAL OAK - If you've been singing in the shower for years and thinking to yourself, "Hey I'm pretty good" - it's time to face the music. The Mirror Newspapers and Stagecrafters community theatre want [...]

FERNDALE - After a decade of service, Friends and Neighbors of Ferndale is calling it quits. The organization, an LGBT resident's group designed to promote tolerance and respect of gays in the city, has outlived [...]

FERNDALE - Representatives from FANS of Ferndale have been invited to speak at the March 30 Affirmations Block Party. They will discuss how a group of neighbors who came together just to talk ended up [...]

By Bob Roehr Lambda Legal sought full marriage rights for same-sex couples in New York State in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan on March 5. The case is formally known as Hernandez vs. Robles. "This [...]

FERNDALE - Local recording artist Judy Insley treated about 25 lucky shoppers at Just 4 Us in Ferndale to an in-store mini-concert on Friday, Feb. 27. Insley, of Keego Harbor, is working on her debut [...]

By Gregg Shapiro On her first new studio disc in five years, a slick, eponymous commercial departure on Capitol Records, Liz Phair still maintains the energy and spirit of what made her so enthralling on [...]

Dear BTL, For many months I have had the idea of sending a brief note of appreciation for the extraordinary work you and your staff do each week in preparing and publishing Between The Lines. [...]

Dear BTL, On Feb. 24, 2004 our Michigan State House committee on Family and Children's Services passed a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Yes, all six Republicans voted in favor of it, big surprise. The [...]

Dear BTL, Does anyone else remember George Bush's campaign promises to be "a uniter, not a divider," to be a "compassionate conservative" and to support state's rights? This country is more divided than ever, we've [...]

Dear BTL, Just a note to say thank you for publishing the Pride Source Directory and to share a success story! When the heating season began last October, I began having some intermittent problems with [...]

DETROIT - Oops! We made a big mistake last week in our Raves 'n Rants announcements regarding Menjo's in Detroit, which won runner up for Favorite LGBT Dance Club. We wrote that Menjo's may be [...]

LANSING - Supporters of the anti-gay marriage amendment to the Michigan Constitution failed to get the 73 votes in the House of Representatives necessary to pass the resolution. The Michigan House of Representatives voted on [...]

Marriage Black marriage event to be held The National Black Justice Coalition, Gay Men of African Descent and New York City Councilman Philip Reed will lead a press conference and rally at 1 p.m. on [...]

Tony Manson is a busy man. A graduate of Ferris State University, he has an associates degree in cosmetology and a bachelors in retail marketing, both of which he puts to work for him every [...]

Dear Mr. President, Recently you have emerged on the world stage as the self-appointed spokesperson for heterosexual marriage and all that it represents. Clearly your mission is to protect the sanctity of marriage by denying [...]

By Imani Williams DETROIT - On Friday, Mar. 5, a multiracial, multicultural, intergenerational conversation took place between the LGBT community and straight allies. The buzz at the Anti-Racism conference hosted by Wayne State University's LGBT [...]

By Imani Williams Overtly aggressive, bitch, wanna-be man - these are some of the words used to describe strong women in general and a lot of lesbians specifically. With girls banding together for protection to [...]

By Brent Dorian Carpenter Dear Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, "It's a Jesus thang?" This is the explanation you are offering to the 950 thousand constituents of the City of Detroit Ñ and the untold tens of [...]

By Shea Howell In an effort to solidify the right wing base that brought him to power, George Bush announced his support for a U.S. constitutional amendment barring same sex marriages. Bush's effort to court [...]

By Bob Roehr Portland, Oregon became the newest epicenter of gay nuptials when Multnomah County began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on March 3. Portland residents Mary Li, 40, and Rebecca Kennedy, 42, were [...]