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 [...]

Communities, like individuals, experience a natural life cycle. The birth is exciting, full of promise. Early childhood is a time of rapid growth and change - just keeping up with what's going on is a [...]

Do not fold, mutilate, spindle, or staple . . . . FORM: We, the undersigned, do hereby petition the Michigan State House of Representatives and Senate to confer Honorary Second Class Citizenship on [insert name], [...]

By Matt Lum Throughout my adolescence and college education, I considered myself lucky. Many of my friends were stuck in majors at the behest of their parents studying law rather than literature, or medicine instead [...]

By Mubarak Dahir I have been amazed at the rash of gay marriage outbreaks that have been spreading throughout the country the past few months. It seems like every day there is a new town [...]

AA GPAA BALFOUR.jpg: The welded metal sculptures of Paul Maghielse are on display at the Grosse Pointe Artists Association. Photo courtesy of GPAA. Traditional gender roles bent at Primary Space HAMTRAMCK - Primary Space Gallery [...]

Barb/Kari/Susan: There is no photo with this edition; the reviewed show has not had publicity photos taken as of yet! As such, I've over-written the review to fill the space normally taken by the photo. [...]

By John Quinn CCX Parallel: Lauren Allen and Elizabeth Ladd Lee bring to life 21 screwy characters in the comedy "Parallel Lives." Photo courtesy of StarBrite Theatrical Productions. 'Parallel Lives' Skewed relations the topic of [...]

TE1 SaraLouis trumpet.jpg: Augustus Williamson brings the great Louis Armstrong to life in the musical tribute "Sarah, Ella & Pops." Photo by Carey Moreland, BoarsHead Theater. TE2 Robber.jpg: It's a knee-slapping, guitar-strumming evening with Peter [...]

It's the largest event of its kind in the Midwest. The eighth annual Michigan Lesbian and Gay ComedyFest is scheduled for April 10. Five out comedians from across the country will converge on Dearborn's Ford [...]

By Cheryl Zupan CommonLang Book Cover: Pictured is "The Gender Frontier," a book of photographs and writing by Mariette Pathy Allen, with essays by Grady Turner, Riki Wilchins, Jamison Green, and Milton Diamond, in English [...]

By Paul Harris NOTICE REFERENCE TO BALTIMORE. WHAT IS THE GATEWAY? LD2: Left to right: Aaron (Steve Sandvoss) and Ryder (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) explain the mission of the Church of Latter Day Saints in C. Jay [...]

DETROIT - What is "Speak Truth To Power?" Perhaps the simpler question is what is it not. STTP is an internationally traveled photo exhibit by Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Eddie Adams, a play by Chilean [...]

The L Word Across 1 James Merrill, e.g. 5 Stonewall Jackson's land (abbr.) 8 One who uses Will Truman's services, e.g. 14 Continent of Margaret Cho's ancestors 15 Stimpy's boyfriend, perhaps 16 ___ House (E. [...]

By Romeo San Vicente Nicole Kidman will executive-produce the project "American Darlings" in the near future. © 2001 20th Century Fox. Kidman and Lopez are 'Darlings' Nicole Kidman knows what she likes, and she gets [...]

Photos by Danielle The quest to find this years Mr Club Gold Coast brought out some handsome men to thrill and delight a very receptive audience. From presentation to talent these men gave the crowd [...]

Photos by Danielle Saturday night I walked into Score and was treated to the live rocking sound of the band Bliss. There is no shortage of energy with this band, and along with DJ Rodd [...]

Angelina Jolie stars in "Taking Lives." © 2004 Warner Bros. Just Out Dawn of the Dead The zombies have returned to the mall, just like in the gruesome 1979 cultoriginal. And, like last time, it's [...]

Over 500 people attended the 2004 Affirmations Big Bash, the center's largest annual fund raiser, on Sat. March 27. This year's theme was, "Come Fly With Us" and the event was held at the Westin [...]

By Jody Valley All in the family Q: My dad, who 63 years old, recently divorced my mom and then he came out!!!! He says he has always known that he was gay, but he [...]

By Brent Dorian Carpenter "Pain is weakness leaving the body." This philosophy was shared with me by a fellow member of Powerhouse Gym, and it's certainly one I can certify with weary joints and aching [...]

By Jill Dearman Choose love, Capricorn! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): Venus finishes up a transit in your moneyhouse on April 2, leaving you with a feeling of optimism about the future.Use your momentum [...]

By Jill Dearman Choose love, Capricorn! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): Your ruler, Mars, will be transiting yourhouse of networking this week. Mix it up with the right people and you willget where you [...]

ANN ARBOR - Eleven area cultural organizations are collaborating to present the first Ann Arbor Family Days on April 3 and 4 at a variety of venues throughout Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor Family Days will [...]

LANSING - Anti-gay Oakland County Commissioner Tom McMillin announced during a Tuesday morning call-in program on WJR 760 AM that opponents of marriage for same-sex couples are mobilizing in Michigan and plan to begin gathering [...]

DETROIT - Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center unveiled plans for a new building on March 27 at the 2004 Big Bash before a sold out crowd of over 500 people. This year's Big Bash, [...]

DETROIT - Sean Kosofsky, Director of Policy for the Triangle Foundation, is only 28 years old, but he's been fighting the good fight for ten years, seven of them with Triangle. Jeffrey Montgomery, Triangle's Executive [...]

The Triangle Foundation is urging LGBT community members and allies to contact their State Senators and Representatives and to tell them to vote NO on two bills that will have a disastrous impact on sex [...]

DETROIT - At the Big Bash, Alice McKeage received the 2004 Jan Stevenson award for her service to Affirmations and the community. While accepting her award McKeage said she felt overwhelmed. "One of the things [...]

SAGINAW - Perceptions, a mid-Michigan gay organization, and Saginaw Valley State University's Gay-Straight Alliance will host "Same-Sex Marriage: What's at stake?" a public discussion with local and state gay and ally leaders on Wed. April [...]

ANN ARBOR Ñ With the April tax deadline just around the corner, the Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project (WRAP) is holding a tax planning workshop. American Express Financial Advisor Drew Fitzmorris and Jeffrey B. Green, Attorney [...]

DETROIT - Her name may be on the building, but for the staff of the Ruth Ellis Center that's not enough. They want the feisty spirit of the late centenarian to pervade their drop-in and [...]

By Sharon Gittleman No one could ever accuse Lorraine Leroux of being a wallflower. Friends say the 83-year-old activist lived her life with style, right up until her death on Feb. 28, at age 83. [...]

Arizona: The Arizona Senate gave preliminary approval March 25 to a proposal to urge Congress to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in a 15-10 vote. The measure, which cleared the state House earlier [...]

Politics Widow of Martin Luther King gives support to gay marriage POMONA, New Jersey - The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. called gay marriage a civil rights issue, denouncing a proposed constitutional amendment that [...]

By Bob Roehr ÒLiberal activists...rogue judges legislating from the bench...and a handful of elected officials who have disregarded their own state laws regarding marriageÓ have pushed the issue of gay marriage forward, said Rep Steve [...]