Celebrated Mexican tenor Manuel Acosta makes Michigan debut DETROIT - The city that is home to the masterworks of Diego Rivera welcomes another young virtuoso of Mexican heritage whose canvas is the voice. Lyric tenor [...]

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: www.GoAffirmations.org Affirmations is home to nearly 150 groups every month! That's a lot of people [...]

Review: 'Fiddler on the Roof' Sun sets on season as 'tradition' finally finds its way to JET If there are two things in the world that would seem to be a perfect match, it would [...]

TIDBITS: Fundraisers around town Bring out the tropical attire for Stagecrafters' fundraiser ROYAL OAK - Stagecrafters will host a South Pacific Beach Party Night on Thursday, May 13 to kick off the opening of its [...]

By Jody Valley Ouch! Readers respond and come to the rescue Dear Readers I really blew it! In an effort to delineate between "loving someone, and wanting to make love" to someone, I failed to [...]

By Romeo San Vicente Halle Berry is 'Watching God' Fans of Zora Neale Hurston, writer and folklorist of the very queer Harlem Renaissance, have Oprah Winfrey to thank for this one: the talk-show mogul (along [...]

In recent issues we've talked about the attacks on LGBT families taking place throughout the state. The Contentious Objector Status Act, which just passed the Michigan House, allows a health care provider to refuse to [...]

ROYAL OAK - Do you ever feel like you spend more time in front of a computer or a television than you do interacting with people in your community? Do you feel that the arts [...]

Photos by Ray Magdaleno Gigi's on Monday nights are filled with hott dancers and eye candy boys!

Photos by Ray Magdaleno Ann Arbor University of MI Boys, need I say more!

Photos by Ray Magdaleno If you need a reason to get back into college, than check out college night at Q every Wednesday!

WASHINGTON D.C. - DontAmend.com, one of the leading organizations working to prevent the anti-gay Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution, was the victim of a computer hacking attack on April 29, forcing the organization to [...]

Law: Colorado lawmakers vote to change child custody law DENVER - Two days after a failed attempt to impeach a judge over a custody ruling, lawmakers voted April 29 in favor of changing the law [...]

Just Out 13 Going on 30 Disappointed when the cool kids desert her 13th birthday party, Jenna Rink (Christa Allen) makes a wish to be "30, flirty, and thriving." In the morning, Jenna (now played [...]

I haven't patience to work today's Free Press crossword puzzle as I wait for the current BTL to be delivered at The Potato Place, my favorite breakfast nook on the Wayne State campus. I consider [...]

Menagerie a Trois Across 1 Cleis ___ 6 Answer of 39-Across to "Which one?" 10 Like sex with a dam 14 One of the strings, to Britten 15 Uncommon, to Caligula 16 Treated as a [...]

PONTIAC - On April 29, holding the hand of their 21-month-old son Paul, Heidi Barnette and Angela Kurtz of Clarkston were married by the Rev. Deb Dysert, Pastor at the Divine Peace Metropolitan Community Church [...]

By Jill Dearman Wheel and deal, Pisces! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): The Sun's transit through your money house makes this a good time to get serious about work. You will have a fantastic [...]

By Jill Dearman Wheel and deal, Pisces! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): Lucky Jupiter moves forward in your house of health in early May, so be sure to treat your body like the luxurious [...]

Professional Theater: The Chairs An old man invites the world's intellectuals to his home to deliver his message of wisdom for humanity. Presented Friday through Sunday at Zeitgeist Gallery and Performance Venue, Detroit, through May [...]

By Sarah Mieras KALAMAZOO - Poised as an election year ping-pong, LGBT rights remain in the spotlight nationwide. In Michigan, community action coalitions and organizations across the state are gearing up for yet another reactive [...]

Tina Shane is our April winner of the Between The Sheets fake ad contest. Tina will receive $100 for selecting Carr Brothers Cement Company from our April 15 edition of Between The Lines. Don't miss [...]

By Brent Dorian Carpenter Party animals in Detroit have two new reasons to celebrate. Time Square, located in the heart of downtown Detroit, has once again opened its doors, launching it's "Wet and Wild Wednesdays" [...]

On Sunday, April 25, before a crowd of 130 members, Rev. Mark G. Bidwell and the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit installed a new Associate Pastor, Jennifer Adriel. Jennifer Adriel, a [...]

By BTL Staff FERNDALE - Looking for a great bottle of wine that won't empty your wallet? Simply Wine in Ferndale is a great place to start. Simply Wine, since its Ferndale debut in October [...]

In support of her fifth studio album, "Dreaming in Romance Languages," Catie Curtis brings her mix of contemporary folk, pop, and rock to The Ark in Ann Arbor on Sunday, May 9. Curtis has built [...]

Light, line and brilliant luminescence are all part of the visually exciting art exhibit of local artist Jud Coveyou, now through June 7th at the Oak Park Public Library (14200 Oak Park Boulevard). A meet-the-artist [...]

Legendary civil rights activist Coretta Scott King, a longtime supporter of gay rights, spoke April 28 at Standard Federal Bank's celebration of diversity at their headquarters in Troy. "Love is the great shortcut to success [...]

DETROIT - After this past weekend, there's no denying it: spring has sprung. And there's no better season than spring to spring into tennis. The Motor City Tennis Alliance, the Metro Detroit affiliate of the [...]

By Sarah Mieras KALAMAZOO - A tight line of more than one hundred state and local police cross Sprinkle Road on Kalamazoo's southeast side. Behind them police mounted on horseback move in creating a wall [...]

By Cheryl Zupan ANN ARBOR - Forty University of Michigan LGBT and ally students were recognized April 29 at the 9th annual Lavender Graduation celebration. Over 100 guests attended this year's event, which was moved [...]

LANSING - Michigan families will take to the Capitol on Tues. May 11 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to lobby their legislators on behalf of LGBT families. Bev Davidson of Coalition for Adoption Rights [...]

Dear BTL, The gay community has been victimized by terrorism for many years. "Hate crimes" or "bias motivated violence" are acts of domestic terrorism. They are intended to send a threatening message to an entire [...]

Dear BTL, Many thanks for your article on the "conscientious objector" bill - but that is much too polite a title. Let's rename it the "How Michigan Eliminated The Hippocratic Oath" Bill. This bill has [...]

Some singers have voices so instantly familiar you feel like they've been singing in your ear all of your life. Patty Griffin has one of those voices. Her voice defies her size and is analogous [...]

By Imani Williams DETROIT- 'She Got Game!' was proven true at Casa Maria recreation center where women who like to 'hoop' in the community got together in the first of a series of 3-on-3 tournaments [...]

By Eartha Melzer TRAVERSE CITY - Wasn't marriage, the institution, changed when women stopped being chattel and were given rights? "This wasn't a critical change," said Carey Wildie, the sole representative of the anti-gay marriage [...]

The founder of Congruency, a mediation firm in Michigan, Julie Cowie has mediated over 60 cases since completing the Michigan State Bar-approved mediation-training program in 1997. Since then, she has received specialized training in several [...]

M. Macha NightMare is a priestess and witch, as well as an author, teacher and ritualist with a penchant for collaboration. A co-founder of Reclaiming Tradition Witchcraft, and an initiate of Faery/Feri Tradition, NightMare holds [...]

DEARBORN -It has been a dizzying year for LGBT rights. Sodomy laws were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, three provinces in Canada legalized same-sex marriage, and Massachutsses will soon allow same-sex couples to [...]

By Bev Davison, MSW {ITAL Dear Journal, Ben here again. Yesterday was my 9th birthday, and my mom and I were looking at albums of all my parties. In my 1st birthday party album, I [...]

By Michael Gibson-Faith {HEADER "I am not suggesting we sit back and do nothing, but does disagreement mean we must go to war over those differences? The call to "cultural war" does violence to us [...]

By Imani Williams WASHINGTON D.C. - They came by bus, car, plane and train. Women and men from across the country crowded the mall of the nation's capital on April 25, to let their voices [...]

DETROIT - Nkenge Browner knows how desperately a gay-straight alliance is needed in Northern High School. She found out the hard way - by trying to start one, something that didn't sit well with her [...]