By Sharon Gittleman DETROIT - There's one dog that animal lover Kat Delph can't forget. Rosebud, a Spaniel/Border Collie mix, was discovered living in the street by the founder of Delph's pet rescue group, Home [...]

MOT holds fashion show featuring acclaimed designs of Zandra Rhodes DETROIT - Michigan Opera Theater will hold a fashion show and benefit, featuring vintage and contemporary designs by the world-renowned Zandra Rhodes, on Thursday, May [...]

By Richard Labonte "Belmondo Style," by Adam Berlin. St. Martin's Press, 275 pages, $23.95 hardcover. Most caper novels are lighthearted romps with happy endings. "Belmondo Style" ends sadly, though not badly. Most novels about straight [...]

By BTL Staff DETROIT - This month, Dignity Detroit, a predominately Roman Catholic, faith-based, diverse community of over 130 LGBT and straight believers, remembers its past as it gathers to celebrate its 30th anniversary in [...]

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: 'Everybody's Talkin'' Words hurt is moral of entertaining production by Mosaic Youth Theatre Everybody's always minding your business; everybody's talkin'. Leave it to the energetic thespians of the Mosaic Youth Theatre to strip one [...]

By Jody Valley Break the pattern and get help Q: I am an African American lesbian who is in need of help for emotional problems and domestic violence toward all of my partners. I wish [...]

By Romeo San Vicente Ellen digs 'Six Feet Under' Ellen DeGeneres will make her return to episodic television this summer when the new season of "Six Feet Under" kicks off. No, she's not going to [...]

Coretta Scott King's philosophy of non-violent social change continues to resonate today more than ever. Especially when we see violent, anti-gay activities and speech stirred up by right wing zealots. They use our lives and [...]

Photos by Ray Magdaleno Aut Bar - Friday, April 7 For a fun filled Friday night, begin the night at the Aut Bar for drinks and maybe a cute boy to really complete the night!

Photos by Ray Magdaleno Necto - Friday, April 7 What luck I have, came to Necto after the aut Bar to finish my night (or start if I met someone), and it was the annual [...]

When Lynn Cothren started working at the King Center 22 years ago, it was just a job. He had just relocated to Atlanta from his home in Fayetteville, Tenn. and to support himself while he [...]

Arizona: A legal challenge to a state law banning marriages for same-sex couples goes before the state Supreme Court later this month as the justices meet privately to decide whether to rule on that case [...]

Politics: Focus on Family demands politicians' records in judge's impeachment COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Focus on the Family is demanding notes, e-mails and phone records from legislators who voted against impeaching a judge involved in [...]

Just Out Godsend Eight years ago, Paul (Greg Kinnear) and Jessie Duncan (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) were grieving over the loss of their son, Adam (Cameron Bright), and agreed to Dr. Richard Wells' (Robert De Niro) proposal [...]

As I word-process this column my stomach -- for whatever reason of junk food consumption -- is gurgling with an astonishing insistence in the vicinity of my Mc Burney's Point. For those unschooled in medical [...]

Double Duty Across 1 Gay Republican Tafel 5 Showing a tiny opening 9 Michelangelo's Mary and son 14 His grandmother had a Woody 15 "Dyxploitation" or "Nerve" 16 More queer, but not less straight 17 [...]

By Jill Dearman Don't panic, Libra! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): On May 12, the moon close to Uranus in your house of exes could make you long for a new resolution to an [...]

By Jill Dearman Don't panic, Libra! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): You may not be able to figure out what you want from a relationship this week, but you will be able to understand [...]

Professional Theater: Candide A concert-style production of Leonard Bernstein's most inventive theater score. Presented at the Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, May 22 and 23 only. Tickets: $27 - $52. 734-994-4801. www.michtheater.org. The Chairs An old [...]

FERNDALE - Affirmations is building a new home and they'd like you to be a part of it.ÊJoin them Tuesday, May 25 from 6-9 p.m. at their Community Design Forum. Meet with their architects and [...]

Ferndale - Saturday, May 22 youth from all over the Detroit Metropolitan area will gather in Ferndale for a special Prom Night; one that recognizes and supports all relationships, not just heterosexual ones. Lesbian, gay, [...]

ANN ARBOR - The Lynn Cheney Author Non-appearance event at Common Language Bookstore in Ann Arbor netted nearly $800 for PFLAG. The event was prompted by the racy novel "Sisters" by Cheney which featured a [...]

Ê FERNDALE - Gail Broder, a national expert on HIV vaccine research studies and former Detroit area native, will speak at the HIV Vaccine Awareness Day forum on Tuesday, May 18 in Ferndale.Ê Ms. Broder [...]

On Monday May 17th in Massachusetts LGBT couples will at long last be able to legally marry. What a great day and what better excuse to have a good time? Michelle Brown, HRC - Michigan [...]

The Human Rights Campaign is seeking to get 500,000 names on its Million For Marriage petition by May 17. The petition currently has 450,000 names. In a letter to HRC supporters, HRC's Cheryl Jacques wrote, [...]

ONE Voice, Metro Detroit's LGBT Chorus invites you to its concert, "Building Bridges" on Saturday, May 22, 2004 at the First United Methodist Church of Royal Oak, located at the corner of Washington and 7th [...]

By Bob Roehr The spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its guidelines for treating that infection in gay men, but not in heterosexuals. The changes [...]

DETROIT - Dr. Selma Massey is an African American Christian lesbian and she wants the world to know it. Massey, an ordained pastor, is a ministry Renaissance woman. She is the producer and host of [...]

By Leslie Robinson Mitt Romney has a fierce case of wedding jitters. The Massachusetts governor has looked high and low and backwards for a way to prevent same-sex marriages from starting in the Bay State [...]

By Keith Orr NEW YORK - Straight people have the Oscars. We have the GLAAD Media Awards. Now in their 15th year, the media awards are a major fundraiser for GLAAD. Dinners and award ceremonies [...]

By Robert Clark Anticipation filled the air as I and five other members of Detroit's African American LGBT community made our way through a crowd of over ten thousand African Americans and their supporters. The [...]

By Bob Roehr Jamiel Terry told his coming out story in the pages of the May issue of Out magazine. As the 24-year-old son of one of the most vocal and prominent antiabortion leaders who [...]

DETROIT - The Henry Ford Hospital HIV/AIDS Program will host their third annual Spring Fling fundraiser on Friday, May 14. The event will take place at the Polish National Allegiance Hall in Hamtramck from 7:30 [...]

By Jay Kaplan Mothers Day just passed, but between now and Father's Day (June 20th), a coalition that includes the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG, COLAGE, and the National Black Justice Coalition [...]

by Terry Lynn Howcott, M.S.W. {ITAL "My choice and preference is to stay honest about what gratifies me. I'm best for my community and my city when I'm growing alongside this person who is mine [...]

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