A classic summer blockbuster: the DSO at Meadow Brook DETROIT - When does tail-gaiting involve wearing a set of tails? Answer: when it's the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in performance at its favorite warm-weather concert venue, [...]

Note expanded AFFIRMATIONS listings after community center information. 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 [...]

Preview: 'A New Brain' Theater might not be brain surgery, but gay-themed musical will surely tickle the funny bone If there's a topic for a musical that doesn't sound the least bit uplifting, it's got [...]

Preview: 'Full Gallop' Run, don't gallop, to Mason Street Warehouse to see soap star Jill Larson in delicious comedy Don't be shocked, soap opera fans, if you run into Opal Gardner Purdy Cortlandt wandering the [...]

By Jody Valley Hospice is a life saver Q: This is so hard for me to write, in fact, I've been working on this for three days. My partner, "Dana" is very ill. She is [...]

By Romeo San Vicente Jude Law visits 'Brideshead' Jude Law never disappoints in fulfilling the prurient interests of his gay male fans. After appearing as rough trade in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and [...]

Things have been pretty hectic here in the BTL offices these past few weeks. It seems like we're all playing a version of the pop culture game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, only it's Six [...]

Compiled by Rex Wockner Canadians more supportive of same-sex marriage Support for gay marriage has increased in Canada after three provinces legalized full same-sex marriage over the past 14 months. An Environics Research Group poll [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Arkansas: A proposed constitutional ban on equal marriage rights is likely to make the ballot because of strong backing. Volunteers have collected more than 200,693 signatures for the proposed amendment, which [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Politics Stonewall Democrats praise selection of John Edwards WASHINGTON, DC - National Stonewall Democrats hailed Senator Kerry's selection of North Carolina Senator John Edwards as his nominee for Vice President. "The [...]

Thursday Pronto hosts "Will & Grace" with $3 pints. Friction with Tom Newman at The Works. Martini Night at the Male Box. Rumors Nightclub hosts College night with DJ Gemini in Grand Rapids. Latino night [...]

Just Out The Clearing When businessman Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) is kidnapped, his wife, Eileen (Helen Mirren), works frantically with the FBI to secure his release, while Wayne attempts a more personal negotiation with his [...]

My Toshiba TV allows me play DVDs in loop mode. (Click A at the beginning of Good Part. Click B at the end. Sit back and enjoy until eyeball fatigue or carpal tunnel syndrome sets [...]

Walk on the Wilde Side Across1 Lauer, who cross-dressed as J.Lo on "Today"5 Casting/seduction site10 Bottomless14 Drag queen's leg scraper15 Type of male16 Sondheim's " ___ the Woods"17 Start of an Oscar Wilde quote20 Give [...]

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By Jill Dearman Start living, Cancer! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): You may feel your biological clock ticking (literally or figuratively, darling) when the emotional moon enters the most kid-lovin' and fertile sector of [...]

By Jill Dearman Start living, Cancer! ARIES (March 21 to April 20): The new moon on July 17 falls in your home sector, so instead of just shopping for new furnishings, take stock of your [...]

WYANDOTTE - PFLAG-Downriver marched this year in the Wyandotte Independence Day parade, which took place in downtown Wyandotte on Saturday, July 3. The PFLAG contingency consisted of about 15 PFLAG members, one canine friend, two [...]

Little Richard and Los Lobos among the other headliners Ani DiFranco will be a headliner at the 12th annual Concert of Colors, Metro Detroit's diversity festival, running from July 16-18. The Buffalo native, who has [...]

COLUMBUS: The National Women's Music Festival (NWMF), the oldest women's music festival in the United States, will celebrate its 30th year from July 22-25 at the Ohio Union at Ohio State University. Begun in 1974 [...]

By Sharon Gittleman Two gay-friendly communities were among 20 "Cool Cities" awarded up to $100,000 in state grants, loans and other resources by Governor Jennifer Granholm last week. Ferndale and Saugatuck were given the funds [...]

12th annual event to run July 16-25 The 12th annual Windsor Pride, featuring a family reunion picnic, youth night, and bowling among other activities, will begin with a flag raising on Friday, July 16. This [...]

By Lawrence Ferber Without a doubt, Graham Norton has altered the UK's pop cultural landscape. Through his highly-rated Channel 4 talk shows, "So Graham Norton," and "V(ery) Graham Norton," the openly gay comedian became a [...]

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) nominated David Cobb of Texas and Patricia LaMarche of Maine to front the party's ticket as Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates in November at their convention on June [...]

By Derrick L. Anderson, MSW When I reflect upon my life of 49 years, it is like viewing a kaleidoscope of history in all of its richness as it unfolds from the African-American civil rights [...]

For those who have worked directly to defeat anti-gay ballot initiatives it is no secret that the campaign takes a toll on personal well-being. A recent study, however, finds that the negative implications reach the [...]

Cheryl Jacques, president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, took the helm of the nation's largest LGBT rights group in January 2004. She came to HRC after serving six terms in the Massachusetts [...]

By Bob Roehr The looming battle over the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) has prompted several activists to revive the practice of outing on the Hill. However, outing efforts to date have consisted mostly of rumor, [...]

2004 gay and lesbian consumer census looking for participants http://www.glcensus.org OpusComm Group, a leading gay/lesbian consumer marketing firm, together with Syracuse University, announced the launch of the 2004 Gay and Lesbian Consumer Online Census. The [...]

DETROIT - Voters who signed the petition in favor of putting the proposed marriage amendment on the Nov. ballot may not have been fully aware of what they were signing, according to sources who spoke [...]

And it'll be funded by 'Candy Corn' FLINT - It was a cold December day in 2000 when Antonia David Garcia angrily walked 60 miles from Swartz Creek to Lansing, but the fruit borne of [...]

By Bob Roehr The US Senate began debating the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) on Friday, July 9 before recessing for the weekend. Debate will continue, with a possible vote on July 14. Nobody believes that [...]

By Imani Williams DETROIT- "Soulfest Explosion: A Cultural Experience" will be held July 31 from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. at the Liberal Arts Gallery in Detroit. Motown's own Kalimah Johnson is back with her [...]

By Joe Kort, MSW I'm angry every time I open the paper or watch the news on marriage for gays and lesbians and read or hear some homophobe's position on it. (I refuse to say [...]

By Jamie Phillips-Fox There has been much said and written in the national media of late regarding the issue of equal marriage rights. Rightfully so, the main focus seems to be on the impact of [...]

I can remember it as clearly as if it had happened yesterday. I was standing on the arm of an overstuffed chair in my friend Judy's living room, twirling a tired piece of rope and [...]