Visual Jam Sessions 3 at ZeitGeist DETROIT -ZeitGeist Gallery presents its third annual festival of collaborative art, "Visual Jam Sessions 3," Aug. 14 through 28. "Visual Jam 3" is an "on site" marathon of collective-interactive [...]

Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center195 West Nine Mile, Ferndale, MI 48220Phone: 248-398-7105 Fax: 248-541-1943Email: [email protected] Web: www.GoAffirmations.org Affirmations is home to nearly150 groups every month!That's a lot of people and a lot of groups.Call [...]

Theater Profile: Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company New JET season to salute Yiddish theater and Jewish playwrights It was a gamble that paid off well for the Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company. The 2003/04 theater season started [...]

Preview: 'Golf: The Musical" Foursome tees off Aug. 25 with comedic look at favorite Michigan pastime Meadow Brook Theatre's managing director John Manfredi has a favorite mantra these days, and it goes something like this: [...]

By Jody Valley In search of LTR Q. I don't know if you can help me, but I sure hope you can. Before I get into the problem, let me give you a little background. [...]

By Romeo San Vicente Jodie takes 'Flight' Been missing Jodie lately? Of course, you have. We all have. But she's had kids to raise and, presumably, other things to do besides jumping into every movie [...]

Age ain't nothin' but a number, a wise man once said (and so did Aaliyah). But it's undeniable that as that number rises, so, too, do health concerns and health risks. Seniors across the country [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Idaho: The political leader responsible for the state's law prohibiting equal marriage rights is advising state lawmakers to drop their attempt to put the ban in the state constitution. "Passing a [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Politics Democrats embrace gay rights but not necessarily equal marriage BOSTON - Democrats are doing a delicate dance as they attempt to embrace gay rights but not necessarily gay marriage. Nearly [...]

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 comes to the [...]

Just Out A Home at the End of the World High-school friends Bobby (Colin Farrell) and Jonathan (Dallas Roberts) reunite in Manhattan five years after the intensity of a brief sexual relationship between them drove [...]

CHICAGO -- The sign reads 4,155 Miles to Paris; 6,290 Miles to Tokyo; 4,344 Miles to Frankfurt -- cities I'm not likely to visit soon, though I might be tempted to try out my Berlitz [...]

Fantasia Across1 School of Marcel Duchamp5 Addis ___, Ethiopia10 "Sex and the City" creator Darren14 Will off the set15 Baldwin and Frank16 Friend of Dorothy17 The Orient, to Colette18 Jesse of George Frenn's field19 About [...]

By Jack Fertig Stay real, Virgo! This week, an opposition between the Sun and Neptune opens up creative visionary inspiration, but triple-check all logic, facts, and math. Sensitivity runs high, but with tendencies to be [...]

Professional Theater: Bright Ideas Murder, mayhemÉpreschool! Some parents will do anything to get their child admitted! Presented Tuesday through Sunday at Mason Street Warehouse, Saugatuck, Aug. 4 - 14. Tickets: $27.50 - $30. 269-857-4898. www.masonstreetwarehouse.org [...]

By Gwendolyn Ann Smith At the recent Democratic National Convention, a new group emerged, speaking with their own voice about the need for their rights. For only the second time in recent years, the transgender [...]

There are two million LGBT seniors in America who are over age 60; and every year an estimated 400,000 turn 50. According to the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, that [...]

It's another beautiful, balmy July day as five gay men gather with one female facilitator in a small and rather warm meeting room at Affirmations Lesbian Gay Community Center in Ferndale. The men, who range [...]

Now that you're out as a straight ally, what else can you do? Here are some ideas. Remember, every effort, no matter how small, helps make the world a safer place for your LGBT friends [...]

By Sharon Gittleman The Royal Oak Farmers Market is more than just a place to find the freshest produce in town - you might discover the love of your life. Just ask Barry Shulman. "Some [...]

ROYAL OAK - Stagecrafters, Royal Oak's popular community theater group, will present five Main Stage, three 2nd Stage and two Youth Theatre productions during its upcoming 2004/05 season. The season line up includes: Main Stage [...]

By BTL Staff The Motor City Tennis Classic, a tournament recognized by the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Association, will be held for the first time Aug. 19-22 at the Square Lake Athletic Club and the [...]

By Christopher Lisotta Dame Edna Everage describes herself on her website as "probably the most popular and gifted woman in the world today." For almost half a century the Melbourne native and self-proclaimed "megastar" has [...]

By Rex Wockner BOSTON - While many of the 255 LGBT delegates to the Democratic National Convention held here July 26-29 expressed disappointment over presidential candidate John Kerry's opposition to marriage for same-sex couples and [...]

By Jillian A. Bogater BELLEVILLE - Bryn Geerdes has always been a cowgirl at heart. But when the Omaha, Neb., resident heard about gay rodeo, she knew it was time to enter the arena. "I [...]

"A Home at the End of the World" (released from Warner Independent Pictures and out now in select markets) is the kind of movie that makes you wish you had read the book first. Written [...]

DETROIT - The 2004 installment of Hotter Than July may not have produced record numbers, but there were other records set at some of its events. For starters, this year marked the first time that [...]

Pictured above, Senator John Kerry stands alongside community members and Governor Jennifer Granholm during a campaign stop on Grand Rapids' Calder Plaza Monday. More than 20,000 attended the mid-day rally, marking the largest political rally [...]

Minding my own business. I was sitting in a restaurant - Baker's Square in Birmingham, to be exact - minding my own damn business and conversing pleasantly with my dinner companion. Now, admittedly, he was [...]

By Sarah Mieras KALAMAZOO - They are cropping up throughout the country. Located in Arizona, Florida, Colorado and even overseas, they are retirement communities for aging LGBT people searching for an out, safe and open [...]

By Sharon Gittleman Rockhound David Schowalter has a good reason for catching the mining bug - his family has hunted for treasures underneath the Earth ever since his great uncle Will struck it big in [...]

In the fight for full LGBT equality, even the most well-meaning allies can be absent from the front lines. Too often LGBT issues simply don't come up for non-LGBT people in everyday life. Opportunities for [...]

Your once-a-year opportunity for backstage access to Detroit’s greatest theatres happens on Saturday August 7th, thanks to the efforts of Preservation Wayne tour guides and the cooperation of theatre owners. Tickets to one of Michigan's [...]

By Dawn Wolfe ANN ARBOR - On July 19, The Michigan Daily reported that rather than carrying out a planned budget cut for the Office of LGBT Affairs, funding will be increased to allow a [...]

"We Do: A Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Marriage" is a collection by Chronicle Books of photographs of same-sex couples tying the knot during the blitz of weddings that occurred across the country, the apex [...]

Photos by Imani Williams This crowd is all smiles at the Pink Ice Breaker!