Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Anti-gay U.S. Rep. Schrock announces retirement after being outed RICHMOND, Va. - Republicans were scrambling to find a replacement candidate after U.S. Rep. Edward L. Schrock announced his retirement amid allegations [...]

By Brent Dorian Carpenter I have probably heard the term a thousand times, but never before do I recall ever making any special effort to fathom its deep, true meaning or ramifications. Since the death [...]

FIA presents 'The Life of an Artist' film series FLINT - A new season of the Flint Institute of Arts' popular Art ˆ la Carte series kicks off in September with five videos focusing on [...]

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This week: Barbara PaytonFri. 9/3/04 9 p.m.Arts Beats & Eats Festival, Pontiac B52's Fri. 9/3/04 8:45 p.m.Arts Beats & Eats Festival, Pontiac Siouxsie SiouxFri. 9/3/04 8 p.m.Majestic Threatre, Detroit The FagsSat. 9/4/04 8:15 p.m.Hamtramck Festival [...]

Theater Profile: Performance Network Successful year gives way to an expanded Network in 2004/05 Who was it that said, "You have to keep re-inventing yourself every couple of years in this business in order to [...]

Review: 'Golf: The Musical' Fore! Laughs galore at Meadow Brook I'm not a golfer. Sure, I've knocked a few balls around over the years, but I get easily bored - and midway through an eight-hole [...]

By Jody Valley Put yourself into the equation Q: I'm writing to you because I just don't know what to do next. Here is what's going on: I've been in this relationship with "Sue" now [...]

By Romeo San Vicente Johnny Depp is so 400 years ago The way Johnny Depp has bucked conventional career wisdom should be an inspiration (or rebuke) to every actor who ever took a role in [...]

The GOP is not a very welcoming place for LGBT Republicans. The newly-unveiled party platform is the most anti-gay platform ever, stating very clearly that same-sex couples should receive no recognition of their relationships at [...]

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SOHO, the new bar of Ferndale opened on Friday Aug. 27 to many smiling faces.

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe California: A law granting same-sex couples nearly identical legal rights as married spouses hung in the balance Aug. 24 after a Sacramento Superior Court judge heard arguments on whether the measure [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Politics GOP platform takes firm stand against gay unions NEW YORK - Republicans endorsed an uncompromising position against gay unions Aug. 25 in a manifesto that contrasts with Vice President Dick [...]

ThursdayPronto 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 R&R Saloon [...]

Just Out Exorcist: The Beginning Plagued by the atrocities he witnessed during World War II, Father Lankester Merrin (Stellan Skarsgard) long ago lost his faith. He rediscovers God on a visit to a Kenyan archaeological [...]

I want to reassure my many, many, many Recovering Catholic readers that I've made good my promise to donate boo-boo bank quarters to my favorite charity, the Renegade Sisters of Mary. For my donation Sister [...]

Cats Galore Across1 "Tales of the City"'s Madrigal5 RuPaul swings them9 Blowhard's words14 Fruit ___ (gay district)15 Mishima's continent16 When actors should come17 Get ready for action18 Rod attachment19 Shaver of "Desert Hearts"20 BuCATinsky film23 [...]

By Jack Fertig Soak up compliments, Cancer! Martha Stewart would love this, if she weren't otherwise occupied: Venus in Cancer is sextile to Jupiter in Virgo, a domestic-goddess kind of lineup. Mercury in Leo is [...]

"Marriage is a mirror of God's desire for us to have intimacy in our lives. Great love between partners reflects God's love." - Mercy Gilpatric, co-founder of Marriage Coming of Age, a nonprofit organization supporting [...]

Professional Theater: Camelot Robert Goulet stars as the knight in shining armor in this Lerner & Loewe perennial favorite. Presented at the Fisher Theatre, Detroit, Sept. 8 - 12 only. Tickets: $20.50 - $69.50. 313-872-1000. [...]

By Gwendolyn Ann Smith The transgender community is a diverse one, containing any number of identities and presentations. More than this, the larger lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community contains four distinct larger categories. [...]

DETROIT - The Michigan Federation of Teachers and School Related Personnel (MFT&SRP), AFT, AFL-CIO announced today that it opposes Proposition Two, the ballot measure that would amend the Michigan constitution to eliminate domestic partnership benefits. [...]

By Dawn Wolfe LANSING - On Friday, the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked over proposed language for Proposal 2, the ballot proposal that would ban marriage rights and civil unions for same-gender couples as well [...]

DETROIT - The nation's most visible anti-obscenity organization sent an email to Jeffrey Montgomery, the executive director of Triangle Foundation, that addressed him as "Dear F*ckhead." The American Family Association is most known for its [...]

FERNDALE - With all the hoopla over Viagra and the growing demand of aging baby-boomers to have their sexuality affirmed and recognized, it's not surprising to learn that often times gay seniors are deemed non-existent, [...]

The Michigan AIDS Fund has been sponsoring the only AmeriCorps team in Michigan focusing solely on HIV/AIDS since 1997. This year, the agency needs help coming up with the portion of the per-person funding of [...]

By Imani Williams DETROIT - Rev. Selma Massey has stepped out on faith and is taking the lead as Pastor of Whosoever Ministries. The first service was held Sunday, July 11, at its new home [...]

By Imani Williams DETROIT- Sistas Providing Intelligence Creativity and Empowerment received its 501c3 in July and appointed its former Communication Director Kirsten Ussery as interim executive director. Ussery said of her new post, "I am [...]

By Sarah Mieras DETROIT - The uncertain language of the marriage amendment didn't stop the Coalition for a Fair Michigan from politicking inside the Democratic Convention last weekend for supporters. Currently deadlocked in language limbo [...]

by Dawn Wolfe ANN ARBOR - The Aug. 12 edition of Between The Lines reported that, according to Karen Bota, the spokesperson for Bishop Gibbs, Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan, no Episcopal churches in [...]

By Sarah Mieras DETROIT - Democratic Party delegates from around Michigan got a preview of LGBT-friendly candidates seeking election this fall during last weekend's State Party Convention. With just a few moments to address the [...]

They range in age from their early 20's to their early 70's and have been living their gender full-time from one to sixteen years. One thing they all have in common with all transgender folk [...]

By Imani Williams DETROIT - Precision moves, total sync and lots of energy are what one sees when watching 'bucking,' the dance art form performed locally by males and known in the black LGBT community [...]

by Dawn Wolfe On Aug. 31, Human Rights Campaign President Cheryl Jacques discussed the Republican Party's platform, divisions inside and outside the Convention and upcoming federal and state fights on marriage rights by phone with [...]

Gaydars and dykelettes, Judy Tenuta loves you and wants you to have the right to marry. She also expects you to worship her. It's a small price to pay. If you don't know who Judy [...]

COLUMBUS, OH - Theatre and entertainment companies and performers from across the country will converge on Columbus, Ohio on Sept. 9-18 for the 2004 Columbus National Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival. Hosted by Act Out [...]

Dear BTL, Camp Trans is the ongoing protest of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's policy of excluding any womyn who they can identify as transgender. I attended Camp Trans for my second year- this time [...]

Dear BTL, May I please on behalf of the Board of Michigan Equality and our executive Director Chris Swope, publicly thank the more than 130 volunteers who represented us at six Pride events around the [...]

PONTIAC - He thought he was going to learn to be a better chaplain; instead, he was confronted with the bitter truth of intolerance. On the recommendation of a friend, the Rev. Mark Bidwell, pastor [...]

Calla (Cal) Adams, the subject of last week's Parting Glances, died suddenly of a massive stroke at age 80 last Tuesday, just one day before the column appeared. Cal lived a proud, happy, productive life [...]

HRC launches Cheney ad: "What if it was your child, Mr. President?"http://www.hrc.orgThe Human Rights Campaign launched an ad featuring Vice President Cheney that poignantly asks Federal Marriage Amendment supporters, "What if it were your child, [...]

By Sarah Mieras DETROIT - Democrats from across Michigan met this weekend at Detroit's Cobo Hall for their statewide Convention. With job losses in Michigan topping 324,000 since the Bush Administration took control, rising numbers [...]

For many trans folk, being true to themselves is not only a challenging proposition; it's an expensive one as well. An informal survey by BTL of medical experts and our Trans Panel of Experts found [...]

by Dawn Wolfe In an effort to broaden our entire community's understanding of the "T" in "LGBT," Between The Lines offers this first article in a continuing series on trans life. Because ignorance is not [...]

By Mubarak Dahir Viewers, especially gay and lesbian watchers, of the Republican National Convention should be wary of what they have been seeing on TV. Even if they are, the Republicans don't want to come [...]