By Cornelius A. Fortune DEARBORN - Members of the Triangle Foundation in association with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force honored Judge Nancy Francis (probate judge for Washtenaw County), Democratic State Rep. Alma Wheeler-Smith [...]

Spring concerts feature world premiere compositions with a Motown flavor KALAMAZOO - Once upon a time, music lovers were a persnickety bunch. Tchaikovsky lovers supported the local symphony, Brubeck aficionados hit the jazz clubs and [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - Transgender Michigan and the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan's LGBT Project have convinced the Michigan Secretary of State's office in Lansing to change their policy regarding changing individuals' [...]

Tori Amos, whose ninth album, "The Beekeeper," was released Feb. 22, is bringing her Original Sinsuality Tour to the Detroit Opera House April 14. Each stop on the tour will feature "Tori's piano bar," a [...]

By Eric Stern In 2004, President Bush and the Republican Party made passage of discriminatory anti-marriage amendments a centerpiece of their electoral strategy. In an effort to increase turnout among their base, Republicans argued that [...]

Paul Varnell The Cutting Edge . . . Catholics around the world are mourning the death on April 2 of Pope John Paul II, the man who headed their church for more than a quarter [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman On March 31, the New York Times reported that conservative leaders of the world's three main monotheistic religions have banded together to try to stop WorldPride from being held in Jerusalem [...]

By Lawrence Ferber What makes a superb crossover pop/dance/R&B/hip-hop album? An artist with one-of-a-kind personality, phenomenal vocals, excellent production, talented guest contributors, and that sparkly quality the hip-hop kids (and now the Oxford English Dictionary!) [...]

"I've been concerned for decades about presidents who claim to be born again. And knowing that everyone I knew in the fundamentalist church or in the evangelical Christian church - they wanted the rapture to [...]

Professional Theater: And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank An extraordinary multimedia play that weaves live performances and videotaped interviews with holocaust survivors. Presented Wednesday through Sunday at Meadow Brook [...]

FERNDALE - La Comunidad, a local group created to provide support and advocacy for Michigan's gay Latino community, will launch a series of in-depth workshops in the Metro Detroit area to address how family, culture [...]

{BOLD FERNDALE -} Mike Neubecker of PFLAG Downriver (Detroit) will be at Just 4 Us in Ferndale on Friday. April 8 from 7-8 p.m. to sign his book "Out of the Closet Into Our Hearts." [...]

Minnesota mystery authors Ellen Hart and Lori L. Lake are headed to Michigan and are stopping by some of the community's favorite bookstores to read from and sign their newest books. Hart will be promoting [...]

FERNDALE - On Saturday, April 16, Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center in downtown Ferndale will offer its third annual Health Fair. The region-wide event, sponsored by Project Healthy Living, will give participants the opportunity [...]

DETROIT - Detroit-based Karibu House, Inc. is receiving a grant of $2,000 from the Arcus Foundation for the year 2005 to assist with funding of their new Karibu House Kollege program. The Kollege offers a [...]

FERNDALE - The Ben & Jerry's Foundation, the charitable organization established by the ice cream manufacturer, has made a $10,000 grant to the Michigan Positive Action Coalition to support its efforts to build effective grassroots [...]

On Saturday, May 21, four metro Detroit bowling alleys will host "Strike Out AIDS," a fundraiser for Steppin' Out. Steppin' Out is the organization that coordinates the annual AIDS fundraising walk in Royal Oak. The [...]

'The Big Slide Show' brings Crispin Hellion Glover to Ann Arbor ANN ARBOR - Crispin Hellion Glover will appear in his one-man show "The Big Slide Show" at the Michigan Theater on Saturday, April 16 [...]

COLOMBUS, Ohio- Registration is open for the fourth annual Between the Worlds men's gathering, which will be held at a a private campground in southeastern Ohio Sept. 14-18, 2005. BTW is geared toward adult men [...]

Review: 'Byrd's Boy' Platitudes on ice: Lost souls seek answers at the Detroit Rep It was an interesting question playwright Bruce J. Robinson once asked himself: What possibly could have driven the son of a [...]

Review: 'The Comedy of Errors' It's no error: BoarsHead doubles the comedy in classic Shakespeare tale It's no secret that working together can put a tremendous strain on a marriage. So with that in mind, [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman On April 13, students at public schools and universities throughout the country will counter anti-LGBT violence and harassment with silence. Yes, silence. Since 1996, the National Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education [...]

By Sarah Mieras GRAND RAPIDS - Anti-gay comments by one Kent County Commissioner have sparked a debate in Grand Rapids over one of West Michigan's most popular nightclubs. Located in the heart of downtown, Diversions [...]

Dog gone wild Q: I am writing to you because my partner of ten years ("Sally") and I are having a huge disagreement. It's all over a dog we recently got. This dog belonged to [...]

by Eric Resnick AKRON, Ohio - "[You] have asked a question people shouldn't have to answer," said Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman to a reporter asking if he is gay. Mehlman was interviewed after [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman WASHINGTON - A new website launched by the Department of Health and Human Services targeting parents of teenagers both discriminates against LGBT teens and provides inaccurate information on the use of [...]

By Sean Kosofsky All Politics is Loco One of the most commonly asked questions from members of the GLBT community is, "Why do we include the trans community in our work and keep adding letters [...]

LANSING - On April 1, Gov. Jennifer Granholm made a new Democratic appointment to the state's elections board after her original nominee, Dorothy Jones, was rejected by the Michigan Senate. The governor wants Paul Mitchell, [...]

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By Dr. Kevin Wang Hepatitis 101: Part Two {ITAL Dr. Wang, Congratulations on your recent graduation and current residency in Family Medicine. I have a topic for your column that you could perhaps address in [...]

This Week: Phoenix Sat. 4/9/05 Shelter, Detroit Zap Mama Sat. 4/9/05 Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit Basia Sat. 4/9/05 6:30 p.m. State Theatre, Detroit Brendan Benson Sat. 4/9/05 Blind Pig, Ann Arbor Ambulance LTD Mon. 4/11/05 [...]

Americans For Truth President Peter LaBarbera Peter LaBarbera has been a long time LGBT foe. Americans For Truth is a group that works to expose the "truth" about homosexuality, which basically amounts to some sensationalized [...]

By Romeo San Vicente Someone filmed his life tonight Romeo's favorite wardrobe-malfunction accomplice, Justin Timberlake, is about to get his name over the title for the first time in his budding movie career. The pop [...]

Outing is in the news again. Speculating bloggers and pundits are aflutter with questions of Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman's sexual orientation. Is he or isn't he? And does it really matter? Coming out [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman California: The state judge who ruled that gay couples should be allowed to marry stayed his decision March 30 pending the outcome of anticipated appeals to make it clear that [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics FMA hearing scheduled for mid-April WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign reports that Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) has decided to hold a hearing on the so-called "Defense of Marriage [...]

Just Out D.E.B.S. Spy-school seniors Amy, Dominique, Janet, and Max (Sara Foster, Devon Aoki, Jill Ritchie, and Meagan Good, respectively) are plaid-skirted teen crime-fighters for a secret government agency. But when one of their elite [...]

Diary for DST The pope is gone. (My fourth.) SATURDAY: I join Max and Rex - The Canines - at the Detroit Film Theater for Animation 2005. (I saw the 90-minutes of eight choice films [...]

Say hello to Baxter, a six-year-old tan German Shepherd mix who is young at heart. He is an energetic dog so he will need an active family that will provide daily exercise and time to [...]

Out of the Drag Queen's Closet Across 1 Guitar motifs from Etheridge 6 Clumsy come-on 10 Charles of "Threesome" 14 Gay porn director Francis 15 Uncommon, to Caligula 16 Photographer Catherine 17 What Vampires suck [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Take a step toward a 'worldwide consumer cooperative' Are you tired of wondering if the money you spend on tennis shoes is going to a company that pays fair wages and [...]

By Jack Fertig Try songwriting, Sagittarius! While Venus is lined up with the Sun, everyone is fabulous, darling! Both planets sextile Neptune stimulate spiritual and artistic brilliance until Apr. 8. Then they square Saturn, and [...]