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All Politics is Loco: Get your rights NOW … while supplies last
By Sean Kosofsky Why is everyone proceeding with such caution over the Roberts nomination? This is an emergency. Bush wants him confirmed in two months which gives little time to research how many of our [...]
Parting Glances: You can take a horticulture . . .
Somewhere pressed in my book of memories is a green carnation, remarkably fresh with the passage of time. It's there with a wrist corsage I hadn't the courage to wear to my high school senior [...]
U.S. gays cannot afford to ignore Iran hangings
By Jeffrey Montgomery, Triangle Foundation Two gay teenagers were publicly executed in Iran on 19 July 2005 for the 'crime' of homosexuality. Click here to read the full story. I hope that by now you [...]
Letter: Stop the hate from growing
Dear BTL, I am very disturbed by the story "Man kills three year old son in attempt to keep him from being 'gay'" (https://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=15090) in the July 21 issue of BTL story. I can only [...]
Letter: Distressed by child’s murder
Dear BTL, The story "Man kills three year old son in attempt to keep him from being 'gay'" https://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=15090 in the July 21 issue of BTL is very distressing. My heart grieves for the child, [...]
Ain’t nobody’s business if you do
Dear BTL, Re: John Corvino's column "Glass closets" from the July 7 issue of BTL: John, you're right, Luther Vandross' sexuality and the way he handled the issue in public is none of your damn [...]
Kosofsky responds
Dear BTL, Gregory Wright takes aim at me in his July 14, 2005 letter for my strong language criticizing the right, but his affiliation with Log Cabin Republicans was not listed. I hold no official [...]
In defense of Sean
Dear BTL, Mr. Gregory Wright (in his July 14, 2005 letter) misses the mark when he feels compelled to somehow defend them from Sean Kosofsky's "windmill tilting." It's interesting how those folks who loiter on [...]
Who should be mayor of Detroit?
Dear BTL, I love Detroit. I have volunteered my services to the improvement of the Detroit area communities by being involved in block clubs and community councils and working as a volunteer at the local [...]
Correction
In last week's issue, we incorrectly identified the Harry Benjamin Standards of Care as the Henry Benjamin Standards (See "Hotter Than July! to host transgender summit July 29"). BTL regrets the error.
On transgender inclusion
Gwendolyn Ann Smith's July 21 column ("HRC tiger can't change its stripes") reminds us all that a part of our community, OUR transgender sisters and brothers, are still struggling for equal representation, parity and inclusion [...]
Art & Around
Wheelchair sports panel discussion to follow film opening ANN ARBOR Ð "Murderball," the winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, will open at the Michigan Theater in Ann [...]
Concert Connections
This Week: Donna Summer Sun. 7/31/05 Jerome Duncan Ford Theatre, Sterling Hts. Esthero Sun. 7/31/05 Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit Joe Firstman and Tony Lucca Sun. 7/31/05 Magic Bag, Ferndale Pela Mon. 8/1/05 The Ark, Ann [...]
Curtain Calls
Review: 'Crowns' It's all in the 'hattitude' at Plowshares Even as a fashion-challenged white gay man, I've long recognized that there's both an art and a science to how black women wear hats. The same [...]
Curtain Calls XTRA
Review: 'Twelfth Night' Love Ð and fun Ð is in the air at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival Two words not often associated with each other these days are "Shakespeare" and "fun." That's because some directors [...]
Theater Events for the period July 28 – Aug. 6
Professional Theater: And The Winner Is An Oscar-nominated Hollywood actor wakes up in a strange bar where time has no meaning and where nothing is as it seems. Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea. Wed.-Sun. Extended [...]
Michigan Theatre awarded ‘Cool Cities’ grant
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Theater was recently awarded a $100,000 "Cool Cities" grant from the State of Michigan to expand its cinema programming capabilities. The grant, which must be matched [...]
‘Take Me Out’ delivers special pitch to LGBT’s
ANN ARBOR - On Sunday, July 31, LGBT theater goers will have two good reasons to go see the Tony-award winning play about professional baseball players, "Take Me Out," at The Performance Network in Ann [...]
Get your disco on with Donna Summer July 31
By BTL Staff STERLING HEIGHTS - Save the "Last Dance" for Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco, as she brings her tour to the Jerome-Duncan Ford Theatre on Sunday, July 31. Summer's first bona fide [...]
‘Skin’ deep
Traumatic events impact different people in different ways. For the two boys who grow into troubled young men in Gregg Araki's latest film "Mysterious Skin," being sexually molested by their Little League coach, played to [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Cynthia Nixon hops into 'Rabbit Hole' The City still loves Cynthia Nixon, even without all the Sex. The artist formerly known as Miranda has just signed on for her 10th trip [...]
Now Playing
Just Out Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is a poor boy who dreams of finding a gold ticket in a bar of Wonka chocolate. When he becomes the fifth child in [...]
Q Puzzle Clues
Reorientation Across 1 Black Party, for example 5 Harold's facial marks in "The Boys in the Band" 10 Jelly not for bread 14 Painting and sculpture, to Michelangelo 15 Film director Joseph 16 Top draft [...]
Community Connections
Get connected! Non-profit organizations are encouraged to send listings of ongoing events to Community Connections via email at dawnwolfe@pridesource.com, fax at 248-615-7018 or postal mail: 20793 Farmington Rd., Ste. 25, Farmington, MI 48336. FORTY WORD [...]
Ask Dr. Wang
By Dr. Kevin Wang A monthly testicular exam? For the past two columns, I've focused on female health. Now it's time to focus on a group I especially like ... men! And this month, I'd [...]
Meet Alfalfa the BTL pet of the week
Alfalfa is an adorable four-month-old apricot and white short hair cat. He was brought to the shelter because his previous family could no longer care for him. Alfalfa is quite social and energetic. He will [...]
Creep of the Week: Kansas Rep. Steve Huebert
Kansas Rep. Steve Huebert You've got to hand it to the Republicans. They've managed to completely co-opt the term "pro-family." Of course, to Republicans, "pro-family" actually means "anti-gay." It also has nothing to do with [...]
A.L.O.R.D.E. reforms
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT - The A.L.O.R.D.E. Collective has been reborn, and in its new form has found a new focus: African-American lesbian health. A.L.O.R.D.E. is an acronym for African-American Lesbians Organized to Renew [...]
Together in Faith reception to feature local artists
YPSILANTI - On Aug. 5, the Together in Faith conference, a national gathering of LGBT and allied people of faith, will kick off with a reception at the historic First United Methodist Church of Ypsilanti. [...]
Proposal 2 suit delayed until Aug. 16
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - A July 21 court hearing in the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan's case seeking to limit the scope of the anti-family Proposal 2 has been delayed until Aug. [...]
A decade of Black Gay Pride
DETROIT - Organizers over at the Black Pride Society, formerly known as Detroit Black Gay Pride, knew this year's celebration had to be special. They've spent a year planning it and by all accounts it [...]
HTJ!2005 Schedule of Core Pride Events
FAMILY RE:UNION | PRIDE OPENING RECEPTION Wednesday, July 27th | 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Hilton Garden Inn @ Harmonie Park, Downtown Detroit 351 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48226 Donations: Accepted | Free Event FAMILY [...]
Womyn’s Film Festival makes its debut on HTJ schedule
DETROIT - New on this year's Hotter Than July schedule Ð and definitely exciting Ð is the first ever Womyn's Film Festival. The event will take place Friday, July 28 at Club Palladium, located at [...]
Jackson LGBT, faith community stages demonstration of dissent
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman JACKSON - When a meeting of anti-gay pastors hosted by the Traditional Values Coalition and the American Family Association of Michigan descended on the Greater Bible Way Temple, faith-minded members of [...]
An unlikely ally, Rev. Eklof rallies for marriage equality
By Cornelius A. Fortune DETROIT - When Rev. Todd Eklof was fired from his day job for refusing to perform marriages for everyone (not just homosexuals), he did the only sensible thing: he ascended the [...]
Reverend’s sights set on ‘intrusive’ religious right
By Amy Wiseman The separation of church and state has been a hot-button issue in recent years. Everything from school prayer, displays of religious paraphernalia, and interpretation of biblical passages have come up for debate. [...]
Two teens hanged in Iran for gay sex
By BTL Staff IRAN - Two gay teenagers were publicly executed in Iran last week for the 'crime' of homosexuality. On July 19 Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18, were hanged publicly in the [...]
Supreme Court battle begins
By Lisa Keen WASHINGTON - The record of U.S. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. as a federal appeals court judge is short, but his association with conservatives who have opposed equal rights for [...]