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Calif. confirms petition language for anti-gay marriage amendment
SACRAMENTO - Voters will be given clear information on the devastatingly broad impact of a proposed anti-gay constitutional amendment after Sacramento Superior Court Judge Raymond M. Cadei finalized language for petitions for the measure Sept. [...]
The Gay Moralist: The marriage quandary
By John Corvino Recently my partner Mark and I attended the 32nd annual Hume Society conference in Toronto. (David Hume, an eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher, was the subject of my doctoral dissertation.) Mark has traveled with [...]
Editorial: School is in
It's the end of the summer, which means the beginning of yet another school year. LGBT students share many of the same concerns as their straight counterparts: finding their classes, who to sit with at [...]
Parting Glances: Of a Rolex remembered
Shortly before retiring from the digitally enhanced combat called teaching I came across a volume of back issues of news about students, teachers, and education, circa mid-50s. Flipping through the collection I was surprised to [...]
The Cutting Edge…: Gay groups fumble Roberts statement
By Paul Varnell There is every reason to think that the nomination of Appeals Court judge John G. Roberts, Jr., to the Supreme Court will be confirmed by the Senate. Roberts is universally acknowledged to [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir By Edwin John Wintle. Miramax Books, 312 pages, $24.95 hardcover. The author of this blend of warmhearted memoir and unorthodox parenting guide - a self-described drama [...]
Concert Connections
This Week: Rolling Stones Wed. 8/31/05 Comerica Park, Detroit Arts, Beats, & Eats Featuring Ciara, Sloan, The Ojays, Better Than Ezra, Rick Springfield and more 9/2 through 9/5/05 Downtown Pontiac ABC and English Beat Wed. [...]
Curtain Calls
Preview: 'An Immaculate Misconception' Science and ethics collide in timely drama Some might find it ironic that a scientist who spent much of his first career preventing birth is now, in his third career, writing [...]
Theater Events for the period Sep. 1-10
Professional Theater: Altar Boyz A holy-inspiring musical comedy about five small-town boys trying to save the world one screaming fan at a time. City Theatre, Detroit. Tue.-Sun. Sep. 6-Dec. 18. 313-872-1000. http://www.nederlanderdetroit.com. And The Winner [...]
Take a walk! – for a cause
Fall will soon be here, and with the change of seasons comes a chance for you to make a positive change in the course of the AIDS epidemic. AIDS walks will be taking place around [...]
Triangle Foundation Dinner Sept. 18
DEARBORN - The eleventh annual Triangle Foundation Dinner will take place at the Ford Conference and Event Center on Sept. 18. This year's keynote speaker is Mary Frances Berry, a persistent advocate for equal rights [...]
Come OUT and Laugh with Affirmations
ROYAL OAK - Join Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center in welcoming comedian Kate Clinton to Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle this Oct. 19 for the organization's annual FUNdraiser Come Out and Laugh. According to Kate [...]
Fine art, fine food, fine time in Ferndale
FERNDALE - Where can you do a spot of early Christmas shopping, enjoy some great food and maybe even toast yourself in warm autumn sunshine? In Ferndale, that's where, during the Fine Art Show and [...]
Support Affirmations at Men’s Private Night at Marshall Field’s
TROY - On Wednesday, Sept. 7, gay men are invited to a special Private Night at the Marshall Field's in Somerset Mall from 5-8 p.m. Shoppers will receive a 15 percent discount on all purchases, [...]
Let’s do the time warp again: Award-winning ‘Rocky Horror’ revived for four fun-filled performances
ROCHESTER - "You haven't lived until you've seen someone with a walker trying to do the 'Time Warp.'" Metro Detroit theatergoers will get just that chance beginning Sept. 8 when Meadow Brook Theatre revives its [...]
Q Puzzle Clues
In the Bag Across 1 Bear's fur 5 "The Hours" producer Rudin 10 Sometime defender of gay rights 14 Atop 15 "Gone With the Wind" heroine Scarlett 16 Shaped meat dish 17 They wave their [...]
In A Family Way: Just like growing up in (with) Queens
By Ari Lev It is truly amazing how 400 queer families can completely transform a small seaside fishing resort! Yes, 400 LGBT families have once again descended on Provincetown, Massachusetts for the 10th anniversary of [...]
Creep of the Week: Arizona Senator John McCain
Arizona Senator John McCain I take no joy in naming Sen. John McCain as this week's Creep. In fact, I think McCain largely isn't creepy, which is why his endorsement of an anti-gay marriage amendment [...]
SHe Said Sept. 1, 2005
"Housing and employment are not special rights. I think the right to live somewhere and to live where you please or to work where you please, as long as you're not bothering anybody else, is [...]
Arcus Foundation announces Spring Cycle 2005 grants
By BTL Staff KALAMAZOO - On Aug. 12 the Arcus Foundation announced the recipients of its Spring Cycle 2005 grant awards. More than $1.9 million will be distributed to 32 organizations through the Foundation's four [...]
Affirmations hosts Back to School Bash
FERNDALE - On Sept. 9, Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center is hosting an event that is part party, part networking meeting for LGBT students preparing to go back to school. The purpose of the [...]
Reconciliation MCC to offer Bible study
GRAND RAPIDS - Reconciliation Metropolitan Community Church will hold a study about "what the Bible does and does not say about homosexuality" for six weeks beginning Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. Reverend Dan Bennett, [...]
Family Town Hall to be held in Ferndale Sept. 14
FERNDALE - The first-ever town hall meeting on LGBT family issues is coming to Ferndale. Triangle Foundation is the lead sponsor of a town hall meeting in Ferndale that will bring together LGBT community leaders [...]
AIDS a problem for African-American Detroiters, too
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT - According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of five major cities, 47 percent of black gay and bisexual men are HIV positive. While the study, [...]
MCC ordains pastor in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK - Robert Bond, who has served as Interim Pastor Leader of Sign of the Covenant Metropolitan Community Church for the past 5 years, will be ordained into Christian ministry on Sept. 24 at [...]
The height of fair-minded fashion
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman SPRING LAKE - A small project begun at Duke University to change perceptions about homophobia on campus has spread across the United States and is finding roots in Michigan. Or, rather, [...]
Back to school with Forum funds
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman CENTER LINE - In June, the Forum Foundation awarded three scholarships to outstanding pro-gay student activists to help them along in their studies. Liana Mulholland, Russell Sommer, and Aryn Leigh McCumber [...]
Crystal meth support group forming
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman FERNDALE - In response to the crystal meth epidemic, the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project is joining with Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center to create the first support group for people [...]
Michigan’s universities offer services to LGBT students
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LGBT university students needn't fear that they'll be alone on most of Michigan's major campuses. The following state universities have at least an LGBT student group; some have established offices to [...]
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Law Man receives four year sentence for murder of trans woman WASHINGTON - Joel Robles, a 29 year-old transgender woman who was stabbed to death last year, will never report [...]
Five national groups oppose Roberts, others wait for confirmation hearing
By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON - Four national LGBT organizations joined together to oppose the confirmation of John Roberts to the US Supreme Court in a statement issued Aug. 25. They are the Human Rights Campaign, [...]
Wilde Awards Program
Cocktail and Hors d'oeuvre Reception 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Awards Ceremony 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. I. Introduction - Matthew Barton II. Greeting - Special Guest III. Musical Performance: "Gotta Get A Gimmick" [...]
Bring up the lights and raise the curtain, it’s time for The 2005 Wilde Awards
By BTL Staff DETROIT - As theaters throughout the state prepare to launch their new seasons, Michigan thespians will gather one last time Sept. 1 to acknowledge the excellent productions and performances of the 2004/05 [...]
Now Playing
Just Out The 40-Year-Old Virgin Middle-aged stock clerk Andy's (Steve Carell) work buddies vow to hook him up with a woman after they make the shocking discovery that he has never had sex. There is [...]
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 [...]
Marriage News from Around the Country
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Arizona: More than a year before the general election, U.S. Sen. John McCain is backing an initiative that would change Arizona's Constitution to ban equal marriage rights and deny government [...]