The Gay Moralist: The comeback that matters
By John Corvino It's been two weeks since "the most important election in Detroit in decades." After the election, many of my suburban friends approached me solicitously: "Can you BELIEVE that Kilpatrick got re-elected? Aren't [...]
In A Family Way: School Daze: A short series of columns on American Education (#3)
By Ari Lev As some of you may remember in my last column I talked about an experience I had on a local (Albany NY) parenting listserve, where the list owner refused to let me [...]
Parting Glances: A Thanksgiving fairy tale
Johnny Rainbow was an ONLY child. And at the seventh hour, of the seventh day, of the seventh month -- Natal Year #7 -- he was visited in his quite-quite-cluttered room by a quite-quite neat-o [...]
General Gayety: Maine-ly correct
By Leslie Robinson When our fellow Americans went to the polls a year ago, they spanked us. This election season yet another gay marriage ban was on the docket, this time in Texas, and all [...]
Art & Around for the period Nov. 24-Dec. 3
Art Exhibits/Galleries/Museums: Actual Size Biennial, Vol. 2 A multimedia exhibit that includes sculpture, painting, photo, assemblage and more. Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit in the Woodbridge Historic District, Detroit. Through Dec. 18. Open one hour [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte 101 Must-See Movies for Gay Men By Alonso Duralde, Advocate Books, 268 pages, $14.95 paper How to find a boyfriend. How to be a couple. How to be a married couple. How [...]
Concert Connections
This Week: Rogue Wave Sat. 11/26/05 Blind Pig,ÊAnn Arbor Adult. Sat. 11/26/05 9 p.m. Magic Stick,ÊDetroit Benefit for the Children of the Gulf Coast: Gemini w/ The Chenille Sisters, Laron Williams, more Sun. 11/27/05 1 [...]
Curtain Calls
Review: 'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol' New twist, old story at Performance Network One sure sign the Christmas season is upon us is the appearance of Ebenezer Scrooge and his ghostly pals at theaters all around [...]
Curtain Calls ONLINE
Review: 'Sweet Bird of Youth' Tennessee Williams' "Bird" Sings at the Hilberry Theatre By John Quinn Tennessee Williams is a name to conjure with in the American theater. Deeply conflicted by his homosexuality as a [...]
Now Playing
Just Out Bee Season Saul Naumann (Richard Gere) is a religion professor whose wife (Juliette Binoche) is undergoing an emotional breakdown. To distance himself, he becomes immersed in his spelling-bee-champ daughter's (Flora Cross) progress to [...]
Meet Toby the BTL pet of the week
Toby is a handsome 18-month-old orange shorthair cat with gorgeous tiger stripes. He is looking for a new home because his previous guardian became too ill to care for him. Toby is a bit shy [...]
Theater Events for the period Nov. 24-Dec. 3
Professional Theater/Opera: Action Four people, trapped in a cold cabin, struggle to celebrate a holiday meal in a post-apocalyptic America. The Abreact, Greektown Detroit. Fri.-Sat., through Dec. 3, plus Sun., Nov. 27. Free admission/donations welcomed! [...]
Wayne State University to host Proposal 2 panel Nov. 28
DETROIT - A panel discussion on Proposal 2 and domestic partner benefits will be held Monday, Nov. 28 at Wayne State University. The discussion is sponsored by OUTlaws. Expected speakers include Jay Kaplan, ACLU's LGBT [...]
Don’t be ‘the best kept secret’
By BTL Staff FERNDALE - Two veteran marketers and community professionals will be on hand Wednesday evening, Dec. 7, to share their wit and wisdom with participants at a free workshop on the how-to of [...]
Welcome to ‘Henry’s World’
Michigan native Cathy Conheim calls her three-legged cat, Henry, a "therapet." It's an accurate term for a kitty that has touched so many lives, including Conheim's own, in so many unexpected ways. Conheim, a psychotherapist [...]
Sarah Silverman can’t say that, can she?
"I don't want to be labeled as straight or labeled as gay," says comedian Sarah Silverman, "I just want people to see me as me: as white." And that's one of the tamer jokes Silverman [...]
‘Rent’ control
By Dan Avery Back in 1994, Anthony Rapp was just one of thousands of struggling actors in New York City when he auditioned for "Rent," a daring new musical from a relatively unknown talent named [...]
Creep of the Week: VoteOnMarriage.org
http://VoteOnMarriage.org The folks at VoteOnMarriage.org have been mounting a full throttle petition drive, fraught with allegations of fraud I might add, to get the issue of marriage on the ballot in Massachusetts. VoteOnMarriage.org is "the [...]
SHe Said Nov. 24, 2005
"If the Republicans can propose a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, why can't the Democrats propose a right to privacy amendment? Making this implicit right explicit would forever end the debate about whether there is [...]
Bush in the crosshairs at ACLU dinner
DEARBORN - The recent attacks on civil liberties by the Bush administration were vigorously counterattacked from the podium at the American Civil Liberties Union Michigan Annual Dinner Nov. 19. "ACLU members won't sit down and [...]
Shelter workers to receive Transgender issue training
DETROIT - On Dec. 2, a coalition of local LGBT-rights organizations will launch a training program to help Michigan's homeless shelters address the unique needs of homeless individuals who are transgender. The training, "Safe and [...]
‘The Red Party’ Dec. 3
DETROIT - On Dec. 3 the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, or Salud, will present "The Red Party" at The Works. This year's theme is "December Meltdown." Proceeds from the annual fundraiser, which is named in [...]
Affirmations smokes out unhealthy habits
By Sharon Gittleman FERNDALE - Kevin Thomas' last visit to Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center may have saved his life. While Thomas only popped in to the Center to pick up some free publications, [...]
Higher Ground turns up the heat for third annual blanket drive
By BTL Staff ROYAL OAK - Higher Ground, an HIV/AIDS support group based in Royal Oak, is warming up the community again this year with its Blankets for AIDS Drive. Now in its third year, [...]
Dearborn Heights ordinance needs support from community, LGBT leader says
By Cornelius A. Fortune DEARBORN HEIGHTS - A town hall meeting was held Nov. 21 at Canfield Community Center in Dearborn Heights to discuss a recent human rights ordinance that included sexual orientation and gender [...]
Counter-protesters: ‘God loves gays’
By Sara Holwerda ANN ARBOR - On Saturday evening, outside the west entrance to the Michigan League, at least 200 LGBTA community members and supporters gathered in preparation for a "non-violent, peaceful, and unified counter-protest" [...]
Candles lit; tears shed for victims of violence
By Sharon Gittleman FERNDALE - Ten men and women faced the crowded pews at Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit last Thursday, their faces grim. Each read a list of names and told the tragic stories [...]
A Thanksgiving ‘tail’
FERNDALE - Over 70 people with HIV/AIDS had a new reason to be thankful as they picked up Thanksgiving baskets for themselves and their pets Nov. 18. The baskets were provided by Wonderful Animals Giving [...]
1,000 HIV/AIDS patients to lose food services on World AIDS Day
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT - Approximately one thousand people living with HIV/AIDS will lose food delivery services on Dec. 1, the day that Wellness House will close after twenty years. While the organization's twelve [...]
Keeping the Promise – World AIDS Day Dec. 1
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Started in 1988, the purpose of World AIDS Day is to increase awareness and education as well as fighting prejudice against those living with HIV/AIDS. In 2005, UNAIDS, the United [...]
Holiday messages sent and received
The holiday season kicks off this week with Thanksgiving. It is a special time of the year, providing us a chance to reflect on joys and sorrows and to give thanks for the many things [...]
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 [...]
A holiday media medley
Cher Extravaganza: Live At The Mirage (Red Distribution, Inc) My goodness, did Cher have big hair in 1991! And thanks to the magic of DVD, you can truly turn back time and see it for [...]
A little time for yourself, or someone you love, at Spa Julianna
PLYMOUTH - This holiday season, give the gift of time - to yourself or someone you love. "I think that people may not necessarily have the time to get away on a vacation but they [...]