As the world continues to learn more about coronavirus and its spread, it's vital to stay up-to-date on the latest developments. However, it's also important to make sure that the information being distributed is from credible sources. To that end, Between The Lines has compiled, [...]
The Gay Moralist: Open relationships and double standards
By John Corvino As I embark upon a week's worth of same-sex marriage debates with Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family (details below), I am bracing myself for his arguments. (For a useful summary [...]
Parting Glances: Pages from a book (Pt. 3)
The inner-city Cassboro Apartments lay empty for months before it was finally razed. The tall, once-sheltering tree at the southwest edge was eaten away by Dutch elm disease. The streetlight was shattered. ("First to see [...]
Transmissions: Hollywood hypocrisy
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Let's hear it for Felicity Huffman. To play the role of Bree in the film "TransAmerica," she had to be trained in how to play a transsexual learning to present as [...]
Five million easy little pieces
By R.J. Beaumia When my editor asked me if I'd consider writing a column on dating and relationships for this issue I was hesitant, believing that such exercises by single gay men are always in [...]
Art & Around for the period Feb. 9-18
Art, Historical & Science Museums: Cranbrook Art Museum "Shoot the Family," contemporary photography and video exploring the undercurrents of domestic life. Through March 26. Free with $6 museum admission. Bloomfield Hills: 1-877-462-7262. http://www.cranbrook.edu. Detroit Historical [...]
Concert Connections
This Week: George Carlin Sat. 2/11/06 Detroit Opera House Mark OÕConnor Sat. 2/11/06 8 p.m. Pasant Theatre, E. Lansing Matt Pond PA Mon. 2/13/06 Magic Stick, Detroit My Folky Valentine with Annie & Rod Capps, [...]
Joe Kort to sign new book
Do you always end up with Mr. Wrong? Are you constantly dissatisfied with your intimate relationships? Has the passion between you and your partner fizzled after just a few months? In Royal Oak gay-affirmative therapist [...]
Theater Events for the period Feb. 9-18
Professional Theater/Opera: Bad Dates How one woman copes with that bizarre social ritual between men and women. BoarsHead Theatre, Lansing. Thu.-Sun., through Feb. 12. $21-$33. 517-484-7805. http://www.boarshead.org. Brooklyn Boy A novelist whose book hits the [...]
Window Media responds
Dear BTL, The poorly researched article you published by Bob Roehr suggesting there is "blood on the floor" at Window Media and the Washington Blade is riddled with errors and was written without any calls [...]
Setting Dolly’s record straight
Dear BTL, I caught the review of the "Transamerica" soundtrack from the Feb. 2, 2006 Hear Me Out column and wished to point out a pretty big error. It states that the song "Travelin' Thru" [...]
Loving couples won’t burn in hell
Dear BTL, "Gay in the NFL" (Feb. 2, 2006) was a heartwarming story. It also confirms the hate and hypocrisy of many who call themselves Christian but who by word and action live the opposite [...]
Bryant was used
Dear BTL, Regarding Charles Alexander's Feb. 2 Parting Glances column "Oranges & lemons sliced." Anita Bryant was a product of what she was taught. I feel sorry for her. She never saw gay people for [...]
Fruits and deeds
Dear BTL, While Senator Brownback did deserve to be Creep of the Week last week, I disagree that it should be for his "You'll know 'em by their fruits" comment. I found the original Rolling [...]
Mothers should work it out
Dear BTL, Regarding Mubarak Dahir's Jan. 19, 2006 column "Lesbian mother torn from children." Florida laws are backward. The government would rather let tomorrow's future (children in our society) down than let gays and lesbian [...]
Curtain Calls
Review: 'Moonglow' New play by Kim Carney is 'the berries' "It's okay to let go." But it's never easy, playwright Kim Carney shows us in the world premiere of her comic-drama "Moonglow" at Ann Arbor's [...]
Dance away the winter blues
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman BLOOMFIELD HILLS - If you're looking for a fun way to stay warm now that winter weather has returned, turn your feet toward a new dance studio in Bloomfield Hills. The [...]
Curtain Calls ONLINE
By John Quinn Review: 'Miles Sent Me' Dinner theater heats up a cold winter night Saturday night brought back winter, but your intrepid reviewer had little trouble navigating the expressways of Oakland and Macomb counties. [...]
Out of Body
No more vaginas. No more tummies. No more asses. Eve Ensler, award-winning author of "The Vagina Monologues," is ready to move on to something bigger - and no, not breasts. "I'm leaving the body for [...]
Choreographer to explore gay themes
NEW YORK - Christopher Williams doesn't consider himself to be a cool, cutting edge choreographer. Others disagree, however, including critics from the New York Times, the Village Voice, the NYC Dance Journal and Dance Magazine. [...]
Now Playing
Just Out Annapolis Jake Huard (James Franco) is a welder in a shipyard, dreaming of his chance to go to Annapolis and become a naval officer. But once at the school, he struggles to keep [...]
Marriage News from Around the Country
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Anti-marriage amendment falls short TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Backers of a proposal to change the constitution to ban equal marriage fell short Feb. 1 as the deadline passed for garnering enough [...]
Creep of the Week: George W. Bush
George W. Bush On Jan. 31, 2006 President George W. Bush gave his annual State of the Union address, the results of which were pretty much what you'd expect if you had a grade-schooler fill [...]
SHe Said Feb. 9, 2005
"There are so many things that go into being a good parent. And sexual orientation is not one of them." - CARE President Beverly Davidson as quoted by The Lansing State Journal, Feb. 8, 2006. [...]
LGBT community responds to affirmative action threat
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman SOUTHFIED - On Feb. 15, LGBT community leaders will join civil rights activists in a town hall meeting about the importance of affirmative action. Titled, "The Promise of Equality: Affirmative Action [...]
Dog wash and nail clip to benefit WAGS
FERNDALE - Dirty dogs can lend a paw and help four-legged friends at a fundraising Dog Wash and Nail Clip on Saturday, Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Canine to Five [...]
Macomb County PFLAG forming
MT. CLEMENS - The first meeting of the Macomb county chapter of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays will take place at First United Methodist Church beginning at 7 p.m. on Feb. 19. [...]
Keeping it civil
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman One is a passionate pro-gay family activist and an atheist. The other works for a self-styled Christian organization that works to limit legal protections for LGBT-headed families. Both men feel that [...]
Judy Shepard gives ‘hate speech’ in Saginaw
By Ashley Hart SAGINAW - The Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts at Saginaw Valley State University was filled to capacity on Feb. 1 to hear Judy Shepard, mother of the late Matthew Shepard, speak [...]
MCCD shares the wealth
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman FERNDALE - On Feb. 11, Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit will sell $20,000 worth of donated artwork in a benefit for itself and four other LGBT community organizations. The art, which [...]
Many unanswered questions in gay bar attack
By Lisa Keen BOSTON -- A teenager who allegedly attacked patrons of a gay bar in Massachusetts with a hatchet and a gun last week killed his ex-girlfriend and then himself after a shootout with [...]
‘We deserve more’
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman PONTIAC - Anti-gay family activists aren't alone in being persistent. Despite the frequently successful attempts of religious extremists to deny basic protections to LGBT-headed families, on Feb. 14 the leaders of [...]
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics Gay groups excluded from U.N. panel WASHINGTON - Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank and human rights activists have asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to explain why the United States [...]
Women of Color Writing Retreat connects and unites
By Imani Williams LYONS, Mich. - It happens whenever there is a gathering of kindred souls. You can feel the energy, electric and vibrant, filling the air. There's a connection between spirits who have never [...]
Super LGBT fans got a super LGBT welcome
BY SHARON GITTLEMAN DETROIT - The more than a million people who skated in Campus Martius Park, sipped champagne at elegant parties and played games at the NFL Experience enjoyed another simple pleasure at Detroit's [...]
Love is insane – really
Finally there is scientific validation for the insanity one feels when we fall in love. Researchers have discovered that the brain's chemistry of infatuation is akin to mental illness, which gives new meaning to the [...]
Community Connections
Community Announcements Send wedding, birth, and other announcements to Dawn Wolfe Gutterman at dawnwolfe@pridesource.com. Pictures are welcome as .jpg files. Forty word limit; BTL reserves the right to edit for space, grammar, and suitability. Be [...]
Ten tempting facts about kissing
You knew kissing was fun, but did you know it could actually help you live longer and improve the intimacy of your relationship? "Kissing can be so exciting! No one should be without this enriching, [...]
A perfect Valentine’s Day that won’t break the bank
By Carla Beuning Valentine's Day has a reputation for being an expensive holiday, where people spend money on cards, chocolates and flowers. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans are expected to spend $1.09 billion [...]
Seven simple ideas for a romantic Valentine’s Day
Blurb: Valentine's Day is for everyone. Keep the spark alive in your relationship with these tips. Contrary to popular belief, the gift-card industry didn't invent Valentine's Day. The holiday's roots go back to Roman pagan [...]
Tips to keep your romance sparkling
Spark up your love life with these quick tips from Liya Lev Oertel, author of "52 Romantic Evenings" (Meadowbrook Press). 1.Tell each other, "I love you" first thing in the morning and just before you [...]
Valentine’s Day for the Romantically Challenged
(FeatureSource) Being romantic may not be as hard as you thought. Your name doesn't need to be Casanova to have a genuinely romantic evening. Liya Lev Oertel, author of "52 Romantic Evenings to Spice Up [...]
Looking for Love
BY SHARON GITTLEMAN People on love's road rarely find a smooth path. Just ask Christine Rainey. Rainey was enjoying the 13-year relationship she'd built with her partner, Sandy when tragedy struck. A 2002 car crash [...]
Sweetheart messages
I love you Marty. You make us a family. You support and defend, love and laugh. You bring me pride. You give unconditionally. I choose you not only on Valentine's Day, but for the past [...]