Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman New York's marriage law upheld ALBANY, N.Y. - A midlevel state appeals court on Feb. 16 upheld the state's marriage law as constitutional, handing a defeat to same-sex couples seeking [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics Feds end Jim West investigation SPOKANE, Wash. - The U.S. Justice Department has ended a nine-month public corruption investigation of former Mayor Jim West without bringing criminal charges, a [...]

Patrick J. Reilly Sometimes people say the darnedest things. Making the latest submission to the "You Can't Argue With Logic Like That Department" (YCAWLLTD, for short) is Patrick J. Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman [...]

"This is not an issue about gays. This is about children." - Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted, a Republican who was in favor of that state's anti-gay marriage ban, on the proposal to ban adoption [...]

BY SHARON GITTLEMAN SOUTHFIELD - Programs that have eased the way for women and minorities to be full partners in Michigan's workforce and educational system are under threat, thanks to a ballot initiative that would [...]

ANN ARBOR - Gabriel Javier has accepted the assistant director position in the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor's Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Affairs. Javier is replacing Julica Hermann, who left the office earlier this [...]

By Lisa Keen MOSCOW - Hostilities against gays in Eastern Europe became more menacing this month after the leader of a Muslim group in Russia said that gays should be "thrashed" if they try to [...]

By The Associated Press POINT PLEASANT, N.J. - Laurel Hester, a cancer-stricken law enforcement officer whose efforts to ensure that her pension benefits would be extended to her longtime partner became a rallying point for [...]

BY SHARON GITTLEMAN BIRMINGHAM - Economics was the focus of Congressman Joe Knollenberg's talk to a crowd of supporters at the Baldwin Public Library last week - a subject that troubled Log Cabin Republican Vice [...]

BY SHARON GITTLEMAN ROYAL OAK - The crowd at the Ruth Ellis Center Winter Heat fashion fund-raiser at Dolce Moda in Royal Oak last Saturday erupted in cheers, applause, whistles and cries of "you go [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman WASHINGTON - On Feb. 11, the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia ruled that the administration of George W. Bush must respond to Freedom of Information Act requests about [...]

By Cornelius A. Fortune DETROIT - As a group, African-American lesbians have had few organizations built to meet their specific needs. That's where S.P.I.C.E. (Sistahs Providing Intelligence, Creativity & Empowerment.) comes in. S.P.I.C.E. is an [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman PONTIAC - On the morning of Valentine's Day, roughly thirty people converged on the Oakland County Courthouse. Their message: we will be here "This Year, Every Year, Until" our relationships receive [...]