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By Dee Dee Sung Changing minds and dollars Q: I'm fed up with the credit card debt that never seems to go away. I feel like my goal always seems to be around becoming debt [...]
By Dee Dee Sung Changing minds and dollars Q: I'm fed up with the credit card debt that never seems to go away. I feel like my goal always seems to be around becoming debt [...]
By Jim Provenzano Tough Enough: Women's Rugby Puts Sport First For most players on women's Rugby Football Clubs (RFCs), being in or out as lesbians isn't a big deal. Women have played instrumental roles in [...]
By Mubarak Dahir There's finally some good news for gay and lesbian families when it comes to putting their rights to a test at the ballot box: A much-anticipated and highly feared state-by-state push to [...]
I'm amazed at the number of magazines currently on display in megamarkets like Barnes & Noble and Border's. Market Research Reports over 1500 titles in circulation. It seems a catchy title rolls off the high-gloss [...]
By Sean Kosofsky It appears certain that a measure will appear on the ballot this November that will ask voters to eliminate affirmative action programs in Michigan. Proponents of the measure are not from our [...]
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 [...]
BY SHARON GITTLEMAN ROYAL OAK - Four-year-old Destiny Smith is a big fan of the Detroit Zoo. "I like seeing the animals," said Destiny. So when Destiny's dads, Kenn Bing and Tim Smith, told her [...]
This Week: Paul Van Dyk Thurs. 3/2/06 State Theatre, Detroit My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Fri. 3/3/06 Magic Stick, Detroit Lez Zeppelin Fri. 3/3/06 The Magic Bag, Ferndale Common Fri. 3/3/06 Michigan Theater, [...]
Professional Theater/Opera: Antony and Cleopatra A brave Roman general becomes captivated with the beautiful Queen of Egypt. The Hilberry Theatre, Detroit. Plays in repertory, March 3-May 4. $15-$28. 313-577-2972. http://www.hilberry.com. Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular [...]
By Christopher Wallenberg The gay community may have enthusiastically embraced Sarah Jessica Parker as one of its own, but she knows the real reason why all you gay men want to see her new romantic [...]
ANN ARBOR - Musician Ellis Bergeron isn't hesitant to admit she belts out Dolly Parton cruising down the highway in her Dodge Grand Caravan. "I definitely do that quite a bit," says 29-year-old singer-songwriter. But [...]
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman OKEMOS - Novelist, screenwriter, activist and feline secretary Rita Mae Brown will be at Schuler Books & Music on March 6 promoting "Sour Puss," the newest Mrs. Murphy mystery that she [...]
By Richard Labonte The Bill from My Father By Bernard Cooper. Simon & Schuster, 242 pages, $24 hardcover Cooper's cantankerous father, who died in 2000, has figured prominently in the author's two previous collections of [...]
Preview: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' Gender-bending musical hits the border Imagine you're a young East German named Hansel and you fall in love with an American GI named Luther, but the only way you [...]
Professional Theater News from Around Town: 'BREAK! the Urban Funk Spectacular' comes to Music Hall DETROIT - "BREAK! The Urban Funk Spectacular," a high-energy tribute to Hip-Hop dancing will take Detroit by storm March 10 [...]
Just Out Eight Below Due to an impending storm, Gerry Shepherd (Paul Walker), a trail guide in the frozen Antarctic, is forced to evacuate the ice station where he works, leaving behind his team of [...]
Prince is a sweet Shepherd/Rottweiler mix who is seven months old. He weighs 53 pounds and shouldn't grow to be much bigger. He is a little shy, so he's hoping his new family helps to [...]
By Cornelius A. Fortune DETROIT - When Rev. Watkins felt the pull of the ministry and the pull of homosexuality, he thought it would all go away - that these feelings were little more than [...]
BTL Staff DETROIT - On Feb. 22, Steven Williams, Jr. was ordered to stand trial in Wayne County Circuit Court on charges of attempted murder in the shooting of Salvagio Vonatti, who was shot in [...]
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman WASHINGTON, D.C. - Beginning on March 10, thirty young activists will repeat a piece of civil rights history. However, the Equality Ride isn't a re-enactment of the Freedom Rides of the [...]
Ohio Rep. Ron Hood I'll admit, it's hard to have a sense of humor about the sweep of anti-gay adoption bills cropping up. It's just so insulting to the very core to the many LGBT [...]
"The 'story' they tell is of systematic attacks on Islamic values. In what amounts to S&M gay porn, our interrogators strip the Iraqis of their heterosexual masculinity, then force them to reenact somebody's idea of [...]
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman MIDLAND - Jackie Anderson has been an activist for over thirty years. Now she is bringing her history of struggle with discrimination to the Triangle Foundation, where she is serving as [...]
YPSILANTI - An ad campaign designed to raise HIV/AIDS awareness among African-American males won the Gold ADDY Award at an Ann Arbor ceremony Feb. 10. The ADDY Awards are conducted each year by the American [...]
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LAS VEGAS - Looking to pick up and put down roots in a more LGBT-friendly locale? One place to start searching could be the new book, "50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Places to [...]
By Imani Williams DETROIT- About 30 well-wishers gathered at the downtown offices of Mpowerment Detroit on Feb. 18 to celebrate with new members of Young Brothers United. The day's event honored the graduates of the [...]
DETROIT - The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking same-sex African-American couples in or near Detroit to be part of a national advertising campaign for marriage equality. The ACLU is working with Public Interest TV [...]
ROYAL OAK - State Representative Marie Donigan will join Lieutenant Governor John Cherry at a reception and fundraiser for the Donigan campaign on Sunday, March 5. The event will be held at the home of [...]
DETROIT - On March 17, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force will be the focus of a fundraising reception at DetroitÕs Scarab Club. The 5:30-7:30 p.m. reception will benefit the Task Force and honor [...]
ANN ARBOR - The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Program of the American Friends Service Committee in Michigan has announced the hiring of a new halftime Program Associate. Kelli Slezak will work with the [...]
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Ally student organizations, with coordination by the Office of LGBT Affairs, will hold a series of events for the LGBT and ally community beginning [...]
By Lisa Keen Just as one state's ban on gay marriage went before a federal appeals court this month, another state's legislature approved a ballot measure to put a similar ban before voters this November. [...]
Amanda Miuccio and Katherine Lowrie tied the knot Nov. 5, 2005 in the conservatory at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens, with supportive friends and family gathered. The reception followed at Kerrytown Concert House [...]
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics Gay leader slams Clinton NEW YORK - Calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "a complete disappointment" because of her opposition to equal marriage rights, the director of Empire State Pride [...]
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - It's been seven years since a love story won the top Academy Award. Back then, it was a romance between a woman pretending to be a man who [...]
February, the shortest and seemingly darkest month of the year, is Black History Month. This month, March - which, at least in several parts of the country, is frequently marked by some of the worst [...]
Get connected! Non-profit organizations are encouraged to send listings of ongoing events to Community Connections via email at [email protected], fax at 248-615-7018 or postal mail: 20793 Farmington Rd., Ste. 25, Farmington, MI 48336. FORTY WORD [...]
By Andrew Peacock At some point in your exercise life, you'll ask yourself whether you should be focusing more on a cardio-only program, or a weights-only program. Most likely this will be when you hit [...]
By BTL Staff TROY - GabeCare DirectRx, a pharmaceutical and medical supplies company serving people with chronic illnesses, has introduced a free adherence program designed to help HIV positive patients increase their medication adherence and [...]
Thanks to the internet, information about Gay Health issues is easier to access than ever. Some of our favorite gay health websites are listed below: http://www.lgbthealth.net - A comprehensive site with resources and information about [...]
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman FERNDALE - On Saturday, March 11, Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center will hold its first-ever holistic health fair, featuring practitioners of traditional arts like Herbal Therapy and Yoga alongside Aromatherapists, [...]
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman So, you were able to get out of bed this morning, walk the distance from your car to your office, and tonight you'll be hitting the floor at Club Q. But [...]
BY SHARON GITTLEMAN "10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Find Real Love," Joe Kort ROYAL OAK - While you don't need a love match with the person of your dreams to lead a [...]