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, [...]
Transmissions: Gender isn’t a two way street
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Being transgender provides one the unintended consequence of becoming very aware of how society reinforces and polices gender amongst its members. We see it as we grow up, placed into gender [...]
The Gay Moralist: Battling for our children
By John Corvino Question: What's worse than a dozen-or-so states contemplating gay marriage bans during an election year? Answer: A dozen-or-so states contemplating gay adoption bans during an election year. Welcome to 2006. At least [...]
Parting Glances: Bread and circuses. . .
As of Saturday, February 25, 2006, the world population clicked in at 6.5 billion people. That's quite a crowd. (I figure that in the course of my lifetime I've made good friends with about 50 [...]
Why Johnny can’t breed
By R.J. Beaumia I love women. I adore them. My idea of a perfect evening: Put me in a room full of an assortment of women and a case of wine. I hope a few [...]
Oxymoron: academic freedom at Notre Dame?
By Malcolm Lazin I am the Executive Producer of "Saint of 9/11," a documentary about Father Mychal Judge, Chaplain, FDNY. Father Judge was a gay priest who died ministering to victims of the attack on [...]
Art & Around for the period March 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 [...]
Affirmations to hold holistic health fair
FERNDALE - On 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, Craniosacral Therapists, and more. Fair [...]
Concert Connections
This Week: Of Montreal Thurs. 3/9/06 Blind Pig, Ann Arbor Bellydance Superstars and The Desert Roses Thurs. 3/9/06 8 p.m. Royal Oak Music Theatre Whit Hill & the Postcards Thurs. 3/9/06 The Ark, Ann Arbor [...]
Theater Events for the period March 9-18
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 through May 4. $15-$28. 313-577-2972. http://www.hilberry.com. Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular [...]
Curtain Calls
Review: 'Pantomime' Comedy is not all black and white By Donald V. Calamia Race. If you live in Metro Detroit, that's a four-letter word. It's what defines us as a community - and not in [...]
Shop in Birmingham and Benefit HAVEN April 1
BIRMINGHAM - No, it isn't an April Fools Day prank. It is possible to shop and do a socially responsible deed at the same time. This Is Me, a fun and edgy boutique in downtown [...]
Curtain Calls ONLINE
Review: 'Crime Stopper Watchers' Late night laughs at Planet Ant hit close to home Back in the good old days, pretty much every neighborhood had that one civic-minded individual who took it upon themselves to [...]
Start the insanity
One night. Two shows. Five comics. "It'll be interesting to see," says Dewey Chaffee, whose first boyfriend was a Puerto Rican drag queen. "It doesn't get any gayer than that," the comic says. And, well, [...]
Hear Me Out
The Greatest Cat Power (Matador) Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power, sounds tired. Not tired in a "I didn't sleep well last night" way, tired in a world-weary, "sadness is a monkey on my back" kind [...]
Johnny Depp shines in gritty period drama
"Allow me to be frank: You will not like me," the 2nd Earl of Rochester matter-of-factly announces in the opening prologue of "The Libertine," a Restoration-era drama that opens in movie theaters March 10. And [...]
Now Playing
Just Out The Libertine John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (Johnny Depp), is a real-life historical figure, a 17th-century poet and party animal who succumbed to syphilis and alcoholism at a young age. His career was [...]
Meet Sandy the BTL pet of the week
Sandy is a friendly one-year-old domestic short hair with beautiful white and gray tabby markings. She came to the shelter as a stray and is hoping a loving family takes her home soon. Sandy loves [...]
Sports Complex
By Jim Provenzano Speed Racer: Olympic Skeleton star Courtney Yamada The Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, may be over, but for many athletes, almost making it that far serves as an inspiration to strive even [...]
Marriage News from Around the Country
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Maryland GOP tries again for marriage ban ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Republicans in the state legislature have introduced a new anti-marriage proposal despite the defeat of an earlier draft. The second-ranking [...]
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics GOP unveils anti-marriage CD-ROM ST. PAUL - A CD-ROM that the Minnesota Republican Party is sending out to build support for a constitutional amendment banning equal marriage rights has [...]
Creep of the Week: Welch, W.Va. Police Chief Robert K. Bowman
Welch, W.Va. Police Chief Robert K. Bowman You know, it seems like every time a local community wants to pass a human rights ordinance that includes LGBT people or a state wants to include sexual [...]
SHe Said March 9, 2005
"I want to thank two people who don't even exist. Or I should say, they do exist, because of the imagination of Annie Proulx and the artistry of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Their names [...]
Affirmations to host student art show
FERNDALE - On March 10, Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center's Pittmann-Puckett Art Gallery will be the site an LGBT Student art show highlighting the best young LGBT artists in our community. Awards will be [...]
Interfaith forum on LGBT rights March 12
ANN ARBOR - "Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans Rights and the Interfaith Community" will be held on Sunday, March 12 from 12:45-2 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, 4001 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. [...]
Ann Arbor PFLAG to host state PFLAG conference March 25
ANN ARBOR - On Saturday, March 25, PFLAG Ann Arbor will host the Michigan Circle, a day-long conference of PFLAG leaders, members and supporters across the state. The event will take place from 8 a.m. [...]
CARE seeks family testimonials
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman ANN ARBOR - Right-wing extremists would like nothing better than for LGBT-headed families to remain in the closet. Unfortunately, doing so makes it easier for extremists to win the day on [...]
Report: ex-gay ministries targeting youth
By Lisa Keen There's a new "wave" of anti-gay activism underway, and it's targeting sexual minority youth in an effort to undermine support among youth in general for LGBT equality. That's the conclusion of a [...]
Meet Genre Man of the Year Joe Fitrzyk
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - It's rare that gay men from Michigan - let alone Metro Detroit - are taken seriously by their brethren in other parts of the country. After all, isn't it common knowledge that [...]
International News
by Rex Wockner Moscow mayor reiterates antigay stance Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has reiterated his promise to ban the city's first gay-pride parade this May. Speaking in Berlin Feb. 22 at a press conference with [...]
Equal marriage rights – it’s a matter of mental health
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman SAN FRANCISCO - Denying marriage rights to lesbians and gay men is bad for their mental health, and for the mental health of their children, according to a new study by [...]
Marriage equality author David Myers to appear in Royal Oak and Warren
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman ROYAL OAK - Dr. David Myers, Professor of Psychology at Hope College and author of a recent book arguing the cause of equal marriage rights from a faith-based perspective, will appear [...]
Supreme Court rules universities must welcome discriminatory military recruiters
By Lisa Keen WASHINGTON - It was an expected outcome, but not a good one. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously this week that universities that accept federal funding must accept military recruiters. In doing [...]
We have good news and bad news
Some days, one can't open a newspaper without feeling like we are living in the worst of times. BTL isn't covering the Iraq war, Bush administration corruption scandals or Vice President Cheney's seeming inability to [...]