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, [...]
Ask Dr. Wang : Let’s talk about gonorrhea
By Kevin Wang Before I start my column, I'd like to remind everyone of a survey I'm conducting. I'm starting a research project to increase awareness of the LGBT community in the medical community. These [...]
Parting Glances
I'm pleased to say I received many telephone calls (one 517 jingle from a VERY prominent Lansing lady) asking how Sister Serena Scatterpin and the International Recovering Catholics Badminton Team did at Gay Games VII. [...]
The Gay Moralist: Why I Live in Detroit
By John Corvino This column is dedicated to the memory of Doug McIntosh, who died suddenly on July 11 in the Julius Melchers House, the West Village Detroit home he and his partner, Scotty, painstakingly [...]
Voices from an Urban Bush Sista: Calling all Womyn to the floor
By Imani Williams Peace and love ladies, I hope this article finds you doing well and enjoying your beautiful selves this summer. I'm well. It has been busy as heck and June went on forever [...]
Happy Birthday Ruth – We’ve come a long way with miles to go
Each Sunday I make time to reflect on life, not just my personal 'vida loca' but the ever-changing world. Sometimes it's with a glass of iced tea. Other Sundays I kick back with a glass [...]
Ask Dr. Wang: My research project
By Kevin Wang This column is completely related to my research project. In the beginning of the month, I went to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) National Conference for Special Constituencies (NCSC) in [...]
Art & Around for the period July 27-Aug. 5
ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN/GARDEN TOURS: Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Summertime Behind the Scenes tours include "Staff Life on the Estate," "The Secrets Behind the Paintings" and "Cotswold Architecture"; plus Special Interest Tours "Modernism on the Cutting Edge" [...]
Theater Events for the period July 27-Aug. 5
PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: All Childish Things It's "Star Wars" fanaticism gone too far when a nerd, his two friends and one girlfriend plan a caper to heist the greatest collectibles ever. Planet Ant Theatre, Hamtramck. Thu.-Sun., [...]
Concert Connections
This Week: Futureheads Thurs. 7/27/06 Magic Stick, Detroit Blue October Thurs. 7/27/06 St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit Yolanda Adams Fri. 7/28/06 Chene Park, Detroit Muse, The Cloud Room Fri. 7/28/06 State Theater, Detroit Mission of Burma [...]
Hotter Than July 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 6-10 p.m. Opening Pride Reception. Eyes Wide Open Art Exhibition curated by award-winning photographer and Detroit native Charlie T (Charzette Torrence). Hilton Garden Inn, Detroit, 351 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 313-967-0900. Thursday, [...]
No love for the right
Dear BTL, I am writing in regards to Gregory Wright's July 20 column "The right side: not all bad." I would expect to see this type of column printed in the Detroit News not in [...]
Now Playing
Compiled by Q Syndicate Clerks II Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) plans to move to Florida with his fiancee, Emma (Jennifer Schwalbach). But on his last day flipping burgers at Mooby's, freedom seems like a mirage [...]
A ‘safe haven’ for fertility
When a lesbian couple from Grand Rapids visited Dr. Michael Mersol-Barg's Center for Reproductive Medicine in Birmingham it wasn't because they couldn't find a facility closer to home. It's because several reproductive agencies turned them [...]
A tale of two proclivities
Michael-Christopher has always been provocative. Perhaps known best for his graphic novel series "Living The Life," Michael-Christopher has been cultivating a style for the past decade that is, simply put, sexy as hell. His latest [...]
Eaton and Tulip: They are their own theater dynasty
ANN ARBOR - People are starting to talk. No, not about how many times director Gillian Eaton and actor Malcolm Tulip have worked together over the years. (Okay, yes they are, but that's only the [...]
Bringin’ down the house
Doug Spearman wasn't about to complain while shooting the second season of "Noah's Arc." After all, the director was towing a kid in her tummy. "If this little pregnant Chinese lady can keep going ... [...]
Podcast Planet: ‘Project Runway’ provides perfect fashionista fix
By Jillian Bogater Have you ever wondered what goes through Tim Gunn's mind as he interacts with aspiring designers on "Project Runway"? His podcast (Project Runway: Tim Gunn) gives insight into the popular Bravo series. [...]
Detroit singer, ally to perform during HTJ
After Detroit-native Suai Kee worked with openly lesbian and 4 Non-Blondes' frontwoman Linda Perry, pursuing music wasn't a choice. It wasn't even a question. "Those are some huge names. And then there's Suai," says the [...]
A tropical ‘Kiss’
By Jane Martin Gay Cuban author Eduardo Santiago's "Tomorrow they will Kiss" follows the lives of Cuban diaspora in Union City, New Jersey in the early 1960s, as Fidel Castro's revolution was unfolding on the [...]
A love of India
By Lawrence Ferber Like hair, India.Arie keeps growing and growing. But on her stunning new single, "I Am Not My Hair," the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter points out that there's a profound distinction between one's inner self [...]
‘Loose’ lips shake hips
By Brandon Voss Nelly Furtado wants to hear all about the guys who grooved, the go-gos who grinded and the drag queens who lip-synched to her music at Gay Pride this summer. Because, much to [...]
Revenge of the Dolls
By Peter Galvin The New York Dolls weren't the first rock stars to wear makeup and women's clothes. Little Richard probably gets credit for that. What the Dolls did do first, though, was to infuse [...]
Parliament member to ride in Windsor Pride parade despite controversy
Despite Joe Comartin's conflict with the Catholic Church over its stance on homosexuality, the member of parliament will still ride on a float through the Windsor Pride Parade as the official marshal on July 30. [...]
Windsor Pride Festival entertainment
Cyon Flare From Detroit, but currently living in Ann Arbor, emcee Cyon (a.k.a. Robert Mitchell) started creating costumes in the early to late '90s, inspired by what she saw as the disintegration of the gay [...]
National News Briefs
Politics Former Spokane mayor dies SPOKANE, Wash. - Former Mayor James E. West, recalled from office over an Internet sex scandal, died July 22 at a Seattle hospital after suffering complications from recent cancer surgery. [...]
Creep of the Week: Rabbi Pinchas Winston
Rabbi Pinchas Winston The world is on fire. And I'm not talking in a good old "fire in your belly," go get 'em tiger, kind of way. I'm talking on fire in a seething, raging, [...]
SHe Said July 27, 2006
"Let me tell you about two extraordinary constituents of mine. I have talked about them on the floor before — Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin — both in their 80s, who have lived together for [...]
LGBT leaders close ranks on affirmative action
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT - In 2004, Michigan's LGBT community united to fight a discriminatory ballot proposal. This year, they're doing it again. This year, though, they have friends ranging from both gubernatorial candidates [...]
Divine Peace to celebrate fifteen years
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman PONTIAC - Divine Peace Metropolitan Community Church is 15 years old, and they're throwing a party to celebrate. Actually, the Aug. 5 party is just one of the events the church [...]
Gay Games VII close at Wrigley Field
CHICAGO - Attendees slapped hands and patted the backs of an estimated 12,000 Gay Games VII athletic participants as they walked through Wrigley Field and into the stands as the weeklong Games closed on July [...]
Ferndale bodybuilder wins two gold medals at Gay Games
CHICAGO - After Sandi Forrest won two gold medals in body building at the Gay Games last week, she wanted to make a phone call to the woman she cherishes most. "If anyone wants to [...]
Hotter Than July: Working for equality
DETROIT — As pride season continues this weekend with "Hotter Than July," organizers of the MidwestÕs oldest black gay pride event look to mobilize the community. "For many in our community racial inequities, economics, quality [...]
Rev. Nancy: Have a blessed day
Few know that the Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, with 250 local congregations in 23 countries and a yearly operating budget of $2.3 million, is the largest GLBT-Q organization in the world. Disbarred Pentecostal minister [...]
Williams convicted in Vonatti shooting
By Dawn Wolfe Guttterman DETROIT - A Wayne County Circuit Court jury found Steven Williams guilty in the January shooting of a man leaving a popular Detroit gay nightclub. Williams was convicted of assault with [...]
HTJ! 2006 Genesis Summit has something for everyone
By Imani Williams DETROIT - Most of the programs for Hotter Than July! center on entertainment. However, each year the Genesis Summit offers an educational side to the five-day Detroit Black Pride Celebration. Participants can [...]
Writing project gives voice to lesbian workers
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman ST. JOSEPH, Mi. - A former organic farmer, activist and journalist from Indiana has moved to Michigan to grow a new project - a book of essays that will tell the [...]
Gay Games tear down stereotypes
As one of our reporters left Chicago after covering Gay Games VII, a woman sitting next to him on the train asked about his job as a writer. She wanted to know why the Gay [...]
Revenge, politics hit the stage in Jackson
For a review of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and other theater news, check out Curtain Calls ONLINE. REVIEW: 'HAMLET' "Hamlet," staged by the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, runs in repertory at the Michael Baughman Theater on [...]
Shakespeare’s fairies work their magic
This week in Curtain Calls ONLINE at pridesource.com: JET's new season and other theater news. REVIEW: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' "A Midsummer Night's Dream," staged by the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, runs in repertory at the [...]
Curtain Calls ONLINE
Professional Theater News from Around Town: Jewish Ensemble Theatre proudly announces 18th season WEST BLOOMFIELD - The Jewish Ensemble Theatre is pleased to announce its ambitious 2006-2007 season. The season includes two musicals, a special [...]