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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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" [...]
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., [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 ... [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
"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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
