Willi Ninja – Vogueing through history
Willi Ninja is dead. The 45-year-old founder of the House of Ninja died Sept. 2, following a lengthy battle with AIDS. He was known as the father of Vogue - the dance style that Madonna [...]
Ferndale forum asks LGBTs to help in fight for rights
By SHARON GITTLEMAN FERNDALE - Affirmative action in Michigan is under attack. With so many challenges facing the gay community today, is that a battle LGBT people should join? Vanessa Marr says yes. "We need [...]
House passes bills allowing adoption agencies to practice religious, gay discrimination
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - Sixty-nine members of Michigan's House of Representatives believe that state adoption agencies ought to be allowed to practice religious-based discrimination against prospective adoptive parents, including same-sex parents. Last week, [...]
‘Between Sistahs’ conference to focus on black women and HIV
By Imani Williams DETROIT - With all the hype surrounding the so-called down low phenomenon, a conference called "Between Sistahs" will address the reality of the growing number of women of color contracting and living [...]
Creep of the Week: Tom McMillin
Tom McMillin One might think the fact that there's a guy running for the state board of education who was once referred to by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson as a member of "Taliban [...]
‘Lost Girls’
By Cornelius A. Fortune "Lost Girls" is a dirty, erotic, poetic, frenetic, deeply vulgar, satisfying, highly instructive, visually complex, exploration into human sexual behavior and longing: the intersection between sexual reality and sexual fantasy - [...]
Stephanie Loveless helps Green Party embrace trans community
FERNDALE - After a fierce and sometimes fiery battle that raged for more than two years, local publisher, performer and trans activist Stephanie Loveless has succeeded in securing a place for herself and other trans [...]
Pro domme court case reflects LGBTQ struggle
The LGBT community has tried to get prosecutors out of our bedrooms for decades. For two years, Mistress Golden has fought to get them out of her life. While on the surface the prosecution of [...]