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, [...]
Parting Glances Book pages (Pt. 16)
Rosemary Clooney, actor George's aunt, had two big, crazy, campy, mentally adhesive vocal hits in the mid-'50s: "Come ona my house, my housa, come on"; "Sisters, sisters, there could never be more devoted sisters." This [...]
Creep of the Week James Dobson
Fill in the blank: A friend in need is a __________. If you guessed "friend indeed," give yourself a point. If you guessed "pain in the ass," you're probably Focus on the Family Chairman James [...]
Dear Jody: Looking for ways to break free of cheating boyfriend
Q: I don't know why I put up with my partner, but I guess that it is because I love him. But my love is wearing thin. Let me tell you why: "Gerald" and I [...]
Ask the Diesel Dyke: Cars reflect sexuality
By Lena Thompson So, some guy asked me if I only work on female cars, since I am "the diesel dyke." The answer is no, but it brings me to another question. Are cars/trucks female [...]
Post-election blues
By Kelly Jean Cogswell I used to go to vote in a grade school where the hallways were all brightly colored, and the water fountains all cute and midget-sized. This time of year they'd paste [...]
The Gay Moralist: Sadness, not Schadenfreude, for Haggard
By John Corvino A few weeks ago I was in Ripon, Wis., for a same-sex marriage debate with Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family, when the Ted Haggard story broke. Haggard, then president of [...]
Erasing hate in the trans community
One sky. It's something we all hope to live under. And physically we do. But as BrianKate, a transgender person living in Ann Arbor, feared for her life as a crowd of people threw bottles [...]
Transmissions: No resigning to violence
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith You've heard me talk about it before, and it's just as likely that if you did not hear it from me, you heard it from others. Anti-transgender violence, particularly murder, is [...]
Ask the Diesel Dyke: Cars reflect sexuality
By Lena Thompson So, some guy asked me if I only work on female cars, since I am "the diesel dyke." The answer is no, but it brings me to another question. Are cars/trucks female [...]
Pet of the Week: Tinkerbell
A sweet fairy tail! That's Tinkerbell, a 1-year-old shorthaired kitty, waiting to meet you for a perfectly happy ending! She's affectionate, particularly enjoying a rub under her chin! Tinkerbell will purr and purr and purr [...]
Q Scopes “Focus on accomplishments, Scorpio!”
By Jack Fertig The Sun (ego and awareness), Pluto (sexuality and transformation), and Saturn (responsibility, ambition, and maturity) are in a configuration, making it an excellent time to focus on safe sex and/or leathersex. Challenge [...]
Now Playing at the Movies
NEW THIS WEEK: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan journalist Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) - that nation's "sixth most famous man" - travels across the United States [...]
Blood Ties: Changing Perceptions of HIV-Positive Athletes
By Jim Provenzano In the years since the first professional athletes with HIV came out, most of the panic and hysteria associated with transmission via sports has subsided. In LGBT athletics, people with HIV have [...]
Pet of the Week: Tinkerbell
A sweet fairy tail! That's Tinkerbell, a 1-year-old shorthaired kitty, waiting to meet you for a perfectly happy ending! She's affectionate, particularly enjoying a rub under her chin! Tinkerbell will purr and purr and purr [...]
Nite Out at the Clubs
THURSDAY Body Zone Health Club: Free tanning Club Flamingo: Happy Hour, 4-8 p.m. Diamond Jim's Saloon: Cadillac Squares Square Dancing and Bit T.W.A.T. Karaoke. Diversions: Karaoke. $3.00 16 oz beer. $1.50 Schnapps. $5.00 Jager Bombs [...]
Honoring Transgender Day Of Remembrance
7-9 p.m. Nov. 16. Film screening and panel presentation. "Cruel and Unusual": A documentary film about the conditions of transgender women in the prison system. Followed by discussion with trans activists Dean Spade and June [...]
Film explores treatment of trans prisoners
Shot over three years, "Cruel and Unusual" explores the decision of prisons to place inmates based on their genitalia, not their gender identity. Dan Hunt, along with two other filmmakers, set out to tell these [...]
Art & Around for the period Nov. 16-25
ARCHITECTURE/GARDEN TOURS: Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Fall Behind the Scenes tours include "Staff Life on the Estate," "The Secrets Behind the Paintings" and "Cotswold Architecture." Open Tue.-Sun. $10 fee applies to these tours; reservations [...]
Theater Events for the period Nov. 16-25
PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: Annie It's a hard-knock life for the beloved little red-haired girl. Broadway Theatre Guild at DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids. Tue.-Sun., Nov. 21-16. $22-$67. 616-235-6285. http://www.bwaygr.org Arborophilia An oblique comedy that manages to [...]
Thompson welcomes all at Affirmations
I have been a volunteer at Affirmations for eight years and I have known Leslie Thompson since the first day she came to Affirmations. Leslie has done a tremendous job since she her arrival there. [...]
We need to strengthen our organizations, not tear them down!
by Howard Israel and Henry Grix The enemies of the LGBT community are so many, so well organized and so amply funded that our own LGBT organizations need all the support we can muster. With [...]
Kudos for PFLAG tribute
Heartfelt thanks to Sean Kosofsky for his beautifully written tribute to PFLAG. As a PFLAG mom and co-president of PFLAG North Jersey, I was overjoyed to read his completely accurate and loving description of this [...]
Ruth Ellis spoke for truth, love
Enough, name calling and cruel rhetoric. Recently the name of Ruth Ellis has been called forth in these pages. I write to say that I knew Ruth Ellis and I know many men and women [...]
Birthday bash
So many birthdays, wish I could visit them all. Friday night the Rainbow Room was filled with many friends ready to blow out the cake and wish Jodi a happy day. BTL photo: Danielle
Drinks easy target for drugs
By Jillian A. Bogater The fear in her eyes was unmistakable. My friend couldnÕt find her partner. We were at a club, and I had never seen the two apart. Ever. She was frantic, and [...]
Nite Out at the Clubs
THURSDAY Body Zone Health Club: Free tanning Club Flamingo: Happy Hour, 4-8 p.m. Diamond Jim's Saloon: Cadillac Squares Square Dancing and Bit T.W.A.T. Karaoke. Diversions: Karaoke. $3.00 16 oz beer. $1.50 Schnapps. $5.00 Jager Bombs [...]
Popular Nightnotes series to feature two renowned musicians
BIRMINGHAM - The popular Nightnotes concert series presented by Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings will feature cellist Debra Fayroian and pianist Maria Meirelles in recital at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Hagopian World of Rugs [...]
Book Marks: Bi Guys and other November books
by Richard Labonte November 20, 2006 "Writing My Love," by Claire McNab. Bella Books, 192 pages, $13.95 paper. After 16 Carol Ashton mysteries and six Denise Cleever thrillers, every one briskly busy with disquieting murders [...]
Round One: Garcia vs. Dobson & Phelps
When local playwright and LGBT activist Antonio David Garcia gets mad, he doesn't just sit around bitching and complaining - he gets creative. So when Christian fundamentalists first blamed gays and lesbians for 9-11 - [...]
No longer a virgin: Icarus Falling
Why do people like to go to the theater? Although experts have debated that question ad nauseum throughout the centuries, Icarus Falling's Artistic Director Jeff Croff thinks he knows the answer - and it's really [...]
Q Scopes “Focus on accomplishments, Scorpio!”
By Jack Fertig The Sun (ego and awareness), Pluto (sexuality and transformation), and Saturn (responsibility, ambition, and maturity) are in a configuration, making it an excellent time to focus on safe sex and/or leathersex. Challenge [...]
ICE, ICE baby
Hundreds of women packed ICE Nightclub in Hamtramck last Friday night for the bar's grand opening of ladies night. Social event group Where the Girls R hosted the event at ICE, located at 11425 Joseph [...]
Holiday downtime in Birmingham
Bloomfield Hills - The holiday season is moving into high gear and now's the time to plan that perfect escape from all the hustle and bustle. Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills provides just the right getaway. [...]
Now Playing at the Movies
NEW THIS WEEK: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan journalist Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) - that nation's "sixth most famous man" - travels across the United States [...]
Q Puzzle: U Complete Me
November 13, 2006 Across 1 Greek philosophical type 6 Like a Badgley Mischka ensemble 10 Horse that isn't hung 14 Trunk of Charles Atlas photos 15 "We're here! We're queer!" e.g. 16 Where to find [...]
Blood Ties: Changing Perceptions of HIV-Positive Athletes
By Jim Provenzano In the years since the first professional athletes with HIV came out, most of the panic and hysteria associated with transmission via sports has subsided. In LGBT athletics, people with HIV have [...]
Staying Strong: Anti-LGBT Politics and Beyond
by Glenda M. Russell, Ph.D. S WHAT HURTS ? . Hearing lies - Encountering distortions and outright lies about us and our lives, and feeling unable to challenge them. . Being stunned - Feeling shocked, [...]
Fly like a bird
There's a robin in the road. Its wings are nicked, but it hasn't lost its will to live. "I picked him up and put him where there was a puddle of water right next to [...]
Ferndale voters embrace human rights for all
By Sharon Gittleman - Ferndale residents who support equality got some good news when last week's election results were posted. The city's human rights ordinance passed by a landslide, with 5,428 residents voting in favor [...]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
by Rex Wockner Mexico City passes civil-union law The Mexico City Legislative Assembly passed a civil-union law for same-sex couples Nov. 9. The vote was 43-17 with 5 abstentions. The statute, which will take effect [...]
Manhunt tops Gay.com
Manhunt.net edged out Gay.com as the top LGBT Web site in the country by more than 2 percent in market share last week. "The tortoise has finally passed the hare," said Jonathon Crutchley, a founding [...]
Opponents react to Proposal 2 passage
By Sharon Gittleman LANSING - Affirmative Action is dead in Michigan. On Nov. 7, residents approved Proposition 2, by a count of 2,131,096 to 1,545,060. Jay Kaplan, staff attorney for the LGBT project for the [...]
Most anti-gay marriage initiatives pass, but support lessens
By Lisa Keen Poll observers saw the change coming about a month before voting on this year's round of anti-gay marriage amendments. Voters in relatively conservative states appeared to be growing less supportive of the [...]
Gay authors speak at Jewish Book Fair
WEST BLOOMFIELD - The Jewish Community Center presented Come Out & Read, an evening of gay authors, Sunday as part of their 55th annual Jewish Book Fair. "I love speaking at JCCs because they know [...]
Running scared
BrainKate and Jamie ducked behind a parked car. After dodging beer bottles to the head and hearing "faggot" echo beneath the Long Island, N.Y., sky, the two friends weren't sure they would make it out [...]
Washington reels after election shakeup
By Bob Roehr Aftershocks of the Nov. 7 elections still continue to rumble through the Washington landscape, with uncertainty and speculation major commodities on the political scene. Absentee ballots were still being counted when President [...]
A Political Coming-of-Age for the LGBT Rights Movement
By Wendy Howell 11/08/2006 In my travels about the country on the campaign trail, I've noticed something striking: in most places, there has been a yawning divide between political operatives who happen to be gay [...]
SHe Said: Matt Foreman, Dan Savage and more
"We are thrilled, ecstatic and overjoyed that Rick Santorum has been thrashed at the polls. His extreme and gratuitous homophobia will no longer pollute the Senate. Good riddance." Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and [...]
Parting Glances Book pages (Pt. 16)
Rosemary Clooney, actor George's aunt, had two big, crazy, campy, mentally adhesive vocal hits in the mid-'50s: "Come ona my house, my housa, come on"; "Sisters, sisters, there could never be more devoted sisters." This [...]