The Bi Wonkette: Lies and Prop 2
By Dawn Wolfe Fooled Ya! Two years ago Michigan voters passed a state Constitutional amendment to make sure those awful queers would never, ever, be able to provide health insurance for their families, see each [...]
Blood on their hands
By CHRIS CRAIN Tick-tock. There went a few more seconds off my proverbial 15 minutes of fame. This week Fox News, of all media outlets, has been airing a report on fundamentalist Islam in Europe [...]
All Politics is Loco: Size matters
By Sean Kosofsky Heather MacAllister didn't set me free, but she did loosen the shackles. In the few short years I knew her, she changed my life. She was fat, she was proud of it [...]
Parting Glances : Elbows, anyone?
There's nothing quite as ho-ho-hum as other people's sex lives. Unless, of course, they're young, pretty, age legal, and available of their own good-natured free will or by tax-free monetary inducement. In the course of [...]
Creep of the Week: Sam Brownback
Okay everyone, all together now: "Judicial nominees deserve an up or down vote!" Or at least that's the line Republicans have been feeding the American people when it comes to rubber-stamping Bush's uber-right judicial nominees. [...]
Dear Jody: Thanksgiving dinner woes with ex
Ex-girlfriend, Thanksgiving dinner bad mix for new girl Q: I cannot tell you how pissed I am. I'm ready to disown my mother. I can't believe how insensitive, rude and uncaring she was this Thanksgiving. [...]
General Gayety: Unnatural religious positions
Leslie Robinson So many religious denominations in America today are struggling with how to cope with gays. Since most of them began with the premise that homosexuality is a sin, but civil society is less [...]
Q Puzzle: “P’s on Earth”
December 4, 2006 Across 1 Cut 5 Pears or Paige 10 Leather pokers 14 Nobel prize winner John 15 Body build 16 Hold one's horses 17 Welk's upbeat 18 Senate house, to Caesar 19 Butch's [...]
Suggestions for this holiday season
CONFESSIONS OF A CRANKY CRITIC: 'A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That' What's an entertainment writer to do when there's so much happening this holiday season and so little room to report [...]
Curtain Calls ONLINE
Professional Theater News from Around Town: Improvisors to battle it out at 'ColonyFest' HAMTRAMCK - Planet Ant Theatre and the Planet Ant Improv Colony present "ColonyFest," their second annual Holiday Improv Festival beginning Wednesday, Dec. [...]
Theater collects gifts for youth
LANSING - BoarsHead Theater is accepting unwrapped toys or games for children from ages 6-12 to benefit the Greater Lansing area Boy & Girls Clubs. This not-for-profit organization has a goal of inspiring youth in [...]
Orchestra rings in holiday
LANSING - The holiday season is a time for music, tradition, celebration, festivity and joy. Mid-Michigan residents and visitors have access to all of those on Dec. 17, when the Lansing Symphony Orchestra presents a [...]
Breakfast with Santa
ROYAL OAK - Stagecrafters Youth Theatre is hosting its fifth annual Breakfast with Santa at the Baldwin Theatre at 11 a.m. Dec. 10. This special event will feature breakfast, caroling, a special gift for each [...]
DJ’s no Madonna virgin – Tracy Young has ties to diva
Some gay men would fork over their home just to have the relationship Tracy Young does with Madonna. Young has turned clubs upside down with remixes of "Music" and "Hung Up." She played at after-parties [...]
Earning Wings
The generosity of those who came to enjoy the holiday benefit show for Wings at the Rainbow Room, gave the organization a check of Christmas spirit to help them in their support of those with [...]
‘Giving Tree’ program to benefit local LGBT groups
FERNDALE - Many people would like to remember a gift for their favorite non-profit organization during the holiday season, but don't have time to call around and find out what the organizations need. Never fear [...]
Stamos orders McWar
It'd be easy to peg John Stamos as a gay man. After all, he plays a doc on "ER," and two acting MDs recently stepped out of the closet. But he's not. He's just on [...]
Bravo renews Kathy Griffin’s “D-List”
Losing the Emmy this year didn't discourage Bravo from renewing "Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List" for a third season. In fact, promoting herself as a washed up celeb has been more of a [...]
Straight actors on gay lip-locking
Heath Ledger of "Brokeback Mountain" "Aren't we at the stage these days when it just doesn't fucking matter? It's a story of love and it's a story between two people. If people can't get over [...]
Happy holidays: A classic returns to Meadow Brook Theatre
PREVIEW: 'A Christmas Carol' Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester. Dec. 6-10, 14-17 & 20-24. Tickets: $25-$40. For information: 248-377-3300 or http://www.mbtheatre.com MINNEAPOLIS - Charles Nolte didn't set out to write and direct a stage classic, but [...]
Pet of the Week: Shelby the beagle
A superb gal! Meet Shelby, a 10-month-old playful and energetic beagle. Shelby is the perfect size for hugging and cuddling, and she definitely enjoys giving and receiving lots of hugs! She's an attentive gal, with [...]
Huebener-McAlpine
Metro Detroit couple Fred Huebener and Kevin McAlpine exchanged marriage vows Dec. 3 at the Willistead Manor in Canada. The Rev. Mark G. Bidwell of Metropolitan Community church of Detroit officiated the double-ring ceremony in [...]
Club Nite Out Week of Dec. 7 – 16
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 [...]
Book Marks: Reviews include Gore Vidal’s new memoir
by Richard Labonte December 4, 2006 "Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964 to 2006," by Gore Vidal. Doubleday, 288 pages, $26 hardcover. This meandering but soulful sequel to Vidal's pointillist 1995 memoir, "Palimpset," isn't [...]
Q Scopes “Welcome criticism, Gemini!”
by Jack Fertig December 4, 2006 Venus aligns with Pluto (yes, to astrologers he's still a planet!) drawing us to erotic confrontation and artistic or financial challenges. Both planets trine Saturn in Leo, grounding us [...]
Now Playing at the Movies
December 11, 2006 NEW THIS WEEK: The Nativity Story Mary (Keisha Castle-Hughes) is impregnated immaculately and has to head to Bethlehem with Joseph (Oscar Isaac). There's a lack of inn space, and Jesus is born [...]
The Peninsula Group to host reception at BTL
The Peninsula Group (TPG), Michigan's LGBT strategic planning team, will hold an informational reception to review its progress on Saturday, Dec. 9, noon-2 p.m. at the Between The Lines offices in Livonia. The Peninsula Group [...]
Logo looking for ‘real’ stories
Bringing a partner home to the rest of the family for the first time can add to the stress of the holiday season. And if this sounds like something you're about to experience, Logo wants [...]
Conference examines challenges of increased HIV testing and treatment
By Bob Roehr About a quarter of the estimated 1.1 to 1.2 million Americans infected with HIV don't know it. Recently modified testing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), when they [...]
Expert: Funds needed for HIV prevention
By Bob Roehr David Holtgrave focuses on HIV prevention at John Hopkins University. He lamented that an estimated 40,000 new infections continue to occur each year, a significant improvement from the estimated 160,000 infections that [...]
MSU student group likely hate group
EDITOR'S NOTE: Young Americans for Freedom spokeswoman Joanna Varnavas quit working with the organization over the weekend. She says the organization is no longer the group she thought it was, and did not want to [...]
MSU Group qualifies as hate group
The Southern Poverty Law Center says Young Americans for Freedom MSU student group qualifies as a hate group. Do you think the university should support an idenitied hate group? Peter Tainsh, 22, Ann Arbor, German [...]
Marriage licensing goes before Maryland Supreme Court
By Lisa Keen There were almost no questions from the bench Monday, December 4, as the Supreme Court of Maryland heard oral arguments in a case seeking equal rights in marriage licensing. That's a bit [...]
Kalamazoo billionaire invests in LGBT politics
By Lisa Keen Part I in a series He's not a household name, not even in gay households, outside of Michigan. But he's gay, he's on the Forbes list of the world's richest people, and [...]
Violence erupts at event for controversial congressman
EAST LANSING - The appearance of anti-gay conservative Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo last Thursday night at Michigan State University was hampered by violence and disruptions. Young Americans for Freedom and the College Republicans hosted Tancredo [...]
Spokeswoman quits public post with YAF
EAST LANSING - Joanna Varnavas, the spokeswoman for the controversial Young Americans for Freedom student group at Michigan State University, quit her position as spokesperson for the group over the weekend. "I didn't like the [...]
Lesbian partner gains visitation rights
By Bob Roehr Virginia Appeals Court upholds Vermont jurisdiction The Court of Appeals of Virginia has squashed the attempt by one ex-partner in a lesbian relationship to go jurisdiction shopping when it comes to visitation [...]
Romney didn’t deserve Creep of Week status
Are you really just calling Mitt Romney a creep because he did something you dont agree with? (Creep of the Week, Nov. 30.) In order to be a creep, wouldnt he have to do something [...]
She/he said including Elton John, John Waters and Ellen DeGenere
s "Up yours." - Sir Elton John when asked by Australia's Seven Network what he would say to Prime Minister John Howard about Howard's vocal opposition to same-sex marriage and civil unions, Nov. 27. "My [...]
Universities need to stop hate groups on campus
Our country was built upon the concept of free speech. And universities provide space for discourse, debate and self-exploration. But when public dollars are involved, specifically for students groups, there are limits to the kinds [...]
Art & Around for the period Dec. 7-16
ARCHITECTURE/GARDEN TOURS: Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Events include: Estate-wide exhibit, "Josephine Ford; A Celebration of Her Life and Legacy" (through Dec. 31; $8); "Holiday Tea and Tour" (Dec. 9 & 16; $25; reservations required); [...]
Theater Events for the period Dec. 7-16
TE1 Santa6_2.jpg: The Blackbird Theatre proudly presents its second annual ÒGreat American Egg Nog FestivalÓ featuring ÒThe Santaland Diaries.Ó Photo: Blackbird Theatre PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: Arborophilia An oblique comedy that manages to twist thoughts, maul marriage, [...]