FERNDALE - It was all smiles, and a few joyful tears, on Sunday evening as Affirmations hosted major donors into the new center building. For many of the people at the black tie event, it [...]

By Sarah Mieras GRAND RAPIDS - The annual Auction Against AIDS at the Apartment Lounge in Grand Rapids played host to hundreds Sunday, as the community bid on everything from furniture to laser hair removal [...]

by Sharon Gittleman BOSTON- While there's no lack of studies examining gay and straight sexuality and health, issues related to bisexuals often go unexplored. The National Lesbian and Gay Task Force Policy Institute, BiNet USA [...]

by Bob Roehr Human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical, vaginal, and anal cancers, has long been implicated in the development of oropharyngeal or throat cancer. The most recent demonstration of that came on May 10 [...]

Local leaders will spearhead planning of '08 conference DETROIT - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, organizers of the Creating Change conference, announced Monday the selection of the four local activists who will serve [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING- Late Tuesday, more than a 150 people rallied on the steps of the state capitol to send one clear message: Restore Domestic Partner Benefits now. "I hope this rally achieves public attention [...]

by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House and Senate, meeting in a budget conference, agreed to allow a $500 million "reserve fund" for state demonstration projects to expand early access to HIV care through [...]

by Rex Wockner More 'homosexual conduct' arrests in Iran Some of 87 people arrested in a May 10 raid on a private party in Esfahan, Iran, are to be charged with the crime of "homosexual [...]

Capitol Correspondent Lynchburg, VA - The Rev. Mel White, founder of SoulForce, knows better than most who Rev. Jerry Falwell was and what he was about. White was hired by Falwell to ghost write his [...]

By Lisa Keen DINGED: Focus on Family founder James Dobson declared last week that he "cannot and will not" support former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the Republican presidential nomination. In a May 17 [...]

ANN ARBOR - Over two years and 3,500 volunteer hours later, the team known as The Peninsula Group presented their research and findings to 85 leaders from 31 LGBT and Ally organizations who participated in [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING--The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony May 9 regarding the importance of passing the Second Parent Adoption bill. The bill would allow two unmarried persons to both adopt a child. It would allow [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING-- Marie Wolf prefers a quiet, private life. She never imagined herself as an advocate for LBGT issues. But circumstances have a way of changing one's life perspective, and Wolf's has indeed changed. [...]

By D'Anne Witkowsk i CLAWSON - Anyone who has ever driven by St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Clawson and wondered whether or not the church was gay friendly need wonder no longer. The church has [...]

November 17, 1955 - May 15, 2007 Yolanda Denise King, the firstborn child of civil rights pioneers Coretta Scott King and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has died at age 51, of an apparent [...]