Billy Masters
"Who cares? Big deal. If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be a damn movie - so come in whenever you want!" - David Letterman gives advice to Lindsay Lohan after she expresses remorse for [...]
All she wants is sex, sex, sex
Q: My girlfriend "Melinda" came home the other night and announced that she wanted to have sex at least 200 times a year because she heard this is the healthy amount. Apparently she heard this [...]
Creep of the Week: Ted A. Klaudt
Ted A. Klaudt When Ted A. Klaudt (R-Walker) served in the South Dakota House from 1999-2006 he had serious "moral values" conservative cred. The very cred, in fact, the GOP has been hot for since [...]
General Gayety: Burst of good news
by Leslie Robinson General Gayety Lately there's been a burst of transgender news. That's unusual in itself, but what's really surprising is the news has been good. I have every confidence the other designer pump [...]
Parting Glances: When the roll’s called up yonder . . .
I'll take a rain check if Jerry Falwell's yondering in the bleachers. Even so, in the spirit of faith-based-initiative skepticism, I'll share an email I got following Jerry's untimely, or timely passing, depending upon your [...]
Hate was not a Falwell value
by Chris Crain {ITAL We do ourselves no favors when we stoop to the rhetoric of Jerry Falwell and his followers. } The death of televangelist Jerry Falwell has brought the expected chorus of praise [...]
The Great White Dope
By R.J. Beaumia A couple of weeks ago when Roseanne Barr called gays and lesbians "narcissistic" on a California radio program, Jason Bellini of Logo News reported on it in one of those quickie "news [...]
Book Marks
by Richard Labonte May 21, 2007 "Dark Reflections," by Samuel R. Delany. Carroll & Graf, 304 pages, $15.95 paper. In the first section of this mournful, reflective novel, which reels back in time from its [...]
Girl-guy bonds
By Jessica Carreras 'Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys' Tom Dolby and Melissa de La Cruz Dutton Adult Available now It's been said that a gay best friend is as necessary to a woman [...]
Not so ‘Idol’
No matter who took the torch last night on "American Idol," Jim Verraros knows one thing: There will never be another Kelly Clarkson. He wasn't put out when local powerhouse warbler, LaKisha Jones, stumbled her [...]
‘An impressive presentation’ at the BoarsHead
Sitting at his desk one morning in the Dutch town of Hoofddorp, a librarian discovers a mystery among the books dropped into the overnight return box: a raggedy travel guide that was checked out 113 [...]
Now Playing
May 28, 2007 NEW THIS WEEK: Brooklyn Rules Michael (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) is a smooth-talking young con man who uses his charm to get into Columbia University (apparently that whole "good SAT score" criterion was [...]
Broadway musical opens in Royal Oak
A Chorus Line May 25-June 17 Baldwin Theatre (248) 541-6430 Tickets: $16 - $18 ROYAL OAK - Metro Detroit audiences will delight to "one singular sensation" of a show as Stagecrafters presents one of the [...]
Gay, Christian performer returns to Divine Peace
Shawn Thomas Divine Peace Metropolitan Community Church 7 p.m. May 31 Tickets: Free, donations encouraged PONTIAC - Shawn Thomas will be performing songs off of his well-known recording "Everything I am" as well as his [...]
Smokin’ Gunn
Some days, Tim Gunn just wants to say, "Screw it." "I have days when I get fully dressed, I look at myself in the mirror and I think, 'I can't wear this,'" the fashion shrink [...]
Art & Around for the period May 24-June 2
AA1 Curcus Great Marlowe small.jpg: "The Great Marlowe - Strong as a Lion" by Nieman Eisman is one of the works exhibited in "Circus: The Art of the "Strange & Curious" at the Kresge Art [...]
Theater Events for the period May 24-June 2
TE1 amazing clark pic.jpg: The Amazing Clark will dazzle young and old alike with his sharp wit and amazing magic June 2 at the Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall. Photo: Franke Center PROFESSIONAL [...]
Letter: Berrien County home to us
My partner and I live in Berrien County and have never found any hate issues or discrimination thus far. I grew up here and I wasn't aware there were any hate issues. It seems to [...]
Letter: Float raised hopes
As a former Berrien County resident, I am glad to see that there was finally some representation for the LGBT community. We all deserve the same rights as everyone that was represented. Robert via email [...]
Letter:Falwell’s passing offers lesson
The news of Falwell's death first made me skip to work that day a happy queer, one less intolerant hate filled monster in the world. Later, discussing it with a friend, I got a sort [...]
Letter: Mom’s day story rocked!
I read your recent column ["Tales of a Mama's Boy," By Chris Azzopardi, Issue 1519 ,May 10, 2007 https://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=25030] regarding your mother and I couldn't help but notice striking similarities between our mothers. Even your [...]
Letter: Falwell hated
What a loss to be hated by a large groups of people. He made his way through life to out a Teletubby and probably died doing what he found to be right. Here we are [...]
Farewells to Falwell
posted to PrideSource.com Cardiac abnormality, yeah. You could class terminal heartlessness like that. Stormkite Houston, Texas I can only imagine his surprise when he found himself going where he thought he wouldnt go. Fernando Atlanta, [...]
Affirmations celebrates new center building
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 [...]
Auction raises $16,000 for GR AIDS programs
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 [...]
Report looks at bisexual health issues
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 [...]
HPV linked to throat cancer
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 [...]
Creating Change co-chairs announced
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 [...]
Rally for DP benefits in Lansing
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 [...]
ETHA advances, abstinence does not
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 [...]
International News
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 [...]
The Falwell legacy: An interview with Rev. Mel White
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 [...]
Keen on the trail
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 [...]
Summit is ‘turning point’ in LGBT and ally history
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 [...]
Second Parent Adoption bill moves out of committee
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 [...]
Second parent adoption: A heartbreaking story from the front lines
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. [...]
St. Andrews flies flag for inclusion
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 [...]
Remembering Yolanda King Activist for civil rights, gay rights, dies at 51
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 [...]
What’s up with Curtain Calls this summer
With the 2007/08 theater season rapidly coming to a close, Curtain Calls is gearing up for a summer-long season of fun, change and experimentation. For starters, Curtain Calls has listened to its readers and will [...]
Fore! Life in the rough at StarBrite
By Robert W. Bethune The best of StarBrite's production of Norm Foster's play "The Foursome" is four pretty good actors authentically showing us college buddies, facing the real world more or less successfully, dealing with [...]
Michigan Supreme Court agrees to hear domestic partners appeal
Capitol Correspondent LANSING - Just days after more than 100 citizens marched on the Hall of Justice demanding the Michigan Supreme Court hear the case on domestic partner benefits, the Michigan Supreme Court announced today [...]