by Jessica Carreras MADISON HEIGHTS - On July 4 of 2005, a day when most Americans celebrated their unsurpassed freedoms and rights, Anton Anderssen was in Canada getting married - a right not afforded to [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING - Claudia Gonzalez remembers vividly walking across the campus of Michigan State University two years ago. The campus was abuzz with football excitement, the Spartans were hosting a home game. That's when [...]

By Lisa Keen Keen on the trail SCORE ONE FOR THE STIGMA: The question to Democratic candidates last Thursday night, June 28, was "What is the plan to stop and protect these young people from [...]

by Bob Roehr Studies have long shown that gays and lesbians are more likely to smoke than their heterosexual counterparts, however there have been concerns about the way that data was gathered. A large new [...]

LANSING - Despite pressing financial woes and an alleged lack of leadership, Michigan Pride in Lansing went off without a noticeable hitch on Saturday, June 30. A high spirited march kicked off at 1 p.m. [...]

DETROIT - The National Black Justice Coalition is hosting a reception honoring local LGBT organizations that are empowering and enhancing the lives of black LGBT men, women and youth. The July 10 reception will take [...]

by Bob Roehr CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA) amended its nondiscrimination policies to include transgender persons at the annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Chicago, which ended on June 27. [...]

by Kirsti Reeve Terry and I were probably one of the first couples to admit "we met online", through a tape trade on the Indigo Girls email list in 1994. One morning, my inbox contained [...]

BY SHARON GITTLEMAN FERNDALE- While most people living in Ferndale reside in homes built in decades past, they'll soon have a new option. Recently, developer Robert Wolfson celebrated the groundbreaking of the four floors of [...]

Newly elected Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri once told a daily newspaper that gay people are sick. In a 1997 interview with Pagina/12, Macri was asked if he'd accept gay players on the Boca Juniors [...]

The bishops of Canada's Anglican Church voted 21-19 June 24 against giving dioceses the option of allowing priests to bless same-sex marriages. To be approved, the measure needed majority support in separate votes by three [...]

Only one Canadian same-sex couple has gotten married in Toronto this year, while 118 American gay couples have married there along with 201 gay couples from elsewhere in the world. Same-sex marriages account for 4.3 [...]

Opposition lawmakers introduced a same-sex civil-union bill in Costa Rica June 19. It would grant spousal rights in areas such as inheritance, bereavement leave and medical decisions. The bill's sponsors, from the Citizens Action Party [...]

About 2,000 people marched in the gay pride parade in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 23. It rained, but cleared up for the post-parade festival at Pilrig Park in Leith. "We had a real ale bar, entertainment, [...]

Istanbul police raided two gay bars June 16, pushing patrons into the streets with threats of using pepper spray and billy clubs. When the patrons then ignored orders to disperse and instead began clapping, some [...]

by Rex Wockner Three pro-gay protesters were arrested June 27 outside the European Commission office in Moscow during a picket by 25 people urging the European Union to revoke Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's right to travel [...]