Barbara Hammer 7 p.m. Aug. 1 Kahn Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield www.jgnmi.org Veteran lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer ("Nitrate Kisses") will speak about her documentary, "Lover Other: The Story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore," [...]

by Rex Wockner Budapest Mayor Demszky Gabor on July 9 denounced the hundreds of neo-Nazis and skinheads who violently attacked the city's gay pride march on July 7. "Physical violence and murderous threats were meted [...]

Capitol Correspondent FLINT- The campaign of openly gay mayoral candidate Dale Weighill has hired Tyler Whitney to run the campaign's field operations. Whitney has been trained by the Leadership Institute in Virginia. He is also [...]

by Sharon Gittleman MILFORD - Carnival games, a giant inflatable obstacle course and a concert by the Chenille Sisters are just part of the fun planned for the second annual FamilyPalooza. The celebration, held from [...]

by Bob Roehr Health What makes you fat? Add your friends to a growing list of causes that includes genes, the microbes living in your gut, stress, the food that you put in your mouth, [...]

by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, DC - The legislative gay agenda has stalled in Congress, with growing frustration among both the LGBT community and its politicos. Democratic control of both chambers has not resulted in passage [...]

By Lisa Keen Nationally, gay voters seem to overwhelmingly support Democrats in the 2008 presidential campaign, with Hillary Clinton holding onto a clear lead - and Michigan is providing a good illustration. Fifty-four percent of [...]

DETROIT - About 100 people took to the streets in Palmer Park for the Ruth Ellis Pride March, the official kick-off of Hotter Than July, on Saturday, July 21. While this is the 12th year [...]

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on July 18 condemned Iran for its continuing executions of teens and men accused of engaging in sodomy. In many, but not all, of the instances that [...]

by Rex Wockner Ireland's government will pass a law to extend marriage-like rights to same-sex couples, Taoiseach (prime minister) Bertie Ahern said July 16. Speaking at the reopening of the refurbished Outhouse LGBT community center, [...]

by Rex Wockner Police in Kathmandu, Nepal, have admitted that they target effeminate males and transgendered people (both known as metis) for the apparent crime of carrying condoms. On July 14, city police allegedly beat, [...]

HIGHLAND PARK - It may be cliched to say that the Ruth Ellis Center is growing by leaps and bounds. But it's certainly not inaccurate. One June 25, the center opened its new, 5,000-square-foot drop-in [...]

Carlos Rivera, 26, a bartender at The Tap in Windsor, was murdered July 19. His body was found by police in the apartment of Jesse Norman Imeson, 22, on Erie Street. Police said Imeson is [...]

July 27 - Windsor Pride Presents A Night at the Armouries - A Movie & Music Spectacular. Presented in partnership with the Windsor International Film Festival - Features the screening of The Bubble, an LGBT [...]

Event kicks off Pride events WINDSOR, ONT - Smiles, tears and cheers greeted two newly wed same-sex couples as they were legally married in a civil ceremony July 20. The Michigan couples won the all-expense-paid [...]