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Creep Of The Week: Senator Larry Craig
Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Poor Larry Craig. Having a solidly anti-gay congressional record wasn't enough to save him when he was caught propositioning an undercover officer in an airport men's room. When news [...]
Parting Glances: Too late, Mary! (er, Larry)
It's probably no consolation to Sen. Larry Craig, but he's not the first political power broker to be caught playing happy tap in a men's loo. Back in the 60s, Walter Jenkins, presidential aide to [...]
Queer Quote
"Through the marriage exclusion, the state devalues and delegitimizes relationships at the very core of the [same-sex couples'] sexual orientation and expresses, compounds, and perpetuates the stigma historically attached to homosexuality, for them and all [...]
The Gay Moralist: Compassion for Craig?
by John Corvino The Gay Moralist Jim West, Jim McGreevey, Ted Haggard, Mark Foley, Bob Allen, David Vitter. Now Larry Craig. Public figures getting caught with their pants down is nothing new. What is new [...]
Billy Masters
"I am not gay. I don't do these kinds of things...You're out to enforce the law, but you shouldn't be out to entrap people, either...I don't seek activity in bathrooms." - Senator Larry Craig's statement [...]
Lawrence Street Gallery does ‘Balancing Act’
"Balancing Act" Aug. 29-Sept. 29 Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale will display "Balancing Act," an exhibit featuring over 35 works by quilt artists, from Aug. 29-Sept. 29. "The theme of 'Balancing [...]
Armed with a six string – and not afraid to use it
Natalia Zukerman with Nervous But Excited 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 The Ark, Ann Arbor http://www.nataliazukerman.com Natalia Zukerman plays the hell out of the guitar. What, exactly, she plays isn't clear. Call it folk, if you [...]
Respect Fest to tear down barriers
By Tana Michaels Respect Fest 2007 7 p.m. Sept. 22 http://www.respectfest.com 989-964-4261 SAGINAW - The LGBT community in Saginaw is giving back in the form of Respect Fest on Sept. 22. The brainchild of Perceptions [...]
Ru gets raunchy
RuPaul Sept. 14 Menjo's Nightclub 928 W. McNichols Road, Detroit 313-863-3934 http://www.menjosdetroit.com RuPaul knows that to reclaim fame, some desperate measures need to be taken. Like starring in a steamy sex tape. Or joining the [...]
Scene Check
Backstreet kicked off Labor Day weekend with the comradery of Arabian Nights, a magical evening filled with food, music, dancing, handsome men and women. BTL photos: Danielle
Book Marks
by Richard Labonte August 27, 2007 "Dahlia Season: Stories and a Novella," by Myriam Gurba. Manic D Press, 192 pages, $14.95 paper. Desiree Garcia, star of the novella-length title tale, is an endearingly weird 15-year-old [...]
The OutField: Fighting for both the crips and the queers
by Dan Woog September 3, 2007 We've heard the jokes. OK, we've probably made them ourselves. A female friend gets turned down for a job. "Too bad you weren't a real minority," we commiserate. "Maybe [...]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
by Rex Wockner Cameroon jails gay men Six men were jailed in Cameroon in mid-August after a young man who had been arrested on theft charges was coerced by police into naming his gay friends, [...]
Letter: WRAP Coverage
(Regarding coverage of WRAP, BTL 1535) I would rather have read an article that focuses on the WRAP board's reasons for the changes and their future plans instead of the landlords reaction to this situation. [...]
Regarding public sex
I like to think of myself as a middle of the roader when it comes to politics. President Eisenhower warned us, taking that position will open you up to the extremes of both sides of [...]
Internet chain emails needs full context
The following text is a personal email reply to a coworker and friend I want to share with BTL readers. I'm sure my reaction was far more then they expected. It all stems from one [...]
Anti-gay speaker scheduled to appear at MSU
Capitol Correspondent EAST LANSING - Michigan State University Young Americans for Freedom has announced on its blog that it will host a speech by Ryan Sorba from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sept.19. The title [...]
Camping OUT 2007 a success
Capitol Correspondent DETROIT--They came from Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, Florida and Michigan, 20 youth for a camping experience like no other. It was Triangle Foundation's second annual Camping OUT program held in Northern Michigan. The [...]
Political Round Up
LANSING - During a round of appropriations votes in the state house two weeks ago, State Represenative Dave Agema (R-74), Republican representing Kent and Ottawa counties, tried to amend the higher education appropriations bill to [...]
Community reflects on loss of murdered volunteer
By Tana Michaels SAGINAW - The tomatoes he planted are still green on the vine at The Green House Gathering Place, where Charles "Chuck" Darr, 69, volunteered on a nearly daily basis. Darr's life was [...]
Simpson reacts to campus attack
Recently, an incident caused Jacki Simpson to jump into action that involved two graduates of the University of Michigan who were verbally and physically assaulted by two current UofM students. She quickly garnered the support [...]
The name game
ANN ARBOR - It's a rare and lucky person who says that not only do they like where they work, but they like what they do. Jackie Simpson, the director of the University of Michigan's [...]
Advocates call for national AIDS strategy
by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - AIDS advocates are calling on the U.S. government to create a results-based "National AIDS Strategy," something the feds demand of other countries that it assists through PEPFAR - the [...]
Craig resigns from U.S. Senate
By Bob Roehr Idaho Sen. Larry Craig resigned Sept. 1, effective at the end of the month. It was just five days after news broke that he had pled guilty to charges of "lewd conduct" [...]
Iowa court OKs same-sex marriage
By Lisa Keen In a state on which the nation's eyes have been frequently focused this year, a district court judge in Iowa ruled Aug. 30 that the state constitution requires same-sex couples be allowed [...]
NLGJA convention attracts 400
By Rex Wockner SAN DIEGO - Some 400 people turned out for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association's annual convention, held Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 - a dramatic drop from the 650 people [...]
Pets suffer when owners smoke
by Bob Roehr Puss, pooch, and birds all suffer from the secondhand smoke of their owners, according to a growing body of literature that has looked at the issue, says Carolynn MacAllister, a veterinarian with [...]
Here comes the judge
District Court Judge Robert B. Hanson of Iowa sent shock waves through the legal community in his home state when he ruled - emphatically - that it is unconstitutional for the state to deny marriage [...]
Out of nothing: Imagining Ann Hathaway
By Robert W. Bethune Shakespeare became a celebrity a century or so after his death, and ever more a celebrity ever since. Since Vasari's "Lives of the Artists" in the 1500s, it's hard to tell [...]
Words as weapons in a fruitless war
By Robert W. Bethune On Pentecost the disciples went through a confusion of tongues and surpassing enlightenment. Since David Edgar wants to make theater that "takes our times by the throat," and our times being [...]
Art & Around for the period Sept. 6-15
EDITOR'S PICK: Help celebrate Mexican Independence Day with Ballet Folklorico de Mexico and the Detroit Opera House! Exemplifying the fiery passion and ethereal grace of old Mexico, Ballet Folklorico visits the Detroit Opera House for [...]
Yes, it really WAS ‘One Wilde Night’
Neither torrential rain nor scorching temperatures kept a near-capacity crowd of approximately 325 from packing Detroit's Gem Theatre Aug. 29 for The 2007 Wilde Awards. The event, sponsored by Between The Lines, brought together the [...]
The curtain rises on a brand new season
Theater is busting out all over the place this week, as the 2007/08 season officially gets underway not with a trickle of new shows, but with a deluge. The curtain will rise over the next [...]
Theater Events for the period Sept. 6-15
EDITOR'S PICK: Join the Oakland University Department of Music, Theatre and Dance for its first production of the 2007/08season, "Found a Peanut," by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies. Directed by Ttari Hellmer, this nostalgic show [...]
A wildly spectacular night
by Jessica Carreras DETROIT - Last Wednesday night, a foreboding thunderstorm threatened downtown Detroit. Trash blew around the streets and trees swayed as the first drops began to fall. It seemed like the perfect setting [...]
Arcus grants nearly $3 million to LGBT projects
KALAMAZOO - The Arcus Foundation recently announced the details of their Spring 2007 grant awards and the numbers are impressive. The Foundation, founded and funded by Jon Stryker, granted out $2,951,105 to LGBT projects, in [...]
Wilde Awards Part 1
Introductory Videos "Turn Off Your Fucking Cell Phones" "Would you FRINGE me??" Best Set Design Nominees Bartley H. Bauer, "The Subject Was Roses" - Purple Rose Theatre Company Christopher H. Carothers, "An Inspector Calls" - [...]
The Wilde Awards Part 2
Part 2 The Wilde-R Awards The "Presto! Chango!" Award Aphrodite Nikolovski & Joe Colosi "Language Lessons," Performance Network Theatre The "Oh My God, I'd Be In Traction For Years" Award "Cirque Dreams", Fisher Theatre The [...]
The Wilde Awards Part 3
Preview: Encore Michigan.com Critic's Choice Award Winner Best Local Professional Comedy - Nominees "All Childish Things" - Planet Ant Theatre; Eric W. Maher, director "Durang: An Experiment and a Parody" - The Abreact; Charles Reynolds, [...]
The Wilde Awards Part 4
Best Duo or Trio Nominees Joe Colosi & Joel Mitchell, "All Childish Things" - Planet Ant Theatre Darrell Glasgow & Chris Roady, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" - Planet Ant Theatre Grant R. Krause & [...]
Wilde Awards Videos
Here are the video segments in the show, in order of appearance. "Turn off your fucking cell phones!" "Would you FRINGE ME?" "A Fella Knows What A Fella Wants" "Coming Out Insurance" "Theater in Southeastern [...]