AIDS Walk Detroit hits the streets
By Cathy Markes FERNDALE - With a record 127 teams registered this year, thousands of supporters will be taking to the streets for AIDS WALK 2007. Produced by Steppin' Out, runners and walkers will parade [...]
ENDA hearing, Holsinger’s troubles
By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing Sept. 5 on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA. The legislation would extend workplace protections covering sexual [...]
Dear Jody: Feeling guilty about helping needy sis
Q: I am writing to you because I have a problem that I just don't know how to handle. The problem is my younger sister "Carin," who has some emotional problems, and she is very [...]
Creep of the Week: Tucker Carlson
Say what you want about the state of gay rights in this country, but at least we're in an age where you would never see three right-wing pundits laughing about how one of them beat [...]
Parting Glances: Journal of an Ex-Leftie
"For six months now I've been using only my right hand. (See the block lettering of this journal. Some parts illegible. My p's look like q's. My i's blend into my u's. Scribbles. Got to [...]
Viewpoint: A slice of urinal cake goes nicely with Tea and Sympathy
By R.J. Beaumia Maybe it's the company I keep, but I've had the majority of my friends, gay and straight, tell me that having sex in a public place, in a car or otherwise, is [...]
Billy Masters
"You guys seem pretty cool. Do you wanna come upstairs and fuck my wife?" - Dave Navarro's alleged invitation to members of the band "The Audio Bullys." The "Bullys" were taken aback and declined - [...]
Book Marks
by Richard Labonte September 10, 2007 "Body and Blood," by Michael Schiefelbein. St. Martin's Minotaur, 256 pages, $23.95 hardcover. Back when he was 16, Chris Sieb had a crush on fellow seminarian Jack Canston. A [...]
Hear Me Out
Mary Gauthier B 'Between Daylight and Dark' In stores Sept. 18 Nope, Lucinda Williams didn't undergo a name change. Though playing Mary Gauthier's latest, "Between Daylight and Dark," could lead some to believe Williams has [...]
The ladies Prentiss give exceptional performances in BoarsHead season opener
By D. A. Blackburn The BoarsHead Theater opened its 2007-2008 season Friday with a production set on uneasy footing, but found stability in a pair of exceptional performances and a script of pure genius. George [...]
East and west coasts converge at Five15
ROYAL OAK - Boystown in Chicago has them. So does DuPont Circle in the nation's capitol. And San Francisco? New York? Of course they do, silly. And now, so does Royal Oak, thanks to a [...]
Wearin’ history
By Laura Laing In 1991, Steve Gdula drove south to Baltimore from New York Pride, dressed in a daring purchase. His T-shirt featured Jesus wearing a crown of thorns. Below the image read, "Love your [...]
Hot home furnishings renew your home
BY Sharon Gittleman  ROYAL OAK - When it comes to creating beautiful homes, gays and lesbians have a long tradition to uphold. Where can you turn to find the most exciting accessories that will [...]
Two new homeowners share their advice on how to find the right house to buy
It's no secret that Michigan is in a recession. But the silver lining for those who find themselves house shopping is that the buyer's market the state's economic downturn has produced puts them in them [...]
Sleep peacefully on organic bedding
BY Sharon Gittleman ROYAL OAK - You pay close attention to the quality of the organic fruits and vegetables that your family eats. You choose cleansers that don't contain toxic chemicals. Think you've done everything [...]
Lansing’s Old Town;’Just a little past normal’
Capitol Correspondent LANSING--When Rick Preuss saw the neglected old car dealership-garage, he knew it was the right place to relocate his business, Preuss Pets. "I'd be lying if I did not say it was the [...]
Detroit Design SuperStar contest extended
DETROIT - Have you ever thought you may have a knack for interior design but never found the opportunity to pursue it? Well, here's your shot. Garden Court Condominiums has launched Detroit's Design SuperStar Challenge. [...]
Garden Court Rocks Detroit
DETROIT - Garden Court Condominiums will host "Rockin in the Garden 2007," a free concert within the development's parking lot, featuring three of Detroit's premier up-and-coming bands Saturday, Sept. 15 from noon to 6 p.m. [...]
Art at Affirmations: Eleinko goes X-Rated! (Well, sorta)
Gary Eleinko's Works on Paper exhibit runs through October 1st. For information, contact: Maureen Jones at 248-398-7105. Or, art curator Charles Alexander (Charles@pridesource.com) For a night with five important local art openings happening at the [...]
A look at plumbing innovation
Do you like to keep up with the Joneses and have the newest and best in home innovation? Well, then, this is for you. Tim Rinke of H.L. Claeys has picked out three new innovations [...]
Letter: Just thinking about sex…
As a gay man, its easy to stand on the side and shake a shameful finger at the hypocrit who I think he (Larry Craig) probably is. But, I think we are missing an important [...]
Letter: Responding to hate on campus
And Michigan State University LGBTQA groups are going to do what exactly? Of course they could protest this speaker with much effort. Would it just get the MSU YAF group mad and sputter this more [...]
AIDS Walk Detroit hits the streets
By Cathy Markes FERNDALE - With a record 127 teams registered this year, thousands of supporters will be taking to the streets for AIDS WALK 2007. Produced by Steppin' Out, runners and walkers will parade [...]
Finance director ‘Beth’ Kendall loved wife, life
Elizabeth Ann Kendall was born June 10, 1952 in Mason, Mich. and raised in Mio, Mich. - her true hometown. She graduated from Mio AuSable High School, Central Michigan University and obtained an MBA from [...]
Donna Brazile: Exclusive extended interview
Capitol Correspondent LANSING - In an exclusive interview with Between The Lines, former Al Gore presidential campaign manager and current political consultant Donna Brazile talked about the progressive movement and the Southern Poverty Law Center-identified [...]
Hate crimes conference features big speakers, community responses
Capitol Correspondent LANSING - Law enforcement, community leaders, victim advocates and others gathered at Michigan State University's Kellogg Conference Center on Sept. 6 to discuss and develop community responses to hate and bias incidents at [...]
Finance director ‘Beth’ Kendall loved wife, life
Obituary Elizabeth Ann Kendall, who worked at the budget department of Oakland University, died on Aug. 30 at the age of 55. Kendall battled ovarian cancer for more than three years, and recently, the effort [...]
Obituary: Elizabeth Ann Kendall
Elizabeth Ann Kendall was born June 10, 1952 in Mason Michigan and raised in Mio Michigan, her true hometown. She graduated from Mio AuSable High School, Central Michigan University and obtained an MBA from Oakland [...]
Political Round-Up
Nathan Triplett to run for East Lansing City Council EAST LANSING,AeiNathan Triplett, a Michigan Equality Board Member and supported of the LBGT community, has announced he will seek a seat on the East Lansing City [...]
Hundreds of progressives descend on Lansing
Capitol Correspondent LANSING - It was a "historic" event. People came from as far away as Escanaba and as near as downtown Lansing. There were the young, the elderly, African Americans, Arab Americans, LBGT Americans, [...]
Welcome to QueerZone
By Jessica Carreras YPSILANTI - A tucked-away house in Ypsilanti sits quietly, blending into the homes and businesses around it. Most walk right by without noticing it. But to the youth who come here on [...]
Gay Business Expo returns
BIRMINGHAM - It's been almost ten years since the southeastern Michigan LGBT business community has had an expo. But now, for the first time produced by Ties Like Me, the business community will have a [...]
Triangle to honor community heroes during annual dinner
Triangle Foundation's State Dinner Event 5 p.m. Sept. 29 Ford Conference & Event Center, Dearborn http://www.tri.org Triangle Foundation will honor several of the LGBT community's heroes at its annual dinner, set for 5 p.m. on [...]
Keen on the trail
By Lisa Keen Gay news from the presidential campaign trail... GO FIGURE FRED: It's a little hard to figure which way Republican Fred Thompson wants to go on the issue of gay marriage. Just days [...]
FDA recommends approval of raltegravir
by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, DC - An FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended approval of raltegravir (Isentress(TM)) as part of combination therapy for treatment-experienced patients with HIV, at a meeting on Sept. 5. The pharmaceutical company [...]
Remember me for ‘Gay is Good’
By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - "If I am remembered for nothing else, I want to be remembered for coining 'Gay is Good.' It sums up and epitomizes what I have worked for for half [...]
Homophobic televangelist D. James Kennedy dies
by Bob Roehr Another cornerstone of the antigay religious right has passed away. Rev. D. James Kennedy died in his sleep on Sept. 5, at the age of 76, of complications from heart disease. He [...]
The time IS now: Let’s end the politics of division
Hundreds of dedicated activists spent their Saturday inside the Lansing Center this past weekend. The goal they have set out seems nearly insurmountable in terms of the sheer magnitude: Bring the progressive movement together, create [...]
Art & Around for the period Sept. 13-22
EDITOR'S PICK: For 75 years the Detroit Artists Market has exhibited the work of emerging and established artists in the Metropolitan Detroit region. To open its 75th anniversary fall season, the DAM presents two concurrent [...]
Theater Events for the period Sept. 13-22
EDITOR'S PICK: The Michigan State Department of Theatre will present the contemporary play "As Bees In Honey Drown" by Douglas Carter Beane. The play is a satirical comedy about a new writer hypnotized by a [...]
Man, woman, sex and gender on stage at Whole Art Theatre
By Michael Margolin KALAMAZOO - A new production of "The Vagina Monologues" opens the season at Kalamazoo's adventurous Whole Art Theatre, and the edgy script is getting a further walk on the wild side: The [...]
Mah-Dey Theatre celebrates Latina women
I can't remember the last time when two new professional theaters opened at the exact same time here in Metro Detroit, but that's what happened last week with the debuts of both the Tipping Point [...]
Big dreams, great opening in Northville
No one in Tipping Point Theatre's inaugural production of "Don't Dress for Dinner" plays their part very convincingly - except for the six excellent actors who star in this impressive debut of Metro Detroit's newest [...]
Hear Me Out
Mary Gauthier B 'Between Daylight and Dark' In stores Sept. 18 Nope, Lucinda Williams didn't undergo a name change. Though playing Mary Gauthier's latest, "Between Daylight and Dark," could lead some to believe Williams has [...]
The ladies Prentiss give exceptional performances in BoarsHead season opener
By D. A. Blackburn The BoarsHead Theater opened its 2007-2008 season Friday with a production set on uneasy footing, but found stability in a pair of exceptional performances and a script of pure genius. George [...]
East and west coasts converge at Five15
ROYAL OAK - Boystown in Chicago has them. So does DuPont Circle in the nation's capitol. And San Francisco? New York? Of course they do, silly. And now, so does Royal Oak, thanks to a [...]