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Creep of the Week: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Wow, who would have thought a Holocaust denier would be anti-gay, too? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made an appearance at New York's Columbia University as part of its World Leaders Forum on Sept. 24. He [...]
Editorial: Say ‘No-thanks’ to compromised ENDA
The long awaited Employment Nondiscrimination Act was due to go to a vote in the U.S. House this week with transgenedered people included. That was up unitl late last week when U.S. Rep Barney Frank [...]
What’s in the ‘Jena 6’ for us? Absolutely everything!
I must admit I have a love/hate relationship with the Human Rights Campaign. I have seen its potential and recognize its challenges. And although at times being on the board of governors has brought me [...]
Parting Glances: Three days and . . .
FRIDAY JOURNAL ENTRY: I think of Mart Crowley's campy line from "Boys in the Band": "It takes a fairy to make something pretty." Yes, yes: a bevy of fellowshiping aerials . . . The MCC-Detroit [...]
Between The Sheets
By Ed Woody CREDIT: Buckshot Brotherhood Venerable and award-winning director Jerry Douglas only makes one film a year, and it's always worth the wait. His latest project is set in that bastion of homoeroticism, the [...]
Billy Masters
"In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I do not know who has told you that we [...]
Bowling tournament promises gay old time
By Jessica Carreras Motown Invitational Classic bowling tournament Oct. 5-7 Cloverlanes, Livonia http://www.mictourney.org. It's never been so easy to get a perfect 10. From Oct. 5 to Oct. 7, the Motown Invitational Classic gay bowling [...]
15 Minutes … More
Chris Crocker Oct. 6 Ice Nightclub, Hamtramck 313-365-1446 Leave! Britney! Alone! Those three words alone are enough to paint - with eyeliner - the image of a slim 19-year-old Tennessean, done-up in heavy eye make-up, [...]
Dear Jody: Necrofriendlia?
My lover's pretending to have sex with his dead boyfriend Q: Jody, I know I'm not supposed to read another person's diary, but I did and I 'm sorry that I did. More sorry than [...]
Lawrence Street Gallery presents juried sculpture competition
The Third Dimension October 3-26 Reception 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 5, New Gallery hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Friday, noon-9 p.m. Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale The Third Dimension, a juried sculpture competition and exhibition, [...]
Gay. Christian. Amen!
Jason and deMarco 7 p.m. Oct. 6 Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit, Ferndale 7 p.m. Oct. 7 Woodside Church, Flint http://www.jasonanddemarco.com Maybe this thought crossed Jason Warner and deMarco DeCiccio's minds when denying several reality [...]
Beaver break
Caution: Lisa Lampanelli likes to drop the "f" bomb. Both of them. And other dirtiness that wouldn't sit well with anyone against slang terms for "vagina." Basically, beware. Lisa Lampanelli Oct. 5, State Theatre, Kalamazoo [...]
Now Playing
October 8, 2007 NEW THIS WEEK: Feast of Love Unlucky cafe owner Bradley (Greg Kinnear) keeps finding love in all the wrong places. Cafe workers Oscar (Toby Hemingway) and Chloe (Alexa Davalos) are madly in [...]
The OutField: You Say You Want a Revolution
By Dan Woog October 1, 2007 Each winter, when "Sports Illustrated" unleashes its swimsuit edition on America, readers react predictably. Many men greet it with orgasmic pleasure; a few writers bloviate that they've removed it [...]
People Dancing announces fall showcase
PD_1540.jpg: Kerry Allan dances in the premiere of "Time Lapse," one of several works included in People Dancing's fall showcase Oct. 4-6. Photo: Tom L. Smith ANN ARBOR - People Dancing presents its third annual [...]
Gay themes not the kiss of death for St. Dunstan’s Guild
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Gays in theater? We're everywhere, of course. But gay plays and characters? That's a somewhat different story - especially on community theater stages throughout Southeast Michigan. While many amateur troupes - if [...]
MTV follows bisexual Internet sensation on her quest for love
BI BABE: Tila Tequila, a MySpace sensation, tries to find the suitable man - or woman. A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila 10 p.m. Oct. 9 MTV The rules of attraction are made to [...]
Art & Around for the period Oct. 4-13
EDITOR'S PICK: The Greater Flint Arts Council and Buckham Gallery have joined together to start an OUT'N ABOUT collaborative to celebrate the arts of the LGBT community and their allies. Dedicated to the advancement of [...]
Elvira Kurt set to ‘Come OUT & Laugh’
ROYAL OAK - Elvira Kurt, Canada's Queen of Quirky Comedy, will headline this year's Come OUT & Laugh on Wednesday, Oct. 10. When asked if she thought National Coming Out Day, which the Affirmations-produced event [...]
‘Focus on the Family’ illuminates effects of hate crimes
By Sarah Mieras E X H I B I T 'Focus on the Family' "Focus on the Family" will be installed at the Open Concept Gallery, 50 Louis, through the end of November. The Gallery [...]
Start casting your votes for Detroit’s Design SuperStar
DETROIT - Online voting has now started for "Detroit's Design SuperStar Challenge." Applications and design concepts from aspiring artists who hope to design and furnish a two-bedroom, twobath or one-bedroom, one-bath floor plan within Detroit's [...]
It’s about time for an ENDA
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 2015) is fast approaching its next moment in the sun, as a vote for ENDA may well take place by the time you read this column. [...]
International News
by Rex Wockner Gay Iraqis win UK asylum Two gay men targeted by anti-gay death squads in Iraq were granted asylum in the United Kingdom in late September. Ibaa, 30, had worked as a culturalprograms [...]
President Ahmadinejad says Iran has no homosexuals
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sept. 24 that there are no homosexuals in Iran. Answering students' questions at Columbia University in New York City, Ahmadinejad said: "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your [...]
Triangle dinner a tribute to departing Montgomery
DETROIT - It was his last official night on the job and the evening really was all about him. Jeff Montgomery, who announced his resignation as executive director last week, was lauded at the annual [...]
Upending ENDA legislation
By Lisa Keen A major controversy has erupted within the LGBT community over a decision by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) to seek passage of a new version of ENDA that both excludes gender identity [...]
WRAP extends lease in Braun Court
The WRAP Resource Center Board of Directors announced that it has signed a threemonth extension of its lease at its current location at 319 Braun Court in Ann Arbor. Recently, WRAP has hosted several community [...]
MSU YAF brings in speakers with ties to white supremacy
Capitol Correspondent EAST LANSING-- The Michigan State University chapter of Young Americans for Freedom has a lineup of speakers for the school year which includes three speakers with ties to white supremacy groups. The group [...]
Watch Out, the YODA Monologues are coming to a town near you!
by Penny Gardner Those who are LGBT and old, young and/or disabled, often opt out of the political and activist arena. Messages from the LGBT movement in the manner of inaccessibility, neglect, and disinterest scream [...]
Too many concepts, not enough focus
There's no doubt in my mind that one of the most creative souls working today in the local theater community is Mike McGettigan. With three recent Wilde Awards and a handful of nominations already under [...]
Totalitarian imagination from Breathe Art
By Robert W. Bethune There are two features of Breathe Art's production of "The Pillowman," by Martin McDonagh: excellent acting and intense text. In an unnamed totalitarian state, police officers named Topolski and Ariel interrogate [...]
Beer takes good care of Williams’ classic
I'll let you in on a little secret: I cringe every time I'm scheduled to review Tennessee William's "The Glass Menagerie." It's not that I detest the script; it truly is a masterpiece. But over [...]
Opera impresario to debut new work at Michigan Opera Theatre
By D. A. Blackburn DETROIT - Dr. David DiChiera is a man who dreams in operatic proportions. Having founded two of the nation's most successful opera companies and transformed a decrepit Detroit movie palace into [...]
Theater Events for the period Oct. 4-13
EDITOR'S PICK: The Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre will present the medieval morality play "Everyman," Oct. 11-21 at the Riverside Arts Center at 76 N. Huron Street in Ypsilanti. The show will be directed by MCRT [...]
ENDA: Trans inclusion issue must be vocalized this week
By Lisa Keen The dust is beginning to settle around last week's bruising intra-community battle over whether to seek a vote on a version of ENDA that includes only sexual orientation protection or insist that [...]