by Rex Wockner A married couple in Australia has become a married lesbian couple after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal allowed a transgender woman to change the sex designation on her passport, SX magazine reported Oct. [...]

by Rex Wockner British Justice Secretary Jack Straw says the government plans to prohibit incitement of hatred against gay, lesbian and bisexual people. The proposed law would ban words, writings, video, audio and behavior purposefully [...]

by Rex Wockner Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled 7-2 on Oct. 4 that gay people can add their partners to their health-insurance plans the same as married people. Couples will have to register their unions with [...]

by Rex Wockner A spokesman for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Oct. 10 that Ahmadinejad was misquoted when he said at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 24 that there are no homosexuals in [...]

by Rex Wockner Some 5,000 people took part in the 18th Joburg Pride Parade in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 6. "The fact that thousands braved the rain and cold to assert the importance of [...]

by Rex Wockner Thousands of Singaporeans have signed an online open letter to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urging legalization of gay sex. Parliament reportedly is planning to decriminalize oral and anal sex between heterosexuals [...]

by Rex Wockner Sweden's three opposition parties introduced a motion in Parliament Oct. 5 to legalize full marriage for same-sex couples. The opposition Social Democrats, Greens and Left Party support the move, along with three [...]

Art at Affirmations Kevin Voog Tobin, 18, has a twin brother, David. They share an A+ gay gene (if indeed there is one). Kevin also has a gift: his art. (David studies biology at Wayne [...]

FERNDALE - The Covey campaign for mayor of Ferndale is preparing to enter "high gear" with literature drops every weekend until the election. Folks willing to drop literature at Ferndale homes can contact the campaign [...]

FERNDALE - A roast in honor of Rachel Crandall and the 10th anniversary of TransGender Michigan is being planned for Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. This fundraiser will benefit the ongoing work of TransGender [...]

FERNDALE- Youth leaders and activists from around the Midwest will converge at Affirmations Community Center in Ferndale around the theme, "Revolutionary Voices, Transforming Choices" at the first Midwest Trans Youth Conference, October 19-21. The conference [...]

CANTON - Local playwright and composer Paul Bruce is looking for a few good men. Six of them, in fact, for the upcoming production of "A Perfectly Normal Boy," a new musical revue that celebrates [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING - When the news broke Oct. 11 of the school shooting in Cleveland, Kevin Epling knew what one of the causes might be. "Anytime I hear about or read about these, I [...]

FERNDALE - Just4Us, Between The Lines newspaper, Michigan Equality and "9" will host a Halloween fundraiser for "Out and Ally LGBT candidates" for public office on Oct 31. Local candidates throughout the state will be [...]

WASHINGTON, DC - An earmark was recently been added to the U.S. Senate Fiscal Year 2008 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill's Committee Report that would put [...]

Cheif of Staff Wisecup blows up on camera ROCHESTER - Within 48 hours of being taped and loaded onto YouTube, U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-9th District) attracted over 23,000 viewers. He was caught on tape [...]

DETROIT- On Oct. 15 Dr. Renee McCoy became the new Director of HIV/AIDS Programs for the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion. McCoy faces a daunting task moving into the position. In much of [...]

Capitol Correspondent DETROIT - While a volunteer in the Peace Corps, Kate Runyon was stationed in Gambia. Once, during a sexuality-education session held by the Gambians, she asked if there were any homosexuals. The response [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING - Pamela Zeller-Drake remembers when her then-14-year-old son came home from school with a smiley-face button and a rainbow ribbon on his shirt. "I said to him, 'Honey is there anything you [...]

By Eartha Jane Melzer TRAVERSE CITY - Over the second weekend in September, state police officers from across northern Michigan gathered in a nature area south of Traverse City for a sex sting targeting men [...]