Creep of the Week: Larry Craig
Let me make something clear: I don't think Larry Craig should've been arrested for what went down in that Minneapolis restroom. For one thing, nothing (or, for that matter, no one) went down. It's a [...]
Let me make something clear: I don't think Larry Craig should've been arrested for what went down in that Minneapolis restroom. For one thing, nothing (or, for that matter, no one) went down. It's a [...]
Parting Glances A postcard I got from my good friend the intrepid Recovering Catholic e-gadabout Sr. Serena Scatterpin, Renegade Sisters of Mary, is rather, well, phallic. To say the least. Postmarked Tulsa OK. it's an [...]
By R.J. Beaumia Viewpoint In director Francis Ford Coppola's 1986 film "Peggy Sue Got Married," a plump Kathleen Turner plays a 40-ish housewife who tries to distract herself from a tumultuous midlife crisis and a [...]
by Jasmyne A. Cannick Viewpoint Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama recently announced his plans to go on an "Embrace the Change! Gospel Concert Series" tour through South Carolina this week with gospel singers Donnie McClurkin [...]
by Dr. Sienko Viewpoint In the recent past, Between The Lines has published nearly weekly reports on HIV/AIDS prevention activities at the Ingham County Health Department. Much of the reporting has been critical of ICHD [...]
By Michael H. Margolin ANN ARBOR - A signature ballet is to a dance company what the Big Mac is to McDonald's: There may be other things on the menu, but this is what they [...]
by Billy Masters "Listen, Jane Seymour - do you want that 'Dancing with the Stars' disco ball trophy or do you want to whine about your dead mother?" - Tony Dovalani comforts the mourning Jane [...]
HEADER The DL on 'Desperate Housewives' Something bugged Susan Mayer on the fourth installment of the revived new season of "Desperate Housewives." And, no, it's not the crabs - which have crawled their way from [...]
By Michael H. Margolin DETROIT - In ancient legend, the Greek god Zeus swallowed his pregnant wife and ultimately gave birth to his daughter, Athena, through his forehead. That thought, somehow, came to mind when [...]
'The Lair' Available on DVD now D- Imagine getting bit by a vampire. That's how painful it is watching Jesse Cutlip, the chiseled boy-toy of the show's protagonist, try to offer up even a smidgen [...]
Appearing in Michigan Tori Amos The American Doll Posse Tour 8 p.m. Oct. 27 Fox Theatre, Detroit http://www.toriamos.com Tori Amos isn't herself lately. She's Pip, a confrontational warrior. She's Isabel, a political photographer. She's the [...]
EDITOR'S PICK: One film took home a 2006 Academy Award. Another was banned in its country of origin, though it features that nation's biggest pop singer. The director of a third film armed himself with [...]
by Richard Labonte October 22, 2007 "The Indian Clerk," by David Leavitt. Bloomsbury USA, 496 pages, $24.95 hardcover. Several years ago, Leavitt drew on the life of the late British poet Stephen Spender for the [...]
By Jack Fertig October 22, 2007 Mercury is turning retrograde, this time in Libra, bringing up flaws in contracts and long-simmering disagreements in partnerships. Pluto's influence can ask radical questions of simple disagreements, exposing deep [...]
Lover acts like he's from the Irish mafia Q: I have always wanted to be able to go to Chicago for their pride march. This year I was able to go. I not only had [...]
Education Management LLC recently announced the addition of The Art Institute of Michigan to its Art Institutes system of schools. With its first day of class slated for Nov. 8, The Art Institute of Michigan [...]
October 22, 2007 Across 1 9 inches, e.g. 5 Orgasm, for example 10 "Beat it!" 14 "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of ___ Other" 15 Lucci's Kane in "All My Children" 16 Sit for Mapplethorpe [...]
FERNDALE- Beginning Sunday, Nov.4 a book study discusson group will take place from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Metropolitan Community Church. Topics are wide-ranging and the program has selections running once each month through [...]
FALL ARTS FESTIVALS: Dia De Los Muertos A three-day celebration of the Day of the Dead, featuring authentic Mexican food, entertainment, mariachis, folkloric dancers, art & artifact vendors, bands and a children's area. Nov. 2-4 [...]
FERNDALE - A potluck and townhall will be held at Affirmations Community Center at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct 26. Panelist include Jay Kaplan, staff attorney with the ACLU of Michigan LGBT project, Melissa Pope, [...]
by Dean Vickers Special Service Announcement from BTL Note: If you suspect your pet has ingested a potentially dangerous substance, please call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435. As [...]
LANSING- Oral arguments before the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of National Pride at Work v Granholm et al, will be heard on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Hall of Justice, 925 W. Ottawa, [...]
by Rex Wockner The mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Dave Bronconnier, upset gays Oct. 10 by allegedly saying during a debate that he doesn't "condone" the gay "lifestyle." When a questioner complained that Tourism Calgary promotes [...]
by Rex Wockner The European branch of the International Lesbian and Gay Association and the Dutch national gay group COC lectured the nations of Georgia and Azerbaijan on the responsibilities of European Union membership Oct. [...]
by Rex Wockner The Istanbul governor's office is trying to close down the Turkish GLBT rights group Lambda Istanbul. The office claims the group's objectives -- and even its name -- are "against the law [...]
by Rex Wockner Moscow gay pride organizers lost an appeal of a slander case against Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on Oct. 11 and now plan to move to the European Court of Human Rights. Nikolai Baev [...]
by Rex Wockner Some 10,000 LGBT people hit the streets of Taipei Oct. 13 for the city's fifth gay-pride parade. The procession ended at City Hall with a rally and a performance by pop diva [...]
by Rex Wockner More than 16,100 same-sex couples registered under the United Kingdom's marriagelike civil-partnership law in 2006, its first full year of existence, the Office for National Statistics said Oct. 11. About 4,000 of [...]
by Rex Wockner A constitutional amendment to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation has passed a Venezuelan legislative committee and moved to the full National Assembly. Should the measure and other proposed changes pass the [...]
By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, DC - Judge Michael Mukasey, the Bush administration's nominee for U.S. attorney general, said he would treat LGBT employees and their organizations no differently than others, at his Senate confirmation hearing [...]
By Lisa Keen The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed a House committee today by a 27 to 21 vote, with four Republicans voting for it and four Democrats voting against it. The "No" votes among Democrats [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen on the trail October 25, 2007 GOP ON PARADE: Republican presidential hopefuls had two high-profile forums for their views on gay-related issues this week. On Sunday night, October 21, Fox News [...]
By Lisa Keen Just over two months away from the first voting in the 2008 presidential primaries, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is launching a new push for voters in the black community that has [...]
Wire Reports Washington, DC - Five additional members of the House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of The Military Readiness Enhancement Act (H.R. 1246), a Congressional bill to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't [...]
ANN ARBOR - The Coaltion for Adoption Rights Equality (CARE) and Lesbian Moms Network (LMN) are sponsroing Boo Fest from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at Braun Court in Kerrytown. The cost [...]
By Tana Michaels SAGINAW - Judge Jurrens of Saginaw County's 70th District Court will decide at a later date if - and on what charges - Michael Kerr, a resident of Pinconning, will be held [...]
FERNDALE - A potluck and townhall will be held at Affirmations Community Center at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct 26. Panelist include Jay Kaplan, staff attorney with the ACLU of Michigan LGBT project, Melissa Pope, [...]
By Sharon Gittleman SOUTHFIELD - Religious and family ties and sexual orientation are subjects sure to induce passionate responses. Sometimes it's hard to step back and really listen to another point of view. The Jewish [...]
by Todd A. Heywood Capitol Correspondent EAST LANSING- Young Americans for Freedom Michigan State University is bringing Nick Griffin, head of the British National Party, to the East Lansing campus on Friday, Oct. 26 from [...]
LANSING- Oral arguments before the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of National Pride at Work v Granholm et al, will be heard on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Hall of Justice, 925 W. Ottawa, [...]
FLINT - Flint native Tim Retzloff loves history, especially LGBT history. So much so that he is pursuing a doctorate in U.S. history at Yale University in Connecticut, with a concentration in LGBT history. He [...]
by Sean Kosofsky All Politics is Loco It seems like every year is an election year. Well, it is. Triangle Pride PAC, like other political action committees, takes a great deal of time surveying the [...]
BTL Editorial: October 25, 2007 The LGBT community has had to face daunting health issues; from HIV/AIDS, to provider neglect, to increased incidences of disease due to stress related behaviors. Particularly when faced with HIV/AIDS, [...]
So maybe Rev. Jerry Falwell WAS correct - that gays really ARE the cause of America's ills that brought on the tragedy of 9/11. Okay. I'm joking about that. And so, too, is the cast [...]
By Robert W. Bethune Watching grown men be silly is fun, especially when the grown men being silly are as comfortable in their skins and in their characters as are Joseph Albright, B. J. Love [...]
By D. A. Blackburn Thoughts of romantic dinners rarely include a menu of pizza, but for an American professor on fellowship in Copenhagen, the familiar flavor proves thoroughly heartwarming in the Purple Rose Theatre Company's [...]
It's not the person who holds the deck of cards who wins the game, the defiant R. P. McMurphy learns far too late in his battle of the wits with Nurse Ratched in Dale Wasserman's [...]
By Michael H. Margolin DETROIT - In ancient legend, the Greek god Zeus swallowed his pregnant wife and ultimately gave birth to his daughter, Athena, through his forehead. That thought, somehow, came to mind when [...]
In Michigan Daniel Tammet Noon Oct. 31 Adrian College www.optimnem.co.uk Nine: To most, a number that falls between eight and 10. But to Daniel Tammet, it's how he sees his partner. His lover is tall [...]
by Sharon Gittleman Please check for resource at bottom of this article. FERNDALE- When Diane Holcomb got her diagnosis, she took charge of her recovery. When she felt better, she didn't give in to the [...]