Capitol Correspondent LANSING- The Michigan Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in a case court watchers said will have national implications. The case, Pride at Work v. Granholm explores whether an amendment voters added to [...]

{ITAL "Let's not kid ourselves - this business is about being good-looking. Look, Brad Pitt is an incredible actor, but do you think he'd be a famous movie star if he didn't look like that? [...]

by Richard Labonte November 5, 2007 "Biting the Apple," by Lucy Jane Bledsoe. Carroll & Graf, 272 pages, $14.99 paper. One-time track phenomenon Eve Glass, an Olympic contender in her teens, has lived an inauthentic [...]

By Anthony Paull I get it. I understand that after you've suffered the wrath of your first, second, or third heartbreak, you're sick of the bullshit and want to sit home alone with your lube [...]

By Jack Fertig November 5, 2007 "Avoid gossip, Sagittarius!" Venus enters her own sign, Libra, helping us all to be more accommodating, artistic, and gracious. And more manipulative? Venus may not be to blame on [...]

"Ford Foundation" Across 1 Elton John wears them 6 "Silence = death," e.g. 11 Colts' org. 14 Flaming queen's crime? 15 Pink, for one 16 Matthew in "The Producers" 17 Former column by Michael Thomas [...]

FALL/HOLIDAY ARTS FESTIVALS: Christmas through Lowell Kick off your holiday shopping with a three-day extravaganza featuring over 200 artists and crafters, and more than 40 homes, churches and businesses. Nov. 16-18. Lowell: 616-897-9161. http://www.christmasthroughlowell.org Goodwill [...]

The Peppermint Creek Theatre Company will present its second show of their 2007-08 Season, "I Am My Own Wife" by Doug Wright. Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright [...]

The Peace Education Center has expanded its annual "Alternative Holiday Sale" to two days this year. The sale will take place from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 16 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. [...]

By Sharon Gittleman ROYAL OAK - Visitors to Changez Salon & Merle Norman Cosmetics can talk to their hairdresser and their therapist at the same time. You'll often catch psychologist Stephen Fleck at the reception [...]

PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: As Bees in Honey Drown A comic satire on the lure of success in contemporary culture. Breathe Art Theatre Project at the Furniture Factory, Detroit. Fri.-Sat., through Nov. 17. $20. 313-831-1939. http://www.breathearttheatre.com Back [...]

Nov. 8 - 15 FLINT - The Out 'N About Arts Collaborative is a year long initiative celebrating the arts of the LGBTQ communities and its allies. This coming week ONA will present the following [...]

UofM campus For information on any of the events below visit: For more information, visit the following web site http://www.gender.org/remember/day/ ANN AROBR- The UofM Office of LGBT Affairs invites the public to join them in [...]

AP Wire Service Source: Michigan Supreme Court http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt Lawyers have filed 726 pages of legal briefs with the Michigan Supreme Court in the case involving whether health care insurance can be provided to the same-sex [...]

Capitol Correspondent HOLLAND - The October 29 suicide of 16-year-old transgender Ian Benson has the LBGT community asking hard questions. "As parents, this is one of our worst fears," said Collette Beighley, Triangle Foundations West [...]

Capitol Correspondent JACKSON - Marc Adams was allowed to watch only one television program as a child, Jerry Falwell's Old Time Gospel Hour. And even then, he said, he was allowed only to watch the [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING- The Michigan Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in a case court watchers said will have national implications. The case, Pride at Work v. Granholm explores whether an amendment voters added to [...]

by Daniel K Majewski Obituary DETROIT - In the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, Oct. 22 Daniel K Majewski, 45, died of a massive heart attack. He had been tending bar at The [...]

Viewpoint Ian Benson was lucky; or at least about as lucky as any teenager realizing that the gender of her body does not match the gender of his soul can be. He had far more [...]

A pioneer steps down DETROIT - Heroine, friend, healer, confidante, mentor, advocate, teacher, champion, visionary. These are some of the adjectives to describe Dr. Kathryn Wright, an adolescent pediatrician who has devoted the last 15 [...]

By Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press Writer Three advertisers are pulling their business from a Warrensburg newspaper and several readers are threatening to cancel their subscriptions after the publication of a same-sex engagement announcement. For John [...]

Next week the LGBT community will commemorate the National Transgender Day of Remembrance to honor the "T" people who have lost their lives. Unfortunately, one more soul was added to that list last week when [...]

By Anthony Paull I get it. I understand that after youÕve suffered the wrath of your first, second, or third heartbreak, youÕre sick of the bullshit and want to sit home alone with your lube [...]

By Anthony Paull I get it. I understand that after you've suffered the wrath of your first, second, or third heartbreak, you're sick of the bullshit and want to sit home alone with your lube [...]

"Project Runway" had me at: "Her model looked like she was pooing fabric." Yessiree: That's the zinger that robotic-speaking host Heidi Klum unleashed on season-four contestant Elisa's tragic train - a hodgepodge of leftover fabric [...]

Sara Celina's in recovery. From drugs? Nah. Booze? Hardly. Her issue: Trying to transition from working solo into mind-mingling with three others. "I actually hated doing group projects in elementary school; I hated it! I [...]